Six Forces in Disarray

The Six Cosmic Forces in Disarray

With the First Light’s disappearance, the six fundamental forces of the cosmos fell into chaos, each suffering the consequences of the Forsakening in different ways.

The Aether: A Realm Without Its Guiding Hand

The Aether, the domain of the divine, once held order, justice, and celestial governance. Now, it is a fractured ruin of its former self.

• The hierarchies of the gods are in turmoil—some deities vanished with the First Light, others have grown desperate, while a few have abandoned their posts entirely.
• Angelic factions have turned on one another, divided between those who seek to restore order and those who believe the Forsakening is punishment for divine hubris.
• The Celestial Thrones, once places of immense power, are crumbling, their radiance dimmed, their authority weakened.

The Nether: The Shadows Growing Longer

Where the Aether falters, the Nether rises.

• The forces of the Abyss, Hell, and the Forgotten Dark have expanded their influence, seizing territory within the broken Cosmic Pathways.
• Demonic and infernal entities whisper to mortals, offering power in exchange for further unraveling reality.
• The Veil Between Worlds is thin, allowing things long imprisoned to stir once more.

The Matron’s Weave: Struggling to Mend the Tapestry

The Matron’s Weave, once her great work, now suffers its most terrible crisis.

• It is fraying, unable to repair itself fast enough to counteract the damage.
• Those who once maintained the Weave—sorcerers, scholars, and divine priests—can only watch as their powers slip further from their grasp.
• There are rumors that she still lives, still watches, and still seeks a way to restore the Weave, though few know where she is, or whether she can succeed.

The World Tree: Withering Roots, Fading Life

The World Tree, which once connected the mortal and spiritual realms, has begun to wither.

• The natural cycle of life has been disrupted—birth rates are declining, animals grow restless, and entire forests blacken and decay.
• Ancient druidic circles and nature spirits struggle to understand what is happening, unable to halt the spreading corruption.

Oblivion: The Hunger Grows

The Forsakening has weakened the boundaries between reality and the void beyond.

• Entire worlds have vanished, swallowed by the Spiral of Oblivion.
• Those who stare into the cosmic abyss too long feel their minds unravel, consumed by something waiting in the dark places of existence.

Death’s Cycle: The River Styx in Chaos

The River Styx, the pathway through which souls are judged, is now erratic and unstable.

• Some souls cannot move on, left to wander the worlds of the living.
• Others never arrive at their intended afterlife, instead vanishing into the void.

Without order in death, the cycle of existence itself may soon collapse.

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