ΑΕA - Official Anthologies - Eternium Wars, The

== The Eternium Wars: ==
* Multiverse: Eternity
** Universe: Eternity Prime Alpha
The Eternium Wars was series of staggered wars fought primarily for the control over Eternium deposits on various worlds. It began with the discovery of a rare mineral deposits found on the Sanctuary World of Arca. It was thought to be natural-occurring mineral. Eternium became the most coveted and sought after Mineral for its unique properties. Eternium simulates the resonance of the quartz but grants additional reality-bending properties of generating real-time anti-gravity field that is anchored to the Eternium crystals itself. The first discovery of the Eternium mineral was actually inside a floating island. 
The truth behind the Eternium's existence is linked to the Sanctuary Worlds, Energy Lines, and the God-gates. The Eternium crystals were seeded on these worlds, into the toroid structures to keep it stable against the neuron star within it. Some smaller Eternium would occasionally jar loose from the toroid and seep into the thin mantle of the surface world. Eons of swirling and pushing against the gravity, it would eventually rise up and break free of the surface and float in the skies. Some of free Eternium crystals actually pull crustal materials up with them into the skies, creating Floating Islands.
One of the major factions that utilizes the Eternium crystals is the Holy Imper'ii. The Imper'ii controls numerous worlds including several Sanctuary Worlds. Their main competitors is the ancient orders of Av'ee. 
The Av'ee is humanoid sentient species with wings. It was thought they were originally Nephilims of the days of yore. It might be true. There are two sub-species of the Av'ee, the bird-headed and the hume-headed. They rule other species through their religious subjugation (The Children of the Light). 
== Behind the Scenes: ==
The author does not claim to know how Eternium or even gravity actually works. In the Eternity Lore, laws were set into the unique properties of the Sanctuary Worlds. Toroid shaped worlds that either orbits Gas Giants or parent star. These worlds has strong and invisible ribbons of energetic grids that are generated within the toroid through the miniaturized neuron star in the center void of the world. The Energy lines attracts these Eternium crystals, when freed from the toroid crust material, they float up against the gravity. 
Eternium floats naturally, depending on its collective mass. The more mass it has, crystal mass and the anchored mass within its natural resonance field, the more force it will exert against gravity (the crystal mass will float higher). The mass, multiplied with energy that is put into it; the proximity of the Eternium to the Energy grids; and how far it is from the mean-level of gravity itself would determine how high it will float. Electricity, Solar Radiation, Heat and Pressure will add energy to the Eternium.