Lone Travelers: Ethereal Powers (GEP)

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Occasionally travelers come across features on the Ethereal that just don't seem to fit 'Course, there're more things in the Deep than all the planewalkers in existence can envision; but fact is, it's likely that an Ethereal feature that breaks all the rules is the handiwork of a deity with a realm on the Ethereal Plane.
Why do some powers choose to make their homes on the Ethereal? Maybe they just want to escape the Outer Planes, which are seemingly overrun with gods' realms. Or perhaps they find the relative "emptiness" of the Ethereal comfortable in some way. Whatever the reason, these powers seem to prize their solitude.
==Land of the Immortals==
Several deities of the Chinese pantheon make their homes in this secluded demiplane. These include Fu Hsing, a god of happiness; K'ung Fu-Tzu, a power who watches over social relations, government, and the past; Lao Tzu, a teacher of mystical enlightenment; and Pa Hsien, collectively a group of legendary mortals who became the Eight Immortals. Those few planewalkers who have found the Land of the Immortals describe it as a quiet, elegant place of wisdom and philosophy.
==The Lost Citadel of Magic==
The three gods of magic of the world known as Krynn have taken up residence in the Deep, though chant has it that they've rebuffed their former worshipers. These powers- Solinari (the god of good magic), Lunitari (neutral magic), and Nuitari (evil magic)-inhabit citadels each built upon the surface of three massive moons that circle in a mutual trinary orbit. The moons apparently share some mystical link with the real moons of Krynn, and some even claim that the moons are somehow one and the same.
==Lost Powers==
The blindly evil, destructive power known as the Elder Elemental God has been called a "lost god," yet the tendrils of its power that still affect prime worlds keep it from becoming just another dead god floating on the Astral Plane. Lore places this power of evil, insanity, and destruction in a hidden demiplane, supposedly locked away from the rest of the multiverse by other deities fearful of its infinite rage.
The similarly banished Tharizdun is also a power of decay and insanity; it seems likely that this god, known mainly to the denizens of the prime world of Oertb, is in truth an aspect of the Elder Elemental God given more concrete form by the belief of his evil worshipers.
==The Pavilion of Cynosure==
Then there's the demiplane where the gods of the Faeninian pantheon of Toril meet to work out agreements and problems (or so rumor has it). The demiplane itself isn't named, but it's said to contain only the Pavilion of Cynosure, the celestial hall used by the powers who come together to dis: cuss important issues. Why a demiplane? Most folks chalk it up to the powers wanting "neutral ground" for their discussions, but no one save those powers knows for sure.
==Ptah, the Opener of the Way==
Planewalkers who frequent the Inner Planes often call upon this deity for aid and guidance. His followers claim Ptah to be the source of inspiration, art, and creativity, and sometimes they even proclaim him the creator of the multiverse. Their beliefs suggest that Ptah wanders the Ethereal Plane due to the Misty Shore's relative proximity to the Elemental Planes-which, after all, can be considered the ultimate source of creation. Chant says this power, unlike almost all others, is actually approachable by mortals. Those who annoy him, however, find themselves transported elsewhere on the planes.