Pandora

Pandora is the name given to the chatoic battlefield between the eight elements recognized by Statia. There, eight entites either empherical or temporal wage a neverending conflict with each other, attempting to take control of the plane. It is impossible to know where one fight begins and another ends. At any point of time, an entity could be fighting no opponents, or all seven, leading to a chaotic unmappable conflict. Instead of physical territories, Pandora is defined by how distant a point is from conflict.
== The Road of Chaos ==
Pandora is measured not by physical location, but by arbitrary distance from one event to another. It is visualized as a long stretch of road, with one end being purely one element and the other being all elements in conflict. There are Eight Roads leading to the central point where all elements are in conflict.
=== Disillusion ===
Disillusion is the portion of the road where the elements are alone and unchallenged. Because there is nothing to contrast or define these singular elements, this portion of Pandora is constantly unraveling, unable to maintain its form.
=== Dichomoty ===
Dichotomy is the position in the road where one element is in conflict with one other element at any given time. It is not defined what element it is in conflict with, or for how long, only that at this point in the road there is always conflict between two elements.
=== Puramis ===
Puramis is the position in the road where one element is in conflict with two other elements at any given time. It is not defined what elements they are conflict with, or for how long, only that at this point in the road there is always conflict between three elements.
=== Quadrilate ===
Quadrilate is the position in the road where one element is in conflict with three other elements at any given time. It is not defined what elements they are conflict with, or for how long, only that at this point in the road there is always conflict between four elements. It is the most stable and easily defined point of Pandora. The conflict keeps the four advisaries in an uneasy balance for a sorcerer to imagine, while not having all eight variables to keep track of.
=== Miracle Locus ===
The Miracle Locus is the theoretical point where all eight elements, normally in conflict and defeating one another and gaining and loosing power, are in perfect equalibrum. At the Locus, everything is normal and theoretically follows the physical laws of Statia as the elemental forces do not fluctuate drastically. Land, structures, and even living beings are found in the Locus, trapped between the war on one side, and the maelstrom to the other.
=== The Maelstrom ===
The Maelstrom is where all eight elements are in conflict, gaining, loosing, and visiciously competeing for control. It is imagined as a point where eight roads meet, each bringing their element to the chaos. Here, the elements do not attempt to fight on their own behalf because So great is the chaos that there is no definition of conflict. All the forces are mixed and strewn around, crashing into each other at all points in time in a mess as undefinable as Disillusion at the other end of the road.
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