The Material Plane

The Material Plane, Ohváh, has been the very core of the cosmology since the dawn of time itself. All other planes of existence are bound around it within multidimensional space and time, Ohváh being the realm where the prime aspects of all planes are combined and coexist.

Ohváh is a finite, stable three dimensional plane where the laws of nature and physics operate as close to reality as possible. All astral bodies within this plane orbit a central, fixed point in space. This central point is the spherical planet Aëdryn, home of all mortal races. Orbitting Aëdryn closely is the moon Laëhryn. Beyond the moon lies Ki Vaëlah, the Band of Visitors, a range around Aëdryn which houses an ever-changing amount of astral bodies. Many times beyond this band, the sun 'Solvaë' travels in a slow orbit. Even many times more beyond the sun exist an immense amount of stars, which are spread out up until the very edge of the material plane.

The edge of Ohváh is a border where space folds in upon itself. One could theoretically travel directly away from Aëdryn, and end up going towards it, without ever changing direction. There is nothing beyond this border of folded space but the material plane itself.

Each Astral Body has it's own gravity well, but they are far too distant from one another to possibly influence one another in any significant manner. The pull of the centre of this universe is a force different from gravity, simply called Ohváh's slope.

## Aëdryn

At the centre of the material plane lies the spherical planet Aëdryn, the home of all the mortal races. A diverse world with a great variety of biomes and climates, which seem to ignore conventional rules as the global flow of magic allows for warm and cold places to be closer together than one might imagine.

Aëdryn is mostly covered by vast, deep oceans. A decent amount of landmass continents are spread across the surface, only few connected by stretches of land. Temperature and climates generally do become warmer near the equator, and colder near the poles, but the ambient magic of a certain region has far more influence than it's position on the globe.

The main continent on Aëdryn is Verh'Un, to which the Kahn Desert lies central. Mythic legends tell this was the first continent to be formed by the gods during the Time of Creation.

## Laëhryn

The prime moon of Ohváh, Laëhryn, remains in a stable, slightly elliptical orbit around Aëdryn. It makes a full orbit in 31 days and 2 hours. It makes exactly 12 orbits every year. It is a pristine, near-white grey spherical astral body scarred by millions of craters.

Legend holds that the craters are remnants of the chaotic creation of the universe, where asteroids and comets coalesced into the many astral bodies.

Within the first era, the most powerful spellcasters of the first elves were capable of traveling to the moon by magical means. They had to breathe and protect themselves against the vacuum by magic. They found a barren wasteland of shimmering white stone and sand, seemingly devoid of life. Below the surface, however, they discovered an unknown form of life described as 'mystical' and 'arcane'.

## Ki Vaëlah, 'Band of Visitors'

Within the vast distance between the moon and the sun, many astral bodies make their home in orbit of Aëdryn. This range of orbit is named Ki Vaëlah, the Band of Visitors. The band starts at a distance many multitudes greater than the moon's orbit. According to scholars across the planet, these bodies are inconsistent and prone to change over the many centuries. Some remain stable for centuries, others come and go within a few years. These astral bodies each display entirely unique colors, size, speed and magical ambience, but never show any sign of direct influence or risk to Aëdryn itself.

The amount of these astral bodies rarely exceeds 7, while never dwindling to fewer than 3. They arrive from the vast space between the stars before becoming captured by Ohváh's slope. They remain, orbitting within the band for hundreds or thousands of years. Then, for unknown reasons, their orbit slowly weakens, and the astral bodies depart back into the void from which they came.

### Aëvelc'Gryst

Only one astral body has remained around Aëdryn since the dawn of time, the brightest spark of light in the sky. It is known as Aëvelc'Gryst, roughly translating to the First. It is a common held belief that Aëvelc'Gryst was created before Aëdryn itself. Despite so, it has never shown obvious signs of being an actual deity, and is largely ignored by both mortals and extraplanar entities alike.

Those capable of looking more closely determined that Aëvelc'Gryst is a turbulant, chaotic planet, swirling with all manners of arcane magic. It is a constant maelstorm of magic confined in a perfect geometrical circular shape.

## Solvaë

The sun, Solvaë, remains in an inconsistent, elliptical orbit around Aëdryn. The distance towards Solvaë is many multitudes greater than that of the Ki Vaëlah. It makes a full orbit each year, which lasts for exactly 373 days. The sun's elliptical path is what causes the seasons of winter, spring, summar and fall to exist on Aëdryn. The intensity of the seasons differ each year, as the elliptical path is never exactly the same.

Despite the ever changing orbit of the sun, the time to orbit remains the same each year. The orbit is bound to a certain distance, and only variates within this distance in equal amounts further from or closer to Aëdryn. An exceedingly warm summer often means it will soon be balanced out by an exceedingly harsh winter.

## Ki Ohvaë

The band of stars, Ki Ohvaë, starts at a distance even many multitudes more from Aëdryn as the sun. The band reaches out until the furthest depths of space, up to the very edge of Ohváh itself. The distance between each two stars is vast, much greater than the distance between Aëdryn and Solvaë. Every star is unique in color, size, heat and magical energy, though their bright intensity usually appears white to the naked eye. The density of stars slowly increases as space reaches further out from Aëdryn.

Aside from stars, there are an incomprehensible amount of other objects, magical anomalies and more drifting through space. But no matter what they might be or in what manner they are bound together, one thing is certain; it orbits the planet Aëdryn, thanks to Ohváh's slope.

## Ohváh's Edge

The Material Plane is a finite sphere of space-time, with a non euclidean border. This means that space folds in upon itself near the edge of the spherical space. One could travel in a straight line away from Aëdryn, only to end up exactly where the journey started. There is nothing beyond the border, no space or time, no vacuum, no void. Beyond the edge is simply more of Ohváh.

Ohváh's Edge also often refers to the border between the Material Plane and the other planes. Breaking or piercing the edge means breaking through reality to reach out and connect to other realms, which is the basis of most Conjuration magic, which twists time and space to displace objects or creatures.