Heaven

Heaven is a divine world that exists far above the skies of Aum. It is the sacred home of angels and a variety of other celestial beings.

## Geography

Heaven is primarily divided into seven regions known as the Seven Divine Realms or the Seven Heavens.

### First Heaven - Iris

The entrance to heaven is sealed behind the Pearly Gates, a massive set of pearl-encrusted, finely-gilded marble walls that sit atop roseate clouds. It is the location of the imposing Citadel of the Seraphim and as such is guarded by legions of holy angelic warriors wielding flaming swords. Passing through the Pearly Gates leads into the First of the Divine Realms, Iris, which primarily consists of the Divine Arcway, a massive rainbow walkway of light simultaneously white and prismatic in ways that mortals cannot fully comprehend that stretches far beyond what the eye can see and connects the Pearly Gates to the rest of Heaven. While the beauty of the arcway itself inspires mortals with its magnificent splendor, all around it is vexingly barren, and most who try to enter Heaven give up on the journey and instead settle within the fragmentary city of Halfway that rests on the apex of the Divine Arcway. However, those with great enough will be able to continue their journey through the endless firmament and will make their way to the Elysian Fields.

### Second Heaven - Elysium

Upon departing from the Divine Arcway, travelers will find themselves in the bountiful land of Elysium. Its Alwheat Fields produce an endless supply of grain with no need for toil while its Sundry Gardens naturally produce all manner of crops. The Endless Orchards are filled with Ultruva Grapes, which would produce the finest of wines were it not forbidden by Heaven's Law. At the center of Elysium is the Divine Manor, where the faithful serve Ophanim and gently sup the Grails of Harmony. One may become lost if they stray too far into the Veiled Copses beyond the tended fields, but they may always find their way back to the Manor if they follow the sound of its chiming bells.

### Third Heaven - Lantia

Surrounding Elysium on all sides are the breathtaking, windswept Emerald Coasts of the endless ocean of Lantia. Deep beneath the waves is the sunken city of Atlantis, home to the coveted wisdom of the ages accumulated in the Eternal Archive, guarded by its Cherabim curators. Once one delves beneath its mirror-like surface, they will find that waters of Lantia are as clear as air but as thick as honey, for they have been suffused with the ambrosial nectar of the Celestial Wisteria that hangs from the Boundless Branches of Yggdrasil on high. The deepest trenches of this ocean are known as the Heavenly Abyss, and it is there alone that one can experience the true magnitude of the weight of all being. If one is able to successfully make the voyage across Lantia, they will arrive at the base of Mount Olympus.

### Fourth Heaven - Olympus

The Volcanic dome mountain of Olympus arises from the abyssal depths of Lantia and extends nearly all the way to the highest heavens, but is capped by the rampant overgrowth of Yggdrasil, whose God Roots and Ethereal Auxiliaries strangle much of the mountainside. Inside the mountain is a magma chamber known as the Heavenly Inferno, a place so hot that even fire itself is set ablaze, and the only who can bear the heat are the Garadim who rest within the Obsidian Alcove where the Holy Water of Lantia and the Solar Magma of Olympus meet. Should one go down from here, they will enter into the Empyrean Caverns of Crystalis. Up the side of the mountain, forming a ring around the summit where Yggdrasil grows, is the high city of Olympia, home to many powerful Die. Just beyond the city's inner walls is the Courtly Grove of Yggdrasil.

### Fith Heaven - Yggdrasil

Yggdrasil is a the Unworldly Tree the grows at the center of the Courtly Grove at the apex of Mount Olympus, and it alone provides access to the land above the Heavenly Vault, Paradisio. The tree's Eternal Taproot burrows directly into the Heavenly Inferno from which it draws its divine strength and creates the Sap of Yggdrasil. One may climb either through the interior of the tree where they will encounter the Flourishing City of Edda or up the exterior tree through navigating the Boundless Branches, either way they will eventually find themselves at the gold-leafed Crown Crest of Yggdrasil, and from there the path to Paradisio is clear.

### Sixth Heaven - Crystalis

Should one choose to descend through the interior of Mount Olympus instead of climbing to its summit, they will find themselves in the Empyrean Caverns of Crystalis. Inside the cavern, Angelic Chrysalises twinkle from the ceiling like the stars in the sky and a River of Silver and River of Gold weave between gemstone nodes more plentiful than anywhere else in creation. It is here that the ivory Mausoleum of the Saints along with the Angelic Armory of Sacred Treasures, but should one not exercise proper prudence, they may find themselves cast down into the Chasm of the Condemned, an extradimensional crater that leads directly into the Heart of the Abyss. At the center of Crystalis is the Shimmering City of Daimond, and there lies the Fountain of Eternal Fortune, a divine artifact that can transform any Ib into an eternally blessed Die.

### Seventh Heaven - Paradisio

Those who have surpassed the Crown Crest of Yggdrasil will find themselves above the Heavenly Vault on the first of the Nine Clouds, gazing upon the supreme city of Paradisio, where only the most virtuous of beings may meet The Nameless Lord and receive the Final Reward. In this ultimate realm, mortals are completely overwhelmed by divine bliss, and nowhere is this quintessential euphoria experienced more intensely than on the mythical Cloud Nine. Few have ever returned from this realm and none have ever truly willed to do so.