Celestials

After the Constellation Beasts failed to eradicate the Eldritch, the Astrum divided its consciousness into what are now known as Celestials. These creatures are tiny pieces of the Astrum capable of their own thought, imbued with magical life that was once a part of the Astrum itself. Whenever a star in the Celestial Realm collapsed, the energy would condense into a Celestial. The Astrum was able to send these Celestials to other dimensions in order to recruit the help of other entities from different dimensions that had the capability to fight. Celestials are mild mannered, highly intelligent entities that have had a crucial impact on the politics and development of the material plane. Their appearance is that of a clear, ghostly humanoid that is filled with swirling blue-purple stardust and specks of light. Few Celestials remain within the Astrum, as they all have a purpose to serve outside of it.

**The Delegot:**

These creatures are born in the Celestial Plane when a star collapses that has been partially infected with Eldritch energy. These beings are physically much larger than Celestials, slightly misshapen and have an incredible capacity for violence if aggravated but still have a fairly even temper. They are less intelligent and emotional than Celestials and take on darker, violet-red tones of color. The Astrum accepts these entities as they are still imbued with the life of the Astrum and follow its greater will.

These Celestials were repulsed by much of the Supersystem in their quest for aid, but founded alliances with Humans and Infernals. Both of these species, the Celestials noted, were war-like entities with profound destructive capability. In exchange for their knowledge of arcana, Celestials recruited some of the strongest among these two groups to become warriors of the Celestial Plane. A long process began of changed the physiology and honed the arcane skills of these recruits, and eventually they became the first Sentinels. These forces acted with precise and thorough attacks that would leave no trace of infected space behind.

### The Gravitas Astrum:

The grand design of the Gravitas Astrum is a testament to the otherworldly and elegant ways of Celestial. Located at the center of the Aandgeist’s nebula, the Gravitas Astrum is a Celestial crafted convergence point between the Celestial plane and the Material, a portal between dimensions that takes the form of a spherical hole in space. Four gigantic blue stars orbit around the Gravitas Astrum, stars that originate from the Celestial realm that act as the anchor points for the Gravitas Astrum to sit in material space. Arcane energy feeds into the Gravitas Astrum from the Celestial Plane and into these stars, the energy that sustains the portal world that is the Gravitas Astrum.

Not only a portal to the Celestial Plane, the Gravitas Astrum is a central nexus for Celestial culture and knowledge, a planet sized sanctuary for the study of the arcane. Inside the Gravitas Astrum is not only a portal but grand structures of Celestial design. Here gravity defying tunnels and spheres of stone exist with mathematical precision that creates fractals and grandly complicated geometry. Here libraries are filled with tablets and maps of Celestial making that chart material space, its inhabitants and its dangers. Celestial mathematics fills the walls of this place that contain equations that explain the fundamental forces of the material dimension and how to exploit them. Select few humans are allowed to utilize or visit this space due to the powerful knowledge it contains and it’s extensively defended by Starspeakers of the Gravitas Astrum and the Sentinel Order.

### The Aandgeist:

Sitting at the edge of the Gravitas Astrum within the Celestial Plane are the council of the Aandgeist. These are a ruler class of Celestials with much more potent abilities and minds than normal Celestials. Their job is to primarily dictate the order of Celestial affairs and how best to interact with the other planes and the political decisions that follow. There are 9 of them:

Seer of the Higher Planes

Seer of the Lower Planes

Seer of Knowledge

Seer of Contamination

Seer of Interdimensional Affairs

Seer of Trade

Seer of the Gravitas Astrum

Seer of Annihilation

Seer of Arcane Invocation

**The Commission:**

This shadowy organization is made of the Aandgeist and the highest members of Celestial society. Their purpose is to locate the greatest threats, the most dangerous secrets and most powerful tools created by mankind and help contain these powers. Working closely with Sentinels, the Commission makes sure that these secrets are well contained and do not fall into the wrong hands. The mutagenic power of the Mutandids, the Tele-Tek of the Infernals, the multiverse technology of Keytars such as the Dimension-Linked Failsafe and Fateware, the anti-matter division of the Externian military, the Jovian Dream, Eldritch arcana and the god-like power of the Worldmind are at the top of the list for the most dangerous, powerful and exploitable sources of power in the Supersystem.

While far from all powerful, the Commission makes things happen behind the curtain to ensure the safety of the system. Chips containing sensitive information on these topics may be wiped clean, black market distributors of anti-matter tech end up missing and certain Tele-Tek portals sometimes become inoperable after an overwhelming sabotage. No one really knows how they operate, but their efficiency has been established.