The Realms of Earth

Planet Earth possesses different "Planes" or "Realms" of existence, with only one physically accessible in nature, the *Mortal Realm* or the *Material Realm.* The realm where human society evolved and dominated is known as the Mortal Realm, while the unseen "reflections of the physical world" resides outside of the physical boundaries of the Planet, but remain tied to it. There are three discovered main realms tied to the world, the Mortal Realm, the Border Realm, which serves as the barrier between the physical and metaphysical, and the Mythic Realm, a topologically exotic medium of space and time serving as a "shadow" of the Mortal Realm, similar but at the same time different. No one has properly explored the Mythic Realm and their "Adjacent Realms", Sub-realms carved out by entities and mythic beings from the legends of different cultures across the world.

## The Realms

The sorcerers of old who studied the realms would describe them as the Earth's different states of consciousness, comparing them to a person awake, daydreaming, and completely asleep and dreaming.

### The Mortal Realm

Also known as the Physical Realm, The Surface Realm, even the Mundane Realm, is the plane of existence tied to Earth that is the most basic and accessible plane, where geography and reality are enforced by the Earth's physical shape and phenomena. This realm is home to humanity, and the original home of the mythic entities of different cultures. The Physical Realm is the Earth's Conscious state where reality is governed by logic and the Decay is ever-present.

### The Border Realm

Also known as the Border Zone, The Wall, the Barrier, The Boundary, is the bridge between the Mortal and the Mythic Realm. It appears to be a mirror of the Physical Realm, but with the reality-exotic qualities of the Mythic Realm, such as the color of the sky being different in various areas of the Border Zone, to seemingly endless seas and oceans without fully taking up the entire realm of the Boundary. Decay has no reach in the Border Zone, resulting in the Realm becoming a haven for magi and entities that can no longer safely exist in the Mortal Realm, as no Horrors can reach them. Several organizations take advantage of this and build bases, and some even build whole towns, cities, and societies in the Border, cut off from the Mortal Realm, but not to separated that they are far gone in the void of the Mythic Realm and its sub-realms. The Border Realm can be accessed in areas where the physical barriers between the two are weak, such as areas where leylines converge, or where mass migrations of Mythic beings ripped the concept of space to enter the Mythic Realm. The Border Realm is the Earth's Subconscious Daydreaming state, with logic being set aside and the magical and absurd can thrive, be it with entities living there or the very geographic locations in that realm.

The Border Realm is also divided into sub-realms. Travelling between two sub realms can only be done by exiting one sub realm, heading back to the Mortal Realm and finding the entrance to the other sub-realm, or through advanced magic that skips the process entirely. The Border Realm works on a Principle of "Isolation", based on how ancient humans viewed their immediate surroundings as their "entire world" and that the lands beyond what they are used to might as well be another world. While it is possible you could sail the seas of the Balete city of Bakunawa in the hopes of reaching the next Balate city in a neighboring sub-realm, it will realistically take years for you to even complete the voyage due to how vast the space is between sub-realms.

### The Mythic Realm

Also known as the Divine Realm, the Shadow Realm, or the Land Beyond the Wall, a plane of reality where space and time differs greatly from the Mortal and the Border Realm. The Mythic Realm serves as the new home for the species and entities that used to thrive in the Mythic Era, from divine entities to the mythic creatures like Manticores, Harpies, Qilins, Raksashas, and even Gigantic Serpents, The Realm is scarcely explored, and is divided into sub-realms respective to the mythos and legends of different cultures. Examples of these sub-realms include planes influenced by Norse or Hindu planes. The Mythic Realm is the Earth's Unconscious state, where the logic and restrictions of the conscious state has no power over the absurdity that happens within it, Time and space work differently, and the "collective consciousness" of humanity both in the past and the present influence the entities and places that reside in the Mythic Realm and its sub-realms, like how music or the words of others being picked up by a sleeping person's mind can influence a dream. As such, many sub-realms are based from legends and myths, while others are completely uninfluenced.