The Great Wheel

### The Elden Treatice

The Elves hold their sacred texts under close guard since the Sundering, although learned peoples of all races may gaze upon these texts if proven worthy enough by the Keepers in both Westia and Edhet respectively (although Westia only maintains a copy).

The original ancient tome is bound in a semi opaque diamond casing which has a crystalline sheen as its viewed from different angles. Pages are created from parchment of the Feywild and are aglow with magic. The words themselves appear to move out of the pages and dance before the eyes of the reader, for the writing is both part of the weave and the material realm. To view or read it without supervision or without due care or magical knowledge is to endanger your life and your sanity for that reason a lot of the stories and text is typically passed from word of mouth or copied elsewhere into more laymans terms. After all this is not a plaything, it was written by the Gods themselves in ancient times.

Below is the first of the notes and passages of the Elden Treatice. The final written works of Enrir and Corellon. The Gods of Knowledge and Magic respectively.

The first passage reads thus:

"I, the first scholar and father of elves Enrir doth entrust this treatice of words for mine children to guard. For it is both the original truth for us as Secret Keepers to share amongst the free, good, and equal peoples of Talamh Annwn as well as safeguard for posterity from those who would abuse it for control or self indulgences. May its true meaning never be lost.

The time for us gods may indeed be nigh, as our brothers and sisters have disharmonised the true union and ruined the pure and harmonious flow of the weave for their own selfish ends. Even Corellon, with all his creativity and grand imagination could never conceive of the undoing we have created. Only my dearest sister Melora hath not taken a side in this conflict.

My brother Corellon hath studied the strange, whilst I the logical, for us both to form our understanding of the events that created us. May the passages within guide you for eternity.

Mark the words of this passage my children and guard them to your last breath, even in adversity that is surely to come. Maker save us all."

*~Enrir, Passage First of the Elden Treatice, date unknown*

### On the Origin of the Weave and the true Creation Myth

Further passages in the huge bound tome descrive how Talamh was created, as well other stories about the Maker and the other planes of existence:

"On the origins of Magick and the true creation myth:

In the beginning, the universe itself came into being through the first pure thought of a being known only as the Maker, a being that travelled among its surroundings and space in complete balance and peace with itself. Time did not exist to it, for it had not willed it, and neither did matter nor life except if it willed it. It was a creature of mathematical learning and logic as my brother hath divined in Mechanus he believes the Makers origins firstly lie in order and Mathematics. The Maker is described by my brother as having a physical being that was both infintessimally small and yet infinitely large at the same time, undefined even by immortal understanding a difficult concept in his grounded and logical mind, undefined by his learning and theorems. Although for one such as I, I can see where mine brother hath failed. For it was the only thing that existed at once and again without time at all. We know such is also the nature of Weave; both here and not. The Maker is both the Weave and all of us, it is a soul and the first thought; it is then of course also mathematical order, for i believe in my brother.

On this much, my brother and I can agree that we are all indeed part of the Maker. Our brothers and sisters with their many facets, of course, disagree and we have bickered and battled for eternity. Will we ever see eye to eye?

As its form proliferated and grew (a word I use to describe the concept, however impossible it is to imagine to a mortal mind), it discovered first a chaotic energy of non deterministic free will, it had gained sentience, a soul. The true nature of the soul is the Weave and the Weave is both everything and nothing, merely a concept. Chaos is the will of the soul; Law is our grounding in reality and the constants of our universe; Good and Evil are the leanings of the Soul to provide against the measures of the two prior. Enrir needs my help in these writings for he is a being of logic as we have discovered, in this there is also a Neutral element which him and our sister Melora appear to represent. Ever the diplomats they claim to understand the nature of all our brothers and sisters and their reasons. Even Azmodeus.

Our Maker dwelled solely in its existence of one mind and uninterrupted thought, nay, even just pure experience itself. It was no longer predominantly mathematical in its nature. In its travels it would experiment with the construct of its surroundings and this gave way to new and beautiful developments in its surroundings in the form of light and matter. The nature of its existence was in fact tied to the very space it had found itself in after all, making all and nothing simultaneously possible to it. With experimental wonder it learnt and developed until it became something more than its pure being and a simulacrum of the construct began to form into the material that it would call its vessel or body. Although, to visualise such a concept even is dizzyingly impossible to conceive even for a God, and it would break the mind of mere mortals.

We understand the Construct of the universe and the Soul as the Weave. They are not mutually exclusive, and they make our reality. It is in this that we can both create and shape our planes and realities. All users of the Weave should understand this fundamentally.

As the Maker's consciousness grew larger and larger in his surroundings its geometric being, and its soul, developed fully. Many facets of its personality were realised and experienced within the blink of an eye or what could be eons. Enrir says there were not such concepts without time.

In its reflection of thoughts, it saw its own personality and possible configurations reflected a thousand fold, eventually within the experience, the being was all of these personalities within a simultaneous moment. And within that moment fractured and split. Within these splits, the primal elements, and embodiments of the "planes" were formed. As well as the personalities and Avatars of our brothers and sisters.

Why my Maker must this happen? For it is in despair and disunion we now find ourselves! How can it be that we can also exhibit the worst of this universe and why is it that this must be exhibited in my kin for me to bear witness! I do not want to believe it, but your will is divine and our studies are true. Return us to the whole, I plead!"

*~Corellon, Passages Second and Third of the Elden Treatice, date unknown*

### The Grand embodiments of the Maker

As mentioned in the Elden Treatice, the universe existed not only as a single material plane, but many. And wizards and scholars of the weave know that travel in these between places is possible. Not just because it is what is written, but it is what has been proven following the Sundering too. The common planes used for transit or Weave magic are the "Grand Embodiments". The prime elements are what gives the fire its bite and the wind its shear for example. The astral plane can be used for traversing other planes. The Fey and Shadowfell hold similar uses, although are quite dangerous to travel, especially alone.

The grand embodiments of the fracturing of the Maker are as follows:

**The Material : Talamh Annwn**

**The Astral: A realm of spirit and soul , an Echo of the material**

**The Fey: A realm of Nature, unbound, an Echo of the material**

**Shadowfell: Iniquitous shadow and dismal darkness, an Echo of the material**

**The Prime Elemental planes: Fire, Earth, Air, and Water**

With the exception of the Prime Elemental planes, the Fey, Shadowfell and Astral are mirrors of our material reality. Identical in most ways except their outward appearance and effect on the mind.

The Outlands and Sigil - the plane of doors are also believed to be part of the Grand Embodiment. It is considered a true neutral plane and is inhabited by myriad extra planar creatures. Sigil itself is a large circular city with many portals or doors leading to the various planes described above and below.

More info to be added later on these, although they loosely follow the rules in the Dungeon Masters guide.

### The Reflections of Soul of the Maker

The Maker consists of the facets of Good, Evil, Neutral, Lawful and Chaotic. As it fragmented these combined into different realms or planes of existence, which are considered to be homes of the gods and representations of the soul of the Maker.

Below is an image that loosely describes how the planes fit together:

With the creation of the planes, the Maker embodied these planes within great Avatars (or Gods, to the mortals, see Pantheon). Each representing a different facet of the Maker's being and Soul. Some of the Gods did not have their own planes and some developed over time or were born anew from Apotheosis of great heroes. All however reflect the Makers force of will, and all would unify at the end of all things, some crave this desperately, such as Corellon. Others have grown reckless and wanton in their revellry and godhood within their planes and mortal realms.