Arcadia

Arcadia

## Description

Arcadia is known as The House of Armies by many. A lot of inhabitants of this realm are well known to be creatures who served as soldiers on a battlefield, sometimes soldier doctors are also seen walking the halls of these plains. It is well known that The Forgemaster made his home here, resting in the Silver Castle at the top of Mount Clangeddin. It is said that The Forgemaster, and thus all of his apostles, train the soldiers here to use celestial weaponry to one day combat The Old Ones if they ever return.

### Abellio

Abellio is the home of which the divine powers rest here. Gods, Greater Angels, and The Apostles of The Forgemaster all live up here. This layer also houses Mount Clangeddin, where The Silver Castle of The Forgemaster is placed upon. This plane is well known for its serene nature, and how all animals up here are somehow able to co-exist, predators and prey both permanently able to live without needing to eat food or drink water. In addition to this, the Glitter Lakes on this plane leak downwards onto Buxenus, which is below it.

### Buxenus

Known as the secondary realm to Arcadia, Buxenus houses the realms of the lower divine powers, such as lesser gods or celestials. In addition to this, it also houses the billions of soldiers who died in all combat, all are taught in the reviving battlegrounds by the acolytes of The Forgemaster. All battlegrounds in this area are directly under the Glitterwaterfalls, which have such healing properties to be able to restore the soul.

### Orb of Day and Night

A rotating orb that sits in the sky, this artifact is treated as a layer of the realm. The orb rotates as the same time that The Material Plane's main planet rotates at, creating an equal day/night cycle between the two realms. Because this realm sits in the center of a void, the artifact was made by The Forgemaster to give their soldiers a sense of home while training on the eternal battlefields.

## History

The realm was originally made by The Forgemaster to serve as a home where he would be able to bring his church to forge metals with him in his castle, however, after the rise of Reout, he converted one of the layers into a realm to train soldiers from all battlefields to make sure that the next time an Old One breaks out of it's containment that the gods would be ready to take on the threat. However, the castle still served it's original purpose, and those who worshipped The Forgemaster went to his Silver Castle to forge angelic weapons or armor for their cause.

## Cosmology

The Realm rests in between Mechanus and Mount Celestia, being a breaker to Blind Law and Scripture reading. The realm is attached to only Mount Celestia, however, by the River Oceanus, because the people of Mechanus decided that Arcadia posed too much of a threat to true justice, and they severed the River Oceanus's connection. This deeply angered The Forgemaster, who then gave every other high realm parts of the Glitterwater of his realm, giving free healing properties to even Ysgard, stopping at Limbo.

## Afterlife

As stated before, Dwarves who worship The Forgemaster are allowed into The Silver Castle of him to work on celestial armaments, in addition to many soldiers who fall in battle. While it is unknown how the most zealous soldiers of opposing armies are able to co-exist with each other, it is known that out of all 10 billion soldiers, no case of infighting has occurred. Many lesser divine beings believe this to be the effect of the Glitterwater, an artifact made by The Forgemaster; but the true cause is truly unknown. In addition to this, creatures who celebrate the many lesser divine beings who make realm here come to exist in their realms.

## Inhabitants

Many many soldier's souls, in addition to the souls of blacksmiths exist here. In addition to that, lesser and greater angels will sometimes make home here with lesser and intermediate gods. It is also known that some megafauna lives here, such as Great White Stags, or Quadruple Horned Boars. In addition to this, Archons are no stranger to watching the training done in Arcadia's battlegrounds.

## Realms

* The Castle of Silver, realm of The Forgemaster and all dwarves who worship him.
* Marduk the Valiant of the Untheric pantheon once made his home also named Marduk in Arcadia in a simple but well-ordered large city.
* Savras the All-Seeing resided in the caverns called the Eye on Buxenus.