The Edge

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The Edge
Information
First seen	Edge of Eternities
Last seen	Edge of Eternities
Status	Uncaring

The Edge, also referred to as "The Edge of Eternity" or simply "space" by its inhabitants, is an annular universe that surrounds the known Multiverse, bordering the Blind Eternities like the skin of an orange. It is a science-fantasy themed setting for the Edge of Eternities set.

Description

The Edge is a ring-like, toroid cosmic universe that covers the known Multiverse, unbeknownst to the Edge's inhabitants. Scattered across the Edge's vast vacuum are raw aether, mana, and radiation as well as various celestial objects, including large spherical worlds such as planets and satellites that orbit even larger concentrations of mana, aether, and chemical elements known as stars. The Edge features various forms of life, including intelligent spacefaring species, most of whom live on terrestrial planets, though some live on gas giants, and various interstellar fauna, like space whales. On a local level, intrasystem commerce, exploration, and politics are commonplace; on a grander scale, an intergalactic alliance called Pinnacle manages the universe's affairs, and a conflict known as the Entropy War between two religious factions, the all-consuming Monoists and the expansionist Summists, rages across the Edge. Magic takes the form of utilizing aether and mana as fundamental particles like quarks, harnessing materials such as moxite for technology or magical augmentation, and innate species-specific capabilities, such as the gravity-manipulating Susurians.

The Edge is demarcated inwards i.e. towards the known Multiverse by a defined, tangible "Chaos Wall" where matter, space, and time appears to originate for the Edge's denizens, and the Edge is demarcated outwards by unobservable "Quiet Wall" where objects appear to move away, implicating expansion. Faster-than-light (FTL) travel and weftwalking - magical FTL travel without technology - is often done by temporarily piercing and traversing the Chaos Wall, likely a layer of the Blind Eternities. The Chaos Wall also features chaotic ejecta: expulsions of energy, aether, and particulates.

The Edge is unaware of the Multiverse within the Chaos Wall, presuming a mere "pocket" universe lies within. However, inhabitants of the Multiverse, including the Fomori, have accessed the Edge. It is possible for planeswalkers to enter the Edge by planeswalking, but not for them to leave it.

Interstellar travel

Spacecrafts are the most common form of travel within the Edge. They vary in size, function, and propulsion sources> Nuclear reactors generally utilize moxite, a rare fuel source. Only eternity ships are capable of FTL travel. They contain an eternity drive which allows them to access the "Weft", a.k.a. Blind Eternities behind the Chaos Wall, like a key to the door, but the drive is not responsible for the propulsion itself. Eternity ships are propelled into the Weft by Pinnacle-constructed and regulated eternity columns, which are located in a constant location regardless of the layer of reality. Thus, FTL travel is colloquially referred to as Weft travel, with Weft being a borrowed term from the Drix, an alien race capable of travelling through the Weft independently.

Known locations

• Pinnacle Space - The region of the Edge under the jurisdiction of Pinnacle, the predominant governing body of the Edge.

• The Sothera system - A star system containing a dying star which was coerced into becoming a supervoid by Monoists. The primary setting of the Edge of Eternities set.
  • Sothera - Centre of the eponymous Sothera system. Collapsed into a black hole-like object called a Supervoid that still emits photons. The Monoists and Summists vie over its fate, with it being the 1000th converted singularity for the Monoists.
  • Major astronomical bodies
    • Susur Secundi () - Closest planet to Sothera. Formerly known as Anuki. A terrestrial planet with labyrinths and monumental rock formations, supposedly from an extinct civilization. Claimed by Monoists.
    • Kavaron () - 2nd closest planet to Sothera, tied with Evendo. A terrestrial planet was shattered by the Kav's industrial strip mining for moxite, splitting it into two halves. Home to the Kavaronic Federal Empire.
      • Kavaron That Is - The broken hemisphere of Kavaron, a gravitational storm of tectonic debris.
      • Kavaron Before - The stabilized but slowly shrinking hemisphere of Kavaron.
        • Duranuw, also The Mordraine Ring - The outermost ring of the tectonic mitigation wall.
    • Evendo () - 2nd closest planet to Sothera, tied with Kavaron. A terrestrial planet with an equator of terraformed lush forests and desolate tundra elsewhere. Settled by Evendo-Strain Eumidians.
    • Adagia () - 3rd closest planet to Sothera. Formerly known as Adawa. A terrestrial planet covered by sands and swept by powerful winds. Colonized by the Sunstar Free Company.
    • Uthros () - Furthest planet to Sothera. A gas giant ringed by dozens of moons and covered by violent storms, housing a harsh ground of methane and ammonia ice weathered by diamond rain, liquid metallic hydrogen and helium rivers, and super-compressed gases. Hub of the Uthros Combine's research complex.
  • Minor astronomical bodies
    • Lammuat () - An oceanic cemetery moon holding many secrets under its waves.
    • Aqqat () - A newborn moon with extreme volcanic activity.
    • Starshadow () - An empty world with the remains of a population that was annihilated in a day by an unknown cause.
    • Kiln () - A world known for its forges and volcanic activity.
    • Granova () - A moon teeming with biota. Its biodiversity makes it a must-see for astrobiologists.
  • The Wurmwall - A hazardous asteroid belt teeming with interstellar life
  • The Garden of Apeiron - A region of space known as a "ship graveyard" and containing unexplained paranormal phenomena
  • Infinite Guideline - Pinnacle's main transit hub within the Sothera system, containing an eternity column for Weft or FTL travel.

Inhabitants

The factions of the Edge are centered around a specific color, with some of its races falling suit.

• Humans (Pinnacle), (Summists), (Monoists) - Hominids best known for their use of culture in heredity.
• Astelli - Angels or incarnations of mana made from the remains of stars killed by supervoids. Secret founders of Summism.
• Illvoi - Humanoid jellyfish.
• Susurians - Founding species of Monoism. Can bend light and gravity.
• Kav - Intelligent, bipedal Kavu.
• Eumidians - Humanoid insects.
• Drix
• Whales
• Leviathans
• Robots
• Beasts

Factions

• Pinnacle - an intergalactic alliance
• The Celestial Palatinate () - A monarchical state under the faith Summism, which seeks constant expansion and development of the universe, worshipping the divine Regent Maximum and Astelli, and warring with Monoists via reconverting supervoids back into stars via weapons called horizontal javelins. Primarily humans. Secretly founded by Astelli.
  • Regent Maximum - The leader and most superior monarch of the Celestial Palatinate.
  • Cosmogrands - Lesser monarchs of the Celestial Palatinate seeking expansionism, both economic and astronomical.
  • Companies - Military forces consisting of lords and knights
    • The Sunstar Free Company - The de facto state army and Regent Maximum's current favored company. The Celestial Palatinate's main influence within the Sothera system.
• The Illvoi Bloom () - A species and culture of jellyfish-like lifeforms, capable of cloudsculpting: desublimating gases into desired solids via innate psychic magic and augmented technology. They are a major proponent of Pinnacle's scientific community.
  • Uthros Combine - A private research group of Illvoi on Uthros. Publicly researching new atmospheric engineering techniques. Secretly researching something of Tezzeret's desire.
• The Monoists () - A faith seeking INEVITA, the heat death of the Edge as paradise, via turning stars into supervoids, worshipping _{He Who Plummets}, and warring with Summists. Primarily humans. Founded by Susurians.
  • The Monasteriat - The governing religious body of Monoism
• The Kavaronic Federal Empire () - The governing body of Kav, a relatively new but historically rich empire of Kavu seeking refuge from their collapsing native planet Kavaron due to their reckless mining of the planet's moxite.
  • The Kav Memorial Navy - Interstellar military of the Kavaronic Empire.
• The Eumidians () - Brood of an ancient terrasymbiotic species that spread throughout the universe via seedships, colonizing starships containing microbiota that evolve quickly into insectoid lifeforms with both biology and culture best suiting their new environment as well as terraforming capabilities making the environment best suit them.
  • Evendo-Strain Eumidians - The specific Eumidian strain which has landed on Evendo, terraforming its equator into lush forests but also adapting culturally and biologically to its glacial surroundings. Left hibernation recently due to the heating of Evendo from meteors originating from the crumbling planet Kavaron.

Visitors

• Tezzeret