Blue Mythos #6: The Realms

THE FIRST REALM
The First Realm, aside from the realm of The Gods The First Realm was the first realm to come into existence for Mortals. Because of the realm's proximity to The Realm Of The Gods, The First Realm is teeming with raw mist and the beings who populated the realm were immensely powerful. Unfortunately, the First Realm was thrust into a nearly perpetual civil war for supremacy, this was due to Master Silas's manipulation of the ruling class of The First Realm. The First Realm is filled with lush green plains and wondrous architecture. Despite their advances in mist usage, technologically the First Realm teeters between modern and medieval levels, relying on animals and carriages for transport but also having large vehicles similar to trains for massive transportation.

THE ORDER REALM
The Order Realm is a realm sandwiched between The First Realm and the Mortal Realm. Much like The First Realm due to its proximity to The Mist, the beings that populate The Order Realm are immensely powerful. After witnessing the conflict within The First Realm, The Celestial Gods decided to take a more active role in establishing peace and decided to use The Order Realm as a peacekeeping realm to aid in establishing order within The First Realm. Therefore The Celestial Gods taught the 1st Order Realmers how to use The Mist in order to maintain peace and the life force of all things.

The descendants of the 1st Order Realmers became the royalty of The Order Realm, a lineage which still persists to this day. In ensuring The Order Realm's continued thriving The Celestial Gods created The Watchers, a triad of divine beings who could monitor other realms and alert The Order Realm to improper usage of mist that could potentially threaten the realms. The Watchers in turn created a being infused with divine power to be a protector of all realms, a being given the title of Order Realm Chief Of Security. The Order Realm thrived so much so that The Gods trusted them to protect The Master Conduit, a Mystic item that could provide instantaneous travel between the realms and at worst even merge realms, and allowed The Order Realm to entrust other Mystic Items to beings of other realms.

Due to the frequent use of Light Magic, The Order Realm is a shining beacon of light throughout all realms and is the most pristine, the mere act of setting foot on its land can heal even the most fatal wounds and brighten the disposition of anyone. However, this reliance on Light Magic is on a very delicate balance as Dark Magic can easily upset the atmosphere of The Order Realm and weaken it as Dark Magic absorbs life force, essentially a strong Dark Mage would have plenty to absorb in The Order Realm. Luckily, The Order Realm is practically a fortress as entry is nearly impossible for even the most learned mage, but clever sorts can get around this defense.

THE MORTAL REALM
Adjacent to the Mist but far enough away lies The Mortal Realm, very similar to our Earth.
The Isles Of Moria
The Royal Province Fraga
The Royal Empire Of The Spanelands
Maraca
Karafa
The Kingdom Of Soulcress

• The Elf Commune
• The Drowery
• Belzendor

Vellta (Home of the Heltheons)
The Dragonlands
Dromia (Home Of The Beastlikes)

THE LAND OF THE DEUS

THE UNDERWORLD
The Underworld is a realm created by The Celestial Gods for a specific purpose. Unlike the other realms which were created with a finite structure, The Underworld is constantly expanding. The Underworld is a realm where The Mist is consumed by all who enter as a spirit by The ruler (which is currently Yaku Asmodia). The Underworld is designed as a punishment realm for evil-doers and therefore The Celestial Gods created a seal that will strip all entrants of their powers. The creatures that emerged in The Underworld are all servants of Yaku and work as slave drivers for the spirits that find themselves there. The Ruler Of The Underworld is the only being sanctioned by The Celestial Gods to use Dark Magic. Because of this divine sanction, Yaku is capable of utilizing Dark Magic without succumbing to the intense hunger that comes with it.

The Underworld varies in the landscape but the largest and primary area (where the prisoners are held) is volcanic, rocky, and known for its intense heat, however, the palace area is lush and surrounded by a beach and the weather is moderate.

THE REALM OF DARKNESS
The Realm Of Darkness is an accident, when the Celestial Gods were created a negative force was created as well, a being composed of Mist that sought to absorb The Mist of The Celestial Gods and all of creation. In order to keep this being from consuming all living things The Celestial Gods forced this being into its own pocket realm, a realm void of any life except for it's self, and therefore it wouldn't have any Mist except for it's self to feed off of. Essentially that being consumed it's self but because it was a Celestial God and incapable of death, it dissipated and spread throughout the entire realm thus creating a realm that would consume anything that entered it. However, because God was a living being, its life force gave rise to creatures who inhabited the realm and were all just as hungry as it was. The Celestial Gods saw this and decided to use this realm as a punishment for egregious lawbreakers as the realm was powerful enough to render a God powerless.

The Celestial Gods gave The Order Realm the key to The Realm Of Darkness in order to punish lawbreakers. It should be noted that The Realm Of Darkness is not used as a regular punishment but is set specifically for immortals who gain immortality through the use of Dark Magic, Necromancers, and other extreme misuses of Magic. The Realm Of Darkness is stifling to any and all powers that enter within it, as the second being sets foot inside the Realm will feed off its life force until they're a withering husk. The realm itself is in a constant state of decay, because of The Mist's nature to create life, The Realm Of Darkness is constantly trying to grow life while at the same time consuming it. Therefore the entire realm is a vast wasteland in utter darkness as even light is consumed.

The largest remnant of the Celestial God that became The Realm Of Darkness is a being The Order Realm calls Anubis. Anubis is essentially The God Of The Realm of Darkness and wields dominion over the creatures that dwell within. Anubis is noted as being intelligent and has a desire to consume all realms and has acted through agents to complete this desire. In the past century, Anubis managed to manipulate The Order Realm Chief Of Security Kire Samael into becoming his loyal servant.