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Unlike many Universes that were sung, painted, or dreamt into being, Sodahan was '''hammered into existence''' within the Transplanar Forge using the molten debris left behind from the [[First Convergence]]. It is thus a living construct — a cosmos engineered rather than merely imagined. | Unlike many Universes that were sung, painted, or dreamt into being, Sodahan was '''hammered into existence''' within the Transplanar Forge using the molten debris left behind from the [[First Convergence]]. It is thus a living construct — a cosmos engineered rather than merely imagined. | ||
The universe’s continuing vitality is due to an open metaphysical conduit called the '''Forge Gate''', through which flows [[Essence]], the foundational energy of creation. | The universe’s continuing vitality is due to an open metaphysical conduit called the '''Forge Gate''', through which flows [[Essence (Sodahan)|Essence]], the foundational energy of creation. | ||
Because the Forge Gate was never sealed, Sodahan remains a place where '''creation is still happening''' — stars being born through divine heat, species adapting in visible metaphysical time, and the laws of physics and magic evolving in response to mortal discovery. | Because the Forge Gate was never sealed, Sodahan remains a place where '''creation is still happening''' — stars being born through divine heat, species adapting in visible metaphysical time, and the laws of physics and magic evolving in response to mortal discovery. | ||
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* '''Mortal Plane (Sodahan Prime)''' — The material cosmos of stars, planets, and mortal life. | * '''Mortal Plane (Sodahan Prime)''' — The material cosmos of stars, planets, and mortal life. | ||
* '''Astral Crucible''' — The lattice of starlight through which consciousness and psionic energy travel. | * '''Astral Crucible''' — The lattice of starlight through which consciousness and psionic energy travel. | ||
* '''Aetheric Sea''' — The oceanic reservoir of raw [[Essence]]; source of all magical phenomena. | * '''Aetheric Sea''' — The oceanic reservoir of raw [[Essence (Sodahan)|Essence]]; source of all magical phenomena. | ||
* '''Deep Forge''' — The sub-material layer where heat, gravity, and divine pressure create new matter and lifeforms (birthplace of the [[Dragorian]]). | * '''Deep Forge''' — The sub-material layer where heat, gravity, and divine pressure create new matter and lifeforms (birthplace of the [[Dragorian]]). | ||
* '''Veiled Expanse''' — The decaying edge of the universe where Essence loses coherence, bordering the [[Outer Darkness]]. | * '''Veiled Expanse''' — The decaying edge of the universe where Essence loses coherence, bordering the [[Outer Darkness]]. | ||
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== Essence and Magic == | == Essence and Magic == | ||
[[Essence]] is the '''transdimensional substrate''' of Sodahan, generated by the friction of divine creation. It binds matter, thought, and spirit into one continuum. | [[Essence (Sodahan)|Essence]] is the '''transdimensional substrate''' of Sodahan, generated by the friction of divine creation. It binds matter, thought, and spirit into one continuum. | ||
In scientific terms, Essence acts as a '''fourth-dimensional energy field''', folding together quantum and metaphysical properties. | In scientific terms, Essence acts as a '''fourth-dimensional energy field''', folding together quantum and metaphysical properties. | ||
In metaphysical terms, it is '''the Breath of Aulirya and the Fire of Vareth''' — the dual nature of thought and will. | In metaphysical terms, it is '''the Breath of Aulirya and the Fire of Vareth''' — the dual nature of thought and will. | ||