Outer Planes

The Outer Planes of the cosmology of Terafa are also relatively simple, since there are only two. Or maybe three. Okay, it's not quite as simple as all that...

The Celestial Realms: Or "The Heavens", or just "Heaven", this is the alleged resting place for all goodly mortal souls when they pass. It's a realm of light and peace, where pain cannot be felt, and where everything is just better. However, it is also strangely deserted - instead of the expected hosts, the Celestial Realms are home to a few angelic beings of a distinctly elemental, and distinctly unapproachable, manner.

The Broken Gates: Deep within the Celestial Realms is a great set of gates, behind which can be glimpsed a staircase rising into still greater light. But the gates are broken and the way beyond is shut.

The Dark: Also "The Outer Dark", "The Hells", "The Abyss", "The Pit", or just "Hell", this is a teeming realm of destruction and pain. This is the alleged destination of all mortal souls who do not enter the Celestial Realms. But, again, those souls seem to be largely absent. Which is not to say that the Dark is empty - it is home to a multitude of demons and devils, who struggle against one another for supremacy and who plot ever for their access to the mortal realm.

And that's about it. The truth is that I've never been a huge fan of planar adventures, and especially of the Outer Planes, so while the setting needs some sort of a cosmology, I haven't given it a whole lot of thought. Of course, it's always worth bearing in mind that all of this might be the accepted wisdom of mortal theologians and philosophers, and may not be entirely accurate. And as for those wizards and others who are capable of visiting the Outer Planes, well, who's to say that their perceptions are truly accurate, and not molded by what they expect to see?