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The World of Shattered Arcana
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Before the planes, there was the Ur-Silence. A void without form, time, or will. Then it sang — one note that shattered into eight Fundamental Frequencies, each crystallizing into a world. The war for the Throne has been fought across all eight ever since.
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The Eight Planes
Eight worlds born from a single shattered note. Each plane is a living expression of a Fundamental Frequency — Equilibrium, Diminishment, Proliferation, Disruption, Reverberation, Chaos, Spirit, and Glamour.
Races of the Planes
Fifty-four races shaped by the Frequencies of their home planes. From the cathedral-builders of Aurelith to the shadow-weavers of Noctharion, each race carries the mark of the world that made them.
The Eight Schools of Magic
Six hundred spells organized into eight schools, each born from a plane's Fundamental Frequency. Radiance from Aurelith. Shadow from Noctharion. Nature from Verdantis. Chaos and Death from Infernyx. Sorcery from Aethermist. Void and Spirit from the outer planes. Glamour from the Feywild.
Dragons of the Planes
Fifty-five species condensed from the Ur-Resonance itself. Chromatic dragons carry Chaos and Death in their blood. Metallics are shaped by Life and Sorcery. Planar dragons are the planes made flesh — older than memory, territorial beyond reason.
Wizard Classes
Three paths to arcane mastery, each demanding a different sacrifice. Wizards bend the Frequencies through study. Psykers channel reality through will alone. Warlocks and Witches bargain with powers older than the planes.
“The Ur-Resonance could not exist as one thing. The act of sounding shattered it into eight Fundamental Frequencies — eight expressions of potential, each incompatible with the others, each complete in itself. They did not appear. They crystallized.”
— The Arcane Collegium, Third Age Cosmological Record