Astral Planes

Today we will shortly introduce the two other planes in Mundus RPG. Previously we have been talking about the human inhabited plane of Mundus from which this game takes its name from. Now we will scratch the surface of the two astral planes governed by gods.

Where Mundus does not have gods that directly influence the plane both other planes do. However people on Mundus worship gods from both of the other two planes. This is because people can harness the power of gods with ritualism and some gods indirectly influence Mundus through their servants.

Ascendes

Ascendes, the astral plane with two suns and no moon is governed by Matinia goddess of Birth, Libera goddess of Freedom, Amicia goddess of Concord, Luca god of Sun and Cael god of Sky. Due to the two suns Ascendes is a very warm and bright plane.

Native people of both planes governed by gods are called demigods due to their unnaturally long lifespan when compared to humans. Demigods of Ascendes are dark or black skinned and tall people with eyes color of their life force which is a natural characteristic for demigods. Their culture bears resemblance to Roman and Greek cultures and their native tongue, Lingua Domini, closely resembles Latin and it is considered the language of gods. Domini is also used in Mundus and Acernos as a language of scholars and ritualists.

On Ascendes civilization is centered around huge cities with few million people living in each city. This is made possible by advanced sewerage and healthcare systems. To produce enough food to support such large cities slavery is common throughout Ascendes and most of the flat landscape around the cities is farmed.

Acernos

The dark, sunless plane of Acernos is ruled by Inmicus god of War, Terra goddess of Earth, Agura god of Water, Lumia goddess of Moon and Morte god of Death. Acernos is much darker and colder when compared to Mundus and Ascendes due to the lack of sunlight. However, the smaller of the two moons, Lumi illuminates the Acernos with the help of bright stars and grand auroras.

Demigods of Acernos are tall and pale people with dark or white hair. They have a clan based culture which bears some similarities to imperial Chinese culture, most notable being their native tongue, architecture and customs. Due to their clan culture Acernos only has few larger cites which compete in size with the large cities of Ascendes even though both planes have similar technology available.

See you next Sunday!