The Aether (updated 2008/09/15)

The spirit realm known as the Aether is but one step out of phase with the mundane world--unseen yet readily accessible to those who venture into nodes or have the talent to walk the Shining Paths.

The Aether is a parallel world of spirits in which our world is visible as a ghostly realm. The beings who dwell there shape the realm by strength of will and spirit of purpose, drawing upon both the mundane shapes and the raw power of the Astral Sea.

The Aether is home to as diverse a population as the mundane world, but the people and wildlife that dwell there share little semblance to creatures of flesh and blood.

The Aether is the highest realm, called a heaven or Valhalla by some, for it exists above the mortal world and draws upon the raw power of the Astral Sea.

Shining Paths stretch out into the sky, across the land, or tunnel beneath the ground. If one follows these paths long enough he enters the Astral Sea.