Planes of Existence

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The Planes of Existence describe the many planes that make up the world of Titan and the universe in which it resides.

One description describes the planes of Titan as "cocooning the planet and extending out from it like the concentric layers of an onion, except that these layers lie in dimensions beyond the physical three with which we are familiar."

References in Canon

Reference to the various Planes of Existence is a favourite device of many of the authors of the Fighting Fantasy series, although the way in which they are referred to is varied and numerous.

The Different Planes

Planes referred to within canon include:

• The Macrocosmos
• Celestial Planes:
  • Garden of the Gods (Titan) - location of the Celestial Court
• Spirit Plane
• Astral Plane
• Ethereal Plane
• Earthly Plane
  • Titan (world)
  • Amarillia (described as a "parallel world" of Titan)
• World of the Magehunter
• Maiden's Vale
• Place of Battle
• Magical Planes:
  • Magical Plane of Water
  • Magical Plane of Air
  • Magical Plane of Fire
  • Magicial Plane of Earth

• Plane of Light
• Plane of Chaos

• Demonic Planes:
  • Plane of Bile
  • Plane of Blood
  • Plane of Ichor
  • Plane of Obsidian
  • Plane of Pain
  • Plane of Platinum
  • Plane of Rust
  • Plane of Steel
• The Void

Attempted Classification

In terms of how these planes interact with each other, scholars have little in the way of a definitive classification to draw upon from canon. A notable attempt was made on The Shrine of Hamaskis website and there follows a summary of this attempt:

PLEASE NOTE, AS DESCRIBED IN THE PARAGRAPH IMMEDIATELY ABOVE, THE FOLLOWING IS NOT OFFICIAL CANON BUT AN ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN WHAT HAS BEEN WRITTEN IN CANON WITHOUT CONTRADICTING CANON ITSELF

Introduction

The planes "are too many to count, mortal scholars and seers have divided them into collections which possess similar qualities. Some of these are then subdivided into smaller classes, and so on ad infinitum."

Primary Planes

The following list may provide some helpful information concerning the currently favoured classification of the planes of existence. There are three Primary Planes:

1. Magical
2. Astral
3. Physical

Secondary Planes

The intersections of the Primary Planes form the secondary planes which are of the most interest in classifications.

Creation of the Planes

When the first beings in the universe, Elim, Ashra and Vuh, created the worlds, they also formed the planes of existence, and just as they were each responsible for one of the families of deities, so they each had a particular affinity for one of the planes, as shown below.

Primary Plane Creation

Primary Plane	Creator
Magical	Elim
Astral	Ashra
Physical	Vuh

Secondary Plane Creation

Secondary Plane	Primary Planes	Native Inhabitants	Notes
Celestial	Astral	The gods of Titan and their divine servants	None
Ethereal	Astral and Physical	Ethereal Spirits	Ethereal Oil exists on both the corporeal and ethereal planes
Corporeal	Physical	Physical Beings	The plane which we are currently inhabiting
Elemental	Physical and Magical	Elemental Spirits	None
Demonic	Magical	Demons	Also known as the Pit
Spirit	Magical and Astral	Spirits and Minor Demons	The substance Silver exists on both the corporeal and spirit planes.
Void	Magical, Astral and Physical	None	Lies below the Pit

Sitting outside these is The Abyss