Editing Planes of Existence (section)

=== Dungeon of the Exiled ===
The only part of the Far Realm known to inhabitants of the Material is the Dungeon of the Exiled, where extremely dangerous and powerful creatures are exiled by the gods. These creatures are often too powerful to be killed outright, and since the gods are no longer able to exert their power beyond the Prism, they must keep their dangerous beings in, ostensibly, the opposite direction. In this way, the gods act as the guardians (or destroyers) of the multiverse. The exiled beings are often called the Tainted or the Exiled, and the Far Realm is usually considered a prison of sorts, though there are no cells. If anything, the Far Realm is a lawless prison realm where beings can fight each other, but cannot (generally) pass beyond its borders.

There are few if any portals from the Far Realm to the other planes, and many worlds in the material plane don’t even know of the existence of the Far Realm. Usually, knowledge about it comes from something from there gaining access to a world in the Material Plane. There is one access point from the Material Plane to the Far Realm however—a supermassive black hole in the center of the Material Plane known as the Funnel or the Bee Trap, which Exiled beings can be thrown into, but not escape from. 

It is possible to “puncture” a rift into the material plane, but doing so has grave consequences to that world and possibly the material plane entirely, as the magic of each realm does not collide well. As of this writing, no being from the Far Realm has been able to create rifts to realms outside the Material Plane. Thus, in a way, the Material Plane acts to these beings like the Astral Sea acts for us—a conduit from which you can get from Point B to Point C-Z. 

The biggest problem with this is that it is difficult for beings to travel between Backdrops, and usually the easiest way for Exiled beings (or gods or superhuman beings) to break through a celestial sphere is to literally break it, destroying the world in the process.

Eons ago, in Avo, three Titans—Covoran, Gamaver, and Atren—were exiled to the Far Realm after they chose to remain in Avo’s celestial sphere, rather than moving on to make new spheres, as is the custom with titans. Many titans are exiled as they often fall in love with their creations.

Somehow, during their time in the Far Realm, at least one of these titans managed to open a rift back to Avo, sending Gamaver the Destroyer crashing into the Teeth in Iro roughly 50 years ago. It was clear that the time spent in the Far Realm had corrupted Gamaver, turning him into a mountain-sized Cthulhu-esque being.

The Rift in the Sky was small, and magical rifts often are able to seal themselves due to incongruence with the material plane. However, the rift was wrenched open again as Covoran careened back to Avo, eventually finding himself in Leophynsia. The elves were Covoran’s creation, but in his corrupt state he saw them as flawed and vowed to eradicate them and begin anew. In doing so, he sunk Leophyns into a black abyss, before he was defeated.

Again, the rift may have closed on its own except that a man in Phynsia, Edwin Alcaster, managed to not only open the rift using strange blood magics, but also sent a message requesting Atren the Shaper’s presence in Avo. Atren eventually appeared, though what exactly occurred after she arrived is uncertain.

What is clear is this: Edwin’s message was heard by several other beings in the Far Realm, who have now traveled to Avo to escape their prison.

Here are the ones we know about.

==== The Celestial Kingdom ====
It isn’t entirely certain if the Celestial Kingdom arrived from the Far Realm, as they haven’t said directly where they originated. But what we do know is they arrived shortly after the gods in Valwyr were revealed to be false, leading people to wonder how they knew about that in the first place.

The Kingdom were revealed to be interim gods appointed to look over Avo until new gods could be established in the world. However, the Valwyrans have become very agnostic as of late, leading the Kingdom unable to manifest their replacements. In addition, other gods are already worshipped in other parts of Avo, making the Valwyrans suspicious of their so-called “gods.”

==== Dovar the Lightbringer ====
Dovar is a being whose sole purpose is to assimilate and consume worlds. More directly, he travels to worlds with his emissaries, claiming a desire to “bring peace” to that world. His idea of peace is to suck the life from the planet and eventually consume it whole.

Due to similarities to Alrenn the lich, many in Dorian assume Dovar to be Alrenn reborn. But it’s actually the opposite: Alrenn learned about Dovar and created magic that was similar to Dovar’s style. This connection is likely how Dovar learned about Avo, however.

==== EOD ====
EOD is some type of aberration, a cthulhuian being of incomparable size and power. It is said that EOD is bound to the Far Realm only by ritual, and was exiled long before time. Despite being exiled, he has still taken over hundreds of worlds in the Material Plane by enlisting a series of followers to do his bidding, granting them great power in the process.

It is said that the “corruption” of entities in the Far Realm stems from EOD’s maniacal manipulation. Others suggest that the Far Realm is actually EOD himself.

==== Eternus the Godcrusher ====
Eternus is a great war beast, resembling a grotesque insectoid bull hybrid. Eternus’ sole purpose in life is to destroy and consume gods. His origin is unknown, though the best guess is that he was a beast (possibly a beast of burden) for a god now dead, or eaten by Eternus. The War Beast then drifted in the Space Between Worlds, doing battle with and eventually consuming the gods protecting various celestial spheres, before being captured and thrown into the Funnel. His offspring are called the star spawn, humanoid beings comprised of wriggling worms.