Praemal
From Praemal
Pronounced PREH-mull.
The world of Praemal is more than a battleground between good and evil; it is also a battleground between law and chaos, as symbolized by technology and chaositech. Chaos is reasserting itself in the world, and law is on the decline. This trend becomes clear in the fact that the Tarsisian Empire is falling apart, but also in that technology levels are decreasing, not increasing. Innovation is stymied, because the culture that fostered it is shattering.
Monte Cook on the World (and Beyond)
"Two moons hang above the night sky. Lunas is a large white orb, while Rogue is the smaller, more erratic satellite. Most people are well aware that the world is round and that the moons orbit around it while the world circles the sun. (They don't, however, have any concept that the stars are suns or that other worlds might circle about them -- but then, who's to say that's true?)
"Learned folk know that the world is made up of matter and energy (the essence of both of which can be expressed as fire, earth, water, and air) and that matter is made of particles smaller than a person can see. Magnetism, lighter than air gases, and other basic aspects of science are not unknown, either.
"Most people know that the Astral Sea is a magical place that shares the same space with the world but is apart as well, or "out of phase." The Elemental Planes are conceptual places based around the fundamental building blocks of matter and energy. The Upper Realms, Upper Planes, the Heavens, the Celestial Realm -- these are all names for the place of Ultimate Goodness where angelic beings rule and good people go when they die. Most do not believe this to be the realm of the gods, however -- the gods dwell in secret places within the world, or high in the sky.
"The Heavens' opposite, the Hells (or just Hell), the Pit, the Abyss, the Dark Realms, the Lower Planes, or the Nether Realms, exist in a similar metaphysical state. They are a place of demons and devils, where the evil go when they die to face eternal torment (or get their deserved reward, according to some). Plenty of evil gods and demons live right in the world, however, hiding in the shadows."
