Born from the Great Fragmentation, where the first Titan split into Xalyth and Uromoch, creating the fundamental duality of Order and Chaos that defined the planes.

The Great Orrery, a series of interlocking planar gears that grind against one another, powered by the eternal struggle of the Eight.

The High Octant, a ruling council of deities where votes are cast through the conquest of terrestrial and extraplanar territories.

Deities view mortals as 'Planar Fuel' or 'Foot-Soldiers.' Worship is often a transaction for protection against the literal collapse of the local reality.

Souls are sorted by Malthus into various 'Fronts' of the Planar War; the heroic become soldiers for Xalyth, while the treacherous are consumed by Vesperas.