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The Spheres of Influence are gathered into several bodies: the World, the
Heavens, the Forces, the Virtues, War, and Peace. The World is composed
of several Spheres: Earth, Air, Fire, Water and Spirit rest at the core of
the World for they are the primary Elements that all things are constructed
from. Between the primary Elements sit the Para-Elements (Magma, Ooze, Ice
and Smoke) and above and below them sit the Quasi-Elements (Lightning,
Vacuum, Radiance, Salt, Ash, Dust, Steam and Minerals). Two opposing
powers shape the Elements of the World - Magic and Nature. See Figure 1
for a diagram of the Spheres that make up the World.

FIGURE 1: The World and its components
Between the Heavens and the World rotate the Greater and Lesser Virtues.
At the border of the World sit the Sun and Moon, Spheres spawned of the
Light and the Shadow, but fully neither. The Spheres of the Virtues dominate
the motivation of mortal hearts and the Sun and Moon provide the mortal heart
with inspiration.
In the diffuse gray region where Light and Shadow intermingle the Forces
flow unconcerned with the concepts of good and evil. War, spawned of Chaos
and Shadow, is influenced but not dominated by its parent Spheres. Peace,
spawned of Order and Light is likewise merely influenced by those Spheres.
The relationships between the Spheres of the Heavens is complex and thus
illustrated in Figure 2 below.
FIGURE 2: The Relationship of the Spheres
(Heavens and World combined)
The start of the Third Age to Thera heralded the creation of the Spheres,
heavenly bodies that store the resources of the gods and influence mortal
destiny. The war among the Immortals in the Second Age led to separation
and mistrust and thus the Spheres were created.
Read the following Sphere descriptions before deciding upon a Sphere:
- The Elements - provides information about the Spheres related to the Inner Planes.
- Nature - provides information about the Spheres related to Nature.
- Magic - provides information about the Sphere of Magic.
- The Sun - provides information about the Spheres associated with the Sun.
- The Moon - provides information about the Spheres associated with the Moon.
- The Forces - provides information about the Spheres associated with the Forces (including Peace and War).
- The Lesser Virtues - provides information about the Spheres that comprise the Lesser Virtues.
- The Greater Virtues - provides information about the Spheres that comprise the Greater Virtues.
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