#voidbreak lore

Those who Fell from Glory needed guidance, leadership, and hope. The Light Bringer offered that, and more; he offered purpose. Fight with him, he promised, and you would be saving the universe. The very motto of him and his Ouroboros, his council, can be translated as "For the ultimate good." They would, and will, and have, done anything in the name of that ideal. And he's so close, now, to the end of it all. So very, very close.

The Fallen Ængels of the Ouroboros; immortals, immortalized, by way of a painting commissioned by their leader. From left to right is Lailah of the Serafim, Rachiel of the Serafim, Azrael of the Serafim, Lucifer of the Serafim, Asmodeus of the Erelim, and Beelzebub of the Erelim. The portrait hangs in their War Room, a symbol of their eternal loyalty to one another, and the cause they fight for.

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"There are many theories about the source of life in the universe, what keeps it all going. These Ǣtherians have a variety of their own folktales and ideologies trying to answer these questions; and of them all, I would say I find this idea of the Singularity most intriguing. It's not 'God' to them, not even close; more, a manifestation of the collective potential consciousness throughout reality. Some of its life-energy breaks apart and falls away, which is what creates life as we understand it, and when something dies that energy returns to the Singularity. There's a lot of debate within this idea on how that works and, fascinatingly, whether or not the Singularity itself is conscious life or merely a vassal for it. The ethics of mortality among a people that practically breathe majiq and, from our narrow Terran perspective, appear immortal, is such a fascinating topic I feel I could spend a hundred lifetimes studying it and still never fully understand these concepts in the way Ǣtherians do. Regardless. We trek ever forward towards Olam Ber'iah, that enigmatic core of the planar system. If this Singularity is real, that is its home; and if we are successful in our venture, many questions may be answered."

-- Excerpt from Journal of the Glorious Jenova, Vol. 2. One of the final installments in her journal before she and her legion disappeared from reality.

ÆTHERITE

Existing in tones from shimmering pastels to iridescent blacks, ætherite is a sediment runoff formed by the process of altering elemental frequencies, littering reality like microscopic dust. In dense enough quantities, however, it eagerly bonds together and changes states; first to a ‘suprafluid’ form, flowing infinitely within abstract limits and behaving somewhat like water, somewhat like plasma. As the ætherite gains mass and density, it gathers into hexagonal columns around the edges of the suprafluid, similar to the growth of bismuth crystals. Chunks of ætherite that have completely crystalized are incredibly powerful conductors of majiq, but equally difficult to work with and form into weaponry or tools. In spite of this, many dedicate their entire lives to the medium, and various items of power have been created, lost, and destroyed over the span of existence. The presence of ætherite with the plane of the Æther is so strong, not only is it the source of the crystalline substance’s name, but creatures native to the Æther actually use it for biological modifications or otherwise physically rely upon ætherite, such as Dragon hearts being chunks of pure ætherite.