User:Esrias

Esria was the name given to the plane beneath the Heavens, upon which all mortal life existed. It was a fundamental part of the structure of The World itself, possessing an incredible amount of power due to its divine creation by Archangels and the millions of souls that inhabited it.

For millennia after its creation, it was protected by a powerful barrier that stopped all manner of celestials from passing freely into the mortal realm, maintained by the servants of Heaven. However, as mortal belief in the Heavens began to wane, efforts to actively turn to new gods in the Imperial Era began to weaken the influence that the Archangels could have over their creation. As a result, the barrier was unable to be maintained, and quickly became ineffective.

The name was just as often used to refer to the actual geographical structure of the plane itself, which was comprised of four known continents: Western Astria, Eastern Astria, Arcadia and Eliya.