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Overview

The Mavimyst, "Long Day and Night" in the Typhonian Tongue, is the great Jewel of all Thavma, and a member of its Outer Realms. Located at the center of the Typhonia-Circulacium, the spherical arrangement of Thavma's own Thirteen Realms, the Mavimyst has served as both the setting and prize of the collective Divine Typhonia's eternal power struggle, which claims dominion over the surrounding Realms of existence. Particularly, its primary plane of existence, the world of Haven, is subject to the lion's share of the machinations of the Divines, as they send forth their progeny to the world in order to further their own personal agendas. As such, many of these Divine beings are often presented as some manner of benevolent savior, or other type of figurehead to the mortal populace of Haven, but they are never truly benign, always playing with the lives of both the mortal inhabitants, and their own Inomeni progeny.

It stands alone in its like amongst all the collective realms of Thavma. Having been crafted by the very first Divine, the Sentient Power of the Golden Sovereign, as a means to observe the interplay between Light and Darkness, the Mavimyst exists in an eternal state of Penumbral balance between the two diametrically opposed facets of existence. Through the use of the "Penumbral Scales," an ethereal force woven into the Mavimyst's fabric, the balance between good and evil is determined by the actions of its collective inhabitants and will ultimately reset upon the coming of the next millennia, in an event known as the "Mavishift."

Due to its advantageous location, and the nature of its surrounding Mysterial Field, Haven serves as the central nexus point in the Typhonia-Circulacium, and thus holds tremendous sway over the rest of the Thirteen Realms. It is thus why the Divine Typhonians have always attempted to keep a tight grip on the world. However, as the Mavimyst has always been surrounded by the vast and powerful Mysterial Field, a massive arcane boundary separates the realm from any who wish to enter from outside, unintentionally designed to prevent would-be invaders from reaching the center of the sphere, where the Jewel sits. It is only when the boundaries of the Mavimyst shift, such as during the Mavishift are those outside of it able to now enter its domain.

History

Creation

Shortly after the dawn of the Great Age Typhonia, and the creation of the Typhonians by the omnipotent Annuat, the very first of their kind, and the only Penumbral Typhonian, the Golden Sovereign, had been given great insight upon their function in that of Imagindarium's Creation. While the collective young Typhonians were still understanding their place in existence, the Ultimate Antagonistic force of all creation, the Great Unifier, had given the Golden Sovereign a view of the analogs of time. Revealing to the first of the Divines the predestined line towards the "Ultimate End" of all things. It showed that he would serve as an instrumental piece in this predetermined storyline, and how it was vital and essential he knew of all that would occur ahead of time. It would be through this foresight, the Golden Sovereign saw the path to the end of all things, and even more importantly, he realized the role he would play in this grand narrative.

To accomplish all that he would need to influence in the line to the End, the Golden Sovereign would have to reach a level beyond the great power of the Typhonians. Thus, the Great Unifier would reveal to him the existence of the Typhonians predecessor, the Primeveranth, the very first sentient mind crafted by the Annuat, prior to the Typhonians' own creation. It was during this time that the Great Unifier had poured within the mind of the Primeveranth the concepts of conflict and contradictory thought. This would cause the first sapient being's own mind to fracture, ultimately causing it to self-destruct under the weight of its own contradiction, and from its demise, the creation of what would be the progenitor of all thought, the Mental Stratum, would be forged. All the Golden Sovereign need do to reach a level beyond that of infinity, and thus be able to act upon the analogs of time, long after the Typhonians purpose in Ambrosia was fulfilled would be to surrender himself to the Mental Stratum. As he did, the Golden Sovereign would become one with the Remnant essence of the Primeveranth, joining with the Mental Stratum itself and becoming the universe's Sentient Power, able to make any act of creation or destruction with a mere thought.

The first step for the Golden Sovereign would be to create the Mavimyst, a Realm characterized and which would be dictated by the most inherent throughline amongst everything contained within Imagindarium's Creation, the eternal conflict between Light and Darkness. The Mavimyst, the place of the ultimate balance of good and evil, would be the perfect place for the Golden Sovereign to observe his own role in the grand scheme of things, and thus, control. The Mavimyst would serve as the focal point of his own being, a physical manifestation of the ultimate, yet paradoxical goal of the Golden Sovereign, and the nature of the Mavimyst would soon prove to be the greatest testament to his very nature. While he could create the Realm by just a simple thought, as the Great Unifier had shown him prior to his transformation as the Sentient Power, in order for the line to the End to continue, he must willingly abide by the chain of events already determined by Imagindarium prior to his creation.

As such, the Golden Sovereign would ultimately hide his new self from his Typhonian brethren, and instead, act as if he was but another Divine amongst them. However, with his great mental extent, and his nature as the sole Penumbral Divine, the Golden Sovereign would soon find himself in a sort of leadership position of both the Aeleano-Typhonia of Light, and the Vuhleano-Typhonia of Darkness. With their collective trust now gained, he would reveal to the rest of the Typhonians of the former existence of the Primeveranth, and how most of its Remnant essence escaped Ambrosia proper, entering the Realm of Thavma. The Golden Sovereign would put forth an idea, as the Typhonians themselves lacked the ability to create like their Annuat progenitors, whilst the Primeveranth held infinite powers of creation. Instead, they could collectively manipulate the Primeveranth's Remnant essence contained within Thavma to create a set of self-contained planes of reality.

Once crafted, the Divines would then be able to forge forth beings of their own creation from the accumulated essence of the first sentient mind. This idea would be met with resounding approval by his Divine brothers and sisters, and the collective Typhonia would leave Ambrosia, and set themselves upon the Thavmatic Void. Once there, they would work together to create said planes of reality, ultimately crafting thirteen distinctive macrocosms, which would later be dubbed as the "Thirteen Realms" of Typhonia. From within these Realms, they would call upon the concentrated powers of creation contained therein to craft sets of sentient beings born to serve them known as the "Inomeni" races.

The Golden Sovereign himself would participate in this, crafting his own Inomeni. However, whilst the Divines were consumed by their work in crafting the Realms and their denizens, in secret, the Golden Sovereign would of his own power create a realm all of his own. Born from the concept of Penumbral balance between Light and Darkness, as a means to study and observe the interplay between the twin forces of existence, which had been revealed to him to be the driving force towards the Ultimate End of all things. Named the "Mavimyst," it would be an existence balanced on a delicate scale, known as the "Penumbral Scales." On one side of the Scales sat the side of good and Light. On the other, the side of evil and Darkness.

With every act committed by those within the Mavimyst, the balance between good and evil would shift in accordance with the inherent morality built within everything in Imagindarium's Creation. Then, upon the thousandth year of the Mavimyst, the Scales would reset themselves, dispersing all light and darkness contained within into the Mavimyst itself, leaving them a blank slate to later be filled once more. He would place his creation at the center of the circular pattern in which the Thirteen Realms had been arranged, and would then obscure its sight from the Divines. Afterwards, the Mavimyst would remain obscured from the going-ons of the universe at large, awaiting the time in which its function shall be made manifest.

Haven's First Entrance

Following the end of the Great Age Typhonia, and the subsequent shrinking of Ambrosia, the Typhonians proved to be an inherent threat to the Amaranth Realm. As the now greatly diminished Ambrosia took form, worlds of coherency crafted by the Annuat prior had finally emerged across the cosmos, but as they did, the crushing extent of the Typhonians' great magical power would begin to take its toll. Ambrosia's own reality began to slowly bend, tear, and shatter upon the strain of the Typhonians' very existence within it. Thus, from an Amaranth Contravene, would come about the very first Amaranth Heir. Named "Skorne," this living Amaranth Contravene would contain within him a further Contravene, that would forever banish the Typhonians from that of Ambrosia, eternally locking them within the Thirteen Realms of their own creation. Thus he would begin a self-determined quest, uniting the collective Divine in a single location, that being the Amaranth Veil from which they had originated. He would then unleash his dormant Contravene, locking the remaining Typhonians in their own self-crafted prisons. With his purpose fulfilled, Skorne faded from reality, ending the reign of the Divines. However, as the all-mighty Sentient Power, the Golden Sovereign would be unaffected by Skorne's wrath, able to remain extant within Ambrosia should he desire. Following this, his grand plan would be set in motion.

With the banishment of the Divine Typhonians, their Inomeni progeny, crafted from the Thirteen Realms prior would remain within Ambrosia, now able to forge their own destinies, free from the control of their godly creators. From the Inomeni which remained within the Amaranth Realm, two would rise to total domination of Ambrosia. The Isariel of the Lady Amaranth. And the Golden Sovereign's own Inomeni race, the Seraphnim. Dubbed the "Great Dyad Powers," they would conquer world after world, claiming dominion over the Inomeni which resided upon them, as the two superpowers would carve the universe in two. It was within the realm of power in which the Isariel reigned supreme that the world of Lyarth found itself within. Chosen to be the domain of the Typhonian Ventalir's own Inomeni progeny, the Edia, they would ultimately be forced into subjection by the far more powerful Isariel which surround them. Thus the Edia would find themselves exchanging one master for another, as the Isariel would force them, alongside the world of Lyarth under their heel. Nearly the whole of the Edia would hold great hatred in their hearts for their Isariel masters, as the Ungrateful's rule was a cruel one for any who were not of their kind, and they would long to one day free themselves from their shackles.

This dream, however, seemed to be made manifest when a mysterious hooded being descended from the stars to Lyarth below. This being of no name presented themselves as an all-powerful Amaranth Heir, similar to that of Skorne who had freed them from the bondage of Ventalir centuries prior, and they would claim they wished to do the same for them once again. With a wave of their hand, all Isariel who stood upon Lyarth burned in bright golden flames, turning them all into ash. The figure then spoke once again, telling the Edia's leaders that the means of destroying both the Isariel and the Seraphnim lie in the realm in which they had gained their awesome power. They would explain the means to access a fragment of the Great Collective itself, all they need do is simply accept to have their world sent into it and they would achieve both great cosmic powers, and the gift of endless time to gather their arms and challenge the Great Dyad Powers. This realm, known as the Mavimyst, would soon encompass all of Edia kind upon their world of Lyarth, and they would begin to discover the wealth of power contained within. However, unbeknownst to them, the benevolent Heir which told them of this paradise of power had motives not within their best interests, as the visage of the Heir was merely the Golden Sovereign himself, masquerading from beyond the boundaries of existence.

The Edia would remain within the Mavimyst for untold millennia, gaining as much power from the Light and Darkness that surround them. The constant flux of good and evil would ultimately begin to transform the Edia into beings containing a vast swath of both sides of existence, known to themselves as the Ama'Edia, so named as they believed they had become Amaranth themselves. The Ama'Edia's powers of Penumbra would ultimately make themselves equal to that of both the Isariel, and the Seraphnim, and they would resolve to return to Ambrosia to challenge their former masters for control over the universe. However, unknown to the arrogant Ama'Edia, the Penumbra which now flowed within them was not of Ambrosia, but that of the Mavimyst, and would be impossible to bring forth into the Amaranth Realm. This was both known and planned by the Golden Sovereign, as he would find the means to control both good and evil themselves, to see if he could manipulate the line to the End using its one and only throughline.

A sect of the Ama'Edia would discover that their very essence was now permanently tied to that of the Mavimyst, and the return to Ambrosia would spell their race's destruction. This faction of Edia would bring this to the attention of their fellows, however, their pleas would fall on deaf ears. With this failure, they would resolve to avoid their own personal destruction. Using their own powers of Penumbra, they would craft a demi-plane from within the Mavimyst proper, keeping them tied to the realm when the world of Lyarth departs from it. This demi-plane would later be known as the "Undone Haven." The remaining majority Ama'Edia would use their vast powers to return Lyarth to Ambrosia, however, the instant they did, the Mavimyst's Penumbral Scales would reset themselves. As it did, the good and evil which formed the Penumbra that made up their beings would be ripped from them, ultimately dispersing into the Mavimyst's essence, destroying nearly the whole of Edia kind. Satisfied with the experiment, the Golden Sovereign would abandon both the Mavimyst of his creation, and the memory of the Edia's existence, continuing his work to understand Imagindarium. Following this, the Edia who had remained within the Mavimyst would continue to exist within the plane of their creation, whilst the world of Lyarth itself, now devoid of life, took its former position in the Amaranth Realm.

Haven's Second Entrance

A hundred thousand years later from Ambrosia's perspective, the Great Dyad Powers would ultimately fall, as would the rest of the Inomeni, allowing the rise of Alizarin. The world of Lyarth, now known as "Haven", would birth the mortal race known as the Havriel. However, through the treachery of one of the last remaining Isariel, Junaria, would find themselves embroiled in a genocidal crusade at the hands of the Sanlagosa, a biomechanical race crafted by the Seraphnim to do battle against their rivals, the Isariel during the height of their respective power. Junaria would receive a vision of the future by the Great Unifier itself, showing that her greatest foe, the Lady Amaranth, would be reborn in Havriel form, and he, alongside another, would ultimately bring an end to her, and everything she had plotted over the analogues of universal history. To prevent this, she would deceive the surviving Seraphnim known as the "Blessed Consecrator," who held dominion over the Sanlagosa, that the Havriel were descendant of their most despised enemies, the Isariel. Preying upon their inherent hatred over her race, Junaria would cause the Sanlagosa to enact a slaughter of all Havriel, until all remnants of their race were purged from the stars.

The Havriel would fight their hardest against the Sanlagosa Concordant, and with great heroes such as Mace Sappho and Domina Morningstar, they would put up an impressive defiance. Unfortunately, they would ultimately be overwhelmed by the Sanlagosa, as world after world belonging to them was burned into rubble and ruin. However, the Havirel's staunch defiance of destruction would ultimately be personified in that of two heroes: Syx Corsage, and Seven Novum. This Great Dyad would begin to strike back against the Concordant, ultimately preventing their attempts to reactivate ancient Seraphnim weaponry in order to assist in their blind crusade. The battle between the Dyad and the Concordant would eventually reach Haven, however, by the time the two arrived, the planet now lie in flames, and the majority of its people would be slain. As the two fought back against the Sanlagosa, the two wished nothing more then the last bastion of all that they knew, that of Haven, remain the one world untouched by their ever-present enemy. From their deep desire and need, the universe itself would bend to the two's very will, as they stood as Imagindarium's own Ultimate End. Upon their demands, an Amaranth Contravene would lift planet Haven and its moons to the one realm in which the Sanlagosa could never reach, the Mavimyst.

Now within the Mavimyst, the destroyed Haven would instantly revert itself back to that when it was known as Lyarth, returning the ancient vast seas, thick vegetation, and wildlife to the planet. Following this, the Ama'Edia which had remained in the Mavimyst through the use of a constructed demi-plane, found themselves baffled that their world of Lyarth returned to the Mavimyst. Cautiously, they would exit their self-contained reality, stepping foot upon their native, untouched soil for the first time in countless millennia. As they wandered the world, they would find isolated pockets of weak, weary and battered mortals whom were strikingly similar to that of themselves. Should these mortals had found themselves when the Ama'Edia walked the world enforce, they would have been destroyed in moments to shift the Mavimyst's scales towards evil's end. However, these Ama'Edia had spent their existence within their crafted plane pondering the inherent nature of the Edia as a whole, finding them in constant need and want, ultimately defying their inherent discontent and becoming the content Ali'Edia.

As the Ali'Edia knew the moment the Havriel entered the Mavimyst, they were now eternally bound within it such as them, they resolved to coexist with the scared mortals they saw before them. Thus, across uncountable years, the Ali'Edia and the Havriel would begin to fall in love with one another, teaching them the Edian Language and ultimately coexisting with one another. Eventually, both the Ali'Edia and the Havriel would begin to fade from prominence, as numerous mortal races had begun to appear on the world, including their own Edian descendants, who had spread themselves across the planet. But despite the vast change upon the planet, the name of "Haven" would persist, and the name Lyarth would not return. A saying known worldwide from then on would continue on to this very day, enforcing the name: "Heaven Above, Haven Below."

Nature

Penumbral Scales

Often regarded as the single most important aspect of the Mavimyst, the Penumbral Scales is a force that is inherent to its very fabric of existence. Everything contained within is subject to its function of the delicate balance between the Light and Darkness energies of the Mavimyst itself. This balancing act is maintained by the continual flow of energy that continually circulates around and through the spherical boundaries of the Mavimyst, ensuring this balance remains intact. The greater the influx of Dark energy, the more intense the Penumbral Scales' effect becomes, and the same applies to the presence of Light. However, as the Mavimyst is constantly bathed in a constant flux of the two opposing forces, no specific region of the Realm can ever become entirely dominated by one or the other. Thus, while the ability of the Penumbral Scales to maintain the necessary balance is critical for the Mavimyst, it is also equally vital that the scales remain finely balanced, lest the entire realm be overtaken by either Light and Darkness and making it inoperable.

Mavishift

Mysterial Field

As the Mavimyst sits upon the center of this great conflict of Realms, endless arcane energies flow from the surrounding planes and rush toward that of the Mavimyst, condensing and accumulating in its boundaries and forming an immense mythical field of magical presence known as the "Mysterial Field,"

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