Halindar and The Astral Sea



Halindar is a vast domain located on the outskirts of the Astral Sea. Some quick background information on the Astral Sea is quoted from from The Plane Above: Secrets of the Astral Sea.



Halindar and the Astral Sea
The Astral Sea is a former battlefield still ravaged by the cosmic conflict known as the Dawn War. The deities were the original inhabitants of the astral realm when the world was newly created by the primordials and the mortal races had yet to find their final forms. Along with shaping and refining the creation of the world, the gods had grand plans for a single realm that would link all their dominions together with an all-powerful astral connection known as the Lattice of Heaven.

When the gods intervened to prevent the primordials from destroying the world and starting a new creation, the primordials responded by invading the Plane Above. Gods died, dominions crumbled, and the incomplete Lattice of Heaven was shattered into fragments. The astral world that had nearly become a fantastic interlocked mesh of divine dominions blew apart into an infinite silver sea. Much later, when the gods had eked out a narrow victory in the Dawn War, only a few of the divine dominions that survived the devastation still functioned for their deities, hinting at the glory that died forever when the primordials destroyed the Lattice.

Since that time, shattered dominions (those that no longer have a deity), ruins, corpses of forgotten gods and primordials, and war magic left over from the Dawn War still linger within the Astral Sea, whether on shards of matter scattered throughout the astral realm or floating freely through it. Dramatic examples of such remnants include the Golden Monolith of Erishani, the floating corpse of the primordial Haemnathuun, and the primordial energy bubble known as Frostburn. The most specular and wonderful domain is, of course, the Domain of Halindar.

The Domain of Halindar the Sister World of the Prime Plane. At the onset of the Dawn War, the gods feared that the primordials might succeed in destroying the prime material plane, despite the god's best efforts to stop them. So the gods created a smaller replica, known as Halindar, and hid it at the furthest reaches of the Astral Sea. The world was similar to the prime material plane in almost every conceivable way, it contained magic, exotic materials, and universal access to the planes. It differed, however, in that it was protected by a legion of Automatous Titans, mechanical monstrosities programmed to protect the planet from all attackers. So, unlike the prime material plane, Halindar has never been outright attacked, touched, or corrupted by outside influences. It has evolved peacefully since the Dawn War. As such, the domain is home to the most wondrous machines and magic imaginable.