The Arborverse
2nd Bloomday of Windfall, 20315 ACY
The Arborverse
Seven worlds once intertwined… now scattered across the void, each dreaming of the others.
The Great Cultivation
In the beginning, there was only the Great Garden, an endless lattice of living thought. Its roots wove through eternity, and from those roots seven worlds sprouted, each nurtured by the divine caretakers known as Germinators.
These Germinators shaped the essence of each realm: light and dark, mind and matter, balance and bloom. They were tenders, not tyrants — cultivators of form and flow. Together, they oversaw the Cultivation Era, when life moved freely through the Interroot Pathways, and the seven worlds grew as branches of one cosmic organism.
But creation, left unchecked, always invites decay.
The Rot Takes Root
From the shadows of abundance came the Desecrators, beings born from imbalance, hunger, and forgotten dreams. Where the Germinators nurtured life, the Desecrators fed upon it, twisting creation into imitation.
Three rose above the rest:
Elaphid, who corrupted the Elemental Blooms, warping the balance of earth, water, fire, and air.
Mitos, who consumed the Sprouts of Order, leaving chaos and forgetfulness in their wake.
Thripis, who gnawed upon the Seeds of Creation themselves, unraveling the roots of the worlds.
Their corruption spread quietly at first — a sickness in the soil, a fracture in the Weave. When the Germinators fought to contain them, the Garden itself screamed. The roots tangled, the pathways snapped, and the Seven were ripped apart.
Thus began the Fracturing — the end of the Cultivation Era.