The Aether

The Aether, also known as Empyrean and Immaterium is a realm of pure psionic energy that exists in parallel to the material universe. Underlying the familiar four dimensions of the material universe, the aether is intrinsically linked to realspace and its inhabitants. Massive currents of raw psionic energy are funnelled through the tempestuous nature of the Aether, sometimes giving violent birth to semi-intelligent spiritual apparitions. These confused spirits often clash with one another, unleashing massive amounts of psychic power in battles that can last millennia.

Being a dimension comprised of pure psychic powers given form, the aether is intrinsically linked with the concept of psionics and the psychic powers that psionic sensitivity provides. It is believed that those most sensitive to the nature of psionics - those who would rate as hypersensitive - may freely explore the aether in their dreams, giving rise to its agreed-upon characteristics from accounts by those who have dreamed of the psychic realm.

The Psychic Realm
The aether is an indescribable and incomprehensible dimension of which the true nature beyond the grasp of mortal minds. However, what can be comprehended in a somewhat reasonable manner is that the aether is the realm from which all psionic powers originate. The more sensitive an individual is to the aether's influence, the more potent their power in the realm of realspace. Chaotic by nature, the powers of even the most potent of psychics is but a fraction of a fraction of the power that the native consciousnesses of the aether boast.

These bodiless entities are enigmatic and incomprehensibly powerful, watching over the mortal realm through the eyes of its psychic population. Though these creatures cannot coerce or control their mortal vassals, they may experience the material universe through the bodies of mortalkind. Even the weakest of these beings are, nonetheless, more powerful than even the strongest of psionic practitioners, while the strongest of beings within the aether very well may accurately be called deities.