Though often mistaken for gods, the entities known as Gaia, Lilith, and Hastur are not divine in the traditional sense. They are Numina, immortals who have transcended the limits of our world.
The Numina sought to create realms beyond the Veil. These realms are not merely places; they are reflections of each Numina’s essence, at times slipping through the veil to influence our world in various ways. Their eternal struggle ultimately creates a level of balance in our world though each attempts to over power the others.
Carcosa is Hastur’s fractured dominion, a city of echoes, illusions, and impossible geometry where memory falters and identity dissolves.
Gaia’s and Lilith’s realms remain unknown so far.
Gaia is the anchor between Lilith’s rebellious transformation and Hastur’s unraveling madness. She is the center, the balance, the reminder that even death feeds life. Gaia anchors the world, upholding natural law and renewal.
Lilith is defiance against boundaries, a disruptive but necessary force. She breaks systems, births monsters, and inspires revolution. Championing will, blood, and personal power over fate.
Hastur is entropy incarnate not death, but disintegration. His influence frays reality, loosens the threads of reason, and leaks through the veil between realms. Hastur seeks to erase it all, consuming meaning and order in madness.
Gaia views Lilith as a daughter gone astray, respected for her strength, yet lamented for her refusal to follow the natural cycle. Their struggle is life vs. transformation at any cost.
Gaia views Hastur as a perversion of decay, a threat to the entire cycle. Where death should lead to renewal, Hastur offers obliteration. His presence erodes her influence.
Lilith refuses Gaia's boundaries. To Lilith, the natural cycle is a prison; immortality is liberation.
Lilith and Hastur are ideological enemies. She seeks self-expression; Hastur demands surrender to madness.
Where Gaia builds and sustains, Hastur unravels. His presence erodes the very fabric she tries to protect.
Where Lilith disrupts to create; Hastur disrupts to consume. She desires independence, while Hastur breeds submission through madness.