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Worlds from IM1: The Immortal Storm

by Sionainn T. Mac Innéirghe

Here's a quick (and not necessarily thorough) summation:

Elemental Plane of Fire:

• "Starworld"; "the starworld". A fire planet at the exact center of the Galaxy, in the Elemental Plane of Fire: "To start this part of the adventure, the characters are given accurate directions to a place on the Prime Plane at which new stars are formed—the exact center of the galaxy of the mortal PC homeworld." (p6)
• Therefore, the Galaxy could be drawn at the center of the Plane of Fire as well. Its stars are just more fiery than the Prime Plane stars.
• Also of note, is the (to me) surprising fact that in BECMI, the Elemental Plane of Fire primarily appears like our own "outer space", with a black universal background like in real-life, but with only fire planets, which make up a fire galaxy corresponding to our own. "The party arrives in a totally empty region of the Elemental Plane. The scene is identical to that in most of the Prime Plane, with thousands of visible stars hanging in inky-black space." (p6)

Elemental Plane of Earth:

• it may be assumed that the Elemental Plane of Earth is also a black void (like real-life outer space), but with solid earth planets. However, see the the quote below which says there are a "very few stars" in this plane.
• "the planet Cueball" (p.17) "It is identified by its brilliant white surface, perfectly smooth and unbroken by terrain, creatures, or other features."
• "Cueball's circumference is 31,000 miles, and its center is about 4,925 miles below the surface. The planet is perfectly spherical, and rotates very slowly.
  It has no sun; in fact, there are very few stars in the entire plane of existence."
  "its six moons. All are made of the same dense white rock found throughout the planet. Five of them trace intersecting orbits about 100,000 miles above the planet's barren flat surface. All are made of the same dense white rock found throughout the planet.
• Snowball (moon). With an amazing internal orbit under the surface of Cueball!

Outer Planes:

• Outer Plane of the Council: Contains the small chamber where the Council met with the PCs at the beginning and end of the adventure, and presumably also the first and second Olympic arenas (at the end of the adventure), since there is no mention of planar travel after the meeting, and the first and second arenas are not said to be in other planes, though the third arena is in a different plane (see below). "Test of the Hierarchs: Together once again, the Hierarchs sit in a row at one side of a small chamber. Instead of facing a huge storm, they now face this group of Temporals, newly arrived Immortals freshly graduated from Initiate status that they have summoned." [Presumably the PCs exit from the "small chamber" in the same unnamed outer plane]: "The characters start the adventure within one of the many outer planes, immediately after their meeting with the council of Hierarchs." (p4); "The PCs and their Hierarchs gather in the same room in which they were given the first puzzle. Some formalities are followed, and thanks are offered. " (p34) ; "The first is a room 20 feet high and 360 feet square, located deep within a solid planetoid. It is surrounded by rock for miles in every direction. The second possible arena is a similar space in a similar location, but the room is 360 feet high." p35)
• the Home Plane of the Tonals: "the Outer Plane of the tonals" (p3); "the Home Plane of the race of tonals, one of the Outer Planes." (p.10); " the tonals' plane" (p10)
• the Home Plane of the Notions: "the Outer Plane of the notions" (p3); "the Home (Outer) Plane of the notions" (p.15)
• "the Outer Plane of a mysterious technological society" (p3); "The characters are given general directions to the Outer Plane in which the most advanced known technological society exists." (p21); "The world to which the PCs will travel can be considered a parallel earth." (p21); "The plane is a trispace, and magic use is impossible" (p21); "Fantasy as we know it has never appeared in this world. Magic spells, witches, and related topics have simply never been thought of. Fantasy literature is virtually nonexistent; the few instances being childrens' stories, scorned by all adults. Science fiction is popular, and is often based on actual events and their extrapolations. Several major nations have regular launch schedules for both manned and unmanned rockets. [...] much of the background details must be added by the DM, drawing on his or her actual knowledge of our real world. The few differences should make this a relatively easy task." (p21-22)
• the Home Plane of Drekk: "Before starting this part of the adventure, Drekk stops by his Home Plane" (p21) he is an entropic demon btw.
• the Home Plane of N'grath; "the Eternal relief force finishes off N'grath, the horde creature, if necessary, and its life force returns to its Home Plane, one of the many Outer Planes." ; "The Hierarch of Matter does not destroy it, but seals it within its Home Plane for a suitable period of imprisonment." ; "perhaps the plane of N'grath will become a festering prison of an unrepentant beast" (p20)
• the Outer Plane of the Third Arena: "The third location is within a special plane of existence that contains absolutely nothing. The plane is a pentaspacial microplane, 5 million miles in each dimension." (p35). For this bounded plane, we know its actual size (5 million miles)

"All three arenas have one common characteristic; none have any gravitational forces."

To make it easier on the Atlas of Mystara: Since the shape of those Outer Planes isn't known, the AoM planar map might have a default symbol (e.g. a ball of middling size) with a question mark marked on the edge, with an asterisk and footnote: "The shape of this Outer Plane is unknown."

The Prime Plane:

• synonyms for Earth/Urt/Mystara: "the mortal PC homeworld" (p6); "the homeworld of mortal humans" (p17)
• synonym for the galaxy: "the exact center of the galaxy of the mortal PC homeworld." We even have a description and illustration of what it looks like at center of Earth/Urt/Mystara's galaxy!: the "new star" forms "near the center of the galaxy, amid a few dozen [=3 dozen?] nearby stars" (36 stars + the new star?) (p9). The "new star" is formed the end of the Starworld chapter.
• The Barrier / The Dimensional Vortex
  • A new synonym: "the region of the Dimensional Barrier" (p36)

  

  Edit: As I read the gold box section on Dimensions again, I see that any plane can have five or more Dimensions: "five dimensions govern each plane of existence." (DM p2)

  So no connecting lines are needed, since there's no special attachment to the Third Dimension.