I'm creating a world for my DnD campaign. And I would love it to be a complete world which I perfectly understand (a daunting task, I know, we will see how I do). Therefore I wanted to start at the beginning...

And that's where the problem arose. The beginning of the universe is somewhat incomprehensible for us mere humans. Even if The Big Bang is a thing it does not describe where all the stuff comes from. That's what I'm interested in.

The easiest solution is to say that everything always existed and avoid the question. Then the inevitable conflict between nothing and something (everything) begins.

Now is the time to ask the question: "What is the opposite of The Void?"

If we have a fancy name for the nothingness, The Void, what is the fancy name for the everything?

I have found my answer but I am curious what you guys can come up with.

I’m relatively new to this genre and, along with “spellswords” being commonly flagged as an overused trope, I also see “void” magic / powers / abilities etc. fall under this category. But what actually… is it? What sorts of things does it enable the MC to do?

Is the people with this type of power just that it’s so overused? Or is more so that it’s usually not done well?

I know logically people would say the light, but honestly, to me, the light seems weak to the void. Naaru get turned into void naaru, the sunwell is in danger of becoming the void well, but we almost never see void beings or power sources get flipped back into light sources (it does happen, but it seems more rare).

Similarly the void has seemed effective at corrupting arcane and life. We've seen the old gods corrupt titan constructs, dragon aspects, and wild gods. We've also seen the void corrupt the elements.

What we haven't seen is the void corrupt death or fel. The void famously invaded the shadowlands and was repelled by the kyrians, nothing got corrupted. Fel seems to be just as corruptive as void, so it seems like void cant "override" fel.

But what do you think is the most effective magic to counter the void?

Greetings, my fellow fantasy fans and authors! Tonight, I come seeking your guidance and insights in trying to put into words a core concept and setting in my story.

To make a very, VERY long story short, the series of books I am trying to write deals with various characters and kingdoms coming to grips with and facing a multiversal collapse.

Basically, at the most basal strata of my setting exists what could best be described as a sea of energy. And this sea is filled to the brim with eldritch entities and creatures whose mere motions, let alone machinations, cause waves within the energy which coalesce into the physical laws upon which realities, which I call Ordered Spheres, are built. Most of which are built accidently via the machinations of Courts, unions of smaller, sentient entities, trying to keep their larger, more bestial kin subdued in an attempt to both feed on them and keep themselves from being fed upon. However, by the time my various stories have begun, something has caused the greater kin to awaken, which has caused the Courts to disperse, which is causing the laws and structure of the Ordered Spheres to collapse.

Now my question, and what I need your help with, dear reader, is what can I call this primal sea?

One thing I am trying to subvert is the idea of the " Void" or emptiness, as that is where most eldritch or Lovecraft coded creatures are often described as coming from. Things like "the void between stars" or "the void at the heart of creation." Rather, I want to go with the idea that not only is there something beyond the characters' known worlds, but this something is teeming with matter, energy, and life on such a scale as to make survival, let alone fixing the collapse, seem as short lived as a mayfly's dream.

So, any thoughts on a word or words that you can think of that could be used as an antonym for "void," or denotes an abundance or something full would be most appreciated, along with any thoughts, questions, or criticisms of whatvi have presented would be most appreciated.

Thanks for taking the time to read and comment, and I hope you have a wonderful rest of your week.