In his speech he says, Though my home was beyond the stars, I have dwelt in this place for time out of mind, serving and waiting. I will not surrender the secrets of Celestia's magic willingly!", so where is he from? My guess is Empyrea, or perhaps Polaris.
So I think that he is from Celestia. What he means is that he was part of Celestia before the Storm Titan sank the world. Celestia in my opinion, was more like what the Celestial Observatory looks like before it was banished beneath the sea.
Now that the Arcanum exists, I can comfortably say that Astreaus and all other Celestians aren't from the Spiral at all. At least not our Spiral, I think they are from a different spiral, that in addition to our makes up a magical multiverse.
Now that the Arcanum exists, I can comfortably say that Astreaus and all other Celestians aren't from the Spiral at all. At least not our Spiral, I think they are from a different spiral, that in addition to our makes up a magical multiverse.
Hmm, interesting idea.
I still believe that the Celestians are from Celestia which is part of the Spiral. I'm sure we will get more information as we progress through the Arcanum. However, I don't believe just because the Arcanum is situated between worlds, "in a place of it's own" that that idea is immediately able to be extrapolated to every other location in the Spiral. There may be a magical Multiverse, but I believe that Celestia is like the other worlds of the Spiral and is a fragment of the FirstWorld like all the rest. (It's only part of the 2nd Story Arch) So in short, they are as much from the Spiral as any of the other species found on the other worlds.
I would assume that he is from a world in a different spiral like universe or from another world in the spiral in which we have not heard of, therefore making the celestians settlers which would explain why he said his home was "Beyond the stars".
I would assume that he is from a world in a different spiral like universe or from another world in the spiral in which we have not heard of, therefore making the celestians settlers which would explain why he said his home was "Beyond the stars".
Again, I have to disagree. I'm pretty sure that he just means he is from Celestia before it sank beneath the sea. Pre-Titan Celestia would have been "from beyond the stars" from the perspective of say the Water-Mole Tribes and the other inhabitants of the Floating Land. Astraeus is upset because Celestia fell. Isn't he a ghost even?
