Terra

Terra & the terrestrial universe
Terrestrial reality came into existence during the dawn of the Age of Man. Humans began to repudiate the Old Gods and embrace the Abrahamism and humanistic philosophies. As a result, ties began to sever between the terrestrial universe and the other-worlds, including the fairy realms, the celestial courts (upperworlds) and the underworlds. Magic became supernatural as first the monotheism/superstition paradigms and then scientific rationalism become the predominant belief systems. The Parapet formed between terra and the other-worlds, trapping ephemera in limbo with only limited tethers and access to mana.

By the 1340s-1350s, the pure fae could no longer cross the Parapet and remain in the terrestrial universe without possessing a terrestrial creature to use as a host. Fae-human hybrids did most of the traveling between realms. While they were no longer common, enough remained in existence to create blood lines capable of spellcraft or with psychic gifts. Likewise, rare humans with no determinable fae heritage could still sometimes develop supernatural abilities through other circumstances. The way these individuals were treated by their community and the degree they had to keep themselves secret had wide variance.

Post-Revival Terra
The terrestrial world began to reconnect with the other-worlds during The Revival. Multiple gates through the Parapet have been established or re-discovered. Most of them belong to specific factions and lead to distinct other-world realms and courts. The Parapet is widely transversed by epherma and human spellcrafters and psychics, many of whom seek to feed from or command one another.