World of ash and dust, forged by wars between briliant, blinding light and oppressive impenetrable shadow forces was her home.
Both sides chose it as battlefield so as not to harm their own realm, in here the doomed realm clutched by unending conflict from before recorded history few survive, fewer thrive and yet many try.
Some claim preasure can make diamonds, more oft than not it just makes dust.
Bastards from more inhumane acts of war are just left amidst the ashplanes to fend for themselves. Sometimes they manage, most times they do not.
Occasionaly few make it to adulthood and even attempt to form towns those get razed regularly by warring factions.
Painendless was meant as offering for feywild dieties but in their cruelty they opted not to mercifuly kill her.