New Genesis was to be the home of the New Gods, living in a glorious technological city floating in the upper atmosphere of their planet. The divine powers of the Fourth World were able to look down on the mortal species that lived on the planet, while they contemplated the mysteries of the cosmos.
Then it was all put to ruin, turned to a cinder by Darkseid's time-traveling agents.
Through the actions of the Mythic Avengers, a new home for the Gods has been created. Umbra the Afterworld is the underworld, where the souls of those slain in the Fourth World or their citizens are destined to reside. It is a lush world filled with monochrome trees, plains, and lakes.
Circling the planetary afterlife is the Starlit Citadel, a glittering crystalline metropolis that serves as the domain of the Final Gods, the recipients of the Infinity Stones which granted them the powers of the Fourth World. Powered by the might of the Gods themselves, the Citadel is impenetrable and almost indestructible.
Much like Earthly reincarnation, those that dwell on the Afterworld's surface have an opportunity to return to the world of the living. Umbra chooses the worthy, who are granted new bodies by The Sentinel's reality-changing powers. They are then made citizens of the Starlit Citadel, unable to leave the structure but able to live productive and happy lives.
The core of the inhabitants and the leaders of the Citadel remains the Final Gods - The Champion, The Savant, Sentinel, Thunderstrike, The Time Master, and Umbra the Afterworld. The rest of the citizenry is composed of the reincarnated souls and the select few from outside the Fourth World, who are given leave to resettle there.
As a new conflict with Apokalips begins, the Final Gods know that the Fourth World is ending and a Fifth World is dawning. However, they worry that it will be Darkseid himself that will rule this brand new domain, utilizing the power of the Anti-Life Equation to dominate everything in the multiverse.
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