Okay, I see the diff between living in a cave and knowing it's a giant stalactite. Didn't quite get that right in my first post.
I am intrigued by the idea that maybe the world isn't a stalactite, though maybe a little disappointed too. PS was building from Daunte's Inferno, the x levels of the world, be it heaven, hell, or something in between. There was something magical and different about that. Don't know if any of you ever played Planescape:Torment (though I always kind of thought Planshift was partially inspired by Planescape), but that was a great game that took this different kind of approach. When I first read the the lore of PS, it seemed pretty written in stone what had happened between Talad and Laanx and how they discovered and built the world of Yliakum. It seems like there has been a backing off on this whole story by the settings team. There seems to be a lot more question about what is going on, and if the whole thing is true or not, and that puts all the religions of PS as nothing more than myth. If it's not a given that the world is in stalactite, then it's not a given that Talad or Laanx even exist. If they don't, what other implications does that lead to?
I really wish someone would rewrite all the history sections of the website given what has developed. There's just so much conflicting information there with what the settings teams seems to have moved the story too. I know, time time time. Maybe someday.
Would it be possible to create a forum thread that links all the various threads and discussions that contain settings information? That would make finding some of the information a little easier. Lock the forum if you're worried about spoilers and only let the settings team post to it. Just something that collects and stores it in one place.