Aberrations, also known as Chthonians, are the inhabitants of the spheres of The Qlifot, each order of Chthonian is overseen by a Fury which then operates in the favor of an Husk of the Tree of Witchcraft. Chthonians were once occupants of the Tree of Life, the Furies were the first Graces who rebelled against Qati and her Emanations and were in turn exiled from the light of Qadmon and forced to live in the cold ground beneath the tree. Similarly, the spheres they occupied where considered tainted and shed to be buried in the soil beneath the Tree of Life stripped of the warmth of Qati’s emanations, leaving room for new spheres to grow and new graces to be born. As such, the Qlifot and the Chthonian serve as dark reflections of the Sfirot. The Chthonian continue their heresy against the Sfirot, teaching the dark arts of magic that got them exiled from the light of Qati and drawing others into their war against the Goddess of Magic.
The spheres act as conduits or magnifying lenses through which the light of Qati emanates into other realms and allows anyone to wield her power. This act of rebellion, along with the shedding of the spheres from the tree may have resulted in an age in which the use of magic was restricted to the realm of Einzhof, where one would be in immediate embrace of the light of Qati. In its raw state, the light of Qati is difficult to wield, and users typically rely on tapping into one of the emanations to focus the energy into one of the main schools of magic, thus, the loss of the Sfirot rendered the light highly unusable. The Chthonians now act to further corrupt the existing, as well as any future, spheres in order to cause the Tree of Life to shed them and usher in another age of mundanity.
Long ago, before the Qlifot, before even the Tree of Life itself, Qati had but one entrusted advisor named Enoq. Enoq was extremely powerful, a potential rival to even Qati herself, however, Enoq also had a darkness to him that would rival the light of Qati’s benevolence. When Qati began seeking out a way to bring her magic to the masses and provide methods for the weak and meager to utilize the healing and protective qualities of her light, Enoq opposed her. He instead felt that her light would be better suited in the hands of only the few powerful among the masses, those with the will to rule over others. Qualia, in this case, would be a tool of might and majesty rather than a tool for everyone, with plenty left over for the inhabitants of Qadmon, a position which would see Enoq banished deep underground. However, as stated, Enoq was nearly as powerful Qati herself and his magic has since seeped upward into the ground toward the surface. In an ironic twist, some say the meeting of the darkness of Enoq and the light of Qati at the surface allowed the Tree of Life to grow in the first place.
Though the Chthonian were banished to live in Chthon, the soil beneath the tree, no one foresaw that the roots also held much power, allowing the Chthonian to wield the primordial Enoqian magic that seeped upwards from deep within the ground much in the same way that Qati’s light rained down from above. This power source is cold to oppose the warmth of the light of Qati, it is dark to oppose the bright of the light of Qati, and it can take life as easily as her light can give it. As Qati’s light exudes her caring nature in abundance, this power is unfeeling and uncaring, slowly sapping the soul from its wielder. However, it offers a path to power free of the rules and oversight placed upon the light of Qati, thus, the Chthonian utilize the Qlifot in a similar way to the Sfirot, focusing the raw, untamed energy into a form that they and their adherents can more easily utilize.