Erwan allowed me to include some nods and references to the old worlds of Might & Magic, even some rather direct ones in MMXL, but was very clear that Ashan should remain primarily a world of magic with no spaceships or robots.

“The Void” is mentioned in both continuities, it’s the thing that unites both sides of the lore. So my approach was to say that Ashan exists on one “side” of the Void and the “Ancient worlds” exist on the other. It would not have gotten more explicit than what you saw in MMXL.