Higher Deities
In the Storyverse, "Higher Deities" refers to powerful being who are on a plane of existence that is 'much higher' than the Nothingness, even more so than the Parawelphyr plane of the Celestirits. In essence, think of the metaphysical scale being kind of like macroscopic versus microscopic. The Nothingness is infinite, yet still microscopic compared to the plane of existence of these higher deities.
The only known higher deity that has made contact with the Storyverse is the Grand Madre. She is represented by a mass of dark ashen arms with red nail polish coming down from the sky. The Grand Madre does not try to harm any Stories, but She seems highly assumed by what's going on. She seems to be friendly though condescending, and the Doña doesn't like Her.