Introduction. My poor unfortunately souls… Welcome to Herat a place of unbridled beauty and horrifying terror. Where Dream and Nightmare are conjured and breathed into existence. It is the world on the other side…a world we don’t see, touch or know off except from strange tales from a time where our world still had magic and housed the supernatural. All that changed with the Veil, a decision of the gods, to abandon our world as the slowly observed how magic was slowly dying and our disbelief was turning into malice. In a universal final call to the Others, creatures of legends and fables alike they guided them to their own world, one where they would live forever and where mankind’s disbelief and hatred could no longer harm the weak and entice the powerful. And so for many, many years these two worlds coexisted together, passing each other by like trains never crossing each other’s tracks. The occasional child would glance out of their world and over to the other side, but society would correct the child’s fantastical notions and soon enough they truly would forget all about it. Other instances lost souls would be lured in by the cruel and powerful hungry to make a meal of a heart or a soul. But most of the time the Veil would separate them from interacting, from crossing over… But not anymore…the Veil is no longer as powerful as it once was. There are glitches, holes in the net, doorways that allow things to slip out for a moment and slip in. With the Nagtqueen growing weaker and falling ill there is no one to safeguard the Veil, to pull out those that fall in… And this is exactly where your story begins. You find yourselves in Herat and in a strange state between alive and dead. It is called your ‘Undying’ since you are technically not supposed to be there, you’re a strange rarity that is both wanted and by others despised. You’ll have to try and find a way home… if you can… otherwise you might have to become part of this world. Whatever fate you choose the road you’ll be walking will be twisting, turning, long and dark. Few handsome princes or fairygodmother's here to save the day, you'll have to rely on your own wits, talents and potential skills. Start thinking about who you are and what could potentially be a reason your character ends up here. I’ll be posting more tomorrow, character sheets, lore and more about the creatures of this world.