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"Heir to a crumbling summit: to a sea of nettles: to an empire of rust: to rituals' footprints ankle-deep in stone."

-Mervyn Peake

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-Sir Bedevere in Monty Python and the Holy Grail



Sunday, January 20, 2013

The Shadow Realm II

Some say there are many paths to the Shadow Realm, and that in the back of every cavern, cellar, cairn and closet there is a door you may pass through, if only you know the secret word, the secret knock, or have a silver key.

Others say there is but one path and only the dead know the way.

There is a city in the East with a pool in a temple and the priests of that temple claim that by diving in to the pool you may reach the Shadow Realm.

In the forests they whisper that to reach the Shadow Realm you must first travel to the moon.
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  1. NecropraxisJanuary 29, 2013 at 6:19 AM

    This is great.

    I've been enjoying these little setting snippets.

    I particularly like the bit about the back of closets and may borrow that.

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    1. LumFebruary 6, 2013 at 9:45 PM

      Thanks Brendan, please do! Maybe credit should go to C.S. Lewis for that particular notion though.

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