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Amidst the swamps, Arkolos holds an unusually large amount of bogs. An already dangerous landscape made even more terrifying by the numerous disappearances into the unknown terrain of the swamplands that reside on the landmass. Yet, many of these people do not die from drowning. The Swamps themselves hold a different feeling to them, a heavy weight on the shoulders of those who walk through them; a malignant darkness that hangs on the shoulders of travelers and adventurers alike. Nobody knows for certain what causes this, but many have speculated that it has to do with the bogs themselves, somehow.
Shrouding almost all of the entire known world of Ephimoria and beyond, this strange nebulous entity is simply known as "The Miasma". A sinister force of nature that seems to corrupt and change everything it touches into something far more twisted and malicious then its original intent. Most often seen as a black and violet cloud like entity, it is theorized to be less a deliberate curse and more of a force of nature created as a byproduct of the fracture event. Regardless of its potential origins, the danger it poses is all too real to any kind of life. Those that are infected by it suffer from the affliction known as [[Corrosion Sickness|corrosion sickness]] when exposed to it for too long, and those who find themselves utterly subsumed by it are turned into egoless husks, known as [[The Lost|the lost]].


Many report faces in the waters, ghastly and with their eyes closed, as if they have been dead for centuries. If one gets too close with their head, they have been noted to drag people's very souls with them into the bog, adding to their number. If one were to fall through the correct bog, they'd find themselves in an underground paradise, like a portion of the Fey Wilds had found its way to the wrong dimension. Yet, there is something that is causing this in specific. Something that tears the life away from above and forces its way down to fuel this rotten, decrepit paradise... but nobody knows what.
<span class="spoilerblur"> Concentrated forms of the Miasma are often in a crimson liquid form, appearing much like blood. Once the primordial soup of life, it has now turned into a dangerous element that can not only twist life like the miasma beyond recognition by simply being immersed for any amount of time, but it can also create egoless beings beyond those such as the lost. The beings that emerge from this pool, dubbed the [[???]] are often stronger, faster and far more malicious then their egoless cousins, and can even change the base personality of a person immersed within it beyond recognition. </span>




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Latest revision as of 18:56, 22 September 2023

The Miasma

Shrouding almost all of the entire known world of Ephimoria and beyond, this strange nebulous entity is simply known as "The Miasma". A sinister force of nature that seems to corrupt and change everything it touches into something far more twisted and malicious then its original intent. Most often seen as a black and violet cloud like entity, it is theorized to be less a deliberate curse and more of a force of nature created as a byproduct of the fracture event. Regardless of its potential origins, the danger it poses is all too real to any kind of life. Those that are infected by it suffer from the affliction known as corrosion sickness when exposed to it for too long, and those who find themselves utterly subsumed by it are turned into egoless husks, known as the lost.

Concentrated forms of the Miasma are often in a crimson liquid form, appearing much like blood. Once the primordial soup of life, it has now turned into a dangerous element that can not only twist life like the miasma beyond recognition by simply being immersed for any amount of time, but it can also create egoless beings beyond those such as the lost. The beings that emerge from this pool, dubbed the ??? are often stronger, faster and far more malicious then their egoless cousins, and can even change the base personality of a person immersed within it beyond recognition.


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