The Elsyn Plains
The Elsyn Plains are a large area of land upon the Glass moon, known for being cloaked with an airy fog that absorbs anyone who sets foot in it for too long without doing a very specific ritual to avoid this fate. Not many people know of this ritual, and thus the locals on the glass moon recommend no one foreign or even local set out to journey through the mysterious plains, even if they wish to visit Uthnar Mountain.
Only a few who haven't completed the specific ritual before stepping onto the Elsyn plains have come back, usually after being missing for several hundred years. When they return, they speak of mystical lands and terrifying creatures, with one recurring creature being spoken about to those who question them. Along with this, they usually come back with scars and scratches all along their bodies, with no recollection of how they got them.
Its thought that The Elsyn Plains are a gateway to several different planes of reality, with one being most prominently spoken about. Due to the nature of the plains, only the gods have been known to casually wander through it, and its recommended that even if you do have the ability to do the ritual before stepping onto the plains, that you ask a god to escort you through. This is typically what researchers of the myth surrounding Uthnar mountain do, with many being escorted to and from the mountain by the goddess of the moon, Zygen, and occasionally her husband, Axnir.
It's believed that the Elsyn plains are under Zygen and Axnir's control, however this is uncertain due to the unpredictable nature of the plains' reality gateways. It's more likely that the deity of chaos and time, Xaarin, has The Elsyn Plains in their domain, explaining the unpredictable nature of the potential reality gateways.
Only a few who haven't completed the specific ritual before stepping onto the Elsyn plains have come back, usually after being missing for several hundred years. When they return, they speak of mystical lands and terrifying creatures, with one recurring creature being spoken about to those who question them. Along with this, they usually come back with scars and scratches all along their bodies, with no recollection of how they got them.
Its thought that The Elsyn Plains are a gateway to several different planes of reality, with one being most prominently spoken about. Due to the nature of the plains, only the gods have been known to casually wander through it, and its recommended that even if you do have the ability to do the ritual before stepping onto the plains, that you ask a god to escort you through. This is typically what researchers of the myth surrounding Uthnar mountain do, with many being escorted to and from the mountain by the goddess of the moon, Zygen, and occasionally her husband, Axnir.
It's believed that the Elsyn plains are under Zygen and Axnir's control, however this is uncertain due to the unpredictable nature of the plains' reality gateways. It's more likely that the deity of chaos and time, Xaarin, has The Elsyn Plains in their domain, explaining the unpredictable nature of the potential reality gateways.
Fauna & Flora
Not much is known about the Flora and Fauna on the Elsyn plains, at least the plains in the diminishing havens primary reality.
In the realities that explorers get lost in for hundreds of years, theres known to be many deer-esque creatures, however they are much more hostile than a typical deer, usually chasing explorers into new patches of fog that get them furthermore lost. The flora is even more confusing, with thousands of species of ivy-like plants, as well as large carnivorous plants that are unnoticeable until you are caught by one and escape is barely possible.
In the Diminishing haven's primary reality, the fauna is rare to be sighted, with small creatures sprinting into their burrows whenever anyone steps onto the true plains. The flora is pretty normal, with odd yet docile flowers growing along the blue grass of the plains.
In the realities that explorers get lost in for hundreds of years, theres known to be many deer-esque creatures, however they are much more hostile than a typical deer, usually chasing explorers into new patches of fog that get them furthermore lost. The flora is even more confusing, with thousands of species of ivy-like plants, as well as large carnivorous plants that are unnoticeable until you are caught by one and escape is barely possible.
In the Diminishing haven's primary reality, the fauna is rare to be sighted, with small creatures sprinting into their burrows whenever anyone steps onto the true plains. The flora is pretty normal, with odd yet docile flowers growing along the blue grass of the plains.
Alternative Name(s)
Chaos Gateways, Xaarin's Plains, Elsyn Gateways,
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Plain
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