BETWEENSKY

The Twin Paradises of Dothion and Shurrock face each other across an endless landscape over a distance of roughly twenty miles. The distance is not huge but that empty region, known as Betweensky, holds many unusual mysteries and dangers. The first is the lack of gravity, disappearing completely after about five miles up from either layer. Creatures and objects float in this region, propelled by nothing more than the turbulent and unpredictable winds. Several monsters have adapted to the unusual environment, such as the ni’iath – large fish with wolf-like features that can fly through the air and physically hurl opponents out of the anti-gravity region.

Another mystery is the source of light that serves to mark daytime from night across Bytopia. To date, no one has found what exactly causes the light to brighten and then fade in a pattern resembling the rising and setting of a sun, but no sun or source of heat has ever been found. Betweensky is simply lighter at times, then darkening as twilight approaches before falling into night, and then repeating the cycle the next day.