Hostile Theomes
The most dangerous theomes are best regarded as solid walls, whether or not they have any walls built into them. Some of them have safe routes through them, but even these must be regarded with tension and suspense, as they require rituals or keen precautions to pass. Hostile theomes will generally grab unwary travelers and fate them to die, and they will almost definitely do that with people who try to take up residence. Most hostile land gods do not desire to have anyone living "within their bodies" by hosting permanent residents in their theome. Hostile land gods regard such a thing rather as a human might regard the idea of having tiny people take up residence in their scalp!
Challenges for Heroes?
Exploring hostile theomes is often seen as an expression of a death wish in Theoma. It's literally considered a form of suicidal ideation to do anything in a hostile theome that hasn't already been trailblazed by other people getting away with it. Yet someone does the first traversal... and some geomancers believe that hostile theomes are the best places of all to get empowering blessings. The result is that some people fight fate by trying to adventure in hostile theomes.
The successes come away with exotic prizes. The failures are treated as having committed suicide. Would-be heroic explorers who want to live through their heroic explorations are better served exploring Negotiable theomes (especially mystic ones), where dying is seen as a normal tragedy rather than a self-inflicted one.
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