| abstract | - Death fascinates men the world round, and there are as many philosophies about what comes after this life as there are, it seems, lives which end.One of these philosophies includes the belief in the Dimension of Death. The Dimension of Death is not physically connected to either Daventry or the The Swamp, although there are magical portals which can be found in each for the purposes of travel. These portals have been silent and unseen for centuries, and are but legend in Daventry. Only recently have they opened--as if in preface to the cataclysm. The first gate leads from the Kingdom of Daventry into the realm, known as the Portal, the door of divine origin, the second is the Gate to Life which leads into the Swamp. The Dimension of Death is the holding place of souls awaiting judgment. Here Lord Azriel rules with the aid of his skeleton guards. The Dimension of Death is dominated by the great City of the Dead. Azriel, Lord of the Dead, once claimed eternal control over this realm. However, when the evil curse infected even this seemingly immune region, the "undead" had a stronghold on the dimension. Passing through this land in search for the key that unlocks the gates of the dead lands, Connor had to fight off skeletons and zombies to avoid becoming a permanent resident! And in order to depart from this realm, Connor had to find the only way to cross the River of Death, some say is the famed River Styx. The River of Death passes through the dimension, passing by one edge of the city, the ancient Boatman ferries souls across in his incorporeal boat. It is unclear what particular afterlives this realm is connected to after one is judged. Though perhaps it leads to some kind of hell (Abyss, Black Abyss), though some kind of heaven may be implied as well, by the Sylph of Inner Beauty.
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