The Game Setting
From the time of the first sunrise to hit the soil the people of this world have been held captive. Each God took with them the followers they wished to serve them and as punishment for the rebellion on Earth. Families were separated, civilizations torn, communities were destroyed. At the creation of this world it was decreed that passage between Threa and Earth was forbidden. None were allowed back the original plane of Earth. Yet there were some with the power and means to supersede the will of those wishing to keep the people prisoner. Those few Gods who still held love for the people devised one connection back to Earth through a very special realm. The spirit who embodies the Hollow is one such being, pitying those locked within the corrupt and war ragged world of Thrae and thus created the Hollow and connected it to Earth, though the means by which one travels between the two remains unknown. The Hollow, once a land in a pocket of time and space separated from Thrae but still bound to it, now has been brought back to the present plane. It is now once more in Thrae. The dangers of this world await once more and now, except within the ruins themselves... no one is safe.
“Through the death, chaos and tragedy they will know true love and true life” This was her new creed and she would make them see.. They would all see….”
Gateways
Elvish for "seeing glass", the Eluvian is a magical mirror. The elves of Arlathan left no roads to travel between their cities. Instead, they used these enchanted mirrors to communicate and travel from great distances, using a type of magic different from that of the modern Circle of Magi or even the Tevinter Imperium. Eventually many eluvians were destroyed. An unknown number of eluvians have survived to the present day, scattered across Thedas in forgotten or well hidden locations, but they seemingly stopped functioning or became corrupted, capable of spreading the darkspawn taint. It was assumed that their use was lost after the fall of Arlathan. One such mirror found it's way into the Hollow and only those with elven heritage or a keen knowledge of Fade Magic may operate it.
No one is quite sure why these portals appear in different realms or what fuels them. The being that embodies the Hollow has a way with magic, singing a song heard by the souls of the weary, lost and broken of spirit. This is The Call and once called an unknown force will place the inclination within your mind to walk through a swirling vortex of magic an energy which will appear wherever you may be. Those who enter the Hollow by a portal are stuck in the Hollow until you have found a way to use the Eluvian, for which there must be one in your world to travel back through, or the spirit of the ruins must send you back through the Fade where the veil is thinnest. A portal is only a one way passage. For any who become stuck in this world you are able to research in the vast library within or seek guidance by simply asking aloud