Realm between Realms

One of the three Known Realms.

It is a place where boundless horror and unimaginable beauty coexist. Rivers of blood and twilit forests mingle in this timeless dominion where gods and all living beings can meet. It is a bridge-realm, a passageway between the Realm of Being and the Realm of Nothing. The only way to enter the Realm between Realms is through Gates that were built and raised by blood-sacrifice. Though few know the truth of the Gates, it seems as if they only open after terrible bloodshed, and only on occasion. Once through, it is impossible to return and one must journey into the very heart of this otherworld. There were once countless Gates, but most have been destroyed. One of the last Gates is worshipped by the mad-thanes of the Vauk, who misinterpreted the signs and wrongly worshipped a false deity, Kathor.

Into the Dawn
Valmyr and Rhade travelled the paths of the Realm between Realms after battling before the Gate of the mad-thanes. Lost in the timeless realm, they journeyed a blood-soaked road, passing dying men and women. Each step brought them closer to madness, but they managed to remain sane by talking and counting the corpses they passed. Reluctantly, Valmyr showed mercy by crushing the life from Mara. After surviving the strange road, the unwilling companions came upon a river of blood and a ship carved from a single bone. They rode the crimson river and fought to the death, until reaching another strange gate. Only Valmyr passed through.

He emerged into a beautiful forest of gargantuan trees in a land of ever-twilight. There was the home of Sâvudai and his sarokh Shiroka.