Antipode

The Antipode (cloudy circle on the right), located on the edge of the Maelstrom (far right) in the River of Souls.

The Antipode, irreverently known to some as The Drain, is a vortex of an almost unimaginable scale that drains the excess quintessence of the Maelstrom and siphons off the planar essence from the rest of the Great Beyond into the Maelstrom before channelling it as a column of tremendous unaligned energy back to the heart of Creation's Forge, thus beginning the great cycle of souls anew. It is located at the heart of the Maelstrom in the depths of the Cerulean Void and is inaccessible by land.

Damage to the Antipode would disrupt the entire cycle of souls and bring chaos and dissolution to every corner of the multiverse, so vast legions of aeons stand in its defense. As such a significant part of the stable law of creation, the Antipode is hated by the Maelstrom's chaotic inhabitants, and proteans attack it regularly in assaults that range from individual creatures to entire choruses.

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