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<blockquote data-quote="Vayden" data-source="post: 4105999" data-attributes="member: 57791">Hmm. In 4E, the dead go to the Shadowfell, right? Maybe the Raven Queen has pulled the land the heroes live on wholesale into the Fell, like the way the Demon Lords used to pull prime material planes into the Abyss. The mortals haven't been destroyed or turned into zombies or anything like that, and their kingdoms still stand under varying degrees of siege from the denizens of the Shadowfell, but all that die in the fight only swell the numbers of the besieging dead. In addition, since the land is now part of the Shadowfell, without its connection to the life and energy of the prime, births have ceased. Within a generation, even if the mortals hold their ground, they will be swept away simply by old age. Villains can be various generals and spies of the Fell, leading attacks on the remnant of mortals, and at higher levels, unexpected help could come from Vecna or some other rival of the Raven Queen's. Promises of great power in undeath breed traitors among the mortals. How's that?**edit - perhaps there are pockets of areas that are still in the prime - portals to them are guarded by the best and the bravest of the mortals, and are subject to constant attack**</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Vayden, post: 4105999, member: 57791"] Hmm. In 4E, the dead go to the Shadowfell, right? Maybe the Raven Queen has pulled the land the heroes live on wholesale into the Fell, like the way the Demon Lords used to pull prime material planes into the Abyss. The mortals haven't been destroyed or turned into zombies or anything like that, and their kingdoms still stand under varying degrees of siege from the denizens of the Shadowfell, but all that die in the fight only swell the numbers of the besieging dead. In addition, since the land is now part of the Shadowfell, without its connection to the life and energy of the prime, births have ceased. Within a generation, even if the mortals hold their ground, they will be swept away simply by old age. Villains can be various generals and spies of the Fell, leading attacks on the remnant of mortals, and at higher levels, unexpected help could come from Vecna or some other rival of the Raven Queen's. Promises of great power in undeath breed traitors among the mortals. How's that? **edit - perhaps there are pockets of areas that are still in the prime - portals to them are guarded by the best and the bravest of the mortals, and are subject to constant attack** [/QUOTE]

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