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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gilladian" data-source="post: 5657060" data-attributes="member: 2093">In my campaign, I've always had a hollow earth. Inside, at the core, there burns a horrible "sun". It is a prison for the evil death god of the campaign world - Aragh. He lies there in uneasy sleep, dreaming horrible dreams of death and war and destruction, sending waves of his thoughts out to bathe the Skyless World. Here's what I have written on my wiki:The Lands in Shadow Below the surface of Miraboria are a whole series of other worlds,  commonly called The Lands in Shadow by their residents. Surface dwellers  more commonly call them The Dark Below.   There are three levels to these realms.   <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The areas closest to the surface are usually settled by modified  surface dweller races or by creatures evolved from them. These caves  are essentially not terribly liveable - they are dark, and cool, often  damp and have little access to any source of energy - the sun or the  bitter radiance of the Core. Those who dwell here are aware of the  deeper realms, but either are refugees from what dwells there and fear  them, or have been driven out, or are happy to  live on the fringes and  not draw attention to themselves. Some, like the hill and mountain  dwarves, see themselves as hardy survivors who don't need the Core  Radiance to make their lives better. Few surface dwellers realize how  extensive this realm is, and have no hint of what lies even deeper. The  Dark Below is the common name for this realm in surface dweller  languages.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">One race which lives extensively in this region are the Ittakens  - an insectile race of telepathic beings who are often found living in  their own complex series of tunnels that both open to the surface and  connect at their deepest points to Subtenebrae. Unfortunately, the  Ittakens often find themselves caught between the surface dwellers whom  they rely on for food, and the dwellers in the Middle Realms, who make  demands upon them for tribute.</li> </ul></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Middle Realms below - often called Subtenebrae by the  intelligent species who live there, is a transitional area. No light or  warmth from the surface world reaches these depths, but the Core  Radiance is partly blocked by the layers of rock and metal that lie  between. The peoples and creatures here are perfectly  adapted to the  Radiance, but may  fear its direct force, and are certainly aware of at  least some of the nature of those who dwell in the Skyless World. Plants  here need no daylight, but instead thrive on unseen Radiance. Even  animals adapted to the realm need little food in comparison to those  above.</li> </ul> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Skyless World - The core of Vishteer is hollow, and at the  heart of the planet rests a strange smoldering ball. It puts out a  powerful energy known to all the dwellers here as the Core Radiance.  Some say this is the soul of the world - perhaps Nelora herself - but  others claim it is Aragh's heart. This interpretation is the widely  accepted one, as the Skyless World is ruled by the most evil and  dominating creatures of the Dark - mind flayers, aboleth and other  horrors compete for the control of this vast core realm. Ancient Evil  has gripped this realm for tens of thousands of years, and it no longer  seems possible for that to ever change.</li> </ul></blockquote>

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