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  The Abyss
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  The Eidolon
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  The Anima
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  The Hollow
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  The Vortex
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  The Eternum
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  The Dictat
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  The Silence

The Abyss

The Abyss is a realm of darkness and shadows, of hedonistic pleasures and self-service, but one that is entirely free of any restraint and inhibition. Veilwalkers have described this realm as one where one walks in shadows and an eternal red twilight, but where the senses are constantly overwhelmed with seductions and allure. Demons shape themselves based on the wants and needs of those who come into contact with them, attempting to entice and seduce the unprepared into their schemes perfectly. The Abyss takes a central role in the history of Aloria, once having been called the Void, because of the cyclical Void Invasions during which Demons poured out to end all life on Aloria. After the Cataclysm, as the Abyss was more thoroughly explored, the term was changed.

The Abyss is the anti-realm of the Eidolon, where the perfect ordination and divine planning strongly chafe against the ultimate freedom and lack of restrictions inherent to the Abyss. The Abyss is the ally-realm of the Vortex, due to their common themes of unrestricted need, of change, and of evolution. The Abyss is commonly associated with the color red and has two unique Schools of Magic called Blood Magic and Shadow Magic. Abyss Magic has traditionally been thought of as seductive and hedonistic and thus been considered corrupting, but has more recently been re-evaluated as eternally liberating and gratifying, freeing those who use Magic to overcome oppressive systems at the cost of their own discretion and wearing their desires and wants on their sleeves for all to see.

The Eidolon

The Eidolon is a realm of perfect tranquility, of divine ordainment and harmonious design, but one where dogma is all powerful and deviancy is repressed. Veilwalkers have described this realm as one where perfect geometry and divine design in repeating patterns and shapes create beautiful harmony, but where any changing of this perfect order is harshly punished. Demons shape themselves based on the principles of design and order, attempting to induce any trespassers into compliance, so that peace and harmony may be restored. The Eidolon takes a central role in the history of Aloria, because it was their violent subjection by the Seraph, that caused their anti-realm to venture into Aloria, and start the cyclical Void Invasions to also wipe out the Eidolon.

The Eidolon is the anti-realm of the Abyss, where chaotic lack of restraint destroys all semblance of harmony and divine ordainment as found in the Eidolon. There is of course also the fact that much of the Eidolon was destroyed from the repeat Abyss Invasions on Aloria, forcing Eidolon Demons to hide often to avoid the same fate. The Eidolon is the ally-realm of the Eternum, where the eternal stability and stasis of never-changing essentialism corresponds with the Eidolon's design. The Eidolon is associated with the color blue and has two unique Schools of Magic called Chrono Magic and Light Magic. The Eidolon has traditionally been thought of as spiritual and tranquil realm due to its support of traditional virtues, but even its most fervent users must admit its dogmatic narrow-mindedness.

The Anima

The Anima is a realm of the Fae, of an abundance of life and vibrancy in colors and experience, but one where the trickery and deceit of the Fae causes forever-war between the four cardinal courts. Veilwalkers have described this realm as one of natural beauty very similar to Aloria, with vast wetlands, vibrant swamps, glacial cathedrals, and summer-warm flower fields. Fae and Demons are one and the same, in the Anima realm vast societies of immortal Fae exist that constantly wage war on each other, and conscript mortals and Veilwalkers from Aloria to fight meaningless battles to amuse the Fae. Out of all the realms, the Anima is the most Aloria-like, and the Fae are the most recognizable to Alorians as people in the way they are understood in Aloria.

The Anima is the anti-realm of the Hollow, where the permanent death and absence of vibrancy of life clashes with the abundance in the Anima. The Anima is also the ally-realm of the Dictat, where knowledge hoarding and spoken truths are equally used to trick and deceive. The Anima is commonly associated with the color Orange and has two unique Schools of Magic called Evergrowth Magic and Moxy Magic. Anima Magic has traditionally been thought of as whimsy and fantastical, but this often forgets the underlying trickery that the Fae are prone to, and that appearances can be very deceiving. After all, the Anima is dangerous not because the Fae are necessarily ill-intentioned, but because it is so effortlessly easy for them to imitate Alorian people, and obfuscate their true intentions.

The Hollow

The Hollow is a realm of death and decay, a realm that does not tolerate the living to pass, or the dead to leave. Veilwalkers have described this realm as an amalgam of Aloria and the Anima, where imitations of realms with life are present, but where all the trees are petrified and dead, where water does not flow, and where all houses are abandoned and decaying. Demons from the Hollow hunger for the souls of the living, or outright just want to cause death because they are so repulsed by the concept of being alive. The Hollow has had a long history of negative interactions with Aloria due to their ideological opposition to the Dragons, who they often made direct war against. Yet, one must also recognize that the Hollow is void of all the pitfalls of being alive, being sadness, loss, suffering, pain, and so on.

The Hollow is the anti-realm of the Anima, where the vibrant expressions of life and vitality repulse the denizens of the Hollow. The Hollow is an ally of the Silence, as both represent an ideology of finality and death, one of living beings and the other of thoughts and ideas. The Hollow has two unique Schools of Magic called Necrotic Magic and Specter Magic. The Hollow frequently has war waged upon it by forces in Aloria and the Anima, especially in the living city of Kur, due to the Hollow's constant interference with Aloria. This desire to inflict constant death is not consistent, however, while many in Aloria know the great horror of the Malefica from the Hollow, few know the rebels in its ranks who are less obsessed with extinguishing life, and more with extending deathly peace and ending suffering.