The Void

What remains of the Sea of Monsters, one of Zol’s Planes of existence

The horror of Zol. Home to the evil Void Gods. A world of chaos and darkness. The Void is the part of the Sea of Monsters that The Watcher did not harness. Within it lies threats and abominations unknown even to the Gods.

When viewing Zol from The Ethos, The Void is not visible. It is thought to be hidden away by the will of the Zolaen Gods.

Despite the Gods attempts to disjoin The Void from the lives of mortals, The Void is closely related to the Prime Material Plane. It looms in Zol’s history, and threatens its modern days. Only kept back by the constant efforts of the Gods.

There are many physical entrances between The Void and the Prime Material Plane. They exist at the lowest depths of Zol. Entrances in the deepest fathoms of the ocean lead directly to The Void, and entrances in The Underdark lead into The Void’s subplane, Damnation.

Little is known about The Void. Many scholars and theologians gather what they can about the strange space in an attempt to protect mortals from it. However some seek its power in a dark pursuit.

The known properties of The Void are:

• Entrance to The Void is similar to most forms of planar travel, but escaping it is extremely difficult. This is due to the will of Gods.
  • Expeditions have been made there, but few have returned. It is thought a mortals easiest method of returning is through Apolyatum, the highest level of Damnation.
• The Void Gods largely view this place as the true form of Zol and seek to demolish all other planes and return them to this state.
  • No hard evidence exists of any hierarchy between Void Gods
• There are likely more Void Gods than what are known to mortals.
• The Void has distinct depths.
  • Damnation is thought to be the most shallow part of The Void
  • The deeper one ventures into The Void the more dangerous and inescapable it becomes.
• Death in the void is unique. Academics are not sure if it exists on The Mortal Coil, but interrogated Demons revealed that if one dies in The Void, their soul becomes homed to it and both their vessel and soul are sent deep within its confines.
  • Effectively if one dies in The Void, they are locked within permanently. Even to the greatest of mortal magic.

Damnation is a subplane of The Void and seems to feed off the souls of the Prime Material Plane’s dead.

Residing the the greater Void are many horrible beings called Demons. They come in great varieties and almost all have destructive intentions.

Within the subplane of Damnation resides a similar but distinctly different cast of beings called Fiends. To an uneducated eye they would seem the same as Demons. However there is a sole difference that divides them.

Fiends are beings bound by oath to serve Aldem, King of all Hells. If they are caught by a greater demon betraying him their souls are sent for destruction. Most Fiends are endlessly loyal to Aldem because of this.

Demons however are not bound to serve a master if they do not choose to. This gives Demons a sense of pride over fiends that has forged a unique hatred between the 2 groups over many ages.

The two groups of monsters clash regularly. Mortals have even been known to gain favors from one group when sparring with the other.