Location:The Sunless

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A dark and dead realm that the god-like Hat Man calls home. It is a world apart from mankind's, existing in another dimension entirely, where time flows in a way that cannot be fathomed by mortal minds, and even some immortal ones. The only way to reach the Sunless is for a powerful Shadow Person to personally escort you, or for the Hat Man himself to summon you there. In the distant past this shadowed world was once similar to Earth, but the sun above faded from the sky, and in the absence of its light, the people began to twist into nightmarish horrors.
==The Darkness==
Enveloping nearly the whole of the Sunless is an unnatural dark. Any attempts to traverse it will result in an individual's immediate loss of consciousness and the temporary loss of their supernatural abilities. Even if such an individual is lucky enough to be pulled from the darkness, they will remain unconscious for a few hours, and after waking, their supernatural abilities will still be unusable for a short time.
==A Cruel Fate==
Should someone remain within the smothering shadows of the Sunless, it will quickly begin to twist their body and soul into horrific shapes, until they become something as unnatural and horrific as the Sunless itself. Helpless, such a person will only be able to watch from within the new prison of their monstrous flesh as it relentlessly hunts down the people they think of and desire the most, slaughtering friends, family, and enemies, and then devolving into a thoughtless killing machine, especially drawn to the sounds of a human voice. Should one of these resulting horrors begin to devour human flesh, it will allow them to gain human traits and eventually granting them the ability to return to their human form.
==Safe Passage==
Shadow People are individuals that have been partially corrupted by the Hat Man, and hold a small sliver of the Sunless itself within them, granting them the ability to traverse the shadowy world without losing consciousness or succumbing to the nightmarish effects it has on body and soul. More often than not, however, such people are those who have entered into a pact with the Hat Man. Outside of this, there are other various ways to be protected from the effects of the Sunless, but each of them takes far too long, or requires too great of effort for a normal human being to accomplish.
==Shelters==
When the world's Sun vanished, the old civilization banded together, creating safe rooms and buildings that litter the landscape to prevent their people from turning into monsters. These sanctuaries continue to exist, even after their creators have long since been lost to time. Each shelter is usually home to a lantern, lit with a strange unearthly flame that burns bright within the darkness, and is not easily snuffed out.