The Nil

The Nil is an eons-old pocket dimension created by an unknown entity, back when the Prince of Wisdom was still sane. It was hidden for millennia until its recent discovery.
==Description==
The Nil consists of a castle almost entirely made of a metal that resembles corroded copper, set in the midst of a seemingly endless expanse of mist. Inside, the castle is filled with long, twisting hallways with doors and stairways that often lead straight into solid walls. However, some rooms contain doors that open into gateways that can take one to various places across the universe. There are a handful of doors in the real world that open into the Nil, though they are exceedingly rare.
Several of the rooms contained inside the Nil resemble studies, complete with bookshelves and fine leather chairs. The books themselves vary, but most are studies on high powers, magic and the occult. A few of the rooms feature small statues and busts, all of ancient, powerful entities. There is also an art gallery exclusively of horrific and eldritch works.
Inside the castle, the Nil has an enchanted defense system that causes mortal intruders to be transformed into guardians trapped between life and death. Immortals, the incarnations of Titan Princes, and other such beings are immune to the effects of the Nil.
It has been theorized that the Nil, and its castle, were created as a crude approximation of The Shroud and the Castle of the Princes.
==The Shamblers==
Mortals unfortunate enough to accidentally fall into the Nil are transformed into undead creatures known as Shamblers. These guardians take on the same corroded complexion as the Nil itself, in addition to gaining the ability to cast projectiles of an arcane nature. Due to the Nil's obscurity, these guardians are rare, though in more recent years there seems to have been an increase in dimensional doorways.
===Trivia===
*The Nil was inspired by the Void from Warframe.
**The art gallery was based on the setting of the boss fight against the Shambler in 2018's Call of Cthulhu game.
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