Tomb Tribe

The Tomb tribe are one of the 13 tribes of Ontaria and posses the power to open interdimensional portals to a realm parallel to our own. Their function in Ontarian society is to protect the souls of all Ontarians upon their deaths.

## Origins

The Tomb tribe's history is a closely guarded secret amongst the tribe itself. In fact the recognition of this tribe as a tribe at all is disputed by some Ontarians. It is exceedingly rare for an Ontarian to ever see one, and rarer still for a member to appear anywhere else on Ontaria except in the territories held by the Tomb tribe. The only guaranteed way to meet one is to suffer a near death experience.

However some details regarding the tribe's origins are clear.

In Ontarian pre-history a small group of tribes discovered an island below the equator. Intelligen archaeologists have determined that the group were a nomadic sea faring community, possibly fleeing an Ontaria Ice Age and sought warmer shores. When discovering the island the inhabitant set up a stone age village on the island, and explored their new home. Over time they discovered the existence of several interdimensional portals, naturally occurring gateways into another realm.

The stone age group worshipped the portals and eventually passed through them into another realm that is known as Hollow. Over time the group's constant use of the portal altered their genome and allowed them to ability to create more of the portals themselves, and utilise the unique energy the portals were constructed out of.

As the ice age ended and the other Ontarian tribes grew and spread across the planet, the early Tomb tribe members moved their community into Hollow, drawn by it's wonders and glories and horrors.

The other tribes have only a few historical records of their interactions with the Tomb tribe during these times. Once in Hollow, Tomb tribes could move across Hollow and open a portal that in our dimension could be anywhere on Ontaria. Tomb tribe members would appear randomly in other tribal communities and stories of these ghosts who appeared from ethereal doorways were common.

Eventually as the copper age of Ontaria approached the Tomb tribe were now living completely in Hollow and had changed radically. Once in Hollow they had physical forms but in the real world, they became nothing but fleeting spectres. Their lives were now bound to Hollow.

## Duty

As stated before the tribes existence as a tribe is questioned, but all Ontarians recognise the valuable role they play in Ontarian civilisation.

Hollow is in fact a reflection of our own world and within are the found the souls of all beings who possess them. These souls appear as bright, miniature stars and are locked in position in Hollow. They cannot be moved are said to appear relative to where the Ontarian was born in the real world.

When an Ontarian dies the soul is finally untethered from Hollow and starts to rise, heading for what passes as a sky in Hollow. This when the Tomb Tribe act. In all the shadows of Hollow there exists a race who devour souls, but only do so when the Soul is untethered. Tomb tribe members watch for souls to become untethered and then fight back these creatures to allow the souls of Ontarians to ascend to wherever it is they go.

This information was gathered form Ontarians who underwent a near death experience. Since the Ontarian's life was in flux their souls becomes slightly untethered and so attracts the shadow creatures of Hollow. This allows the dying Ontarian to witness the battle in Hollow and these people have recorded their interactions when they were brought back to life.

All Ontarians are comforted by their existence and what they do. But also there is a deep fear that maybe even the Tomb tribe cannot stop the Shadow creatures from devouring their soul.

## Powers

### Portal Opening

Tomb tribe members can all open portals within the realm of Hollow to our realm. These portals are always relative to the exact position the tribe member occupies in Hollow to our world. A Tomb tribe member can open a portal to our realm, travel a few miles and open a portal back to Hollow and will have moved those miles in hollow too.