Vestibule

In magic circles the term 'vestibule' referrers to pocket dimensions or limbo-like sub-realms of reality that can be attached to a structure so that it acts either as a hidden space or as a bridge between two universes. The inter-space that a vestibule sits in is known as The Sideways. Vestibules can be two-way, opening in another universe such as Otherworld, or one-way, opening in the same universe but a different location.

### History

Aesurans created vestibules on Earth such as Olympus, Atlantis, Valhalla and Avalon, although their intention was not actually to physically access Otherworld as such, but to use the vestibule as an invisible home away from mere mortals; doing so, however did seem to increase Earth's magical potential and unintentionally allowed creatures from Otherworld, now considered mythological, to roam Earth as invasive species; Later their offspring the Halfbreeds and *their* later neohuman descendants would spend a great deal of their time clearing up the mess of their parents created by hunting down these monsters and supernatural creatures when they started to destroy cause havoc on Earth.

Most Vestibules have snice been destroyed or utterly blocked, with the last vestibule being the House of Seasons itself after an attempt to re-colonise a small area of Otherworld in 1931 known as the town of Orchard Grove ended up in a disastrous event that trapped the souls and spirits of the inhabited there; the event was thought to be caused when the colonists angered or offended the Aos Si locals in some form, likely by the use of pollutive machines brought from Earth which destroyed the forest to build Orchard Grove, and when the colonists banded together with a rebel group of magical creatures led by the Spriggan race who were heavily against the terrible and cruel rule of the Aos Si, defended themselves, the power of the Aos Si in their own universe utterly overwhelmed them, causing nature to twist and the humans and native creatures there to become ghosts and spirits doomed to wonder the town for all time. Needless to say the Seasons blocked all access to Orchard Grove cutting off the House to Otherworld and the Aos Si encasing Orchard Grove within an impenetrable spiritual field.

### Dark Vestibules

Also known as "Side Vestibules" these access points were first thought to have been realised by research within the House of Seasons in the 1800's by a secret sect of dark magicians known as The Dawnshadow Coven when they tried to understand where exactly in respective space the House of Seasons was; the conclusion was that vestibules 'existed' bridging the nothingness between space or between universes and an attempt to access what these magicians referred to as "The Sideways". However the act of researching this inter-spatial realm was forbidden by elder magi, knowing that The Sideways was not to be meddled with as it contained extremely negative and dark energies and possibly creatures of unfathomable horror. Creating vestibules was therefor considered both complex and dangerous and the later revelation by Shadowdawn accused the House of hiding this from it's occupants. This caused many Magi to disregard the creation of vestibules and the House of Seasons lost many magi that day, while Shadowdawn only grew, and living within one as an unholy and dangerous mistake, making many leave the House of Seasons, who in return ousted the coven. But the faction nevertheless continued their research outside the House, attempting for years to crate a "Dark Vestibule", although it's uncertain if Shadowdawn ever succeeded.

Shadowdawn is currently being sought by both Zeroth and the Reverend's Death sect of the Harbingers in hopes they have managed to complete their research but as of yet remain highly elusive and Zeroth suggested that the coven may have succumb to the Dark Vestibule utterly and that only his mezzite Caliga may have a hope of controlling it's power to The Sideways.