Void Corruption

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## Common Knowledge

Dedicated scholars of the arcane arts sometimes find horror stories about those who have travelled between the planes of reality and never returned. Without fail, the stories of those who have returned are worse, describing infection and madness.

## Affected Regions

Any creature who inhabits the void, the inky-black abyss between the planes of reality, for long enough will be exposed to void corruption.

## Symptoms

### Psychological Deterioration

Minds exposed to the Void for long enough will begin to embody its entropic nature. This can manifest in many forms, such as a sudden favor towards violence, indulging darker tendencies, and so on.

### Physical Deterioration

A creature exposed to the void for long enough (even without the interference of its local inhabitants) may undergo different transformations, losing or gaining limbs, teeth, eyes, and so on, with their biology adjusting to accommodate these shifts. Such changes take a great deal of time, and closely align with their psychological deterioration. These processes are expedited if the creature’s soul is directly exposed to the void (such as if the creature dies and is resurrected within it).

### Resistance

A disciplined consciousness can withstand void corruption longer than most, but magical or divine protection is the best deterrent. Though methods like these can be sustained for long periods of time, they cannot and will not last forever against the infinite tide of darkness.

## Related Groups and People

Different people at different times throughout history have sought to harness, study, or otherwise affect the Void in some way or another, exposing them to its brutal corrosive side-effects. Below are the most notable.

* Everoth, a Pionus mage from the hidden city of Navitos, willingly succumbed to void corruption in pursuit of its power, and lost much of their psyche in the process.
* Delcho, a celestial dragon seeking to establish a draconic dominion over the Material Plane, absorbed a deal of void corruption during his exile.
* Vierfrynn, an ancient drow mage with an appetite for world domination, harnessed void corruption in her final moments to create the school of Fel magic.

## Importance

The threat of void corruption prevents would-be interplanar explorers from venturing too far beyond the bounds of any plane.

## Social and Cultural Impact

The Void has empowered a small group of people throughout history, and their actions had widespread consequences. Though all but a scant few mages are familiar with it, the Void does influence something nearly all people are familiar with, at least tangentially: the Fel.

As a byproduct of the Void, the Fel retains some of its properties, such as tendencies towards destruction and a highly corruptive nature. Fel magic is thankfully not as corrosive as its inky counterpart, but it is nearly as dangerous and equally as disruptive.

Certain exceptional magic users have managed to harness the power of the Void to empower their magics. This power often manifests as Anti-Magic, a power native to the Void, and has unique properties in nullifying the effects of existing magic.

## Origin and History

The Void existed before any other plane of creation, predating the birth of all but the foremost of the Elder Gods.

## Further Information

* Elder Gods
* Elu
* Essence
* Fel Magic
* Magic