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 Many of these mysteries are but fleeting, their secrets soon unravelled by dimensional scientists, burnished brass instruments reducing infinite wonder to a symposium paper. Others are destroyed by folly or art, the power to blast between worlds an unsafe thing in the hands of the clumsy or malevolent. Some, however, are destined to persist rather longer, enduring the probings and fumbling of those who inspect them. Some are artifacts that seem to violate the laws of the universe as understood by those who behold them. Others are sites that seem to defy explanation no matter how much analysis is cast upon them. While most eventually succumb to the weight of curiosity heaped upon them, many can remain unsolved for decades, some even centuries. There is one that has endured for even longer than that. Perhaps it is because of its scale - not merely a single object or locus, but an entire plane that seems to bend the rules as most know them. Perhaps it is because it is unusually resilient to scrying and magical communication, making it difficult for its denizens and visitors to relay knowledge to those without. More likely, however, it is because investigating it comes at such a terrible cost.
-Around seven hundred, interplanar travellers began to disappear. This went un-noticed at first - for even the most experienced, dimensional travel remains a difficult and dangerous process, and losses are always to be expected - their remains often found and noted by future explorers, or a lucky few of them re-emerging several years later, having finally extricated themselves from whatever ensnared them. However, the number of those missing began to creep up high enough that it began to be noticed - especially as no trace was found of any of them. Disappearances began to be investigated by those who counted the vanished as friends or acquaintances. Some of these parties found nothing, not surprising perhaps given the size of the Universe. More worryingly, however, some of these search parties, often the ones that had reported having found a trail, disappeared themselves. Quite a commotion arose among those aware of such things, along with mounting curiosity. After nearly twenty years of this, and many more missing, a message appeared from one of those thought lost. A warning.
+Around seven hundred years ago, interplanar travellers began to disappear. This went un-noticed at first - for even the most experienced, dimensional travel remains a difficult and dangerous process, and losses are always to be expected - their remains often found and noted by future explorers, or a lucky few of them re-emerging several years later, having finally extricated themselves from whatever ensnared them. However, the number of those missing began to creep up high enough that it began to be noticed - especially as no trace was found of any of them. Disappearances began to be investigated by those who counted the vanished as friends or acquaintances. Some of these parties found nothing, not surprising perhaps given the size of the Universe. More worryingly, however, some of these search parties, often the ones that had reported having found a trail, disappeared themselves. Quite a commotion arose among those aware of such things, along with mounting curiosity. After nearly twenty years of this, and many more missing, a message appeared from one of those thought lost. A warning.
 Simultaneously appearing on the surface of every mirror in the glass city of Gathul, a face twisted by interference began to speak.