Tenebrous Marsh

This character is not public domain & is privately held under copyright laws; presented for reference purposes only. The private realm of Grimlore, the Tenebrous Marsh is an eldritch plane wherein arcanic energy hangs in the air as mist and fog, static energy igniting in flares as will-o-wisps or arcs of lightning, the ground and waters are saturated, the flora charged. There is no fauna, no native living creatures, no minions or servants, Grimlore is the sole resident of the Tenebrous Marsh -- exactly as he desires. The sole structure is Castle Athrawiaeth Ddwfn (Arcane Doctrine), the personal residence of the lord and master of the realm, constructed out of netherite, the physical materialization of nether, the chthonic element. Castle Athrawiaeth Ddwfn houses Grimlore's extensive arcane library, laboratories, magical sanctums and ritual chambers. As Grimlore is a divine-demon progeny, he neither needs to sleep or eat; therefore, there are no bedrooms, baths or kitchens. Grimlore is perpetually immersed in his pursuit of arcana -- performing rites, research, authoring grimoires and tomes, creating feats of magic; and, only leaves the Tenebrous Marsh in order to pursue these arcane matters. Having traveled throughout the omniverse, to all manner of worlds and dimensions, Grimlore is not easily swayed by idle chatter or rumor; his pursuits are purposeful and rarely come up short. The only other realm he will visit, recreationally speaking, is the Cirtceles to haunt the vaults of knowledge of Templekeep -- and perhaps visit with his "brother-of-the-arts", the S'iege.

Tenebrous Marsh has been purposefully engineered to be a living power battery for Grimlore's arcanic endeavors; there are direct links to the esoteric-and-existential planes of power that act as veins wherein energy flows and cycles through the Marsh. These deliberate arcana-ducts do not "steal" power, on the contrary, they are as rivers drawing down water from the mountains and returning it to the sea, to be returned to the mountains once more as rain. Energy comes in, saturates the Marsh and then flows back to its home plane, a constant, rhythmic circuit. As an extension of himself, Grimlore is able to tap into his realm even when not within its confines; exceptions being when he is within another private realm, wherein he has no sway, as long as he travels within "neutral territory" his realm and it's power are at his disposal. Rumors, legends, abound that speak of entities that Grimlore has imprisoned within the bowels of the Tenebrous Marsh, either as punishment for transgressions or as a means to gain knowledge from a disagreeable and uncooperative contemporary. None of the rumors or legends have been confirmed or denied.