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Ascalion, once a simple seaside village now the center of mystery and adventure that calls people from all walks of life on a one-way journey to the unknown. Less than a hundred years ago the village was just a collection of small houses and a dock that made its living off of fishing. However, everything change when the doors began to appear.
At first it was just a small door that appeared from nowhere one day one wall of the mayor's study. At first, people were hesitant to open it: the door was on the inner side of the wall, but not on the outside of the building where it should have reached. Eventually, however, when nothing happened and the door just sat there, the people became curious. On the bequest of the people, the mayor opened the door revealing a cascading field of blue that covered the inside preventing him from seeing anything on the other side. Deciding that if he had opened it, he might as well see if it did anything, the mayor had one of the lengths of wood that the town used to reinforce a damaged mast brought in and prodded the door with it. Seeing that the wood went in and out of the door without any apparent damage, he asked for volunteers to enter the door. Of course, while most of the townsfolk were wary, those youths who had just come of age and wanted to prove their bravery volunteered. From them the mayor selected two and sent them into the door.
It was then that some of the truth of the door became clear. As soon as the two volunteers entered the door, it closed and faded away. Panic overcame the villagers who then called for aid from their nations capital. When the small group from the capital arrived they found that, while no one else had vanished into a door, more doors had appeared. Although the officials couldn't find any clue on the outside of the doors, the investigation of these doors soon became a prominent item in the nation's rumors causing a small flood of other adventure seekers and amateur investigators to come to the town to see the doors for themselves. Seeking to accommodate this flood of people, the town began to expand, with inns, taverns, and shops spring up as even more people arrived to take advantage of the large crowds that had begun to congregate here.
Soon the people gathered began guessing at what lay other the other side of the doors. Rumors abounded of a land of riches, or a place where all dreams came true. Of course, some rumors were the opposite, claiming that demons were on the other side trying to gather souls by tainting their curiosity. Even with the dark rumors, the temptation of wealth and pleasure that some thought lay on the other side was enough to convince many to start seeking out the doors and entering them. And seeking the doors was required now, as each time a door was used it would close and others would open up elsewhere in the city. However, the movement of the doors only heightened the attraction as many believed this meant each person would be brought to a separate land, possibly tailored to each individual's taste.
It must be said, however, that not everyone always entered the doors willingly. The easiest way to hide a victim or their body was to send them through a door, and sometimes the doors themselves seemed to try and trap individuals in such a way that they had no choice, but to go through.
At first it was just a small door that appeared from nowhere one day one wall of the mayor's study. At first, people were hesitant to open it: the door was on the inner side of the wall, but not on the outside of the building where it should have reached. Eventually, however, when nothing happened and the door just sat there, the people became curious. On the bequest of the people, the mayor opened the door revealing a cascading field of blue that covered the inside preventing him from seeing anything on the other side. Deciding that if he had opened it, he might as well see if it did anything, the mayor had one of the lengths of wood that the town used to reinforce a damaged mast brought in and prodded the door with it. Seeing that the wood went in and out of the door without any apparent damage, he asked for volunteers to enter the door. Of course, while most of the townsfolk were wary, those youths who had just come of age and wanted to prove their bravery volunteered. From them the mayor selected two and sent them into the door.
It was then that some of the truth of the door became clear. As soon as the two volunteers entered the door, it closed and faded away. Panic overcame the villagers who then called for aid from their nations capital. When the small group from the capital arrived they found that, while no one else had vanished into a door, more doors had appeared. Although the officials couldn't find any clue on the outside of the doors, the investigation of these doors soon became a prominent item in the nation's rumors causing a small flood of other adventure seekers and amateur investigators to come to the town to see the doors for themselves. Seeking to accommodate this flood of people, the town began to expand, with inns, taverns, and shops spring up as even more people arrived to take advantage of the large crowds that had begun to congregate here.
Soon the people gathered began guessing at what lay other the other side of the doors. Rumors abounded of a land of riches, or a place where all dreams came true. Of course, some rumors were the opposite, claiming that demons were on the other side trying to gather souls by tainting their curiosity. Even with the dark rumors, the temptation of wealth and pleasure that some thought lay on the other side was enough to convince many to start seeking out the doors and entering them. And seeking the doors was required now, as each time a door was used it would close and others would open up elsewhere in the city. However, the movement of the doors only heightened the attraction as many believed this meant each person would be brought to a separate land, possibly tailored to each individual's taste.
It must be said, however, that not everyone always entered the doors willingly. The easiest way to hide a victim or their body was to send them through a door, and sometimes the doors themselves seemed to try and trap individuals in such a way that they had no choice, but to go through.
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