16 Realm of the Dead (1/2)

After passing through the portal Eldrid found himself atop a tall tower, from from which he could see several different sections of the realm.

To the far north was an icy frozen plain(1), a misty fog entirely covered the mid north(2), and to the near north was what Eldrid could see a golden city on one side, and on the other side was a large field, both had food and drink (3).

To the near northwest was a field and forest filled with music, merrymaking, food and drink (4), in the mid northwest were plains full of wandering phantasmal figures(5), and to the far northwest was a place shrouded in a mist of blood, the sound of screams were audible even to Eldrid, however that area was surrounded by a wall of bronze and it's gate guarded by a hundred handed giant(6).

The west was entirely dominated by a vast sea, stretching all the way into the horizon, however many vague shapes could be seen under the water(7).

The southwest was a giant forest filled with all sorts of creatures.

In the near south was a man holding a feather who had a jackal's head, he was standing in front of a large scale. Behind him was a creature with behind of a hippopotamus, the chest, and forelegs of a lion, and the head of a crocodile. Behind them stood a large bark, and far southwest was a house of the dead(8).

To the far southeast was a burning wasteland with many lakes of lava (9), while the near south was a palace of epic proportions with a gate guarded by many majestic and holy angels (10).

To the near east was an old lady with a bowl of soup, to the mid east was a long path leading to the far east where there were six large gates(11).

The northeast was entirely shrouded by a veil of mist, phantasmal shapes danced would be visible for mere fractions of a second before sinking back into obscurity.

Eldrid couldn't see beyond this, but he could feel there were more sections of this ream that were out of his view or too small to notice from how far up he was.

Eldrid then looked around to find that there was no portal behind him.

'Dave, what's going on?'

[An outside force has switched where you would come out of the portal.]

'****. You have any info on this place?'

[All of them are heavily tied to the mythology from earth.]

'I guessed as much, anything else that can help? Such as a map?'

[I don't have a map of this area, I only had the info about the world of Golkindarr and some of the major it's planets in this universe due to Malthael passing them on to me.]

'So we're flying blind.'

[Yes, but don't crash.]

'That was a horrible joke.'

[Blame the author.]

'Very funny Dave, but we don't have time for bad jokes.'

[Says the one who makes puns in the midst of battle.]

'...'

[Hehe, got ya there.]

Eldrid looked at the long spiraling staircase which was circling the outside of the tower.

'No fun going down this way.'