Also known as the Waiting Veil. Overlaid upon the Physical Realm of Tamasora is a dimension of eternal, painted twilight. Originally meant as a transient threshold — a gentle holding area where mortal souls waited to be shepherded into Paradise. However, with Paradise sealed for 300 years, the Waiting Veil has become bloated and overgrown, manifesting as a whimsical, ghostly reflection of the physical world.
Most easily accessed where the veil is thin: deep within the magical jungles of roaming Titans, near the Great Natu Tree, or aboard the spectral train known as the Wandering Line.
Spirits vs. Souls
In the cosmology of Tamasora, Spirits and Souls are two stages of the same cosmic lifecycle:
- Spirits (The Domain of Natu): The raw, primordial breath of the world. Born from the Titans and the chaotic elements of the Skysea, untamed, instinctual, embodying raw concepts and nature.
- Souls (The Domain of Tekk): Intricate, individualized sparks of divine light. In ancient times, Tekk took raw Spirits and tempered them in his divine forge, granting mortals free will, complex morality, and a rigid structure.
Because Paradise is lost, a terrible tragedy unfolds: when a mortal dies, their Soul enters the Waiting Veil. Over centuries of being trapped, a Soul slowly loses its mortal memories and “forged” structure, degrading back into a raw Spirit. Many ancient “nature spirits” wandering the veil are the heavily degraded souls of First Age ancestors.
Worse still, Spirits or degrading Souls infected by the Cult of Nirvana’s dark ambitions undergo a sinful transformation — twisted into nightmarish demons classified by the Ecclesia Solari as Fomorians.