The Void

The Void is the immediate afterlife for virtually all beings that die on Gaia. Those that have died and been brought back by a necromancer describe a world that is a grim parody of the world above, with geographical locations mirrored (albeit poorly), yet cold, dark, covered in fog and watched constantly by a never-setting black sun.

Geographically, The Void is similar to the surface world of Gaia, yet a phenomenon prevents it from being accurately mapped. Gaius Meridian, a prominent scholar during the second age wished to accurate map The Void, and thus he made a deal with a necromancer to resurrect him in two days, before drinking poison. Once in The Void, Gaius found it near-impossible to make any progress with mapping the realm out, often finding himself right back where he started. Gaius Meridian did however discover the fact that time moves differently in The Void compared to The Overworld. Despite being deceased on the surface for only 48 hours, upon return Gaius had gone quite mad after the countless centuries he spent wandering The Void. He never fully recovered.