The Bridge

"'A man who has seen the Bridge and was not allowed to cross learns to fear the sword should he ever find his way back to the land of the living. I pray all may find their purpose under the Alilia's call.' --A quote from High Prophet Jauntias of Light, A Century's Reflection, 1004 AE"

General Overview
The Bridge is a demiplane attached to Ilderon. All souls that meet their end in Ilderon must pass through the bridge before finding their eternity in Providence. Guarded by the goddess, Renaltuh, souls find their way through the peerless journey only by her will.

Planar Physiology
The Bridge stretches on endlessly. Being a demiplane, no normal bounds of reality are observed. Those who make their way back from the bridge describe it as an endless hellish landscape on one side and behind them existing an ever stretching ocean.

Different beings exist and spawn within the Bridge. These beings are fragments of lost souls and roam the Bridge preying on individuals seeking passage to Providence without Renaltuh's approval. While the demiplane bends to the goddess's will, she is not the only powerful being in the Bridge. The ancient and lost religion of the Forgotten song teaches of two power deities chained away beneath the ocean in the Bridge. Many other fiends and otherworldly horrors were trapped on the Bridge where Renaltuh serves as their Gatekeeper, preventing them access from Ilderon and Providence alike.

Few talented summoners are able to circumvent Renaltuh's wards and pull creatures from the Bridge into existence. The summoners that are able to pull creatures from the Bridge often summon and sell Bridgehounds, who are sought after for their valuable venom.

Beliefs
Believers in the Wills of Alilia believe the Bridge serves a punishment for those who fail to fulfill their purpose in life and those who are not allowed to enter Providence will be cursed to wander the Bridge for eternity.

Believers in the Forgotten Song believe warriors who fall in glorious battle are sent to Bridge their souls sail on a ship that roams the demiplane known as the Arrimer. Aboard the Arrimer they continue to serve Halldora until they are needed and call upon to be soldiers in a final battle among the gods.