Lexicon of Paradox, Part One

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"On the nature of rifts That which we call a 'rift' is in fact close to the complete opposite — a 'suture' or a 'tie.' It is the place where two planes are stitched together, enmeshed to the point of merging. Two types of rifts are encountered on the borders of the Worldwound — short-term natural rifts and stable, engineered rifts. The latter allow entire armies to pass freely between the Abyss and Golarion. They were created at points where the fabric of reality formed a specific type of 'fold,' where the Material Plane was closest to the Abyss. More information about these 'folds of reality' in former Sarkoris can be found in the Temple of Stone Manuscripts in the ruined city of Iz. Some of my own notes are also held there. I shall only make passing reference to them here. At the moment of writing, five of these 'folds' have been identified. The most significant one was located near the Threshold fortress, and it was that which made the Worldwound possible. The second most significant rift, the Maiming of Iz, marks the ruins of the famous city. The third rift — the Gates of Midnight — is hidden in the Midnight Fane. The fourth — the Harrowing — leads to my personal laboratory. And, finally, the fifth — the Blood of Pulura — is located near the Sarkorian shrine. All of the rifts within the perimeter of the Wound function as a single system. In a way, they are like a single entity, or offshoots from a single root. This means that closing them separately is impossible. They will disappear only when the source is uprooted, the main rift — that which some people call the Last Threshold, although it is in fact the true and original Worldwound. The Wound cannot be closed using ordinary methods. The very manner in which it was opened protects it from interference. The only means of closing it requires..." This is the last surviving page of a book that has been ripped in two. All the other pages are missing.