Worldbuilding rules of purgatory

A forsaken realm that lies in a ruinous state of many past civilizations that toppled litter the land, reclaimed all by gnarled and withered looking flora and fauna. The more you find yourself looking at the scenery, the less you wonder, the less you question, and the more befuddled (your character) feels.

At the heart of this strange place beats The Grey City, the city is a beacon of civilization, and is deemed the safest place to be (by who?) despite the unsettling choices in architecture and a Lich Queen that everyone seems to fear and revere in equal measures.

Within the Lich Queen's Castle, she is rumored to reside in her Catacombs, sorting the bones of eons worth of things dead and constructs them into farther "decoration" for architecture and infrastructure purposes. At the lowest point of these catacombs is also believed to house the soul of the Lich Queen in her "Well of Sorrow". No one has seen it (NPCs), but there are many texts and folk stories of what this well is and what it looks like.

This particular Purgatory exists on the fringes of Unreality, and is classified as a "Where-ever World" where lost and sad things end up. Individuals lost in their prior lives find themselves here and soon forget their lives prior. Many are also spirited away, or brought through the Veils of their own world by native denizens. Fey are commonplace, namely Non-Trooping types that are not aligned to a good or evil Court. Neutral fey in this realm are fickle, and by human standards can range from being cruel on a whim just as they are benign and willing to assist someone in need... for the right exchange of course.

Souls of those long dead tend to roam and haunt the world, much like our characters, they don't know their past lives and are prone to Corruption. Upon Corruption, they will Possess other characters, animals and places of interest and can be deemed a "Horror" if their burdens become too great and too many.

Horror is the true Antagonist of this world, as it lurks in every corner of all things. It watches and waits for the opportune time to cause Calamity, much like a predator circling it's prey. Horror is an ambiguous concept, and can be anything and everything all at once.

The Lich Queen and The Hag of The Wastes collaborated on a rare occasion to form an alliance of Oracles. The Oracles of Limbo have spiritual connection to entities from Higher Places, Lower Places, and The Ether. While they have been deemed protectors, they can become a threat alike. Therefore, reception of Oracles varies, they are welcomed in oppressed reaches of the land, while they can be feared and ostracized by many superstitious societies.

(Oracles will be expanded in another blog post.)