Aabahran

Eye of the Rift

Astronomy · by Historian Eril Ballyshack

Designs here discovered with a custom astrolens, hooked on to an elven telescope.

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Notes: When directing light with powerful magnification tools, other energy types are encouraged to focus to a point as well. Until I peered at this galactic disc, I had not quite realized the full implication of this concept. Focusing the light of Nercuros is less impactful, since it merely reflects the light of our nearest sun -- some trace elements of the Prime's power can be felt there, but it is small.

Staring at this starcluster, however, causes incredible pain after only a few moments. It was very difficult for me to measure its design and record it, since I could only give it small glances at a time. The pain is not of the flesh, however; rather, it seems to be 'under' the nerves and deeper. I have to assume that it is a gateway into some kind of chaos rift. It is so far from us, however, that whatever comes from it day by day would never reach us in our own lifetimes.