The Old Roads, Paths of the Wyck, and the Null Zone
Umbral Realm · Mage
Legends tell of Old Roads, the Paths of the Wyck that were cut through raw Creation in the earliest days of humankind. It’s said that only the most primal travelers – witches and shamans – can even find these Roads, much less travel them. According to lore, these paths can lead anywhere – to Tokyo alleys, Grand Canyon crevices, the mountains of the Moon, anywhere. Chilly, misty, and scary as hell, these legendary roads have more myth than substance. Though other mages claim to
have gone through the Forever Mists, the Old Roads remain the exclusive province of mages who’ll willingly dare Creation in her most elemental form.
More recently, travelers have noticed a Null Zone: a system of corridors and small and empty rooms that appear to connect the other regions. Sometimes referred to as “backstage at the Universe,” this Null Zone seems to permeate every other layer of existence. Anyone, apparently, can use these hallways, though no one’s found or made a map of them just yet. Travelers claim you could follow these corridors to the Moon or even further if you had enough time, determination, and supplies to walk such epic distances. It’s been speculated that this zone is the form the Old Roads take in the modern world. If that’s true, our industrial perceptions have taken something wondrous and turned it into a sterile maze.
For our sake, and the sake of all Reality, I hope that’s not the case…