Everything

Take a look at our park now. The Bright Lady’s fountain gleams a pristine white against the evening gloom. The splashing water rings like the chimes of some sublime instrument. The entire site casts a faint glow that illuminates the surrounding grounds. That glow marks this as a Domain: a place of exceptional power that shines through all three layers of the Penumbra.

Domains like the fountain radiate tranquility. Often called glens, they’re places where Quintessence flows or gathers with

refreshing purity. Other domains, though, are not nearly so appealing; reflecting areas of deep corruption, blights seethe with poisoned energy. The nearby dump probably has a blight or two, and the site of six murders down the street still throbs with atrocious echoes even now, long after the bodies have been cleared away.

Any Node forms a Domain in its vicinity, casting energies around the Penumbrascape. Small Nodes have tiny Domains, whereas larger ones can radiate their influence for several yards in each direction. Like lamps, they illuminate the area with appropriate radiance… which, in the case of blights, can be a sort of anti-light, swallowing up everything else within reach.