It's a sort of in-between place. [Grasping on something Richard Dickerson had once described—] A different plane, separate from both this place and the Fade. It's connected to what we might consider the every day world by a series of magic mirrors—eluvians—and essentially allows one to travel quickly across the continent by entering the Crossroads from one eluvian and exiting out of another. In the Crossroads, the distance may be quite negligible where in the daily world it might be leagues and leagues between the two points.
While in the Crossroads, there is a way in which certain individuals—namely in this case, Rifters—are effected by the environment there which lends them a sort of...arcane aura, let's say? All Rifters have it while walking there. Native Thedosian largely do not. With the anchor removed, I no longer possess the same aura.
[Which is a long winded explanation, but he had asked for details. Even despite that fact, this might be the moment in which a speaker might ordinarily pause so as to allow their audience to recover from the bludgeoning. Wysteria however takes only a swift inhale before continuing to whack mercilessly along:]
However, I possess certain skills which are in Thedas unique to a Rifter and I have maintained them despite the loss of the anchor. This somewhat spoils a theory that Rifters derive their, er, talents from or are in some fashion reliant to and sustained by their connection to the Fade. Rather it's possible we are like... fade fruit, and somewhat prone to rotting on the vine if left attached there.
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It's a sort of in-between place. [Grasping on something Richard Dickerson had once described—] A different plane, separate from both this place and the Fade. It's connected to what we might consider the every day world by a series of magic mirrors—eluvians—and essentially allows one to travel quickly across the continent by entering the Crossroads from one eluvian and exiting out of another. In the Crossroads, the distance may be quite negligible where in the daily world it might be leagues and leagues between the two points.
While in the Crossroads, there is a way in which certain individuals—namely in this case, Rifters—are effected by the environment there which lends them a sort of...arcane aura, let's say? All Rifters have it while walking there. Native Thedosian largely do not. With the anchor removed, I no longer possess the same aura.
[Which is a long winded explanation, but he had asked for details. Even despite that fact, this might be the moment in which a speaker might ordinarily pause so as to allow their audience to recover from the bludgeoning. Wysteria however takes only a swift inhale before continuing to whack mercilessly along:]
However, I possess certain skills which are in Thedas unique to a Rifter and I have maintained them despite the loss of the anchor. This somewhat spoils a theory that Rifters derive their, er, talents from or are in some fashion reliant to and sustained by their connection to the Fade. Rather it's possible we are like... fade fruit, and somewhat prone to rotting on the vine if left attached there.