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: Perhaps the fairies proved too hostile. Perhaps Arisetsu herself called her priests away to some more important issue. All I know is that Dreva would NEVER have allowed this gateway to open, polluting our world with creatures from another realm. Nature from one land is not to be intertwined with the nature of another!
;The fae Portal
: The Nexus portal was opened by priests of [[Arisetsu]], Goddess of the Sun, about four thousand years ago. The first arrivals were trolls and Autumn fairies, who apparently lived her in peace for a time. Then the priests left -- or were killed -- and the portal remained open.
;: Can the portal be closed?
: No! Do not attempt to close it! You'll only make things worse!
: The sages of [[Verta]] tried to close it a hundred years ago. No sooner had the portal collapsed than dozens of new portals erupted throughout Alharth! When those new portals were closed, yet more opened, and so on, until eventually the sages managed to reopen this portal.
: The Fae Nexus presses heavily on our reality here, and that magical pressure must be released -- it cannot be contained. This island's portal acts as a pressure valve.
: Many of those unintended portals remain open to this day, hidden in caves or beneath oceans. I believe those other portals could be closed, so long as this main portal remains open. But this one must not be damaged.
;: So the portal has remained open for thousands of years?
: Yes, it was open, but largely dormant. The other side of the portal opens up into a maze of passages that often shift and change. We think the tunnels leading to this portal were blocked off for thousands of years. Some trolls managed to find their way here, as well as various fae flora and fauna, but no fairies came through. Until two years ago.
;The fairies
;The Ranalon
