The Shadow World
Dark counterpart of Cerilia
The Shadow World is a mystery, but does exist... Cerilia has a dark counterpart, a semi-plane of gloom, death and shadow. Sometimes, on cold and dark winter nights, a strange phenomenon occurs, and a portal between the two worlds is open, unleashing dreaded undeads on Cerilia. Some ancient crypt are rumored to be permanent portals to the Shadow World, where cities are governed by ghouls and ghosts, and where vampires and liches rules entire kingdoms.
The Halflings are rumored to come from the Shadow World; they remain quiet about this fact, which has not been proven yet. However, some of them displays rare and strange powers beyond the blood powers, so nothing is impossible.