A Galaxy of Emptiness                                  -      -      - 
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Standing in this room offers you one of the strangest experiences of your
life.  While you can clearly see the walls of the cavern, there is a
horrible feeling of despair and hopelessness here that is almost too
overwhelming to be contained by normal space.  You can imagine it extending
off into infinity in all directions, and although the experience is painful
it gives you a new perspective on reality.  Perhaps this is what happens
when a part of the world becomes totally isolated from the astral plane, and
withers away because of its lack of access to dreams or thought.
A lonely monk sits in the middle of the room deep in meditation.