Meridianus is a void-like realm of violent winds and shadow chimera left by the Tuatha de Danaan to guard against the Denizens.
Overview[]
Denizens who make the journey to the Autumn World quickly discover that reaching Earth is far easier than turning back. Earth exerts a dark and heavy psychic undertow which the ephemeral Dark-Kin have a difficult time escaping. This "undertow" manifests itself in several ways. Most important of these is a region of the Near Dreaming that exists just beyond the Mists. Called the Meridianus, this region is an ancient defense left by the Tuatha to help enforce the Silver Ban. A realm of howling storms and little substance, it is almost impossible to navigate and is haunted by dangerous chimera. Called Dream-Shadows, these black, shadowy masses attack any visiting Dark-kin, dissolving their chimerical substance. Denizens only encounter this strange aspect of the region on the way out of the waking world, not upon entering it. The reasons for this remain obscure, though several theories abound. One states that it was created to cut-off the escape of a great fomorian army during the Tessarakonta, forcing them to fight "with their backs to the sea." Another, more popular, explanation states that the Tuatha prophesied that having some denizens trapped on Earth would be useful in the ages to come. In any event, this barrier exists for the Denizens until they acquire two points of permanent Banality, after which it disappears as though it never existed.
References[]
- CTD: Denizens of the Dreaming, p. 15, 27