The Black
The Black is a shadow dimension that exists inside all matter, in the absence of the light in shadows. The shadow people reside here who are descendants of Rajaat's halfling servants. They can be called into service by someone giving them obsidian orbs as payment (which they use as eggs for more shadow people). Shadow people on Athas are extremely cold to the touch despite Athas's extreme heat, and can not survive without light to give them substance. It pains them to be in weak light and no light causes them to cease to exist.
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“Personality is the glitter that sends your little gleam across the footlights and the orchestra pit into that big black space where the audience is.”
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“Stars, hide your fires;
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The eye wink at the hand; yet let that be
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