Lamasery (Demiplane)

Lamasery is the given name of the bounded demiplane created by the archmage Arvana Sanys.

History
Lamasery is believed to have been created as one of the first apotheotic efforts of the archmage Arvana Sanys, and is thought to have been called into existence in the ending years of Tinris' Era of Legends. Given its name, it is held that Arvana intended to use Lamasery as a refuge and sanctuary.

Little is truly known of the history of the demiplane until it was discovered by the crew of the WNS Bright Star in Tinris' Era of Law.

Planar Boundaries
As a highly modified bounded demiplane, Lamasery provides transitive planar access to the Border Ethereal (see below) but does not have any connection to the astral plane. Additionally, Lamasery shares planar borders with the elemental planes, the plane of shadow, the positive and negative material planes, and to the demiplane wherein resides the Tinrisian planar deity, Eleduna Darkbringer.

Physical Characteristics
The demiplane of Lamasery, when viewed from sufficient remove or abstraction, is shaped as a giant bowl resting in the Border Ethereal. The pull of gravity seems consistent, though empirical evidence suggests that as one approaches the very distant reaches (i.e. towards the 'lip' of the bowl) that atmospheric density begins to dissipate. Those few adventurous souls who have braved a journey to the ends of the world and survived to tell of it speak of difficulty in breathing.

Approximately one-half (the East and South, specifically) of the demiplane is impassably bordered by a supernatural geographical boundary called the Grand Barrier. The remaining half (the West and North) are more loosely bounded by the Blinding Sea, allowing - with varying degrees of difficulty - for passage out of, and perhaps more importantly in to, the demiplane via the Border Ethereal.

Above this all circles the ever-burning disc of Tiānguāng, a double sided celestial body of gold and silver fire which provides this world's diurnal and seasonal cycles and life-sustaining warmth for its inhabitants.