Editing Mystara (section)

== The Hollow World ==
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Mystara is a hollow planet, with a habitable surface on its interior called the [[Hollow World]], inspired by conceptions like that [[Journey to the Center of the Earth|novelized]] by [[Jules Verne]].<ref name="KoA"/><ref name=AA/>{{rp|231}} This world is lit by an eternal red sun at the center of Mystara, and serves as a "cultural museum", preserving the societies that have become extinct in the outer world, "based on [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], [[Aztec]], [[Viking]], and [[ancient Rome]].<ref name=AA/>{{rp|231}} The existence of the Hollow World is not, in general, known to the inhabitants of the outer world. The poles are actually huge, subtly curving holes that allow passage between the outer and inner world, although it is a long, hard trek through a cold, unlit, stormy and anti-magic area. The curvature of the holes is so subtle that explorers from either surface do not notice the transition until after it is already made, causing quite a shock for most.