Shyish

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Shyish was originally the wind of magic related to all things to do with death. In the Age of Sigmar it has become the realm of Nagash. Shyish serves as the afterlife for the mortal realms: underworlds containing the souls of the dead are formed based on the beliefs of various cultures. This afterlife isn't permanent, as these underworlds will naturally fade when people forget about them. Although stereotypically seen as a spooky graveyard wasteland, Shyish is also home to pleasant heavens and terrible hells.

Warhammer Fantasy Battle

In the Old World, Shyish was the Amethyst Wind of death and endings. As such, the magisters of Shyish have the ability to drain away life and commune with spirits. Amethyst wizards are often shunned for the resemblance of their powers to Necromancy. However, the two are completely different: where Shyish is about embracing endings, Necromancy is about defying them. Amethyst magic also completely lacks the mental and physical degredation that Necromancy brings on its participants. The Libre Necris describes Necromancy as essentially using the Winds of Shyish as "tongs" to grasp Dhar or Dark Magic and channel it through the remains of the dead.

The Realm of Shyish

Shyish is a realm of entropy. The individual underworlds created by the beliefs of the dead are all temporary, as religions and belief systems eventually fade away (whether this takes centuries, millennia or even longer) and the souls are gradually reabsorbed into Shyish proper.

The core of Shyish is apparently a huge, magical black hole and anything that would get sucked into it dies forever and never comes back, including Nagash himself. Shyish forms around it like a pearl forms around a grain of sand in an oyster, and while the black hole eats away at Shyish, Shyish regenerates keeping the black hole contained.

Age of Sigmar

Sigmar sent his forces to parley with Nagash, with predictable results both times. First Nagash threw their offer back in their faces and attacked them while the second time he double-crossed them.

He made a master plan involving a giant black pyramid (how original!) that could fly. He planned to absorb all the energy in Shyish and become super powerful (this sounds familiar) to the point that he would raise the dead everywhere and use them as an undead army to conquer everyone else (heard that one before). However he overlooked the Skaven (not the first time he did that) and they messed up his plans (yet again). This did have a different outcome, creating a void in the center of Shyish and raising armies of ghosts across the realms, creating the Nighthaunt faction who have a major hatred for Sigmar and friends.

This void also slowly sucks in all the afterlives, so now everyone who dies is sucked into the void where their souls exist in a state of insanity before being destroyed. Nagash can enter it and draw power from it, but he's the only one who can do so and even for him it means destruction if he stays there too long.

Forces of Shyish

Flesh Eater Courts

The Nine Realms of the Age of Sigmar
		Hysh
	Ghur		Chamon
Aqshy	Realm of Chaos			Ghyran
	Shyish		Azyr
		Ulgu