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===[[Shyish]] (Death)===
[[File:58d245c9debfa warhammerageofsigmarartworkallgatesstormcast.png.a8c8e7cb3998d3f54e4920a978e76600.png|thumb|right|450px|Shyish: You're Already Dead.]]

The [[Shyish|realm of the dead]], home to the afterlife of the mortal souls not dedicated to Chaos, and Nagash's dominion. Due to the nature of the realm if the beliefs of enough mortals in the realms is strong and numerous enough it will form an actual afterlife in a portion of Realm. So for example if a civilization believes that when they die they go to a paradise of abundant beauty then it will form in Shyish and their soul will drift there to rest for however long their soul lasts (yeah another thing souls aren't necessarily eternal, they will eventually burn out and dissipate into the aether, though it is implied that there is another existence in the ether beyond the mortal realms that souls can go too, nobody knows for sure but means that the Shyish isn't necessarily the true end of souls. This process can vary depending on the strength of the soul so can range anywhere from a few years to millennia if not forever). The various afterlifes can range in appearance to however the individual civilisations pictured them. From beautiful heavens, to barbaric Valhalla where warrior spirits battle for all eternity, to hellish regions were "evil" souls will be tormented for eternity. However these afterlifes are not eternal, if mortals lose their belief in that particular afterlife and begin believing in another than that afterlife will gradually move to the edge of the realm as the belief in it fades until it hits the edge of the realm and is destroyed along with all the souls that are within it. And eventually in its place new afterlifes will take its place until belief in them fades and they are replaced in a endless cycle.

At some point in the core of Shyish, or only Nulahmia, there is the true end of everything, a vortex known as the Maw of Uncreation. It's essentially a supernatural black hole of The Nothing from The Neverending Story which resembles a huge grey whirlpool and only has any texture and movement as it consumes a part of reality. The Maw will consume everything that exists -even death itself - as the final end in absolute entropy. Few even knew stories of it, and it was a legend even among the Mortarchs until Neferata discovered it. While Nagash knew of The Maw of Uncreaction, he spoke of it rarely and when he did it's implied '''even Nagash was scared of this thing'''. So Neferata showed she had HUEG balls (metaphorically) by temporarily expanding the Maw to [[Exterminatus|consume a part of Nulahmia and everyone in it]] to get rid of rebellious nobles, an invading Bloodbound army and much of the city's population; Nagash himself was shocked/satisfied/impressed enough that he gave her back control of the city. It's implied Nagash's necroquake tunneled through to it, but it doesn't pull you in unless you cross its event horizon, and you can even climb or fly away from it (but past that point anyone or anything is doomed).

This is not to say that all that exists in Shyish is undead. There are many undead of course but many mortals live in the realm as well alongside the dead. Though this is not as bad as you might think as many undead are benign and could even be deceased family members of the living (so a village could actually be populated by mortals and their recently deceased living side-by-side) who reanimate themselves due to the inherent magic of the realm. While Shyish isn't exactly Ghyran it has many areas that are perfectly habitable and in fact even beautiful. For instance many mortals actually live within and settle in the various afterlifes within the realm (though one would hope that they don't get dragged to the edge as the afterlife fades in relevance). Due to this their are many independent kingdoms in the realm ruled by both either the living, the dead or combination of both. However all respect the authority of Nagash even if they are not directly being ruled by him as he claims rulership of all the realm (even if some areas more tenuously than others).

Shyish recently changed following the Necroquake. Nagash attempt to conquer the realms backfired spectacularly thanks to Skaven sabotage of his great ritual (seriously he is like 0-3 against those guys). Anyways due to the contaminated ritual the magic and souls of the realm now move towards the centre instead of the edges. Now as an afterlife runs its course and is no longer believed in now moves towards the centre of the realm and is destroyed in a huge vortex of death magic rather than heading towards the edges and being destroyed. The vortex grinds the afterlives back into pure death magic in a giant swirling black hole. This has caused Nagash many problems as not only did he wreck his capital but not even he can handle the death magic in the centre completely due to the chaos taint within the ritual and can't tap into its full potential (he can only stay there for brief periods to charge up, but any longer and even he starts to feel the tainted death magic ripping him apart). Otherwise the realm still functions as normal for the most part (with the edition of endless spells and greater Nighthaunts running around).