Editing Raphael's Personal Shadow (section)

===HISTORY===
A strange Shadow of both Order and Chaos on the far flung end of the Avalon Sway near the edge of the Sway of Chaos and perhaps even the edge of the Sway of Mandalay. A spherical world where extreme heat meets extreme cold along a second equator running pole to pole. A world of unusual Physical and Cosmological Laws.

Millennia ago, thousands of Ancient Creatures simultaneously Mutated, became incredibly intelligent then they all became Linked in a Psychic Collective. Their knowledge and understanding grew by leaps and bounds through the Collective Link and it was soon discovered that One was greater in Power and Understanding than the rest; it was The Prime, and it led the others.

They were drawn together at a place where Fire met Ice near the planet's actual Equator, for the world did in fact turn continuously, despite there being no Sun or Moon to show this... if one could see past the constant clouds, that is. At the place of The Crossing Equators, they discovered the Magical Metal and Magical Stone that this Strange Shadow had produced. They discovered its Temperature Altering Properties immediately, and the others over time.  They Evolved quickly as they tried to find a way to mine these Magical Minerals, and came to the conclusion that it must be done with Magic, so, they collectively taught themselves Magic, with the Leadership of The Prime.

As the Ancients grew in Magical Power and Knowledge of the Magical Minerals through Divination and Experimentation, they all began having a Collective Dream of a world crisscrossed with roadways and railways. And Rest Stops dotting the landscape in places between the intersecting travel ways. This future world would be a world of travel and commerce, a world meant to be traveled through on one's way to somewhere else.

Once the Ancients had Mastered the Magics necessary to Mine and Shape the Magical Minerals, Hexite and Hexium, they began by Crafting a Remote Test Highway and a Remote Rest Stop; this was during the early Mining Efforts of the Magical Minerals. 

Then, a Great Magical Spell was crafted by The Collective of Ancients, but when it was released, a Shadow Storm hit the World of Fuego y Hielo, and everything went awry. The 'Ancient Ones' all disappeared, the Road and Rail Project was in place worldwide, but it was incomplete and NOT the way the Ancients intended. All the Rest Stops ended up at Intersections and only at Intersections. The Roadways and Railways somehow blended with various building materials of the worlds they crossed over with during the Shadow Storm, so the Paving can look like any kind of Paving found in Shadows with roads. And the Rails of the Railways would also be the same. However, the Paving is still Hexite and whatever condition the paving was in when it 'blended' with the Hexium Paving, it will be forever.  And all Road and Rail Ways are build upon Hexium decking supported by Hexite columns.

The Rest Stops were filled with walkways, restrooms, magical vending machines and pools of clean water. And the larger Rest Stops had more building meant to be sleeping quarters for future travelers and some meant to be shops and living quarters for, perhaps, one day, future inhabitants.

Shadow Travelers were the first to find this odd place, but most just passed through. Though some did stay on a bit, but then left too. Many came back through on their way to other places. 

Most of the Peoples of Rest Stop are those dumped here by Shadow Storms or those dumped here by Shadow Travelers, and now the descendants of those Beings. Over time more and more Rest Stops became 'manned' and Cross Shadow commerce grew; Rest Stop became a World filled with Wares from many Worlds. It also became a home to the People of Rest Stop. 

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====The Great Shadow Storm and what went Wrong/Right:====

"The Great Shadow Storm, the Ancients & the Living Spell and How Raphael fits into it all."

A Great Shadow Storm hit near the apex of the Great Spell of the Ancients being Completed, It changed many parameters of the Spell. The Ancients become part of the Spell making it a Living Spell and lending a semi-consciousness to the Spells Creations; namely the Vending Machines, Automated Services and Area Lighting (External and Internal). It moved the Rest Stops to intersections, it decorated the Rest Stops with colored metal sculptures resembling vegetation, it blended Shadow paving materials with the local Hexite, it 'blew in' many different objects from many different Shadow; those objects were eventually used to furnish buildings or used as trade by the Inhabitants of Rest Stop. 

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