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Innerearth, in a featureless, colorless desert. The only other inhabitants are the ghosts of mortals who struck bargains with him during their normal lives and are thus condemned to spend a certain time on this plane after their deaths. Eventually, he abdicates much of his role to the woman Narasen, who was a warrior queen during her lifetime.
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