The Howl

The Howl was the interplanar ether that the trains of the Howling Rails Campaign Setting travelled through. Exposure to the Howl had terrible effects on unfortunates who went into it without protection (see Howltouched). Even protected, travelers through the howl are subjected to, as expected, an eerie howl from outside. If one stayed upon the rails within the howl and stayed sheltered, he or she was *usually* safe. But those who leave the tracks of the Howl are subject to the depredations of monsters foul and horrible known as the "howlfell".

Well-traveled areas within the Howl were well patrolled and fortified by the different nations that had interests there. In many cases, heavily armed and protected expeditions explored deeper into the Howl to seek new lands and opportunities.