The Void

Overview
The Void is the name given to the bizarre and constantly-changing space that connects all smaller pocket dimensions contained within reality. It was not intended to contain living creatures for any extended amount of time, just to simply exist as a transitional space.

Human souls and spirits alike can traverse the realm, but to great physical risk to themselves.

The Void makes up the majority of Second Heaven.

Negative Effects
There are multiple deleterious effects to staying in the Void for any extended amount of time, some of which happen gradually or are derived from one massive event of corruption. Slight exposure to the Void in any living creature has the tendency to have debilitating mental effects, though whether this is a product of the Void itself or the individual's combined reactions to the stress and physical entrapment still remains to be seen.

Beyond corruptions of the soul, Creatures of the Void, as the name would imply, infect the entire realm, and are quite ruthless in their attempts to gain Souls.

Creatures of the Void
These creatures feed directly on the life force of living beings, and have a high preference for powerful souls. There is no finesse in their method of acquiring souls, unlike some other entities, as these Creatures are often weak, mindless, and prefer a more direct and violent route.

Creatures of the Void can become more cunning and self-aware if they obtain more souls, and can even occasionally manifest physically in Reality as demon-like entities. Few seldom obtain enough souls to remain physically manifested for very long, and mostly just attack wayward creatures lost in the Void.

Void-touched creatures, including Void-touched Horrors, have an innate knowledge of Voidspeak, a language that sounds like clicks, metal grinding against itself, and loud buzzing to ordinary creatures. Transmission of information is instantaneous and has very little structure as an actual language. Creatures who have not been touched by the Void are physically incapable of producing the sounds or understanding the language in any applicable way.