The Dramidj Rift is a natural interplanetary rift leading to the distant world of Oerth. It formed around 80 YA and remains traversable today, though few pass through it.
Its opening on Eamon lies northwest of the city of Kathros on the border of the provinces of Lucidia and Frukendorf; its opening on Oerth is a few miles from the shores of the Dramidj Ocean and stands in the desolate Baklunish Basin on the continent of Oerik.
When the rift first formed, its opening on Oerth was within the Baklunish Empire, a thriving human civilization of golden-skinned people known for their art, honor, and piety. After establishing contact and diplomatic relations, Baklunish and the Kingdom of Evenhold became trading partners, leading to the settlement of Birik growing up around both ends of the rift.
In 208 during the War of Anharic Succession in Evenhold, a far more deadly conflict reached its zenith on Oerth. Mages in the Suel Imperium unleashed a cruel magical attack against Bakunish that annihilated the empire, reducing to dust every structure and living thing within hundreds of miles. An immediate counterstrike by surviving Baklunish wizards likewise wiped out Suel. News of the sudden and senseless obliteration shocked Evenholders and hardened feelings against the warring contenders for the crown and their increasingly destructive methods.
Today the rift is rarely used since it leads to an uninhabited waste. On Eamon the settlement around the rift has long since vanished and only a stone barracks remains, occupied by a small contingent of soldiers who guard and monitor the opening.
