The Hollow-Bell Vale is a broad, rain-dark region of wooded hills, drowned roads, and ash-colored marshes surrounding an abandoned temple built into a flooded rise. Villages endure shared nightmares while ferrymen, pilgrims, claimants, and wardens compete for access to the ruins. Sound bends across the vale, memories overwrite landmarks, and familiar paths return travelers to earlier moments. The region supports investigation, negotiation, stealth, exploration, and brutal combat as the supernatural crisis spreads outward.