low place FAYE, GEOGRAPHY — A place characterized by dark magic. Low places are locations believed by → folken to hold concentrations of evil or dark spirits. They can be created in many ways, but the three primary ways are 

1. a long-standing tradition of performing dark rites or ritualistic sacrifices to dark deities or spirits,

2. the haunting of a shade who in life had held great power as a witch, warlock, or other magical being, or

3. the mass extinction of a group of people through great tragedy or evil, including murder.

It is common for the origins of a low place to be unknown or mysterious, particularly if the cause happened before recorded history. Technically, a low place is a form of → vaultine, albeit one that is created (whether intentionally or unintentionally) and one known for dark magic and negative energy.