Thread:ElsaRules!!!/@comment-3270170-20190714015652/@comment-24588058-20200127013404

Hmmmmm. . . . What if it is exactly what it is? It's basically a prison and torture realm, right? Soooooo. . . . Perhaps it was originally a place which held people and creatures that were abdominals? Things that appeared at the time (or, in a few rare cases perhaps, ARE) immortal, and were also causing havoc on the surface? And the other areas, such as Elysium, might have expanded around it.

The Rivers might have been there first, though what formed them, we'd have to figure out. The ancient people realized that there were things causing problems, and did what they could to contain them (people such as Hercules, for example, defeated these monsters, and those who weren't killed were captured and taken to Tartaros). A civilization formed down below to keep Tartaros secure. Some of the captives, such as the Titans, were simply larger and more powerful humans, and have basically been held in captivity there for millenia (they mated in captivity, keeping the sub-species alive). Others were believed to be immortal, but eventually died. In a few select cases, they did capture a person or creature who is immortal (due to the influence of artifacts, of course).

Other areas, such as Elysium and Asphodel, formed as the underground protection civilization grew. Courtesy of the spatial distortion, it could be as large as we want it to be (or perhaps as big as it needs to be; perhaps it is an AEZ version of the Warehouse's Einstein thing that lets it expand as needed.

As for the reason it gets discovered now. . . . I could see two reasons. First, something escapes from down there, which sends some of their people out after it. The Warehouse receives a ping, and perhaps ends up finding it before them and stopping him/it, and Bronzes it for safety. Second, someone from below comes up because of a fear of something escaping. They end up accidentally encountering Warehouse agents while they are in the area, and they help them prevent a global disaster.