The Heap
Location: Planet Earth
Main population: Fetterlings and Humans
Population Density: 1,500
Visitor Status: Unsafe for Tourists
Type of Location: Dimensional Rift Gateway
General Summery:
A place deep in the forest of Canada. It looks like ruins of a stone village. It is foggy and a dark presence lingers in this place. Many avoid this area as they say it’s cursed.
Since Fetterlings came from a realm just above ours, The Heap is a part of the world where the boundaries are closer than we realize. Because of its closeness the Plague has been trying to breach more there. While the plague does not affect anything natural to Earth it does still strive to infect the Fetterlings and any and all creatures that came with them from their world. The dark presence there is the caused by the mix of plague and natural magic that is trying to breach the barrier. Neither Humanity nor Fetterlings realize this yet. The Heap and places like it can cause Fetterlings (or their companions) to be blessed, warped, or cursed.
Earth things in particular can be warped but can't take on the plague. It is theorized that most cryptids have come from places like The Heap. It has also lead to researchers concluding that the lack of 'packs' and general scarcity of cryptids is because large numbers of animals are not usually warped all at once. This leads to a cryptid appearing throughout history but no real evidence of more than just sightings being found.
Current studies suggest that specific creatures getting warped can result in the same Cryptid. For example, a deer may be warped into a Jersey Devil, a dog into a werewolf/wolfman ect.