'As I thought, they were shamans.' Those were the first thoughts he had as he was sucked in the memory. It was the first information he received upon entering.
With his vision getting clearer, he saw a different world, he was still in his ethereal form floating in the world so it was like being present and not at the same time.
And from what he could see about the world, the summary was, the world was cursed.
The floor was blackened, stale and infertile, the sky was black, there was no moon to help them see, thankfully evolution helped in that situation. However, that was all. There were no trees in this world, no plants, nothing of sort, however looking closely there was clearly civilization.
This world was the famed homeland of the shamans, called the 'Shisd homeland'
Well, mothing about this place deserved the name homeland, however the shamans declared this place their home. So with the infertile lands and everything about the world, one would wonder how they survived.