A swirling dark expanse, with elements of the Astral Sea and the Ethereal Plane. A lone platform surrounded by statues, one with it’s head crumbled to nothing. A clock surrounded by chains: ticking, ticking, ticking. Stairs leading up to the clock are coated in viscera.
The Rungs Against the Seven ended up here after defeating Bavlorna Blightstraw. Her death caused the realm of Hither to collapse in upon itself. This left only that which is behind reality, the Maelstrom.
Here they witnessed the Steward of Stethalos, warden of Stethalos in the Dimension of Time. Possibly the Maelstrom is in the Dimension of Time?
The platform they stood upon was The Seal!!!