To clarify: Is his taint training in Valishaera his only experience with portals to other realms prior to this?
Given Solomon's exposure to Valishaera, he would have witnessed an obsidian and white marble archway (it says onyx but meant obsidian) leading between, presumably, the Realm of Life and the Realm of Dreaming, housed in the Realm of Dreaming. He would also be familiar with doorways of no particular material being used as portals within the Dreaming Realm.
The archway he would have taken in Dreaming to the Death Realm would have been made primarily of crystal with black oozing from the symbols carved into it.
With regards to the ritual specifically: his senses will not be able to detect any sign of other realm material/matter/magic on either Palace portal.
Symbols from the Palace circles would be a mixture of familiar and unfamiliar, as mentioned before, with probably less being familiar to Solomon given his limited exposure to different archways.
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Given Solomon's exposure to Valishaera, he would have witnessed an obsidian and white marble archway (it says onyx but meant obsidian) leading between, presumably, the Realm of Life and the Realm of Dreaming, housed in the Realm of Dreaming. He would also be familiar with doorways of no particular material being used as portals within the Dreaming Realm.
The archway he would have taken in Dreaming to the Death Realm would have been made primarily of crystal with black oozing from the symbols carved into it.
With regards to the ritual specifically: his senses will not be able to detect any sign of other realm material/matter/magic on either Palace portal.
Symbols from the Palace circles would be a mixture of familiar and unfamiliar, as mentioned before, with probably less being familiar to Solomon given his limited exposure to different archways.