Contrary to what most hunters believed, the Dungeon Raiders found out the worst part about the Shadowlands was not the imminent threat of unseen enemies lurking in the shadows, nor it was the incapability of finding one's way which was the cause of the entire southern hemisphere being classified as the most dangerous PNR in the world. 99.9% of the hunters lost their sense of direction after just one step no matter what trait they possessed.
The world government had financed endless research projects which included a variety of experiments, the most common being tethering a determined hunter selected by either their trait or power to a point outside the shadows then pull him back after a set amount of time. The most common occurrence was the hunter coming back with absolutely nothing to say as the place was described as absolute darkness. However, it wasn't unusual to rope back a dismembered body or an empty rope.
