The River of Souls is a fragile yet indestructible path on which all spirits flow from the Material Plane through the Gate of Souls and into the Ethereal Sea. The cycle of life and death is maintained by the flow of the river, with spirits passing into the Outer Planes as part of the natural progression. If for any reason, such as following the Chaos War, that the river is diverted, then all souls become trapped on the world of Krynn and havoc and chaos will reign, one of the first signs being the leeching of magic.
With the closure of the War of Souls, the world was corrected back through the Gate of Souls, and the River of Souls once more flows through it again.
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- Dragonlance Campaign Setting, p.117-118
- Dragons of a Lost Star, p.254, 264
- Amber and Ashes, p.2, 46