Gates

Gates are constructs that were created to allow fast travel between two points. When one person travels through a gate, he or she emerges from another gate, having warped the distance between the two in an instant, no matter how far apart.

Creation of a gate requires an immense amount of magical power, usually on a god-like scale.

No person alive has been able to create a gate. Gates are the only form of magical transportation that can take place between large bodies of water. No one is sure why but all telportation spells that attempt travel across the ocean always goes awry or fizzles completely. A Gate it a sure form of transportation between continents that does not require travel aboard ships.

Lore
Gates have always only been in Northern Sirrion. However, more recent events suggest they could exist elsewhere. Gates have always been tools of the Gods and their subjects.

For a long period of time the Gates were closed and lost to the people of Sirrion. Then came Artemis Boone, Timon , Mage Xeris, Carmes "Blade Lord", and Kasia Germanus. The group proceeded to use Xeris's immense magical powers to open the Gates once again. Now the Gates are open but can still only be used by those with Magic.