![]() ![]() ![]() Kuraulyek, god of the urds, hid in his realm of Urdsrest among the hills of Oinos from Kurtulmak.Kelemvor took over the realm of his predecessors in Oinos and transformed it into the Crystal Spire.Kalzareinad, draconic demigod of evil magic, resided in the Gray Waste before his demise during the Time of Troubles.He remained there as servant of Myrkul and Cyric, and became Seneschal of the Crystal Spire under Kelemvor. Jergal formed his realm, Bone Castle, in Oinos when he was the Lord of the Dead.Hecate, the Greek interloper deity of magic and the moon, had her primary realm called Aeaea in Pluton.Hel from the Norse pantheon was the ruler of Niflheim where she guarded the dead.Hades of the Greek pantheon had a realm in Pluton where the gates were guarded by the three-headed dog Cerberus.Cyric, the Dark Sun, after the Time of Troubles took over the portfolios of Bane, Bhaal, and Myrkul and set up a realm in Hades.Cegilune, the goddess of the hags, kept her realm of Hagsend in Pluton.Anthraxus the Decayed was the most powerful daemon in the Lower Planes, occupying his mighty fortress the Khin-Oin, or Wasting Tower-a twenty mile (32 km) high citadel with dungeons that went just as deep underground.Abbathor, the dwarven Great Master of Greed had a realm in Hades called the Glitterhell because it was lined with gold that sparkled even in the gloom.Most souls that arrived in Hades became larvae-sickly, human-headed worm-spirits-that were harvested by the night hags as a commodity for Lower Plane commerce. These two planar artifacts connected Hades to Olympus, in the first layer of Arborea, and Ysgard respectively, allowing travel between Hades, the Upper planes, and Alternate Prime Material Planes without going through the Astral Plane, much like the World Tree in the World Tree cosmology. Hades was a unique plane, as described by the Great Wheel cosmology model, because it not only joined to adjacent planes in the Great Wheel, it also held the foundation of Mount Olympus and the roots of Yggdrasil the World Ash. In a tenday or two they would be trapped in Hades and their existence would begin to fade until finally they became larvae. At first they would feel the drain of emotions leaving only sadness, ennui, and defeatism. And like bright colors, beings would begin to fade also. Any color other than shades of gray would be obvious against the background but would fade to gray in a week or two. Gray land and gray sky throughout, with no sun, moon or seasons to break the monotony. The three layers of Hades were called glooms for good reason they were realms devoid of emotion, hope, and peace.
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