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+title: Infernus
+description: A brief description of Infernus, the plane of Unwanted Dead.
+date_pub: 2023-02-19T17:17:00-05:00
+section: planes
+subsection: transcendental
+content_type: feature
+short_code: pi1
+---
+
+### Infernus
+
+_The Plane of Unwanted Dead_
+
+Appears as an enormous underground cavern with walls that can never be reached.
+
+#### Locations
+
+**The Ashen Wastes** - A huge island in the center of cavern with gray shores.
+
+**The Lake of Fire** - An endless inferno which completely surrounds the island.
+
+**The Great Pit** - A massive hole in the center of the Ashen Wastes that leads down thousands of feet to a portal to the Abyss.
+
+-   This is where most demons spontaneously appear, despite the difficulty involved in escaping from the Abyss.
+-   The "circles" are the areas around the pit where devils torture doomed souls (and which get more severe as one continues downwards).
+
+**The Cathedral** - A huge, ornate stone church which rests on a great stone that floats over the pit, held in place by the Chains of Tah'rus.
+
+### Factions
+
+**The Authority** - The bureaucracy that runs Infernus, mostly consisting of fallen angels, corrupted high paladins, and the devils who've sworn to serve them.
+
+-   The Authority is also responsible to see that sinners get the torture they "deserve".
+
+**Devils** - Demons who swear an oath to serve the Authority and/or Infernus itself.
+
+-   Most devils lose ability to shape-change, taking on Shai'kel's preferred form (ex: bone devil for guard)
+
+### NPCs
+
+**Shai'kel, the Corrupted** - Fallen angel who rules Infernus, and head of the Authority.
+
+#### The War in Infernus
+
+-   For eons, Infernus had been ruled by the demon lords under the command of Urkyss the Unkempt, the Demon Emporer.
+    -   The demons would kill their enemies and collect their souls, preventing them from going to thier promised afterlives.
+    -   Demons only ever answered to other demons.
+-   Then, about ten thousand of years ago, one of the Lawful gods, Etarr the Righteous, created a powerful angel named Shai'kel and sent them to Infernus along with an army of clerics, paladins, and priests, all with a single purpose: to close the portal to the Abyss at the bottom of the Pit.
+    -   The battle didn't go well for the forces of law, with the demon lords crushing the mortal armies.
+    -   Shai'kel, in an act of desperation, flew into the pit and crossed the portal into the abyss itself, intent on destroying the portal from the other side.
+    -   Instead, they were corrupted - their mind twisted by the chaos, they escaped the pit and returned to Infernus with new purpose.
+    -   They rallied the "forgotten" followers of the various gods and goddesses of law and overthrew the demon lords, installing the Authority in their place.
+    -   The incident became known as the "Damned Incursion".