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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 large, mountainous wasteland in the center of cavern, surrounded by gray shores and the Lake of Fire.

**The Lake of Fire** - An endless inferno which completely surrounds the Ashen Wastes.

**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".