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| title | description | date_pub | section | subsection | content_type | short_code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infernus | A brief description of Infernus, the plane of Unwanted Dead. | 2023-02-19T17:17:00-05:00 | planes | transcendental | feature | 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".