The Infernus

Ignius

Ignius is a realm dominated by rigid volcanic geography, where the land is a harsh testament to infernal discipline. Molten rivers flow through meticulously shaped blackened plains and jagged rock formations, creating a landscape of perpetual fiery activity. Firestorms and ash clouds are meticulously controlled, casting a constant, fiery glow over the land. The geography of Ignius serves as a constant reminder of the unyielding order maintained by its rulers, with each volcanic feature symbolizing the power and control of its infernal overlords.  

Shardar

Shardar is an endless expanse of frozen tundra, meticulously structured under perpetual twilight. Towering ice spires and snow-covered mountains rise with exacting precision, their stark beauty serving as a backdrop to the realm’s harsh, controlled environment. The extreme cold is a deliberate tool of discipline, extinguishing even magical flames to enforce the strict laws of the land. Shardar’s landscape is designed to reflect the unrelenting, emotionless control of its rulers, where every ice formation and snowdrift reinforces the rigid order of the realm.  

Tremor

Tremor is a vast desert meticulously shaped by infernal forces, characterized by shifting sands and relentless heat. Expansive dunes and scorched earth are deliberately arranged to create a harsh and unforgiving terrain. Dust storms are engineered to obscure visibility and maintain control over the environment. Eternal unholy flames burn in controlled patterns across the desert, reinforcing the realm's harsh, punitive order. The geography of Tremor is a deliberate expression of the law and order maintained through its punishing heat and desolation.  

Drezeaz

Drezeaz is a toxic swamp with a carefully orchestrated geography, marked by rotting vegetation, stagnant waters, and poisonous gases. The treacherous ground and thick miasma are intentionally designed to enforce control and discipline. The city's architecture, raised on stilts, is a deliberate measure to keep inhabitants above the treacherous muck, reflecting the realm's oppressive and ordered control. Every aspect of Drezeaz’s geography, from its dangerous terrain to its hazardous atmosphere, serves as a mechanism for maintaining infernal order.  

Voleshka

Voleshka is a nightmarish realm with shifting landscapes that are carefully manipulated to reflect the deepest fears and desires of its inhabitants. The terrain morphs in controlled patterns, creating a landscape of profound psychological torment. The ever-changing environment is meticulously engineered to enforce the psychological and emotional control exerted by the realm’s rulers. Every nightmarish feature is a deliberate manifestation of the unyielding order and control that governs Voleshka.  

Ethropa

Ethropa is a sprawling city designed with precise control, where the geography of indulgence and vice is meticulously maintained. The dense metropolis is filled with opulent structures and decadent districts, each carefully arranged to reflect the realm’s excess and moral decay. The city's layout is a testament to the strict enforcement of vice and indulgence, with every district and building serving to reinforce the law of indulgence. The geography of Ethropa is a controlled spectacle of opulence and corruption.  

Mazikarus

Mazikarus is a shadowy realm characterized by its dark, shifting voids and hauntingly structured landscapes. The geography is marked by perpetual twilight and ever-changing darkened features, meticulously controlled to maintain an atmosphere of fear and manipulation. Shadows are deliberately orchestrated to create an unsettling environment, reflecting the strict control exercised by the rulers. The shifting nature of Mazikarus’s geography serves to enforce the law of fear and discipline.  

Goll

Goll is a realm of bloodshed and violence, with a geography that is deliberately arranged to reflect its brutal nature. Sprawling battlefields and gore-soaked arenas dominate the landscape, creating a world where conflict and carnage are meticulously controlled. Rivers of blood and fields of slaughter are strategically placed to maintain the realm's harsh order. The geography of Goll serves as a constant reminder of the law of violence and the controlled chaos that defines the layer.  

Tayrania

Tayrania is a plane of oppression with a geography designed to reflect the absolute control exerted by its ruler. The imposing fortress and harsh, unyielding terrain are deliberately structured to reinforce the sense of tyranny and domination. Every aspect of the landscape, from the fortress-like features to the oppressive environment, is a testament to the unrelenting rule of Caelus. The geography of Tayrania is a meticulously crafted reflection of the law of tyranny and the control that pervades every corner of the realm.

Ignius

Ignius’s ecosystem is meticulously controlled to suit its fiery environment. The realm is populated by devils and fire-adapted entities that maintain a strict hierarchy. Creatures such as flame serpents and magma golems are integral to this environment, thriving in the extreme heat. The flora, including fire lilies and magma ferns, is carefully adapted to the searing conditions, contributing to a landscape where every element is in its place, reflecting the controlled chaos of Ignius’s fiery order.  

Shardar

Shardar’s ecosystem is rigidly adapted to its icy, twilight conditions. Dominated by frost giants and ice devils, the environment supports resilient life forms like frost wolves and snow leopards. The flora, including ice fungi and frozen shrubs, has evolved to endure the frigid temperatures and low light. The ecosystem operates under a strict order, reflecting the harsh discipline and unyielding nature of Shardar’s frozen realm.  

Tremor

Tremor’s ecosystem is meticulously designed to survive its harsh, desert-like conditions. Sand devils and heat-adapted creatures like fire beetles and scorpion-like predators dominate the landscape. Sparse vegetation, including ash thorns and flame cacti, endures the relentless heat and shifting sands. The ecosystem is a reflection of Tremor’s ordered harshness, with each species adapted to maintain the realm’s regulated environment.  

Drezeaz

Drezeaz’s ecosystem is adapted to its toxic, swampy environment with a strict hierarchy. Swamp devils and poisonous creatures such as venomous toads and putrid leeches thrive in the hazardous conditions. The flora includes poisonous plants like nightshade and decay moss, which flourish in the nutrient-rich marshes. This ecosystem reflects Drezeaz’s regulated toxicity, with each organism contributing to the swamp’s carefully controlled and dangerous atmosphere.  

Voleshka

Voleshka’s ecosystem is defined by its ever-changing, nightmarish landscapes. The realm is inhabited by nightmare creatures and illusionary beings that reflect the psychological state of its visitors. The flora and fauna are ephemeral and unpredictable, manifesting based on the mental turmoil of those who enter. This shifting ecosystem is a manifestation of Voleshka’s controlled chaos, designed to reinforce the realm’s psychological torment.  

Ethropa

Ethropa’s ecosystem mirrors its city of sin and indulgence, operating under a carefully regulated excess. It is home to pleasure-seeking fiends and sin devils that thrive in the overpopulated, decadent cityscape. Exotic plants like passion vines and indulgent blooms flourish in this environment, reflecting the realm’s opulence and moral decay. The ecosystem supports the city’s indulgent nature, with each element contributing to its controlled excess.  

Mazikarus

Mazikarus supports an ecosystem of shadowy entities adapted to its dark, shifting voids. It is inhabited by shadow devils and wraiths that thrive in the perpetual twilight. Flora includes shadow moss and eerie fungi, which grow only in the darkness, reflecting the realm’s eerie and unsettling nature. The ecosystem operates under a regulated order, reinforcing the shadowy and foreboding atmosphere of Mazikarus.  

Goll

In Goll, the ecosystem is dominated by creatures of bloodlust and combat, with a strict hierarchy reflecting the realm’s brutal nature. Bloodhounds and gore beasts thrive in the gore-soaked, violent terrain. The flora includes bloodroot and carnivorous plants adapted to the constant violence. This ecosystem is a reflection of Goll’s harsh order, with each element contributing to the controlled chaos of the realm’s bloodshed and warfare.  

Tayrania

Tayrania’s ecosystem is designed around its oppressive tyranny, with a focus on control and dominance. The environment surrounding the central castle supports tyrant devils and enforcers. Flora includes resilient, oppressive plants like ironwood trees and constricting vines that thrive under the realm’s authoritarian rule. The ecosystem reinforces Tayrania’s unyielding control, with every organism reflecting the realm’s absolute domination.

Ignius

In Ignius, localized phenomena include consistent volcanic activity such as periodic eruptions and persistent lava flows, which reshape the landscape within a predictable and controlled pattern. Firestorms and ash clouds regularly occur, ensuring a stable and enduring fiery environment that remains under strict regulation.  

Shardar

Shardar’s localized phenomena feature perpetual twilight and unchanging extreme cold. The layer is shrouded in a constant shadow, with cold fire braziers providing the sole illumination. Ice storms and frost-covered terrain are stable and predictable, reinforcing the realm’s frozen, unyielding nature.  

Tremor

Tremor’s localized phenomena include continuous dust storms and eternal unholy flames that maintain a constant temperature and visibility. While there are regular fluctuations in dust density, the overall environment remains stable, with predictable sandstorms and relentless heat defining the harsh desert landscape.  

Drezeaz

Drezeaz features consistent localized phenomena such as ongoing toxic gas emissions and perpetual swamp rot. The layer maintains a steady level of noxious fumes and decaying vegetation, creating a stable and enduring environment marked by its hazardous and unchanging conditions.  

Voleshka

Voleshka’s localized phenomena are defined by stable, ever-shifting illusions and psychological projections. Although the realm’s landscapes adapt to the fears and desires of visitors, these changes occur within a fixed and predictable framework of nightmarish transformations and psychological torment.  

Ethropa

In Ethropa, localized phenomena include continuous indulgence and excess, manifested through overwhelming crowds and persistent moral decay. The environment is saturated with an unending aura of sin, with temptations and distractions remaining constant and predictable, reinforcing the layer’s atmosphere of excessive vice.  

Mazikarus

Mazikarus is characterized by consistent phenomena of shifting shadows and perpetual darkness. The realm experiences steady void shifts and shadow play, with dark forms and illusions blending seamlessly into the surroundings. The unchanging gloom and haunting darkness create a stable, eerie atmosphere.  

Goll

Goll’s localized phenomena involve constant violence and bloodshed. Regular outbursts of combat and gore characterize the layer, with scenes of slaughter and brutal conflict occurring within a predictable and uninterrupted cycle. The sanguine ambiance and relentless chaos are hallmarks of the realm’s environment.  

Tayrania

Tayrania’s localized phenomena revolve around the omnipresence of tyranny and oppression. The central castle perpetuates an unchanging aura of control, with constant displays of power and subjugation. The environment maintains a stable atmosphere of authoritarian rule, with predictable acts of dominance shaping the realm’s oppressive landscape.

Ignius

Ignius features a relentlessly scorching climate, with intense, regulated heat and continuous volcanic activity. The environment is marked by persistent lava flows and controlled fiery eruptions. The landscape remains perpetually dominated by extreme temperatures, with a stable and unyielding climate that enforces the realm’s fiery nature.  

Shardar

Shardar’s climate is perpetually frigid, with temperatures consistently far below freezing. The layer is encased in a uniform blanket of ice and snow, with perpetual twilight providing a cold, muted light. The extreme cold and enduring icy conditions ensure a consistently harsh and stable environment, reinforcing the realm’s frozen, immutable nature.  

Tremor

Tremor experiences a ceaseless, oppressive heat, maintained by eternal, controlled unholy flames. The climate is dry and arid, with regular dust storms and shifting sands that persist in a stable pattern. Despite minor fluctuations in dust density, the overall climate remains uniformly hot and inhospitable, reflecting the realm’s relentless and unforgiving environment.  

Drezeaz

Drezeaz’s climate is defined by constant humidity and pervasive toxic swamp gases. The environment is consistently warm and damp, with high levels of noxious fumes and stagnant air. The swampy conditions and toxic atmosphere are stable and unchanging, maintaining a hazardous and unyielding climate.  

Voleshka

Voleshka’s climate is characterized by a consistent state of psychological and illusory phenomena. While the landscapes and conditions shift to reflect the fears and desires of visitors, these changes occur within a stable and predictable framework of nightmarish and disorienting weather patterns, ensuring a constant state of psychological torment.  

Ethropa

Ethropa maintains a climate of moral decay and indulgence, with an ever-present atmosphere of hedonism and excess. The environment is consistently populated by overwhelming crowds and continuous temptation, creating a sultry, oppressive atmosphere. The climate supports an unchanging state of sinful indulgence and societal excess.  

Mazikarus

Mazikarus is enveloped in perpetual darkness and shifting shadows. The realm experiences consistent void shifts and dark mists, with a stable, unchanging gloom. The temperature remains relatively stable, but the pervasive darkness and eerie atmosphere create a consistently unsettling environment.  

Goll

Goll’s climate is marked by a constant state of brutal violence and sanguine intensity. The layer maintains a grim and bloody ambiance, with temperatures that fluctuate slightly but remain harsh and unforgiving. The environment reflects the relentless and organized violence that defines the realm, reinforcing its atmosphere of unending combat and bloodshed.  

Tayrania

Tayrania’s climate is dominated by an oppressive atmosphere of tyranny and control. The central castle projects an unchanging aura of power and subjugation. The environment remains stable and consistent, with a pervasive sense of authoritarian dominance that reinforces the realm’s unyielding and controlling nature.

Ignius

In Ignius, the flora and fauna are perfectly adapted to the extreme heat and volcanic environment. The layer is populated by fire-resistant creatures such as flame serpents and lava golems. The vegetation includes hardy species like fire lilies and magma ferns, which thrive amidst the unending lava flows and intense heat. These life forms remain consistently suited to their harsh, fiery surroundings.  

Shardar

Shardar’s flora and fauna have evolved to endure the frigid temperatures and perpetual twilight. The layer is inhabited by ice demons, frost giants, frost wolves, and snow drakes. The flora includes ice fungi and frozen shrubs, which are specially adapted to survive in the constant cold and dim light. The life forms in Shardar remain stable and resilient against its unchanging icy conditions.  

Tremor

Tremor’s flora and fauna are designed to survive in its relentless, desert-like climate. The layer is home to sand demons, dust devils, fire beetles, and scorpion-like predators. Vegetation is sparse but includes hardy plants like ash thorns and flame cacti that endure the consistent heat and shifting sands. These life forms persist in their stable, arid environment.  

Drezeaz

Drezeaz features flora and fauna adapted to its toxic, swampy conditions. The layer supports swamp demons and toxic marsh creatures, including venomous toads and putrid leeches. The flora consists of poisonous plants like nightshade and decay moss, which flourish in the nutrient-rich, marshy grounds. The life forms are consistently suited to the hazardous, stagnant environment.  

Voleshka

Voleshka’s flora and fauna are characterized by their illusory and nightmarish nature. The layer is populated by nightmare creatures and illusionary beings that reflect the fears and desires of its visitors. While the flora and fauna are often ephemeral and unpredictable, they consistently follow the realm’s psychological framework of shifting and nightmarish conditions.  

Ethropa

Ethropa’s flora and fauna reflect its environment of excess and indulgence. The layer is inhabited by hedonistic beings and seductive creatures that embody various sins. The vegetation includes luxuriant and exotic plants that thrive in the morally decadent cityscape. These life forms consistently manifest the environment’s emphasis on indulgence and societal excess.  

Mazikarus

Mazikarus features flora and fauna adapted to its dark, shadowy climate. The layer is home to shadowy entities and creatures that thrive in the gloom, such as shadow beasts and wraith-like beings. The flora includes dark, spectral plants that flourish in the perpetual darkness. These life forms remain stable and suited to the realm’s constant, unsettling shadow.  

Goll

Goll's flora and fauna are adapted to its environment of violence and bloodshed. The layer hosts brutal and aggressive creatures like bloodthirsty beasts and violent war demons. The vegetation includes blood-red plants and hardy shrubs that grow amidst the constant violence and brutality. These life forms persist in their fixed, aggressive state.  

Tayrania

Tayrania’s flora and fauna reflect its climate of tyranny and control. The layer is populated by creatures that embody oppression and submission, including enforcers and minions of tyranny. The flora consists of imposing, grandiose plants that mirror the authoritarian nature of the realm. The life forms and vegetation consistently reinforce the layer’s dominant atmosphere of control and subjugation.

Ignius

Ignius is rich in volcanic and fiery resources. The layer boasts abundant deposits of magma, sulfur, and obsidian. The ever-flowing lava and volcanic rock are mined for their valuable properties, while the intense heat provides a stable source of energy for crafting and industry. These resources are constant and vital to the layer’s inhabitants.  

Shardar

Shardar’s natural resources consist primarily of ice and cold-related materials. The layer is rich in ice crystal formations and frozen minerals, such as glacial ice and frost-infused gems. These materials are used for magical and practical purposes, remaining stable in the frigid and unchanging environment.  

Tremor

Tremor is known for its rich deposits of sand and heat-resistant minerals. The layer provides ample resources such as sandstone, heat-absorbing crystals, and rare minerals found within the shifting sands. The relentless heat and dust contribute to a consistent supply of these essential resources, which are integral to the layer’s survival.  

Drezeaz

Drezeaz’s natural resources are centered around swampy and toxic materials. The layer is abundant in mire herbs, toxic fungi, and decay-infused minerals, which are used for potions and dark magic. These resources remain constant in the hazardous and unchanging swamp environment.  

Voleshka

Voleshka is shrouded in mystery and dread, making it a forbidden realm for resource gathering. Legends say that those who venture into Voleshka are never seen again, leaving its resources unexplored and its landscapes uncharted. The layer’s ever-shifting, nightmarish conditions deter any attempt to exploit its potential resources.  

Ethropa

Ethropa’s natural resources reflect its indulgent nature, with an abundance of precious metals, rare gems, and luxurious materials. These resources cater to the hedonistic desires of its inhabitants and remain consistently plentiful, reinforcing the realm’s atmosphere of excess and pleasure.  

Mazikarus

Mazikarus features resources suited to its dark, shadowy environment. The layer is known for its dark crystals, shadow silk, and void minerals, which are integral to its dark arts and malicious intents. These resources remain stable within the layer’s perpetual shadow and gloom.  

Goll

Goll’s natural resources are a reflection of its brutal and bloodthirsty nature. The layer provides abundant materials such as bloodstone, warforged metals, and violence-infused artifacts. These resources are essential for the layer’s inhabitants and remain consistently available amidst the constant aggression and bloodshed.  

Tayrania

Tayrania’s resources are dominated by elements of control and domination. The layer is rich in dominion crystals and other oppressive materials that support its authoritarian rule. These resources are persistently available, reflecting the realm’s unchanging nature of control and subjugation.

When The Infernus was first conceived, it was composed of five distinct and formidable layers: Ignius, Shardar, Tremor, Drezeaz, and Voleshka. Each layer was crafted with a unique and intense environment, making The Infernus a plane of unparalleled dread and suffering.   As time passed, the need for additional realms became evident to better serve the growing complexities of the world. In response, the celestial powers Luthos and Mistrim took on the monumental task of expanding The Infernus. They undertook a grand and intricate process of creation, carefully designing three new layers: Ethropa, Mazikarus, and Goll. This expansion involved weaving new realms of torment and desolation into the fabric of The Infernus, ensuring that each new layer was integrated seamlessly with the existing ones.   The creation of these new layers required immense effort and precision, balancing the intense nature of the original realms with the newly added dimensions. Luthos and Mistrim meticulously shaped each new layer to be as formidable and inhospitable as the existing ones, maintaining the plane’s reputation for its unrelenting and equal intensity across all layers.   With the addition of Ethropa,Mazikarus and Goll, The Infernus was further solidified as a plane of unending torment, where every layer—old and new alike—contributed equally to its fearsome and dread-filled nature.   The final layer of The Infernus, known as Tayrania, became the domain of Caeus, the god of Tyranny. However, Tayrania soon transformed into Caeus’s eternal prison. Under his iron-fisted rule, the layer stands as both a realm of unyielding tyranny and a testament to Caeus’s enduring power and control. now established as the lowest ring of The Infernus, Caerus overthrew the former ruler, Demon Lord Valkoth, who remained shrouded in mystery. Despite claiming dominion over the entire plane, Caerus chose not to adopt the title of "Demon Lord." Instead, he entrusted this mantle to his second-in-command, Geareg the Butcher.