ABELLIO

Stretching out infinitely from a single solitary mountain peak, Abellio is a layer of perfectly ordered wilderness alongside well-maintained groves and fields. Rivers and streams create natural gridlines across the layer, and between these grids exist the bulk of the Peaceable Kingdoms. Each kingdom is unique in some way though each adheres to the rule of law established by the Lex (who keep their territory on Buxelos, the second layer).

Mountains with ordered valleys dot the landscape, but they all fall short of Abellio’s two dominant peaks. The first and tallest is Mount Today which sits at Abellio’s center (how an infinite plane can have a center is a point of some debate among planar scholars). Resting atop Mount Today is the Orb of Day and Night, a massive sphere that regulates day and night across Arcadia. Half of the orb radiates soft white light, while the other half sheds darkness. Which means that half of Arcadia is bathed in day while the other half at night. By some planar extrapolation not yet fully understood, Buxelos is affected similarly though there is no orb in its sky.

Just below the height of Mount Day is Mount Clangeddin, home of the dwarf god Clangeddin Silverbeard. It forms the heart of dwarven life on Arcadia and stands as one of the strongest kingdoms across the plane, known as the Kingdom of Silverbeard. The sound of ringing steel, pounding hammers, dwarven chants, and more can be heard for miles around the solitary mountain peak. The kingdom extends far below ground as well.

Weather on Abellio is controlled by four powerful entities called the Storm Kings, dwelling in magnificent citadels at each of the compass points around the Orb of Day and Night. They meet regularly to manage Arcadian weather according to their own rules and laws, many of which have been recorded by sages.

The various Peaceable Kingdoms that give Arcadia its name are populated by all manner of creatures. Humans, elves, gnomes, dwarves, halflings, and dragonborn are all well represented, both in their own distinct realms and more cosmopolitan regions. Less common inhabitants are also known, including minotaurs, giff, goblins, lizardfolk, and tortles. All of the kingdoms supply soldiers and warriors to the Perfect Order, who in turn protect all of the kingdoms from one another and outside invasions. Members of the Perfect Order, known as einheriar, are elite guards that keep the peace across the plane, and sometimes beyond it as well if the Lex orders a mobilization across the multiverse.