Agathys

The very air freezes memories and emotions, turning compassion into ice, warmth into bitter frost, and hope into a silent, cold oblivion. In addition, Agathys is a minor negative-dominant realm, sapping vitality with each passing moment. The cold is supernatural, not merely a lack of heat, but a presence in itself, a hunger that clings to breath and soul. The air is razor-thin, leaving all but the hardiest breathless after exertion. Those who linger in place too long may find the ice creeping over their boots, then their limbs, then their lips, entombed in minutes, unless rescued or sacrificed.   Beneath the surface, vast glacial caverns creak and moan, grinding the frozen dead between slabs of pressure-born cruelty. These sounds resonate through the ice like distant thunder or muffled screams.  

Noteable Locations

Plains of Frozen Silence

Endless ice fields devoid of sound. Movement is taxing (Survival DC 20 hourly or suffer fatigue). Prolonged silence slowly drains sanity.  

Fortress of Everfrost

A colossal ice citadel imprisoning souls who plotted betrayal without remorse. Ruled by the merciless Frost Warden, a Demodand who is known to make deals with divine beings, its halls are eternally cold, inflicting damage on unprotected visitors.  

Glacial Abyss

A chasm filled with shards of black ice containing frozen prisoners. Gazing into the ice risks becoming trapped emotionally, experiencing icy despair.  

The Tower of Frigid Memories

A frozen spire that imprisons memories of betrayal. Visitors see their worst betrayals reflected in the ice walls.  

Inhabitants

Agathys is the prison of false friends, traitors of intimacy, and those who betrayed trust under the guise of love, loyalty, or kinship. The souls here are eternally moving, for to stand still is to be consumed. The frozen bodies littering the icy plains were not simply abandoned... They are still alive, lips frozen shut, eyes pleading, but every movement of the ice evokes horrific muffled screams from their shattered lungs.   These petitioners often bargain desperately when approached—offering aid, wisdom, or secrets in exchange for release. But any act of kindness is swiftly betrayed. To show mercy in Agathys is to invite the knife in your back.  

The Frost Warden

A celestial, rumored to be one of the Yokdim who transformed himself into a Demodand, by unknown way.

Summoning and BInding

Summoning entities from Agathys demands tokens symbolizing merciless betrayal. Such entities specialize in cold-hearted ruthlessness and imprisonment.  

Entry and Escape

Entering Agathys is usually done through plane shift, using tokens of calculated, merciless betrayal, such as frozen relics, contracts written in blood, or cursed blades.
Esacping Agathys usually requires an act of genuine compassion or heartfelt remorse powerful enough to break the plane’s frozen silence, or divine intervention.

While no god openly claims dominion over Agathys, some whisper that it serves as a celestial oubliette, used by divine powers, Abel to imprison their most despised betrayers.