Pandesmos
Ervenian Era, 1051 AB
Pandesmos is the topmost layer of the plane of Pandemonium.
Pandesmos is the most hospitable layer of the plane. The caverns are the largest here, some literally thousands of miles across. Immigrants to Pandemonium tend to live on the surfaces of these massive caverns, which contain both cities and citadels, though these are very rare. Most caverns are abandoned to anything but wind. Despite the size of the caverns, they are as loud and windy as the rest of the greater plane, though the velocity of those winds is slightly less. Entire nations can fill the cavern walls, but the strong winds prevent this from ever happening.
Realms
- Winter's Museum, the palace of Morana is located here.
- Talos had his towers of ruin located on this layer.
Geography
Dead-end tunnels with unusually strong winds (even for Pandemonium) often signal that one is at a barrier and about to pass to the lower layer of Cocytus. Flat, yellow square portals found in Pandesmos lead to Limbo and red squares to the first layer of the Abyss. These portals are inconsistent, however, and sometimes send travelers to the wrong planes.
River Styx
The Styx begins here, fed by countless cold streams flowing along the walls of the otherwise rocky, subterranean wastes. Some of the streams even float through the open space in the centers of the caverns.Plane Shift Spell
Reaching Pandesmos with the plane shift spell required an iron planar fork tuned to the note of C♯.Important Landmarks
The Madhouse
One of the rare cities in Pandesmos is the Madhouse, a citadel controlled by a group of outsiders called the Bleak Cabal. The Madhouse is often used as a way point for travelers to Pandemonium. It is a sprawling city of poorly arranged buildings covering all of the walls of a large cavern. The citadel is divided into sections by multiple stone walls. Befitting its name, a high percentage of the residents of the Madhouse are deaf or insane or both.Chamber of Mirrors
Deep in Pandesmos is found a cave where the never-ending winds wearing them down the walls until they are as smooth as glass, forming a chamber of mirrors. This Cavern of the Self is full of a magic that caused one to see her or his reflection hundreds or thousands of times. Each image, however, is of the viewer from different time points in life and expressing different emotions, and one only ever saw him- or herself, never an image of any companions. It is believed that if one could find her or his true reflection at that instant among the plethora of reflections, great personal insight would be gained.Winter's Hall
A frigid region of Pandemonium, plagued by relentless snowstorms and howling blizzards. Visibility is minimal, reduced to mere feet even under the best conditions. The ceaseless winds carry snow that blankets tunnels and living beings alike, encasing all surfaces in icy frost. Frost giants and winter wolves roam this frozen wasteland.Trait Type |
Description |
|---|---|
| Gravity | Special |
| Time | Slower - each Day in the Plane, is ten-day in Prime Material Plane |
| Shape & Size | Goes on forever; its layers are bounded |
| Morphic Traits | Highly Morphic |
| Elemental Energy | None |
| Alignment | Chaotic Neutral and slightly Chaotic evil |
| Magic | Normal |
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