The Peaceable Lands
Ervenian Era, 1051 AB
Once the domain of Bargrivyek, the Peaceable Lands were a place where the god’s vision of Goblinoid unity was forged through relentless discipline and martial training. The name was a calculated deceit, there was nothing “peaceable” about the constant drills, battle simulations, and ideological indoctrination that defined life here. In the days of Bargrivyek’s reign, Goblins, Hobgoblins, and their allies marched in perfect ranks across parade grounds of blackened basalt, preparing for wars on other planes and in distant mortal realms.
Since Bargrivyek’s death in 1051 AB, the Peaceable Lands have become a fractured, dangerous territory on the first layer of Hell. With no divine hand to enforce unity, the once-ordered war machine has devolved into a patchwork of feuding warbands, opportunistic infernal claimants, and scavenger mercenaries.
Even in ruin, the Peaceable Lands retain immense strategic value. The War Vaults lie stocked with siege engines, enchanted flails, and enough mass-forged armor to equip whole legions. The Marching Gates, planar portals cunningly concealed within parade arches, still link to goblinoid strongholds across the planes; though many are sealed, a few open without warning. And with the realm positioned so close to the front lines of the Blood War, it remains both a vital recruitment ground for Hell’s armies and an irresistible target for Abyssal incursions.
Geography
The Peaceable Lands remain anchored in Avernus, though without Bargrivyek’s will, its borders have become porous. Infernal lords, goblin war chiefs, and even Mezzofiend mercenary-kings carve out slices for themselves. The terrain itself still bears the marks of its former purpose:
Notable Locations
Drill Plains
Endless stretches of scorched stone, still etched with the gridlines of formation markers, now used as dueling grounds and execution sites.The Iron Hostels
Barracks-fortresses of rust-red steel, their walls lined with war trophies from campaigns long past. Many now stand abandoned, haunted by the shades of slain goblin captains who refuse to admit the war is over.The Bannerline
A jagged escarpment where the banners of hundreds of goblin legions once flew. Now, the pennants are tattered, replaced by the personal standards of petty warlords.Inhabitants
The Peaceable Lands are now carved up among warlord tribes, rival goblin and hobgoblin factions who each proclaim themselves the rightful heirs to Bargrivyek’s legacy. Their endless raids against one another erode the very unity their god once fought to maintain. Infernal overseers, including pit fiends and horned devils, have seized control of abandoned training compounds, driving the surviving goblinoid soldiers into the Blood War as expendable shock troops. Mezzofiends mercenary companies prowl the realm as pragmatic opportunists, offering their blades to whoever pays most, often shifting allegiance mid-conflict to keep the war fires burning. Among the ruins, unquiet drillmasters, the spectral remnants of Bargrivyek’s most devoted officers, still bellow commands across empty parade grounds, cursed to eternally train soldiers who will never return to the field.Trait Type |
Description |
|---|---|
| Gravity | Normal; fixed to the blackstone ground. The realm’s training pits once had magically adjustable gravity for combat preparation, but without divine maintenance, these areas now shift unpredictably. |
| Time | Normal. However, lingering divine echoes sometimes cause military drills from centuries past to replay as ghostly reenactments at the exact hour they once occurred. |
| Shape & Size | Infinite |
| Morphic Traits | Divinely Morphic (Only deities, or demigods can alter terrain) |
| Elemental Energy | None Dominant |
| Alignment | Strongly Lawful Evil |
| Magic | Magic related to Law, Community, and War once received divine augmentation here, making it easier to coordinate troops and enforce discipline. These effects are gone, but residual enchantments still bolster mass-combat spells and battlefield communication magic. |
Type
Dimensional plane
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