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| - The Infinite Layers of the Abyss, sometimes called the Abyss or the Infinite Layers, is a chaotic evil realm in the outerplanes and home to the demons. The Abyss was born when the evil god Tharizdun plunged a shard of evil power into the what would one day become the Elemental Chaos. Like a tree, the shard took root and created a terrible realm of darkness, despair, gloom and evil. This is the Abyss.
- The Infinite Layers of the Abyss is the chaotic evil outer plane of existence, the home of one of the principal combatants in the Blood War, the Tanar'ri. It is shaped as unending layers upon each other, stretching to infinity, though some scholars believe there's a cap of 666 layers. No one can prove this, as no one has been able travel that far (and survive).
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| - The Infinite Layers of the Abyss is the chaotic evil outer plane of existence, the home of one of the principal combatants in the Blood War, the Tanar'ri. It is shaped as unending layers upon each other, stretching to infinity, though some scholars believe there's a cap of 666 layers. No one can prove this, as no one has been able travel that far (and survive). The abyss is a wellspring of chaos, ever shifting in destructiveness. The only constant in this chaotic realm is the presence of the adjacent "Blood Rift" where the demons fight their mortal enemies the devils. The proximity of the Blood Rift to both the Abyss and the Nine Hells allows for the demons and devils to wage an unceasing war upon each other. The ever shifting nature of the Abyss brings different layers into proximity with the Blood Rift at different times, allowing the Demons to constantly bring fresh forces to bear in the constant struggle. Each layer is different from all the others, the only apparent similarity being that the plane seems to try and inflict as much harm on travelers with each layer as possible. It might even be said that the plane is as varied and evil as the demons who inhabit it. The Demonweb Pits used to be located on the 66th layer before being removed as an independent plane.
- The Infinite Layers of the Abyss, sometimes called the Abyss or the Infinite Layers, is a chaotic evil realm in the outerplanes and home to the demons. The Abyss was born when the evil god Tharizdun plunged a shard of evil power into the what would one day become the Elemental Chaos. Like a tree, the shard took root and created a terrible realm of darkness, despair, gloom and evil. This is the Abyss. The Abyss contains an estimate 666 levels, but the exact number is unknown. Unlike the Nine Hells of Baator, there is no hierarchy, no organized rule over the Abyss, just demons trying to carve power for themselves. The demons are not out for power and conquest like devils, but instead seek only death and destruction. However, several demons have managed to gain great power and influence. The monsterous, ape-like two-headed Demogorgon, Prince of Demons, has risen to command the fear and respect of deities, demons and devils. His ally, Dagon, Lord of the Depths, is a monsterous gargantuan sea creature resembeling a tentacled eel, and was the first demon to appear in ther Abyss, ruling its dark seas. Orcus, Prince of the Undead, rules over a level of the Abyss filled with demons and legions of the undead and seeks to supplant the Raven Queen as the new God of Death. The handsome and diplomatic Graz'zt, the Dark Prince, rules three levels of the Abyss. The alliance of Demogorgon and Dagon war with Orcus and Graz'zt, who war with each other and other demons for control of the Abyss. Still, even non-demons have gained power in the Abyss. The drow goddess, Lolth, goddess of spiders, shadows and lies rules a region of the Abyss known as the Demonweb Pit. The demigod witch Iggwilv, one of the most powerful and evil spellcasters ever, manipulates politics of the abyss. The great powers of the Abyss keep each other in check, waging war on each other, with some demons managing to occassionally gain small kingdoms of their own. However the klurichir demons, born in the deepest level of the Abyss, nearest to the shard of evil, lead unclaimed demon armies against other powerful demons helping the chaos of the Abyss. So great and terrible is the power of the shard, that it corrupts all who enter the Abyss, transforming them to demons. Demogorgon, Orcus, and Dagon were primordials before entering this dark realm, while Graz'zt was an archdevil of Baator, and Lolth resembled an elf before the dark power of the Abyss converted them and changed them. The Abyss itself creates the demons. If one is killed, their essences returns to the Abyss to be reborn from the darkness and the evil. The Infinite Layers of the Abyss is a dark, terrible, nightmare-filled demonic evil realm. There is no rhyme or reason to the layers, no consistancy in geography. It ranges form burning deserts, to poisonous swamps, to mazes of razor sharp rock, to frozen wastelands, to lava-filled volcanic hellscapes, to vast oceans and lush jungles.
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