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Cania was the eighth layer of the Nine Hells of Baator. It was a relentless realm of seemingly living cold.[4]

 

“Not all the hells are places of fire.” — Valthrun the Prescient[7]

Geography

The layer was marked by moving glaciers and icebergs that drifted as fast as a running person, constantly colliding with one another and with surrounding mountains of enormous sizes. Snow avalanches were common and violent.[1][4]The weather was dominated by snow storms that howled with incessant winds. Thin layers of accumulated snow often hid deep crevasses that could engulf incautious explorers.[2]

The supernatural cold of Cania was substantially stronger than in Stygia,[1]reaching temperatures of −60 ℉(−51 ℃),[3]comparable to those in the Frostfell.[8]It could quickly penetrate nonmagical clothing, freezing unprotected creatures within minutes and killing even those wearing gear designed to withstand cold temperatures in hours.[1]Unsheltered creatures ran a constant risk of freezing to death. Preserved corpses were frequently uncovered after collisions between glaciers, while other glaciers seemed to hold unknown frozen creatures at their very centers. Some of the shapes within the ice suggested that they were archons or devas fighting unknown spined creatures, while others seemed like entire alien cities.[4]

The layer contained scattered laboratories and libraries within isolated citadels.[9]

Government

The layer was ruled by the archdevil Mephistopheles, Lord of the Eighth.[2]His rule consisted of overseeing endless experiments with arcane magic and the nature of the planes, conducted throughout the wastes of the layer. Government duties were often filled by Hutijin, allowing Mephistopheles more time to focus on his experiments.[9]

Defenses

The layer was constantly patrolled against spies that might pry on the secrets of arcane spells, magic items, and magic theory that were developed in its laboratories. Arcane spellcasters and other devils occasionally risked braving the cold wastes in search for knowledge. In particular, spies from Dis were common, since Dispater worried that Mephistopheles might acquire more information than him.[9]

Rumors & Legends

“Let all who enter this home without the consent of its owner burn for ninety-nine years in the depths of Nessus and freeze for a thousand more in the icy wastes of Cania.”   — Destiny Agganor's front door runes[10]

The tiefling midwife Destiny Agganor from Nightstone had a set of runes burned onto her front door to ward off unwanted visitors. It contained a prayer that included damning any intruders to freeze for a millennium in Cania.[10]

Notable Locations

  • Kintyre, an enormous uninhabited city of strange architecture that was buried deep under the ice.[1]
  • Mephistar, home of Mephistopheles. A heated citadel carved out of the ice and located atop the giant glacier Nargus, whose movement was controlled by the Lord of the Eighth himself.[4]
  • The Pit, a dark and windy shaft several hundred feet in diameter. It was heavily guarded by ice devils, and ended in a lake of frozen slush. At the bottom of the lake, at a depth of 1,001 fathoms (1,831 meters) lay a portal that was the primary access point to the ninth layer, Nessus.[1][4]

Inhabitants

The main inhabitants of Cania were gelugons, whose activities in the layer remained largely unknown. The environment was so inhospitable that even other devils avoided visiting the layer.[1]

 
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Nine Hells Layer 9:

https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Nessus

Nessus was the ninth and deepest layer of the Nine Hells of Baator.[4]

“Don't you know you're not allowed here?”  — A gelugon guard of the portal to Nessus.[6]

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Homebrew: Gehenna

In addition to Devils, Fiends of Gehenna are often known as a Daemons and Yugoloth.  

The basic General unit of Gehenna is a Greater Nycaloth.  The basic unit of the Armies is a Mezzoloth.  They use mindless Larve for cannon fodder.  Gehena's basic legion unit strength 5,000-11,000+.

 

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Homebrew:  Gehenna

 

https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Gehenna

 
The Bleak Eternity of Gehenna(pronounced: /gɛˈhɛnnɑːge-HEN-na[12]or: /gɛˈhɛnəge-HEN-uh[13]) was an Outer Plane in the Great Wheel cosmology model representing alignments between neutral evil and lawful evil.[7][14]

 

“Life is an exercise in will. Now hold still while I exercise mine.”  — Monteirus Cherif, a student of Gehenna's lessons.[15]
 

Description

The four layers of Gehenna were infinite planes with gravity at a forty-five degree angle to the ground, making travelers feel as if they were on the side of a mountain with no base or peak. Anyone losing their footing could tumble for miles/kilometers before finding enough purchase on the slope to halt their fall. Nearly all terrain that was not a river of water or lava was slightly slippery to quite slick. All structures were either built onto or carved into the slopes. Heat and light came from the ground, much like Tarterus, but the source was volcanic: lava flows, vents, fumaroles, and mud pots were very common. Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occurred often, tearing the land apart. On the hotter layers, unprotected flammable items and creatures would catch fire from the glowing ground or superheated gases being ejected. The barriers between layers were always underground, usually in dead end corridors.[10]

Khalas

Main article: Khalas

The uppermost layer, Khalas, was the most livable of the four planes[10]with many waterfalls cascading down the slopes, the largest being the river Styx. The Styx followed a rough path down the slope, fell for thousands of feet/meters, ran through twisty rapids before finally disappearing into underground passages. Steam rose into the infinite and empty black sky. making the horizon glow a dull red. Khalas touched the Astral Plane and had connections to Hades, the Nine Hells, and Concordant Opposition. The portals appeared as black chasms in the floor of deep underground caverns. While there was no way of telling where these would lead, intelligent travelers had made markings on the walls by many of them to indicate the portal's destination, if one could read them.[1]

Chamada

HopelornKhalasTower ArcaneTower ArcaneChamadaNimicriCrawling CityCrawling CityMungothKrangath

Main article: Chamada

The second layer of Gehenna was the most violently active layer with lava cascades thousands of miles/kilometers wide and city-sized volcanoes yawning open on the slopes. The air was foul with acrid smoke for 10 miles (16 kilometers) above the surface and would cause blindness to unprotected eyes and had the effect of a stinking cloud on the lungs. Below ground the air was fresher but stank of burning flesh and hair.[1]

Mungoth

Main article: Mungoth

Mungoth was a land of falling ash and burning snow. The furnaces of this layer were fewer and farther apart, allowing ice and snow to build up in the darker places between active areas. Travelers had to brave the never-ending avalanches of wet snow and fiery rock. Underground passages were relatively safe.[1]

Krangath

Main article: Krangath

The fourth layer was devoid of any volcanic activity, even underground. All was dark and cold. The name of this layer meant literally "dead furnaces".[1]

Cosmography

Mount Olympus connected to Gehenna at randomly changing locations throughout the plane. It was unclear why the mountain had a connection at all to the plane, but some sages speculated that the mountainous character of the plane attracted the planar conduit there.[16]

Inhabitants

The only creatures known to be native to this plane were the barghests,[1] running through the rifts of Khalas and occasionally found in smaller number on the other layers, and the pyroclastic dragons.[2] All the other creatures originally came from the adjacent lower planes, mostly to hide from more powerful beings that wished to enslave them. Gehenna was often a plane of exile for the less powerful archdevils and daemon taskmasters.[1]

Realms

Even lesser deities tended to avoid Gehenna. Those that leaned toward Law were recruited into the hierarchy of the Nine Hells and those that favored evil tended toward Hades.[1] Here is a list of the Powers known to have called this plane home at some point:

Appendix

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Novels

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