The Grey Wastes of Hades

Material produced below is from the "Manual of the Planes"

It is where evil springs eternal.

It is a plane of endless apathy and despair.

It is the great battlefield of the Blood War.

Hades sits at the nadir of the lower planes, halfway between two races of fiends each bent on the other's annihilation. Thus, it often sees its grey plains darkened by vast armies of demons battle equally vast armies of devils who neither ask nor give quarter. If any plane defines the nature of true evil, it is the Grey Waste.

In the Grey Waste of Hades, pure undiluted evil acts as a powerful spiritual force that drags all creatures down. Here, even the consuming rage of the Abyss and the devious plotting of the Nine Hells are subjugated to hopelessness. Apathy and despair seep into everything at the pole of evil. Hades slowly kills a visitor's dreams and desires, leaving the withered husk of what used to be a fiery spirit. Spend enough time in Hades, and visitors give up on things that used to matter, eventually giving in to total apathy.

Hades has three layers, called "Glooms." Uncaring malevolence that slowly crushes the spirit permeates each gloom.

--Posted 28 Jan 04 by OrchestralDarkness

Intended Sites

First Layer (Oinos)
Bloodwar Battlefield

Second Layer (Niflheim)
Hunting area
Small encampment
Palace of Loss

Third Layer (Pluton)
Underworld

--Posted 28 Jan 04 by OrchestralDarkness