Amun-thys
| Divine Realm | |
|---|---|
| Plane: | Arborea |
| Layer: | Pelion |
| Powers: | Nephythys |
- Mysterious, empty, wind-blown, and dusty, the deserts of Amun-thys are avoided by all but the greediest of travelers. The ageless and aged realm haunts a traveler with the feeling that something always seems to be lurking nearby, as if an ambush is always waiting behind the corner. The dunes travel swiftly, parting from time to time to reveal priceless golden idols or tombs long forgotten. Amun-thys is a realm devoted to the past, to memory and the persistence of gods beyond their time.
The blowing sands of the third layer are the vestiges of a more vital realm. It isn't clear to anyone, even the Guvners, whether the decay is occurring because of or despite Nephythys' efforts. Though there is some life here, it's no more than the life of an enormous desert. The entire layer projects a sense of loss and emptiness, like house that's been abandoned by its inhabitants.
Few petitioners live here, and those that do have been around for a long, long time. Some say that when the last petitioner is unified with the realm, Amun-thys itself shall pass away, like a dream forgotten upon waking.
Sites and Cities
Amun-thys has no inhabited towns, only scattered meeting places, temples, and necropoli. The greatest of the layer's necropoli is Bal-tiref, an enormous, echoing city of the dead inhabited only by scavengers, jackals, ghasts, and rats. The city's mausoleums are thoroughly plundered, but many crypts, simple graves, monuments, and crematoria are still undisturbed. A few of the layer's petitioners live in Bal-tiref, caring for the proper burial of the dead in exchange for food and shelter.
The ruins that stand in the wilderness are less profitable and less hospitable than Bal-tiref, though they may once have been great cities or enormous, elaborate burial sites. Many of the tombs of Amun-thys are said to be the graves of dead powers, but the realm's such a desolate backwater that there aren't any true clues about what a berk might really find in them.