Khalas
| Gehenna Layer | |
|---|---|
| Order: | First |
| Realms: | Aknuthrak Cheisin Corriegrave Teardrop Palace |
The air of Gehenna's first and lowest layer has a crimson tint near the ground, due to the magma flows and pyroclastic ash, but it quickly fades to black no more than a few dozen feet overhead. Strangely, the next mount, Chamada, is visible in the darkness overhead, though it is so far away that it burns like a small, bloody moon. The slopes of Khalas are streaked with waterfalls and cloaked in steam. The falls never find the bottom of the layer, either evaporating or disappearing into fissures. The mightiest waterfalls are those made by the River Styx as it makes its tumultuous passage across this forbidding layer.
Teardrop Palace
Located along the Styx, a nautilusshaped pagoda crouches with two smaller shrines set beside it. A wrought-iron fence encircles Teardrop Palace, which occupies an obviously deity-carved ledge. The pagoda measures miles on each side, as do the lesser shrines. A crowded bazaar thrives between the two smaller shrines, filled with milling yugoloths, petitioners, devils. demons, other outsiders, and the occasional mortal visitor. The bazaar buys and sells everything the ultimate black market because almost everything has been stolen from some other part of the Great Wheel. Prices are high and pickpockets are a constant threat, but the market has a reputation for selling exotic, hard-to-find items.
| Gehenna Layers |