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<blockquote data-quote="Ripzerai" data-source="post: 2698483" data-attributes="member: 38324"><p>The Course of the River Styx</p><p></p><p>Besides the Plain of Infinite Portals (where it runs in trickles near the town of Styros), I have the Styx listed as flowing layer 4, the Grand Abyss, endlessly down the chasm (this may be screed); a tendril of the Styx reaches the fifth layer, Wormblood (according to the 3e Manual of the Planes); into a layer known as the Abyssian Ocean (mentioned in H4, Throne of Bloodstone), where all the water is Styx water. If it flows through Gaping Maw, Demogorgon's layer, it doesn't dominate it. I would also expect it to flow through Blood Tor (Umberlee's realm in layer 13) and Smaragd. The River Styx definitely flows through Durao (number 274 by the Guvners' count), where the tanar'ri armies use the port there to move their ships throughout the other lower planes; it also travels through Thanatos, where it touches both Naratyr and Lachrymosa, the Cauldron of Tears. Corporeal undead are often lashed together to creat grotesque ships used to travel from one city to the other. It taints the mud of Zuggtmoy's realm in Shedaklah, #222, granting it the same terrible power as the river itself. The river How Nai-ho in Feng-Tu, layer 300, is a branch of the Styx.</p><p></p><p>There are certainly other layers it touches, but that's all the official ones I have written down. The Abyss has many other rivers, such as the River of Salt that flows through the three layers of Graz'zt's realm, the Pyriphlegethon that flows through many of the hotter layers and Thanatos (noted in Throne of Bloodstone, though not by that name), and the River of Worms in Tarnhem's former domain. </p><p></p><p>LAYER 74: SMARAGD (Merrshaulk and Ramenos' realms)</p><p> Re: The Viper Pit (Sseth's realm; P&P)</p><p>Re: Merrshaulk's realm (Planes of Chaos)</p><p>Re: Ramenos' realm (Planes of Chaos)</p><p> Si: The Silent Temple (Planar Handbook)</p><p></p><p>LAYER 88: THE GAPING MAW (BRINE FLATS) (Demogorgon's realm)</p><p>Si: Abysm (Demogorgon's palace)</p><p>Planar Path: The Styx</p><p></p><p>LAYER 89(?): DEMOGORGON'S JUNGLE REALM (H4): Throne of Bloodstone</p><p>RT: The City of All Demons</p><p></p><p>LAYER 113: THANATOS (Orcus' realm, formally Kiaransalee's realm, formerly Orcus' realm)</p><p> Si: Desert of Bone Meal (1st edition Manual of the Planes)</p><p> Si: Lake of Fire (H4: Throne of Bloodstone)</p><p> Planar path: River Pyriphlegethon </p><p> Planar path: River Styx</p><p> Si: Valley of Crypt Things (H4)</p><p> Si: Skeletal Mountain (H4)</p><p> RT: City of Liches (H4)</p><p> RT: City of the Zombies (H4)</p><p> RT: Forbidden Citadel (H4)</p><p> Si: Ruins of Orcusgate (H4)</p><p> Si: The Great Mazes (H4)</p><p> RT: Naratyr, City of the Dead (Planes of Chaos)</p><p> Si: Calciniferous Palace (1e Manual of the Planes)</p><p> RT: Lachrymosa, the Cauldron of Tears (Planes of Chaos)</p><p> RT: City of Straight Curves (H4)</p><p> RT: The Bucking City (H4)</p><p> RT: The Flickering City (H4)</p><p> RT: City of Fire (H4)</p><p> RT: City of Ice (H4)</p><p></p><p>LAYER 222: SHEDAKLAH (THE SLIME PITS) (Jubilex's and Zuggtmoy's realms)</p><p>Si: Juiblex's Grasp (Planar Handbook)</p><p>Planar Path: River Styx</p><p>Si: The Gasping Crater (Demonomicon of Iggwilv)</p><p>RT: Zuggtmoy's Palace (Demonomicon of Iggwilv)</p><p>Si: The drain, what Fluffy goes down (Castle Greyhawk)</p><p></p><p>LAYER 300: FENG-TU (Tou Mu and Lu Yueh's realm, 1st edition Manual of the Planes, 1st edition Deities & Demigods - number not official)</p><p> RT: Feng-Tu, City of Disease and Madness</p><p> Si: Keui-Men-Kuan, Gate of the Demons</p><p> Si: How Nai-ho (river)</p><p></p><p>LAYER 313: UNNAMED</p><p> Si: Illssender's Tower (Hellbound)</p><p></p><p>LAYER 348: UNNAMED (Formerly Thralhavoc's realm)</p><p> Si: Taelec Mirrimbar, the Fortress of Indifference (Tapheon's stronghold; Hellbound)</p><p>Si: The Whispering Gates (Hellbound)</p><p></p><p>LAYER/REALM 377: PLAINS OF GALLENSHU (Armanite realm - Planes of Chaos)</p><p> * RT: Blackmane (one of twenty-four stable-towns in the layer)</p><p> * RT: Oxblood (also a stable-town)</p><p> * RT: Amber</p><p> * RT: Basalt</p><p> * RT: Boneshard</p><p> * RT: Clay</p><p> * RT: Cold Iron</p><p> * RT: Dark Spring</p><p> * RT: Grey Glass</p><p> * RT: Jade</p><p> * RT: Mageblood</p><p> * RT: Maroon</p><p> * RT: Obsidian</p><p> * RT: Ochre</p><p> * RT: Purpure</p><p> * RT: Silver Spike</p><p> * RT: Steelshank</p><p>Si: Ruins of varrangoin civilization</p><p></p><p>LAYER 400: WOEFUL ESCARAND (nalfeshnee realm)</p><p> Si: The Mountain of Woe (PSMC1)</p><p>Si: The Pits of Depair ( PSMC1)</p><p></p><p>LAYER 403: THE RAINLESS WASTE</p><p> IT: Mal Arundak, the City of Confusion (Fallen archon realm; FoE)</p><p></p><p>LAYER 489: NOISOME VALE (Tarnhem's realm; deserted; Dungeon Builder's Guidebook)</p><p>Si: Tarnhem's Manor (Note: Tarnhem is currently allied with his son, the demilich Acererak)</p><p>Si: The River of Worms</p><p></p><p>LAYER 499: CARRORISTO (Hellbound)</p><p> Si: The Iron Fortress of Carroristo (Hellbound)</p><p></p><p>LAYER 503: TORREMOR (LAYER OF FLIES) (Pazrael's realm)</p><p> Si: Onstrakker's Nest (Planes of Chaos)</p><p>Si: Lord's Rook (Demonomicon of Iggwilv: Pazuzu)</p><p> </p><p>LAYER 600: ENDLESS MAZE (Baphomet's Realm)</p><p>Si: Tower of Pale Night</p><p>(See also Throne of Bloodstone)</p><p></p><p>LAYER 566: SOULFREEZE</p><p>Si: Gateway to Paraelemental Ice (The Inner Planes Sourcebook)</p><p></p><p>WANDERING LAYER: DEMONWING (Demogorgon's former realm; uncatalogued; A Paladin in Hell)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ripzerai, post: 2698483, member: 38324"] The Course of the River Styx Besides the Plain of Infinite Portals (where it runs in trickles near the town of Styros), I have the Styx listed as flowing layer 4, the Grand Abyss, endlessly down the chasm (this may be screed); a tendril of the Styx reaches the fifth layer, Wormblood (according to the 3e Manual of the Planes); into a layer known as the Abyssian Ocean (mentioned in H4, Throne of Bloodstone), where all the water is Styx water. If it flows through Gaping Maw, Demogorgon's layer, it doesn't dominate it. I would also expect it to flow through Blood Tor (Umberlee's realm in layer 13) and Smaragd. The River Styx definitely flows through Durao (number 274 by the Guvners' count), where the tanar'ri armies use the port there to move their ships throughout the other lower planes; it also travels through Thanatos, where it touches both Naratyr and Lachrymosa, the Cauldron of Tears. Corporeal undead are often lashed together to creat grotesque ships used to travel from one city to the other. It taints the mud of Zuggtmoy's realm in Shedaklah, #222, granting it the same terrible power as the river itself. The river How Nai-ho in Feng-Tu, layer 300, is a branch of the Styx. There are certainly other layers it touches, but that's all the official ones I have written down. The Abyss has many other rivers, such as the River of Salt that flows through the three layers of Graz'zt's realm, the Pyriphlegethon that flows through many of the hotter layers and Thanatos (noted in Throne of Bloodstone, though not by that name), and the River of Worms in Tarnhem's former domain. LAYER 74: SMARAGD (Merrshaulk and Ramenos' realms) Re: The Viper Pit (Sseth's realm; P&P) Re: Merrshaulk's realm (Planes of Chaos) Re: Ramenos' realm (Planes of Chaos) Si: The Silent Temple (Planar Handbook) LAYER 88: THE GAPING MAW (BRINE FLATS) (Demogorgon's realm) Si: Abysm (Demogorgon's palace) Planar Path: The Styx LAYER 89(?): DEMOGORGON'S JUNGLE REALM (H4): Throne of Bloodstone RT: The City of All Demons LAYER 113: THANATOS (Orcus' realm, formally Kiaransalee's realm, formerly Orcus' realm) Si: Desert of Bone Meal (1st edition Manual of the Planes) Si: Lake of Fire (H4: Throne of Bloodstone) Planar path: River Pyriphlegethon Planar path: River Styx Si: Valley of Crypt Things (H4) Si: Skeletal Mountain (H4) RT: City of Liches (H4) RT: City of the Zombies (H4) RT: Forbidden Citadel (H4) Si: Ruins of Orcusgate (H4) Si: The Great Mazes (H4) RT: Naratyr, City of the Dead (Planes of Chaos) Si: Calciniferous Palace (1e Manual of the Planes) RT: Lachrymosa, the Cauldron of Tears (Planes of Chaos) RT: City of Straight Curves (H4) RT: The Bucking City (H4) RT: The Flickering City (H4) RT: City of Fire (H4) RT: City of Ice (H4) LAYER 222: SHEDAKLAH (THE SLIME PITS) (Jubilex's and Zuggtmoy's realms) Si: Juiblex's Grasp (Planar Handbook) Planar Path: River Styx Si: The Gasping Crater (Demonomicon of Iggwilv) RT: Zuggtmoy's Palace (Demonomicon of Iggwilv) Si: The drain, what Fluffy goes down (Castle Greyhawk) LAYER 300: FENG-TU (Tou Mu and Lu Yueh's realm, 1st edition Manual of the Planes, 1st edition Deities & Demigods - number not official) RT: Feng-Tu, City of Disease and Madness Si: Keui-Men-Kuan, Gate of the Demons Si: How Nai-ho (river) LAYER 313: UNNAMED Si: Illssender's Tower (Hellbound) LAYER 348: UNNAMED (Formerly Thralhavoc's realm) Si: Taelec Mirrimbar, the Fortress of Indifference (Tapheon's stronghold; Hellbound) Si: The Whispering Gates (Hellbound) LAYER/REALM 377: PLAINS OF GALLENSHU (Armanite realm - Planes of Chaos) * RT: Blackmane (one of twenty-four stable-towns in the layer) * RT: Oxblood (also a stable-town) * RT: Amber * RT: Basalt * RT: Boneshard * RT: Clay * RT: Cold Iron * RT: Dark Spring * RT: Grey Glass * RT: Jade * RT: Mageblood * RT: Maroon * RT: Obsidian * RT: Ochre * RT: Purpure * RT: Silver Spike * RT: Steelshank Si: Ruins of varrangoin civilization LAYER 400: WOEFUL ESCARAND (nalfeshnee realm) Si: The Mountain of Woe (PSMC1) Si: The Pits of Depair ( PSMC1) LAYER 403: THE RAINLESS WASTE IT: Mal Arundak, the City of Confusion (Fallen archon realm; FoE) LAYER 489: NOISOME VALE (Tarnhem's realm; deserted; Dungeon Builder's Guidebook) Si: Tarnhem's Manor (Note: Tarnhem is currently allied with his son, the demilich Acererak) Si: The River of Worms LAYER 499: CARRORISTO (Hellbound) Si: The Iron Fortress of Carroristo (Hellbound) LAYER 503: TORREMOR (LAYER OF FLIES) (Pazrael's realm) Si: Onstrakker's Nest (Planes of Chaos) Si: Lord's Rook (Demonomicon of Iggwilv: Pazuzu) LAYER 600: ENDLESS MAZE (Baphomet's Realm) Si: Tower of Pale Night (See also Throne of Bloodstone) LAYER 566: SOULFREEZE Si: Gateway to Paraelemental Ice (The Inner Planes Sourcebook) WANDERING LAYER: DEMONWING (Demogorgon's former realm; uncatalogued; A Paladin in Hell) [/QUOTE]
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