Pocket Plane ( Baldur ' s Gate ) The Pocket Plane in the game " " and its expansion " " is a plane within a plane unconsciously created through the power of their Bhaalspawn blood by the player character to shield themselves within Bhaal ' s realm . Nature . The Pocket Plane first appears at the end of " Shadows of Amn " when the player character is dragged into " hell " together with Irenicus who has stolen most of their divine soul . In order to find their soul , the player character must get to know it better , and to that end the Pocket Plane forms to contain a number of tests for self - discovery . The same theme continues in " Throne of Bhaal " , when more tests appear in a newly - designed Pocket Plane that are part of the protagonist ' s road to knowing their divine essence in preparation for when they will gain the overwhelming majority of Bhaal ' s essence at their disposal at the end , if they succeed . The Pocket Plane is stated to be in the Nine Hells or the Abyss , though on the other hand it ' s also supposed to be in Bhaal ' s realm , which is officially in neither . Though there are two versions of it , both have a central chamber with a large gate and a number of smaller passages leading to rooms for testing . They also have the same general appearance , with twisted statues around the floor and on walls , and with everything being generally monstrous and large . In the first version , the " sky " ( which also seems to go on underneath the plane ' s structures ) is solid red ; in the second , it ' s swirling with green , formless shapes . In " Throne of Bhaal " , the player character becomes able to move to the Pocket Plane at will . It ceases to exist when the player character is ready to face Amelyssan and chooses to dissolve it , ending up at the Mana Forge instead . Tests . " Shadows of Amn " . These are the tests the protagonist goes through to discover their soul and Irenicus , gathering the Tears of Bhaal . Choosing the " evil " solution will immediately make the character evil . In each case , there are different but roughly equal rewards for choosing either option , in the form of powers gained by the character . All of these tests are run by a demon named after the test ' s object , except for Anger . " Throne of Bhaal " . These tests each come after the Solar has spoken to the player character and revealed something about their past , present , future or destiny . They are more like simply challenges in that whether the protagonist comes out as a hero or villain at the very end is determined not by them but by the answers they give to the Solar in reaction to the revelations . Inversely , some tests have details that vary according to whether the game already perceives the character as evil or having previously failed , or the opposite . Novels . In the , the final " hell " sequence in the Pocket Plane is replaced with with Abdel Adrian sinking into an ill - defined non - dimensional space , where he has the sensation of reigning in hell for a moment , and then steps on Irenicus ( possibly metaphorically ) and tries to rise again , only to pop out of the ground when his friends dig and call his name enough , which also causes the Tree of Life to stop burning somehow . The Pocket Plane appears in the .