The Planar Sphere

The Planar Sphere is a massive and wondrous piece of arcane engineering that was created centuries ago by the wizard Lavok and, for whatever reason, it has recently re-appeared in Faerûn, manifesting in the Slums District of Athkatla. The Cowled Wizards have been unable to breach its exterior, but divination has revealed that the blood of a descendant of Lavok would open the sphere and allow access.
The Planar Sphere is a magic-crafted fortress, possibly a self-contained Demiplane, which is also capable of planeshifting at will to other places throughout the multiverse. It is even capable of travelling to other worlds scattered across the Prime Material Plane, even those that are normally "sealed" against incursions, like Athas and Krynn. This can be proven by the presence of the trio of Solamnic Knights and the small village of cannibalistic Athasian Halflings whom Gorion's Ward encounters inside. It derives this power from an arcane engine that apparently consumes the hearts of Outsiders as fuel. It is unknown if it requires Tanar'ri's hearts specifically or if other Outsiders, such as Baatezu, Eladrin and Aasimon, can also serve as fuel.
== Areas within the sphere ==
There are seven distinct areas that can be accessed within the Planar Shere.
== Related quests ==
* The Hunt for Valygar Corthala
* Inside the Planar Sphere
* Mage Stronghold - Stronghold quest for mages, multi-class mages and sorcerers
== As a stronghold ==
Once the Planar Sphere has returned to Athkatla, the Cowled Wizards are willing to grant ownership of it to Gorion's Ward if the Ward is a Mage, or Sorcerer — provided that the Ward currently has no other stronghold and is willing to prove responsible (read: "toe the line") in utilizing the sphere. This begins the Mage Stronghold quest.
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