Thebestys

A map depicting the realm's location in the Outlands, near the center of the River Ma'at

## Planar Traits

* Great Wheel
* World Tree

## Realm in the Outlands

### Location

The Outlands[[Category:Locations in {{#regex:the Outlands|%^(\w+blank:)+%}}Outlands]]

## Realm in Heliopolis

### Morphic trait

Alterable morphic
Divinely morphic

### Location

Heliopolis[[Category:Locations in {{#regex:Heliopolis|%^(\w+blank:)+%}}Heliopolis]]

**Thebestys**, also known as **Thoth's Estate**, was the divine realm of the Pharaonic and Mulhorandi deity of knowledge, Thoth.

## Cosmography

Under the Great Wheel cosmology, this divine realm was located within the Outlands and had the River Ma'at pass through it. But in the World Tree cosmology, it was said to be part of Heliopolis and had the River Isis pass through it, the former of which was a plane shared by all members of the Mulhorandi pantheon.

## Geography

Thoth's Estate had a wide variety of terrain throughout it, though the World Tree's conception of it was said to be marshy. In the areas where the River Ma'at passed through, it had deserts and swamps vying for dominance of the riverbank.

## Notable Locations

* The Great Wheel cosmology described this realm as having a number of villages and towns that dotted the banks of the River Ma'at, which were inhabited largely by the petitioners of Thoth. These were mere extensions of a nearby city, referred to as Thebestys, one of the largest towns in the Outlands that wasn't also a gate-town. One could find both libraries and schools here, an expression of Thoth's role as a deity of knowledge.
* In the World Tree cosmology, there was likewise a city named Thebestys and several smaller villages.
* The **Great Library**, the hallowed halls where Thoth stored his accumulated knowledge, stood at the center of Thebestys. It was rumored that almost any answer one could want to search for was housed within the library, its vast collection rivaled only by the House of Knowledge. Thoth would gladly allow scholars to research within it, welcoming all who sought knowledge, but one would have to search through its immense collection of scrolls.

## Inhabitants

The petitioners that lived in this realm carried out mundane lives. In addition to the petitioners, one could find crocodiles and crocodile-like creatures in the River Ma'at.

## Appendix

### References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Jeff Grubb (May 1995). *A Player's Primer to the Outlands*. Edited by Ray Vallese. (TSR, Inc.), p. 31. ISBN 0-7869-0121-7.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 David "Zeb" Cook (1994). *Planescape Campaign Setting, Sigil and Beyond*. Edited by David Wise. (TSR, Inc), p. 18. ISBN 978-1560768340.
3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 Colin McComb (October 1996). *On Hallowed Ground*. Edited by Ray Vallese. (TSR, Inc.), p. 91. ISBN 0-7869-0430-5.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Eric L. Boyd (September 1997). *Powers & Pantheons*. Edited by Julia Martin. (TSR, Inc.), p. 129. ISBN 978-0786906574.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Jeff Grubb (July 1987). *Manual of the Planes 1st edition*. (TSR), p. 116. ISBN 0880383992.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 Richard Baker, James Wyatt (March 2004). *Player's Guide to Faerûn*. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 157. ISBN 0-7869-3134-5.
7. ↑ Jeff Grubb (July 1987). *Manual of the Planes 1st edition*. (TSR), p. 115. ISBN 0880383992.

### Connections

The Concordant Domain of the Outlands
**Realms**
Caverns of Thought • Court of Light • Dwarvish Mountain (Deepshaft Hall • Soot Hall • Strongale Hall) • Flowering Hill • Gzemnid's Realm • Hidden Realm • Labyrinth of Life • Marketplace Eternal • Mausoleum of Chronepsis • Palace of Judgement • Semuanya's Bog • Sigil • Sleeping Lands • Tir na Og (Deep Forest • the Great Smithy • House of Knowledge • the Pinnacle • Tir fo Thuinn) • Thoth's Estate • Wonderhome
**Gate-towns**
Automata • Bedlam • Curst • Ecstasy • Excelsior • Faunel • Fortitude • Glorium • Hopeless • Plague-Mort • Ribcage • Rigus • Sylvania • Torch • Tradegate • Xaos