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## Basic information

### Natives

Demodands, Achaierai, Nightmares, Shadow demons, Mephits, Vargouille

## Planar Traits

* Great Wheel
* World Axis
* World Tree

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### Shape and size

Six layers, each a string of planetoids floating in air

### Layers

Orthrys
Cathrys
Minethys
Colothys
Porphatys
Agathys

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## Description

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The smallest, coldest planetoids occupied the sixth layer and were so far apart that neighboring orbs could not be seen at all. Every surface was covered in dark ice that showed streaks of red and the air was so cold it made breathing difficult. If any layer existed beyond Agathys, the barriers would have been buried under miles/kilometers of ice.

## Inhabitants

The dominant race that inhabited Tarterus were the winged demodands. Shators were the ruling nobility, typically controlling major portions of an orb. All but the most powerful daemons and demons would avoid them. Also found on this plane were nightmares, achaierai, and shadow demons, with reports of mephits, hordlings, and vargouille.

The Companions of the Hall entered Tarterus by means of the Taros Hoop.

## Realms

* Grolantor, god of the hill giants, made his home among the peaks and chasms of Colothys before moving to the World Tree cosmology plane of Jotunheim in a realm called *The Steading*.
* Karontor, god of fomorians and verbeeg, resided here in his realm, the Rack of Injustice, on Minethys.
* Kiputytto, Goddess of Sickness and Mother of the Plague, was a goddess of similar portfolio as Talona and was either an aspect of Talona or was defeated by her in a battle over religious territory.
* Malar the Beastlord had a realm in Tarterus before he moved to the World Tree cosmology plane of Fury's Heart called the *Land of the Hunt*.
* Null, draconic god of death, had a realm named the Mausoleum of Pain in his aspect of the Faluzure in Minethys, with some link to the Negative Energy plane, the Plane of Shadow and the Mausolem of Chronepsis in the Outlands.
* Parrafaire's realm *Trickster's Delight* resided in Minethys.
* Talona, Lady of Poison and Mistress of Disease, resided on this plane before moving to the World Tree cosmology plane of the Barrens of Doom and Despair in a realm called the *Palace of Poison Tears*.
* Vhaeraun's realm, *Ellaniath* was located in Colothys before he moved to the Demonweb Pits.

## Appendix

### References

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1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Jeff Grubb (July 1987). *Manual of the Planes 1st edition*. (TSR), p. 104. ISBN 0880383992.
2. ↑ Jeff Grubb (April 1987). “Plane Speaking: Tuning in to the Outer Planes”. In Roger E. Moore ed. *Dragon* #120 (TSR, Inc.), pp. {{#regex:42–43|%(,)(\S)%|$1 $2}}.
3. ↑ Jeff Grubb (July 1987). *Manual of the Planes 1st edition*. (TSR), p. 62. ISBN 0880383992.
4. ↑ Jeff Grubb, Bruce R. Cordell, David Noonan (September 2001). *Manual of the Planes 3rd edition*. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 49. ISBN 0-7869-1850-8.
5. ↑ Richard Baker, John Rogers, Robert J. Schwalb, James Wyatt (December 2008). *Manual of the Planes 4th edition*. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 16. ISBN 978-0-7869-5002-7.
6. ↑ Mike Mearls, Jeremy Crawford, Christopher Perkins, James Wyatt (2014). *Dungeon Master's Guide 5th edition*. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 47. ISBN 978-0786965622.
7. ↑ Christopher Perkins (March 2003). “Life's Bazaar”. In Chris Thomasson ed. *Dungeon* #97 (Paizo Publishing), p. 47.
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Jeff Grubb (July 1987). *Manual of the Planes 1st edition*. (TSR), p. 73. ISBN 0880383992.
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10. ↑ Jeff Grubb (July 1987). *Manual of the Planes 1st edition*. (TSR), pp. {{#regex:78–82|%(,)(\S)%|$1 $2}}. ISBN 0880383992.
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12. ↑ R.A. Salvatore (November 2005). *The Halfling's Gem*. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. {{#regex:273,278,279|%(,)(\S)%|$1 $2}}. ISBN 0-7869-3825-0.
13. ↑ Jeff Grubb, Bruce R. Cordell, David Noonan (September 2001). *Manual of the Planes 3rd edition*. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. {{#regex:104–108|%(,)(\S)%|$1 $2}}. ISBN 0-7869-1850-8.
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### Connections

The Tarterian Depths of **Carceri**
Layers and their Realms

Cosmologies of the Realms

The Great Wheel

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Prime Material plane • Feywild • Shadowfell • Fugue Plane
**Transitive Planes:** Astral Plane • Ethereal plane
**Inner Planes:** Elemental Plane of Air • Elemental Plane of Water • Elemental Plane of Earth • Elemental Plane of Fire • Elemental Chaos
**Para-Elemental Planes:** Frostfell • Swamp of Oblivion • Fountains of Creation • Great Conflagration
**Quasi-Elemental Planes:** Lightning • Radiance • Minerals • Steam • Vacuum • Ash • Dust • Salt
**Outlands:** Sigil
**Outer Planes:** Arcadia • Mount Celestia • Bytopia • Elysium • Beastlands • Arborea • Ysgard • Limbo •
Pandemonium • Abyss (Layers) • **Carceri** • Hades • Gehenna • Nine Hells • Acheron • Mechanus
**Energy planes:** Positive Energy plane • Negative Energy plane
**Planar Pathways:** Infinite Staircase • Oceanus • Mount Olympus • Styx • Yggdrasil
**Far Realm**

The World Tree
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Prime Material plane • Cynosure • Fugue Plane
**Transitive Planes:** Astral Plane • Ethereal plane • Plane of Shadow • Spirit World
**Celestial Outer Planes:** Arvandor • Brightwater • Dwarfhome • Dweomerheart • Gates of the Moon • Golden Hills • Green Fields • House of Knowledge • House of the Triad
**Fiendish Outer Planes:** Abyss (Layers) • Barrens of Doom and Despair • Blood Rift • Clangor • Deep Caverns • Demonweb Pits • Fated Depths • Fury's Heart • Hammergrim • Nine Hells • Nishrek • Supreme Throne
**Neutral Outer Planes:** Dragon Eyrie • Heliopolis • House of Nature • Jotunheim • Warrior's Rest
**Inner Planes:** Elemental Plane of Air • Elemental Plane of Earth • Elemental Plane of Fire • Elemental Plane of Water • Positive Energy plane • Negative Energy plane
**Planar Pathways:** Infinite Staircase • River of Blood • World Tree
**Far Realm**

The World Axis
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Prime Material plane
**Fundamental planes:** Astral Sea • Elemental Chaos
**Astral dominions:** Arvandor • Banehold • Celestia • Cynosure • Deep Wilds • Demonweb Pits • Dismal Caverns • Dwarfhome • Eternal Sun • Fugue Plane • Gates of the Moon • Green Fields • House of Knowledge • Nine Hells • Nishrek • Supreme Throne • Towers of Night • Tu'narath • Warrior's Rest
**Elemental realms:** Abyss (Layers) • City of Brass • Cresting Spires • Fimbulwinter • Hidden Realm • Muspelheim • Root Hold • Sky Home • Steading • Thraotor • Undying Pyre • Zerthadlun
**Parallel planes:** Feywild • Shadowfell
**Anomalous planes:** Far Realm