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Banehold

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The Barrens of Doom and Despair

Banehold

Type Astral dominion
Fiendish plane
Native(s) Bane, Beshaba, Hoar, Loviatar
Alignment Trait Strongly law-aligned and strongly evil-aligned
Physical Traits:
Gravity Normal
Time Normal
Shape & Size Immeasurable
Morphic Trait Divinely morphic
Faith Trait Banites
Elemental & Energy Traits None
Magic Trait Enhanced (divine magic)

Banehold, sometimes called the Barrens of Doom and Despair,[1] particularly in the past, is an evil-aligned plane of existence. It is one of a number of Outer Planes, one of inhospitable locales, including vast deserts of black sand and huge plains of dark granite. There is no water to be found anywhere on the plane, and no sunlight fills the blood-red sky.

Five deities make their homes here, including Bane (his home was previously referred to as Acheron), Beshaba, Hoar, Loviatar, and Talona.

[edit] Structure

The Barrens of Doom and Despair consist of a single infinite plane, there are no constituent layers. It links via the Astral Plane to the planes of the Prime Material (such as Toril) and a number of portals directly connect it with Hammergrim and the Blood Rift. Beshaba's realm, the Blood Tor, links directly to the Abyss.

[edit] References

  1. Richard Baker (August 12th, 2008). The one and only "Ask the Realms authors/designers thread" 4. Retrieved on January 8th, 2009.
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