Avalas

Avalas, also known as The Battleplains, is the first layer of the Outer Plane of Acheron.

Geography

Of all known layers of Acheron, Avalas contains the largest number of cubes, which range in size from cities to continents. The layer is also the most densely inhabited of the plane. Collisions between cubes are constant, happening as frequently as once a week and sending resounding vibrations throughout the layer. The collisions also slowly erode the cubes, destroying structures on the surface, carving canyons, and collapsing tunnels. Due to the very orderly nature of the plane, the cracks on the cubes' faces are always perpendicular, so large cubes always break down into smaller cubes. For that reason, smaller cubes are typically the oldest, while larger ones are younger. The layer is continuously replenished with new, featureless cubes that are generally avoided by other cubes' inhabitants due to their lack of food sources and places to hide in the event of a collision. The Styx crisscrosses the layer, emerging from a crater on one cube, running for miles, draining down into another crater, and reappearing on a different cube entirely. Sometimes, it changes course and drowned whole cities, taking with it memories and lives. In other places, the river flows through one cube's face only to plummet into another in massive―and deadly―waterfalls.

Notable Locations

The Black Bastion - realm and fortress of Bane, god of war and conquest. Nishrek - realm of Gruumsh, orcish god of war and tyranny.

Alternative Name(s)

The Battleplains

Type

Planar Sphere/Grouping

Location under

Acheron