Lellio
Geography
Thio:
Thio was a bucolic land of old forests and huge meadows subject to mild seasonal changes and gentle weather. Portals to Seven Heavens and Yusli were found in caverns as brightly glowing patterns: concentric circles for the Seven Heavens, radiating lines for Yusli, and both patterns superimposed. Travelers from the Astral Sea would emerge from the color pools on this layer.
Soral:
Across the barrier, Soral had much the same landscape features but much harsher weather: summers were hot and winters were long and cold. Storms were more common here, with booming thunder and heavy rains. Life on the Soral side was more challenging and kept the inhabitants busy, but both sides were virtuously industrious.
Localized Phenomena
Plant spells are maximized
Fauna & Flora
Inhabitants
The animals in the Lellio were sentient with average intelligence or above, but did not have the ability to speak. Some trees were also intelligent, similar to treants from the Prime Material Plane. The usual menagerie of upper plane creatures were found here, including solars, planetars, hollyphants, devas, foo creatures, baku, and agathia.
Among other creatures native to both layers of Soral was inhabited by a race known as air sentinels, gentle and benevolent beings similar to djinn who guided visitors and traders to shelter against the perilous weather in the layer's abundant caves.
Soral was also home to the adamantine dragon Mercialla. She considered herself the guardian of all good things that existed in Soral , working together with the air sentinels.
History
Thio:
Geography
The landscape of Thio was orderly and domesticated. Farms prospered and grew, animals were confined to the properties of their owners, water-powered mills made high-quality flour and meal, mines yielded vast amounts of minerals, canals efficiently brought water everywhere, and roads were well traveled and well kept.
Thio's farmers, miners, smiths, and artisans spent their lives joyfully producing food, wooden and metal items, jewelery, and clothing from the raw materials widely available The workshops and towns were dedicated to nothing but the common good.
The weather on Thio was mild and with benign seasons. Occasionally a storm broke out from the opposite layer, Soral, but the climate was generally quiet throughout Thio.
Trade
Located near the central region of the layer, the city of Yeo was the main trading post, through which all products from across Thio were sold to travelers and caravans.
Defenses
Towns across the layer lacked any protective fences or walls.
Notable Locations
The Gaveyard
Soral:
Geography
Unlike the mild weather and clear skies of the first layer, Thio, the weather on Soral was harsh and unpredictable. Storms constantly ravaged the landscape, strong winds were almost constant and clear skies were very rare. The landscape was very mountainous, and the abundant creeks and rivers flowed fast throughout the layer.
Soral had an abundance of raw materials. As in Thio, Soral was a place of hard work and satisfaction from a job well done, but instead of taming the land, work on Soral focused on the extraction of natural resources. The wild landscape of the layer was peppered with mines, mills, and quarries. Due to the layer's harsh weather and rocky, irregular terrain, most dwellings and active work sites were underground.
Most of the raw materials used in construction and the industries of Thio came from Soral. In order to transport them there, traders braved the harsh weather of the layer to either reach a portal to Thio, which was usually controlled by guilds that charged high tariffs, or to transport them directly there using a floating contraption
Taking advantage of the unique configuration of Lellio, traders put their goods into protected baskets and sewed together large pieces of tarp into bags, which they filled with hot air. After attaching enough of these bags to the basket, it began to float until it reached the divide between the layers. By the time the load crossed the divide and started falling towards Thio, the cooling air had lost enough of its buoyancy for the cargo to descend gently onto Thio.
Notable Locations
Centerspire, an enormous mountain that physically connected Thio and Soral. It was a common land route between the layers.
Tourism
Color Pools: Amber
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Included Locations
Owner/Ruler
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