The Seeping Woods, also called
Yeenoghu's Realm or the Death Dells, is the 422nd layer of
The Abyss. It is the realm of the demon prince
Yeenoghu.
Description
The Death Dells are a sweltering realm lit by a low-hanging red sun. The central region is the Dun Savannah, inhabited by feral gnolls and dominated by
Yeenoghu. It is bordered to the north by the Screaming Peaks, beyond which is Azael's Waste, the last remnant of the former ruler's realm and the one region that
Yeenoghu cannot shape to his will. The Seeping Woods proper forms the traditional western border to
Yeenoghu's wanderings, while the Curswallow sea to the west touches upon the Abyssian Ocean.
Notable Locations
Yeenoghu's fortress is a massive iron construction pulled around his realm by innumerable slaves. It makes stops at the three main encampments, Vujak-Sesko, Vujak-Riln, and Vujak-Kesk, as well as the Great Gate, a portal that can be manipulated to open to locations on Eldarr and which is used to resupply
Yeenoghu with slaves, and Bechard's Landing, a spit of rock on the shores of the Curswallow where the ancient obyrith had spent millenia dying a slow death.
Inhabitants
The Death Dells are primarily inhabited by countless gnolls and other creatures that serve
Yeenoghu, such as hyenodons, hyenas, and shoosuvas. It is also inhabited less willingly by countless mortal slaves that serve as laborers and food, some of whom are fortunate enough to escape.
History
In ancient times, the layer was ruled by the obyrith lord Bechard, who was eventually felled by demonic treachery, his connection to the layer severed. After him the demon lord Azael ruled the layer, which became a vast desert of shifting dunes and ruined cities under his reign. However, after the bestial god-killer Ma Yuan briefly visited the layer, only an oily stain was left of Azael.
Yeenoghu later rose to become the next ruler of the layer.
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