Nirvana (nir-VAH-nuh)

Nirvana is a plane of the Outer Sphere and home to the souls of good mortals. Its true natives are the contemplative agathions and wise angels who guide spirits to enlightenment and unity with the plane and with themselves.

Nirvana is a neutral middle ground between the chaos of Elysium and authority of Heaven, and its natives intervene in planar matters more frequently than these other goodly realms.

Mortal souls who arrive to Nirvana seek enlightenment, and the plane is open not only to the virtuous but also those seeking redemption and respite. Petitioners in Nirvana can shed their mortal memories and worries in their search for enlightenment.

Vudrani believe that the purest souls in their faiths rise to become Anucaras, or "followers", of their gods in Nirvana.

Geography

Nirvana is characterized by pastoral hills, breathtaking mountains, and lush woodlands. The plane meets travelers' every expectation of an idyllic, restful paradise, while behind the plane's natural beauty lies mystery and true enlightenment.

Fauna & Flora

Agathions, the most prominent natives of Nirvana, are compassionate beast-aspected races who guard the plane while also embodying its values.

• Avorals guard the monastic aeries of the Dragonmane Mountains, including the monasteries of Xia Hua, Borolen, and Etamu. They also represent and fight for the plane's deities. Korada leads the plane's avorals.
• Vulpinals are messengers who serve as storytellers and sages, and are led by Lady Taramyth.
• Lion-headed leonals, responsible for guarding the plane's gates and portals, are led by Kelumarion.
• Bishops are unsettling fishlike agathions who work as liaisons between celestial leaders on land and sea alike.
• Cervinals, who resemble elk-like taurians, represent agathions in matters that span all good-aligned planes.
• Cetaceals, guardians of oceans across the planes, craft homes in the depths of the Sea of No Shadows among its coral reefs.
• Draconals have extravagant and diverse domains, particularly the Evergreen Palace and Lignitic Labyrinth, and are most responsible for their exceedingly timely insight and their actions in accordance with the gods' wishes.
• Taking the forms of housecats, Silvanshee travel mortal planes seeking wondrous curiosities.

Races of angels extend Nirvana's influence to other planes, watch over the River of Souls, and lead assaults on Abyssal fiends. Unlike archons of Heaven, however, Nirvana's angels focus more on rescuing souls abducted or blocked from reaching their true planar destination, and less on attacking proteans in the neighbouring Maelstrom.

Nirvana is also home to a race of ancient, powerful, planar giants called Nirvana gigas, also known as "the Eternal Sleepers". These creatures exist in a hazy state of sleepwalking semi-awareness. As they wander across Nirvana they reflexively create fantastical illusionary worlds based on their endless dreams.

The Nirvana Dragon, a legend and mystery even among Nirvana's natives, presents his lair only to those who need to find him, and only when they can most benefit from meeting him. Its location shifts in location and among the memories of those who encounter it. Phoenixes and simurghs also reside on the plane in their own quests for peace and enlightenment.

Alternative Name(s)

The Great Wilderness
Sanctuary of Enlightenment

Type

Plane of Existence

Location under

Outer Sphere

Gravity 
Normal
Time 
Normal
Realm 
Immeasurable
Structure 
Lasting
Essence 
Mixed
Alignment 
Neutral good
Magic 
Enhanced and impeded
Denizens 
Agathions
Angels
Foo creatures
Moon dogs
Peris
Neutral good outsiders
Neutral good souls
Divinities 
Sarenrae, Shelyn; Daikitsu, Kurgess, Qi Zhong, empyreal lords
Description 
An infinite contemplative paradise of rolling hills and spring gardens