Plane of Fire
Pillar of Flames
It is a world that hates, one born in fire that only knows destruction. But rather than let it consume us, we molded that flame into something greater. We forged cities that stood against the sands of time, we conquered that hatred and turned it into hope. That this world may break before its people will.
The pillar plane of fire is one of the Cosmic Hourglass's many realms. It is an inhospitable world whose landscape churns out toxic fumes and temperatures melt through anything. Home to seas of lava and volcanoes miles high, with a blazing sun covering its sky.
Despite all this, life strives here in extreme climates, through cities built on spires or beings adapted to the hostile world below. For its inhabitants will not surrender to the heat.
Land of Fire and Brimstone
The Plane of Fire’s landscape is a sea of lava and shifting stone, clashing together landmasses amongst the molten rock. Volcanoes lead to a lot of tectonic activity, shifting the landscape all the time. Exploration is ill-adviced for anyone who wants to do so by land.
High temperatures and toxic fumes make the plane’s atmosphere deadly. If the hot air does not burn someone’s lungs, volcanic ash and airborne materials may damage them instead.
Anything flammable also starts burning the instant it sets foot upon these lands, with metals melting soon after. Only those with a resistance to the heat stand a chance of walking on the realm’s surface with anyone else reduced to ashes at a moment’s notice.
A Blazing Star
Above the clouds rests a red giant, eclipsing the horizons with its mass. Nobody knows how large the star is, believing it to span the entirety of the realm.
While its temperatures do not reach the same levels as below, solar radiation makes the upper layers still as dangerous. Long-term exposure can lead to skin burns and cancer if the heatstroke does not take one out first. To not mention the occasional solar flare that emerges.
The upper layers may be more inhabitable, but it still remains dangerous for outsiders.
Flora, Fauna & Flames
Adapted to Endure
High temperatures make the realm scarce with life, as few species survive long in this climate. Those that do, however, adapted to some of the most extreme climates known to the cosmos to do so, making it one of the toughest ecosystems known to men.
Lava deposits provide fertile soil for plants to grow, allowing more extreme flora to blossom. Vegetation with leather-like leaves resistant to fire, rooted into the brittle rock. They might not have the same green as the material plane, but they find other ways to gather energy to grow.
Wildlife had to evolve in a similar manner, as several have plating or scales to keep out heat. Herbivores developed stomachs able to eat almost anything, while predators can tear through their harness with ease. All making for a very aggressive ecosystem.
A few unique species above the clouds feed of solar radiation instead, behaving more like plants than animals. In return, their bodies act akin to a living battery.
Survival Tips
- Bring fire-resistant equipment
- Stay airborne if possible
- Use a piercing weapon
I ***in' love your term for your multiverse. Reminds me that I still haven't named mine. Very solid take on the Plane of Fire! I love the inclusion of solar radiation as a threat. Better hope planar travellers have Radiation Ward prepared.
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Ay thanks that you like my multiverse term, felt like a cosmic wheel just didn't exactly fit the cosmology I was going for. Wanted to mostly avoid the idea of making it just "hellfire hellscape #50452" and do something a bit different to make it stand out. So the plane got split into an upper and lower region, with the lower being more classic hellscape and the upper part being more sun/radiation themed.