Krigala

Description
Krigala was the first and topmost layer of the Beastlands. It was called Selera's Empire, because it was bathed in perpetual sunlight from the Beastlands' sun, Selera. Krigala was a heavily forested layer with trees of all sorts of varieties. The main way in which Krigala differed from the other two layers was its sky. It was perpetually noon in Krigala, with the bright sun directly overhead and never moving. The sun appeared to be at its highest point in the sky no matter how far one might travel. Time did pass, but the sun gave no indication of this; instead, time could be tracked by the fact that precipitation of some form fell exactly once per twenty-four hour period.
Despite the fact that it was always midday, the layer had a variety of climates, and these climates cover the layer with no apparent organization. Deserts and Savannahs were cooked by Selera's heat. Other areas were in the shade of massive and thick jungle canopy. Some regions were covered in fog; others even had snow. For the most part, however, it was just warm enough for all of the vast plant life. The temperature decreased as one climbed higher in altitude, as on the Material Plane.
The River Oceanus flowed through the center of Krigala in a relatively straight path, from Elysium and to Arborea. When the river did curve, bayous and oxbow lakes were formed. Some of the largest trees were able to bridge the river with their massive branches. Similarly, some of the largest herds and most powerful predators lived close to the waters. The current was strong, and the river was marked in places by white-water rapids.
It was possible to physically move from Krigala to Brux, the second plane. Such portals were invisible and seemingly random. The layers overlapped each other in a similar manner to how the Transitive Planes overlapped the Prime Material plane, so one could be walking beneath an archway formed by a large branch and suddenly find her- or himself in the twilight of Brux instead of the eternal day of Krigala without any other change in the immediate environment. Some such portals were found along narrow cliff trails, and these cliffs were sometimes considered the border between the two layers. The interlayer portals tended to be one way, so turning around to walk back under that same branch or up that same cliff path would not likely return the noonday sun. Fortunately, interlayer portals were very common, so it was not too difficult to find an alternate path back to Krigala.
Portals to Arborea, Elysium, and the Outlands were also present, usually appearing as openings in large, hollow trees. The same type of tree always led to the same plane. For example, silver-plated beech trees that were portals always led to Arborea, as did lightning-blasted oaks. Sequoias connected to Elysium. The portals shifted frequently, so what used to be a portal on one day might be nothing but a dead tree on another. Branches of Yggdrasil also touched this layer, hidden in deep forests atop high mountains. Here also, a gate to Ysgard was rumored to be guarded by a servant of Heimdall, while others guarded color pools around Yggdrasil's branches and Ratatosks protected the mystical tree itself.
To reach Krigala with the plane shift spell required a gold planar fork tuned to the note of F.

Natives
Celestials
Centaurs
Color Pools
Emerald
Tuning Fork
Gold; F
Shape and Size
Infinite
Gravity
Normal
Time
Normal
Morphic Trait
Alterable
Magic Trait(s)
Normal

Type

Dimensional plane