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Though the [[Abyss]] is commonly believed to have 666 layers, most sages believe the true number to be infinite.  Presently, 679 have been recorded by the [[Fraternity of Order]], with 141 known to be habitable by planars<ref>{{cite |title=Planes of Chaos: The Book of Chaos |pagenum=pg. 20}}</ref>.  Here is a list of all recorded layers of the Abyss alongside their layer number and the demon prince, deity, or other entity that rules each layer.
Though the [[Abyss]] is commonly believed to have 666 layers, many sages believe the true number to be infinite; of course, as there is no rhyme and reason to their interconnections, keeping track of these layers and determining a solid count at first seems as though it may be impossibleFighting this belief is a millennium-old project founded by Factol [[Clarille]] herself, founder of the [[Fraternity of Order]], within months of the formation of her faction.  To keep track of the various layers, she instituted a project that would enumerate and describe every layer of the Abyss as it was reported to them, a project that would result in a single definitive listing.  This listing, known today as the '''Abyssal Compendium''', has now become the standard reference for Abyssal layers, the central source for both name and number (number assigned according to when the faction first received a definitive and accurate description of each layer).
 
Presently, 679 distinct layers have been recorded, with 141 known to be both survivable and habitable in the long term by planars<ref>{{cite|Planes of Chaos: The Book of Chaos|pg. 20}}</ref>.  Here then is a portion of the Abyssal Compendium as of now, a list of all recorded layers of the Abyss alongside their layer number and the demon prince, deity, or other entity that rules each layer.


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Revision as of 23:43, 14 August 2013

Though the Abyss is commonly believed to have 666 layers, many sages believe the true number to be infinite; of course, as there is no rhyme and reason to their interconnections, keeping track of these layers and determining a solid count at first seems as though it may be impossible. Fighting this belief is a millennium-old project founded by Factol Clarille herself, founder of the Fraternity of Order, within months of the formation of her faction. To keep track of the various layers, she instituted a project that would enumerate and describe every layer of the Abyss as it was reported to them, a project that would result in a single definitive listing. This listing, known today as the Abyssal Compendium, has now become the standard reference for Abyssal layers, the central source for both name and number (number assigned according to when the faction first received a definitive and accurate description of each layer).

Presently, 679 distinct layers have been recorded, with 141 known to be both survivable and habitable in the long term by planars[1]. Here then is a portion of the Abyssal Compendium as of now, a list of all recorded layers of the Abyss alongside their layer number and the demon prince, deity, or other entity that rules each layer.

Layer Number[2] Layer Name Lord Year recorded/discovered
1 Plain of Infinite Portals None
2 Driller's Hives Tharzax
3 Forgotten Land Zzyczesiya
4 Grand Abyss
5 Wormblood
6 Realm of a Million Eyes Great Mother
7 Phantom Plane Sess'innek
8 Skin-shedder Volisupula
9 Burningwater
10 That Hellhole
11 Molrat
12 Twelvetrees
13 Blood Tor Beshaba and Umberlee
14 Steaming Fen Queen of Chaos
17 Death's Reward Abraxas
21 Sixth Pyre Kardum
23 Ice Wastes Kostchtchie
27 Malignebula Lissa'aere
32 Fields of Consumption Turaglas
45 Azzagrat Graz'zt
46 Azzagrat Graz'zt
47 Azzagrat Graz'zt
49 Shaddonon Rhyxali
52 Vorganund
57 Torturous Truth Alvarez
66 Demonweb Pits Lolth
67 Heaving Hills
68 Swallowed Void
69 Crushing Plain
70 Ice Floe
71 Spirac
72 Darklight Nocticula
73 Wells of Darkness
74 Smaragd Merrshaulk, Ramenos, and Sseth
77 Gates of Heaven
79 Emessu Tunnels
88 Gaping Maw Demogorgon
89 Shadowsea Dagon
90 Guttering Cove Ilsidahur
92 Ulgurshek
99 Unnamed Contested
111 Mind of Evil Sch’theraqpasstt
113 Thanatos Kiaransalee
128 Slugbed Lupercio
137 Outcasts' End Azazel
142 Lifebane Chemosh
148 Torrent
176 Hollow's Heart Fraz-Urb'luu
177 Writhing Realm Ugudenk
181 Rotting Plain Laogzed
193 Vulgarea Eshebala
222 Slime Pits Juiblex and Zuggtmoy
223 Offalmound Moander (dead)
230 Dreaming Gulf
241 Palpitatia Grankhul and Skiggaret
245 Scalding Sea
248 Hidden Layer Eltab (imprisoned on the Prime)
274 Durao
297 Sighing Cliffs Lynkhab
300 Feng-Tu Tou Mu and Lu Yueh
303 Sulfanorum
313 Gorrison's Grasp
333 Broken Scale Hiddukel
340 Black Blizzard
348 Fortress of Indifference Tapheon
357 Arc of Eternity Eldanoth
377 Plains of Gallenshu Amanite
399 Worm Realm Urdlen
400 Woeful Escarand
403 Rainless Waste
421 White Kingdom Doresain
422 Yeenoghu's Realm Yeenoghu
423 Galun-Khur
452 Ahriman-abad Ahrimanes
471 Androlynne Pale Night
487 Lair of the Beast Kanchelsis
489 Noisome Vale Tarnhem
499 Carroristo
503 Torremor Pazuzu
507 Occipitus
518 Melanothep
524 Shatterstone Vaprak
528 Unnamed Formerly Juiblex
531 Vudra Shaktari
558 Fleshforges Dwiergus
566 Soulfreeze Aseroth
570 Shendilavri Malcanthet
586 Prison of the Mad God Diinkarazan
591 Goranthis Socothbenoth
600 Endless Maze Baphomet and Pale Night
601 Conflagratum Alzrius
628 Vallashan
643 Caverns of the Skull Goddess Kali
651 Nethuria Vucarik
652 Rift of Corrosion
663 Zionyn Obox-ob

Notes and References

  1. Planes of Chaos: The Book of Chaos, pg. 20
  2. Determined by order of discovery or recording by the Fraternity of Order