Oinos

Oinos, also called the Battle Plain was the first layer, also called first gloom, of Hades.

Description
Oinos's landscape consisted mostly of plains with the occasional hill. It was the primary battleground of the Blood War and it also was where the battle was the fiercest and also constant. Oinos's stunted trees and other plantlife was routinely destroyed by the fiendish armies trampling on it and the battle sound could be heard anywhere on Oinos.

Walking around on Oinos was dangerous for a person due to the risk of contracting a lethal disease called wasting sickness. It was believed that this sickness had to do with the many rotting corpses, which the aforementioned war produced.

The Styx ran only on this layer on Hades. The water ran generally slow. However, dangerous passages existed. Because it was the easiest place to embark or to land of the Styx, traffic was quite heavy. It was also the layer fiends who participated in the Blood War used to land. Ferry services by marraenoloths were commonly offered.

Another way to move between planes was to use portals, which were comparatively frequent on Oinos.

Notable Inhabitants

 * Abbathor:The dwarven god of greed lived in Glitterhell, one of the few places on Hades with color.
 * Cyric:The Mad God lived once on Oinos. He was still seen on Oinos after he moved to Pandemonium.
 * Kelemvor:The god of the dead of Toril tried to be a good god but it was always deemed a matter of time for him to fail.
 * Kuraulyek:The god of the urds hid among the hills of Oinos from Kurtulmak.
 * The Oinoloth:The Oinoloth was the lord of Khin-Oin. The layer was named after him.