Hollow's Heart

Hollow's Heart was the 176 layer of the Abyss. It was ruled by the demon prince Fraz-Urb'luu.

Description
Hollow's Heart was a continent-sized landmass surrounded by fine white powder, all under a starless black sky. Despite this, the ground was lit as brightly as if by a noon sun.

Notable Locations



 * Blood Dunes : A vast desert of sticky, blood-red organic particles that never dipped below temperatures of severe heat, and often rose to temperatures of extreme heat. "Ruins" covered in "sand" lay deep within its expanse, and were crawling with powerful mummies and liches.


 * The Demon's Teeth : One of the first regions made by Fraz-Urb'luu after he returned from his imprisonment, the Demon's Teeth was an immense mountain range full of rock faces and ledges sharp enough to lacerate and cripple unwary climbers. Four deep lakes full of bile lay within the range, held by the few enemies of the demon prince that he could not drive away.


 * The Drooling Jungle : A massive jungle of fleshy trees that drooled caustic bile and poisonous ichor from gaping mouths, with strangely pliant trunks and swollen greenery. The ground was a warm, rubbery sheet of flesh covered with thick black hairs that doubled as undergrowth. It was primarily inhabited by basilisks, hydras, and many, many barlguras, as well as a gigantic nalfeshnee known as the Gardener that protected the jungle.


 * The Hollow Sea :
 * Karantis :
 * The Scarwood :
 * Zoragmelok :

Inhabitants
Hollow's Heart was primarily inhabited by various tanar'ri demons that served Fraz-Urb'luu. A number of chaotic evil rakshasas known as the Hollow Rajahs served as Fraz-Urb'luu's vassals, commanded various settlements and citadels throughout the layer.

Additionally, large numbers of orcs, ogres, and goblins lived in towns along the coasts of the Hollow Sea, and approximately 6,300 half-elves, dwarves, halflings, half-orcs, and gnomes lived in Karantis.

History
Fraz-Urb'luu was one of the first tanar'ri demon lords to dominate a layer of the Abyss, rising to power in the last days of the obyrith dominion. With the aid of his staff of power, he could raise mountain ranges or drain entire oceans on the layer with but a thought. However, his arrogance and habit of humiliating his fellow demon princes eventually led to his downfall, when his erstwhile foes helped a mortal wizard imprison him on the Material Plane for more than 200 years.

During the time of Fraz-Urb'luu's imprisonment, demons fought over his layer, destabilizing it. A few managed to carve out islands of their own, but the majority of the layer was ruined.

When Fraz-Urb'luu finally regained his freedom and returned, he found his beloved layer to be little more than endless white powder under an equally empty sky. After driving out the majority of the squatters that had made islands in his absence, he began rebuilding the layer, although without the staff of power it was slow going.