Death Heart, formerly known as the Heart of the Void, was a city located within one of the major doldrums of the Negative Energy plane.[1][2] Considered a nexus of evil and undeath, it was largely unexplored by outsiders, with even the Doomguard and Dustmen fearing it.[2] It was also considered to be one of the most stable locations within that plane.[3]
Description[]
This city had many tall spired structures, plazas,[1][3] squares, streets, and fountains.[2] It stood within a metal sphere that was 1 mile (1,600 meters) in diameter, protecting the city from the baneful negative energy of the plane it floated in.[1][2]
History[]
Death heart originated from a long dead,[1] alternate Prime Material plane[1][2] as an experimental utopian community free of other schools of thought. At some point it drifted into the Negative Energy plane,[1] though some believe that it was an attempt to establish a colony within that plane.[2] When it entered the Negative Energy plane the city was overrun by undead, who proceeded to feast upon the flesh and souls of its inhabitants.[1]
Over time various evil factions developed among the city's undead and they engaged in a near endless war with one other.[1][3]
At some point it became connected to Faerûn by means of a portal placed within a tunnel complex in the mountains of Thay by the necromancer Zzarka Tuzarr. She would occasionally participate in the warfare among the factions for the sole purpose of amusement.[3]
Inhabitants[]
Death Heart was entirely inhabited by a wide variety of undead creatures.[1][2] Most notably, several liches and powerful vampires claimed this place as their home.[1]
Rumors & Legends[]
Some rumors claimed that this city was home to many of the most foul creatures of the multiverse.[2]
Rumors propagated by the mercane claimed that a vampiric minotaur brokered a peace among the various factions in Death Heart, encouraging further research into the nature of both the city and the Negative Energy plane.[1]
The mercane who propagated these rumors speculated that the vampiric minotaur sought to one day steer the city into another plane and wreak havoc with the city's undead.[1]
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References[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 Jeff Grubb, Bruce R. Cordell, David Noonan (September 2001). Manual of the Planes 3rd edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 82. ISBN 0-7869-1850-8.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Monte Cook and William W. Connors (December 7, 1998). The Inner Planes. Edited by Michele Carter and Ray Vallese. (TSR, Inc.), p. 67. ISBN 0-7869-0736-3.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Ramon Arjona (2002-10-16). “Strongholds of Undeath Portals: The Portal of Negative Energy”. Perilous Gateways. Wizards of the Coast. Retrieved on 2021-02-22.