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{{Otheruses4|the realm of the [[Spirit World]]|realm of Hades and the [[Furies]]|Underworld (Olympian)}}
The '''Underworld''' was a realm in the [[Spirit World]], a land of unworthy dead and evil spirits punished by the [[Celestial Bureaucracy]] of [[Kara-Tur]].<ref name="KTI-p24">{{Cite book/Kara-Tur: The Eastern Realms/Volume I|24, 25, 26}}</ref><ref name="PGTF">{{Cite book/Player's Guide to Faerûn|165}}</ref><ref group="note">It is not unclear where the Underworld is, but this article assumes it lies in the Spirit World like the [[Celestial Heavens]].</ref>

==Description==
The Underworld was a realm of hells, filled with dark caverns that echoed with the anguished wails of the spirits bound there, out of sight of mortal eyes.<ref name="KTI-p24"/>

==Inhabitants==
The Underworld was the hellish prison of the spirits of the dead who had been found unworthy by [[Fa Kuan]], god of justice, and his [[Lords of Karma]].<ref name="KTI-p24"/><ref name="RC-p69">{{Cite book/Ronin Challenge|69}}</ref> Condemned to an eternity of torment for living evil or worthless lives, they were imprisoned in the Underworld during the day, yet they were able to wander the [[material plane|material world]] at night, as [[bajang]], [[bisan]], [[gaki]], and worse. They haunted graveyards, places of evil or death, or where they'd died or were buried.<ref name="KTI-p24"/>

It was also the fate of rogue officials of the Celestial Bureaucracy, those whom the [[Celestial Emperor]] had found to be incapable, corrupt, or ill-behaved. They were formally devested of their position and powers and sent in disgrace to the Underworld.<ref name="KTI-p24"/>

The gates of the Underworld were guarded against intruders by the [[Spirit Warriors]].<ref name="KTI-p24"/>

==Legends==
The [[Shou]] believed the Underworld to lay in the west, and so thought it unlucky to build a house facing this way.<ref name="KTI-p37">{{Cite book/Kara-Tur: The Eastern Realms/Volume I|73}}</ref>

In [[Kozakura]], the volcano of [[Gensuyama]] on [[Shinkoku]] was said by local hermits to contain an entrance to the Underworld. Its wicked denizens sometimes escaped and lurked around the mountain, including [[con-tinh]], [[kuei]], and [[p'oh]].<ref name="KTI-p136">{{Cite book/Kara-Tur: The Eastern Realms/Volume I|136}}</ref>

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