Post by calithena on Sept 22, 2008 6:22:13 GMT -6
We have the fifth circle of Hell for the legendary Inferno in issue #3, but we need maps. There will be some requests for particular locale maps coming down the pipe, but first we need a map of the fifth circle itself. Here are some descriptions. This is an 'art map', attractiveness is important. It will probably run as a thin band along the top or bottom of a page.
Familiarity with the old JG inferno and Dante's inferno would be a plus.
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Schematic:
10 Entrances from Fourth Circle
River/Swamp of Styx
Walls of Dis/City of Dis
City of Burning Tombs
Rocky strip/exit path from Fifth Circle to Sixth
Descriptive Notes:
There are ten entrances from the fourth circle to the fifth, all narrow wet crevasses disgorging onto red stone towers. Black obelisks dot the border of Styx every five miles.
The whirlpool Charybdis and the isle of Phlegyas should be depicted within the swamp/river Styx, though location does not matter so much as they move along.
These should be depicted on the map: The palace of Astraroth (Earl of Hell) is located on an island 25 miles (132,000 FT) clockwise of the west-east axis of the Circle, 2 miles (10,500 FT) into Styx; the palace of Ahriman (Earl of Hell) is located on an island about 75 miles (400,000 FT) counterclockwise of the west-east axis, 5 miles (26,000 FT) into Styx; the palace of Bebal (Earl of Hell) is located on an island 150 miles (800,000 FT) counterclockwise of the west-east axis, about 8 miles (42,000 FT) into Styx. These can just be marked as palaces with the ruler’s name, heavy details are not needed.
Fifth Circle, Styx and the City of Dis
The Fifth Circle is a circular band 20 miles (106,000 FT) across, having an outer circumference of 410 miles and inner circumference of 290 miles. The Circle is separated from the Fourth Circle (outward and above) by an 800 FT vertical cliff with access by way of 10 paths running through narrow crevices parallel to the cliff face, spaced about 40 miles (210,000 FT) apart around the outer circumference. It is separated from the Sixth Circle (inward and below) by a 425 FT vertical drop connected by twelve straight narrow gullies spaced about every 24 miles (125,000 FT) around the inner perimeter.
Characters exit the Fourth Circle into the Fifth Circle via narrow crevices filled with bone-chilling cold black water (each character must roll LTET Constitution, or reduce their effective Dexterity 1d4 points for 5d100 rounds due to numbing) which cascades onto a 200 FT wide strip of dark heavy packed earth before flowing into the Styx. The marsh Styx is about 11 miles (60,000 FT) across, with its water generally between 4 and 8 FT in depth. A 150 FT wide strip of hard red-orange clay lies between Styx and the Walls of Dis on the inward side, and beyond that the Walls the City of Burning Tombs stretches for 8½ miles (45,000 FT) to the inner border of the Circle.
From Styx to Dis
Phlegyas transports the characters to a wharf on the inner side of Styx identical in all respects to the wharf where they boarded his boat, located directly in front of the western Gate of Dis. Characters crossing Styx by their own power (e.g. not transported by Phlegyas) land on the inner bank as appropriate but may have to travel a long distance along the Wall to find the nearest Gate.
Sixth Circle: The River of Blood and the Dismal Wood
The Sixth Circle is a circular band 15 miles (80,000 FT) across with an outer circumference of 290 miles and an inner circumference of 200 miles, which includes both the River of Blood and the Dismal Wood (also known as the Poison Wood or Wood of Suicides). Characters enter the Sixth Circle by climbing down one of several narrow switchback paths in a steep rocky slope, whose total vertical drop from the Fifth Circle is 1500 feet. At the bottom of the slope is a hard-packed ring of dark orange-red clay 200 feet across, surrounding the outer bank of the River of Blood. Small dark red-green plants with hard sharp leaves and needles grow in isolated clumps along the ring of clay. Beyond the short clay plain is the River of Blood, a thousand-foot wide River filled with bubbling human blood
Familiarity with the old JG inferno and Dante's inferno would be a plus.
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Schematic:
10 Entrances from Fourth Circle
River/Swamp of Styx
Walls of Dis/City of Dis
City of Burning Tombs
Rocky strip/exit path from Fifth Circle to Sixth
Descriptive Notes:
There are ten entrances from the fourth circle to the fifth, all narrow wet crevasses disgorging onto red stone towers. Black obelisks dot the border of Styx every five miles.
The whirlpool Charybdis and the isle of Phlegyas should be depicted within the swamp/river Styx, though location does not matter so much as they move along.
These should be depicted on the map: The palace of Astraroth (Earl of Hell) is located on an island 25 miles (132,000 FT) clockwise of the west-east axis of the Circle, 2 miles (10,500 FT) into Styx; the palace of Ahriman (Earl of Hell) is located on an island about 75 miles (400,000 FT) counterclockwise of the west-east axis, 5 miles (26,000 FT) into Styx; the palace of Bebal (Earl of Hell) is located on an island 150 miles (800,000 FT) counterclockwise of the west-east axis, about 8 miles (42,000 FT) into Styx. These can just be marked as palaces with the ruler’s name, heavy details are not needed.
Fifth Circle, Styx and the City of Dis
The Fifth Circle is a circular band 20 miles (106,000 FT) across, having an outer circumference of 410 miles and inner circumference of 290 miles. The Circle is separated from the Fourth Circle (outward and above) by an 800 FT vertical cliff with access by way of 10 paths running through narrow crevices parallel to the cliff face, spaced about 40 miles (210,000 FT) apart around the outer circumference. It is separated from the Sixth Circle (inward and below) by a 425 FT vertical drop connected by twelve straight narrow gullies spaced about every 24 miles (125,000 FT) around the inner perimeter.
Characters exit the Fourth Circle into the Fifth Circle via narrow crevices filled with bone-chilling cold black water (each character must roll LTET Constitution, or reduce their effective Dexterity 1d4 points for 5d100 rounds due to numbing) which cascades onto a 200 FT wide strip of dark heavy packed earth before flowing into the Styx. The marsh Styx is about 11 miles (60,000 FT) across, with its water generally between 4 and 8 FT in depth. A 150 FT wide strip of hard red-orange clay lies between Styx and the Walls of Dis on the inward side, and beyond that the Walls the City of Burning Tombs stretches for 8½ miles (45,000 FT) to the inner border of the Circle.
From Styx to Dis
Phlegyas transports the characters to a wharf on the inner side of Styx identical in all respects to the wharf where they boarded his boat, located directly in front of the western Gate of Dis. Characters crossing Styx by their own power (e.g. not transported by Phlegyas) land on the inner bank as appropriate but may have to travel a long distance along the Wall to find the nearest Gate.
Sixth Circle: The River of Blood and the Dismal Wood
The Sixth Circle is a circular band 15 miles (80,000 FT) across with an outer circumference of 290 miles and an inner circumference of 200 miles, which includes both the River of Blood and the Dismal Wood (also known as the Poison Wood or Wood of Suicides). Characters enter the Sixth Circle by climbing down one of several narrow switchback paths in a steep rocky slope, whose total vertical drop from the Fifth Circle is 1500 feet. At the bottom of the slope is a hard-packed ring of dark orange-red clay 200 feet across, surrounding the outer bank of the River of Blood. Small dark red-green plants with hard sharp leaves and needles grow in isolated clumps along the ring of clay. Beyond the short clay plain is the River of Blood, a thousand-foot wide River filled with bubbling human blood
