| Type | Planar River |
|---|---|
| Location | The Outer Planes |
The River Styx is a cross planar river that linked together the planes of Quelmar. Coming into contact with its waters can make a creature forget their past lives. it serves as the primary path for souls passing from the Ethereal Plane into their afterlives, guided by psychopomps.
About[edit | edit source]
The River Styx is a planar river that connects all the planes of Quelmar. The River Styx is a swift and dangerous river that cannot be forded with conventional water craft. At first glance, the water on the surface appears to be moving slow and sluggishly like molasses, but the current underneath is strong enough to pull almost any creature to the bottom. The water itself looks like a disgusting concoction of blood, grease, and oil, with a putrid odor to match. Those who come into contact with the water must make a save or suffer complete amnesia and effects similar to the feeblemind spell. Those who succeed the save recover from the waters effects after 8 hours, and those who fail suffer from it permanently. Some fiends distill styx water into a beverage called Styxian Wine which allows one to temporarily experience the mind altering effects of the styx temporarily with no permanent effects.
The river is the domain of the ferryman Charon who holds absolute power over the styx. When a soul dies in the material plane, they find themselves on the banks of the Styx and must either pay Charon for safe passage, or ford the waters themselves. Many fiends stalk the shores of the Styx, snatching up any souls lost to the river to use for their own means. Devils in the Ten Hells have build large rigs over the Styx to catch these lost and swept away souls en mass so that they may turn them into new devils.
History[edit | edit source]
When the ruby dragon Sardior was shattered, his blood flowed beneath he realm and created the River Styx, and from his corpse emerged Charon, the last son of Sardior who became the caretaker of the Styx.
In 925 PR the River Styx dried up, preventing new souls from entering into the plane of their afterlife and causing the Abyss to become disconnected from Quelmar. The River would eventually be replaced by the Passage of Souls.
Inhabitants[edit | edit source]
- Styx Dragons
- Styx Quippers
- Lost Souls
- Cursed Sahuagin
- Hydroloths
- Wastriliths
- Netherflow Devils