Elysium

Elysium

(Plane)

Titles

The Promised Land, Realm of Heroes

Sphere

Outer Sphere

Alignment

Chaotic good

Denizens

Azatas
Angels
Titans
Chaotic good outsiders
Chaotic good souls

Description

A golden realm of untouched glades, majestic mountains, and eternal music

Images of Elysium

Source: Campaign Setting, pg(s). 185

Elysium (pronounced ee-LIZ-ee-uhm) is a plane of the Outer Sphere that represents the ultimate expression of wild freedom and compassion. It is home to the spirits of like-minded mortals and the wild and freedom loving azata, and is a place of uninhibited love, art, and expression.

Description

The plane of Elysium is a riot of untouched wilderness, ranging from wild forests to foam-peaked seas, to impossibly high mountains, interspersed with hard-to-reach green valleys. None of the normal trappings of civilization can be found here; the natives prefer to live in small groups and, very occasionally, gather for larger meetings. To outsiders, the untamed wilds can seem harsh and uninviting, but the initiated understand its true nature: Elysium is a place promoting selfless cooperation combined with self-sufficiency and the complete lack of external authority.

Places of interest

Notable locations in Elysium include:

• Biders
• Boundless Azure Ocean
• Bright-Burning Volcano
• Clashing Shore
• Court of the Burning Glade
• Court of Forgiving Wrath
• Court of the Muse
• Domain of Calistria
• Drifting Palace of Teurelia the Heartbroken
• Embassy of the Angelic Host
• Fields of Battle
• Field of Broken Tyrants
• Forest of Wild Apples and Wilder Magic
• Hero's Heart
• Iron Castle
• Marik's Obelisk
• Midnight's Palette
• Mountain of Lingering Soulsong
• Painted Forest
• Pavilion of Serendipity
• Realm of Findeladlara
• River of Chromatic Tranquillity
• Silent Cairns
• Silver-Gray Lowlands
• Sparkling Fens
• Tayberry
• Titan Graveyard
• Wandering City of Emerald Song
• Wave-Walking Court
• Yuelral's Domain

Inhabitants

Elysium is the domain of the azata, beings of good who spend most of their time traveling about as shimmering balls of light. The most common sub-races of these are the ghaele and bralani, who also take on elfin forms. Slightly less numerous are the artistic kanyas, also known as the bards of Elysium. Hidden among the highest mountaintops, or even in the clouds themselves, live the titans. Although not native to this plane, they have lived there in exile for eons, and have an ancient understanding with the plane's native celestials. The whimsical, insect-winged havoc dragons also inhabit Elysium, using their powers to create havens of rest and joyous abandon.

Resident deities

Among the deities, those who value freedom above all else call Elysium their home, such as the goddess of rebellion Milani. While Desna has a home in Elysium, her true domain is on the North Star, Cynosure. Many azata follow the Song of Spheres due to her profile of dreams and freedom. The deities of the Elven pantheon, including the cunning Calistria, live within the extensive palaces of Elarian. Cayden Cailean and his servants, such as the cayhounds, are happy to call Elysium their home. The Fields of Battle are where azata and the servants of the Accidental God engage in good-natured combat and training.

Following the events of the Fifth Mendevian Crusade, Lady Nocticula, the Mother of Succubi, renounced her status as a demon lord and succeeded in ascending to Elysium, taking the title "The Redeemer Queen" and creating a new home in the realm, the Midnight's Palette.

The realm of the mighty Gorum was also located in this realm, its borders marked by azata blade-impaled stones inscribed with "Thus the pledge is sealed, and thus you are accepted, forever with our thanks, come what may" in various languages. The fate of this domain after the death of Gorum in 4724 AR is not fully understood.

References

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