Abyss
The Abyss is the realm of the demons of the abyss, who are among the most malevolent and destructive beings in all of creation. Their very existence is a threat to the balance of the multiverse, and their power is nearly unmatched.1
Layers
The abyss has layers, and the demons that belong to different layers differ in their anatomy. A cruel magister who owned the slave boy Ahriman Fer’zaad summoned demon after demon to catalogue these differences. From his master's notes Ahriman later found a rough method of learning a demon's true name from its layer of origin and its physical form; armed with this knowledge he spoke the true name of the demon that had killed his master, took control of it and banished it to the abyss.2
Calling on the abyss
Its forces can be called upon. When Turnip Bellwater and his cousins attacked a dark elven caravan, a noble dark elven high priestess called upon the forces of the abyss, and it seemed the end had come for all the Shortstacks.3
The Lyre of the Abyssal Choir can summon an abyssal choir from the depths of the abyss.4
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