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Mertion
Mount Celestia — Layer the Fifth
The Platinum Heaven, the Heaven of Perseverance
Themes of the Layer: Duty, Righteousness, Proselytising
Celestial Hebdomad: Raziel the Firestarter
Description: The skies of Mertion, the Platinum Heaven, burn with a silver brighter even than Solania, that never dims or falters. The holy radiance is so intense that it burns fiends and the undead, although it’s almost unheard of for any to make it this far up the Celestial Mount.
Mertion is a layer of vast plateaus, as if it’s the summit of the mountain, but a cutter still has to climb to ascend to the next layer. Instead of rocky terrain though, enormous domes of black obsidian tower above the plain. The size of hills or even mountains themselves, the domes are sometimes carved into great citadels, or spiral stairways, or even polished perfectly smooth. At the top of some are gates to Jovar, although the local archons rarely point a cutter to which when asked; tracking down a gate is something only the truly righteous can achieve.
The terrain between domes is filled with crisp icy permafrost, or deserts of snowflakes or glittering dust, swamps of crystal clear holy water and crystalline mangrove trees, or forests seemingly cast from platinum with leaves of pure light. The clearings are mustering grounds for armies of archons and paladins, while the forests are home to celestial creatures.
The black domed citadels bustle with holy zeal, with proselytising missionaries, armies of the Celestial Host training for the next Crusade, or empyreal judges cooking up new theories of divine law.
Typical Settlements:
- Hierarchical temples
- Workhouses of faith
- Prayer halls
- Mustering halls
Locations of Mertion
- Archenar, Alpha Eridani, the Rising of the River (independent burg)
- Arvenna, the Chanting Grounds (realm of Mayaheine & Tarasita)
- Brigia (realm of Briggith)
- Concord (independent burg)
- Cursa, Beta Eridani (gate town to Solania)
- Empyrea, City of Tempered Souls (independent burg)
- Empyrea Mere (planar touchstone) — Planar Handbook [3e] p155
- Healer Market (site)
- Fields of Autumn (planar touchstone) — Planar Handbook [3e] p178
- Hall of Heralds (site)
- Rempha, City of the Sands of Time (independent burg)
- River Eridanus (planar pathway)
- Soqed Hezi, City of Swords (realm of Al Akbar)
Powers of Mertion
- Alia Allitur (Oerthian peer of ethics)
- Al Akbar (Oerthian power dignity)
- Brigaith (power of righteous combat)
- Mayaheine (Oerthian power of justice)
- Tarasita (Mystaran power of justice and revenge)
Cutters of Mertion
- Bahram — the Conquering and Triumphant Fire
- Donathiel — a solar charged with the protection of Rempha
- Evansheer — astral deva, Fist of Raziel
- Och — a warden archon herbalist and alchemist and advisor to Tahariel
- Archangel Raziel — the Firestarter, known for his judicious wrath
- Secundus — clockmaker of the court of Rempha
- Shalgiel — a warden archon
- Tahariel — throne archon ruler of Empyrea
- Temperion — celestial unicorn
Canonical References
Read First: Planes of Law: Mount Celestia [2e] p22-24
- Book of Exalted Deeds [3e] p133
- Planescape Monstrous Compendium I [2e] p59
- Manual of the Planes [3e] p135
- Manual of the Planes [5e] p225-227
- On Hallowed Ground [2e] p78-79, 164, 172, 177-178, 180
- Planescape Campaign Setting: DM’s Guide [2e] p62
- Planewalker’s Handbook [2e] p13
- Planar Handbook [3e] p155, 178
Source: Jon Winter-Holt, mimir.net
