Venya

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Venya

Mount Celestia — Layer the Third

The Pearly Heaven, the Heaven of Calm

Themes of the Layer: Diligence, friendship, modesty

Description: The third layer of Celestia is a layer of pearlescent beauty. The mountain slopes here glitter with sparkling snows, which reflect the soft white glow of the skies, with a hint of pastel rainbow colours. The forests here are serene, the valleys filled with the quiet murmur of babbling brooks. The meadows of the lower slopes are fertile with snowberries and hardy root vegetables. They’re farmed by halfling petitioners who live in close-knit village communes, who work diligently during the day and then share the fruits of their labours together each evening.

The ruler of the Heaven of Calm is Erathaol the Seer, a handsome masculine archon said to be able to work miracles, who rules from an underwater library fortress called Xiranthador.

Typical Settlements:

• Communes
• Mountain citadels of religious sects
• Collectives
• Farming communities

Locations of Venya

• Bahamut’s Palace (realm of Bahamut)
• Congregation (independent burg)
• Fields of Glory (realm of Heironeous)
• Glass Tarn (site)
  • Destiny Point (planar touchstone) — Planar Handbook [3e] p159
• Green Fields (shared realm of the Halfling powers Yondalla, Arvoreen and Cyrrollalee)
  • Amberwell (realm town)
  • Bunberry Hills (realm town)
  • Candlewood (realm town)
  • Marston-on-the-Water (realm town)
  • Thistledowns (realm town)
  • Turtle Creek (realm town)
• Poetic Justice (independent burg)
• Rana, Eridani Delta (site)
• River Eridanus (planar pathway)
• River Euonë (planar pathway)
• River Lethe (planar pathway)
• Shimmering River (planar pathway)
• Steep Ascent, the (planar pathway)
• Wells of Completion (realm of Haurvatat) ‡
• Xiranthador (site)
• Zaurak, Gamma Eridani (independent burg)

Powers of Venya

• Arvoreen (halfling power of defenders)
• Bahamut (draconic power of wisdom)
• Cyrrollalee (halfling power of the hearth)
• Dallah Thaun (halfling power of secrets)
• Haurvatat (Persian power of perfection, restoration) ‡
• Heironeous (Oeridian power of justice)
• Yondalla (halfling power of community, pantheon leader)

Cutters of Venya

• Archangel Erathol the Seer — Celestial Hebdomad ruler of Venya
• Barlette the Watchful — proxy of Arvoreen
• Melevon — sword archon
• Olythartu
• Rastiphere — a solar

Canonical References

Read First: Planes of Law: Mount Celestia [2e] p16-18

• Book of Exalted Deeds [3e] p129
• Manual of the Planes [3e] p135
• Manual of the Planes [5e] p224
• On Hallowed Ground [2e] p111-112, 175, 180
• Planar Handbook [3e] p100, 159
• Planescape Campaign Setting: DM’s Guide [2e] p62
• Planewalker’s Handbook [2e] p13

Source: Jon Winter-Holt, mimir.net