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I'm still fairly new to the server and had the chance to RP with a demon spawn recently. The RP was rather interesting although a bit boggling, too. I tried searching up the Abyss on the lore forum but found no entry for it. The character implied that there are some places in the Abyss where things are moderately peaceful. Is this correct? I was always under the impression that everywhere in the Abyss is, well, hell.

I'm interested in learning more of this apparent exception within Amia, in particular its history and how such a place in the Abyss could come to exist and remain.

There are relatively peaceful places (and cities) in the Abyss, as well as in the Nine Hells. The Abyssal ones tend to be places where a local demon lord is powerful enough to exert some control over the other denizens, forcing them to behave themselves to a certain extent.

If you can't find it on the lore forum there's always a very good chance that it might be found on AmiaWiki. Of course I will always tell you to get IG and see what lore can you gather there from different characters. Almost any toon who has been around Amia for some time will be able, if not to answer your questions directly, then at least point you to the place or a character who can.

Also do not forget the often overlooked Rules & LORE forum.

Like Gers said, the seats of power of the demon princes are usually relatively peaceful. At least compared to the Abyss' usual "demon run up to you and tear your face off" threat level. That doesn't mean they're necessarily pleasant places to be in, mind you.

As for Amia's own piece of the Abyss, Zanshibon, I imagine that the best reply would be "ask someone in character". There should be quite a few PCs out there that know at least some of its history.

I did read the lore on Zanshibon and got a little confused. While it did mention it being thrown into the Abyss, it also mentioned a "devil" that brought it about and Nine Gates of Hell. Since I know demons reside in the Abyss and the devils in the Hells, that threw me off and I thought the mention of the Abyss was a typo.

And yeah, it was in character RP that brought this question about. I was just wondering OOC if someone was yanking my character's chain and got curious.

Yes, after reading it 2 days ago I was pretty confused myself.

Don't worry Zanshibon will make sense soon enough. It is a pretty terrible piece of lore from what I know of the place. But yes, there are a number of places that act as strongholds of stability in the mess that is the Abyss. The number one example is Broken Reach which acts as a kind of adventurer hub on the first layer of the Abyss.

wait what are you changing about zanshibon

yeah there's a few holes but it's fine now

What aren't I changing? Wig wag. But seriously, the Abyss will be having an overhaul at some point in the future to make it more abyssy.

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