Imagine a corner of a dusty cellar. Moving closer, you see the walls draped by endless layers of spider webs, within which are shrouded the husks of dead insects, strands of foul mold, and other rot. Move closer, and you see each strand of this web as though it were a silvery path. Now imagine tiny specks on that path, all of them moving slowly, lost, not knowing from where they came or what destination they hope to find. That group of specks? That’s you and your companions—if you are ever so unfortunate as to be trapped in the Demonweb.
The Demonweb Pits, also known as
Lolth's's Web, is originally the 66th layer of
The Abyss. A void crisscrossed by ever-shifting webs, the abyssal layer of the Demonweb is as twisted and deceptive as the plots spun by the Queen of Spiders who rules there. A mortal might spend a lifetime traversing the endless paths and gray mist of this foul realm and never understand its true shape.
If the strands of the Demonweb eventually connect to a solid outer surface, the mortals who explore this realm have never found it. Instead, they speak of a gray haze that surrounds
Lolth’s endless network of webs and the corpses of creatures that die here.
Ruins of Lost Civilizations
Explorers might find the ancient ruins of cities and castles cocooned in the strands of the Demonweb. These ruins might contain lost artifacts, mysterious magic, and perhaps even trapped immortals. Such sites could also be staging areas and command posts for the dark elves and demons that continually patrol this realm.
Husks of Titans
Deep in the Demonweb lie the remains of gods and primordials killed and forgotten in the aftermath of ancient wara. The most chaotic and dangerous denizens of the Demonweb dwell within these dead shells.
Lolth discards her prisoners and vanquished enemies among such detritus. Each time she does so, she smiles, because life in such a place is a far worse fate than death.
A Plane of Portals
The Demonweb contains innumerable planar portals, rivaling Sigil, City of Doors, in its connections to the multiverse. From this layer of
The Abyss,
Lolth spreads her web of control and deception. Some of these portals provide the only connection to desolate dominions lost in the deepest reaches of the Astral Sea. Others open to forgotten chambers underneath the citadels of the gods. Like the strands of the Demonweb, these portals continually move. Only
Lolth and her chief advisors know where any particular portal can be found—and even they lose track of certain portals.
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