CHAMADA

The most active of Gehenna’s volcanic layers is Chamada. Rivers and geysers of lava are common occurrences and the glow from the constant heat bathes the mountainside in a deep crimson radiance. Many areas are as hot as the Plane of Fire, so any traveler or resident of Chamada must be protected from the fiery furnace burning beneath the rocky surface. Soft gray ash fills the air, obscuring vision beyond more than a dozen feet or so, and everywhere lava flows can be found running in ever-changing channels.

It’s difficult to believe but the Arcanaloth Conspiracy that keeps yugoloth contracts is based here in the fire-shielded Tower Arcane. In addition, Chamada’s intense heat is the only source powerful enough to keep the Engine of Wrath working – an enormous forge site run by yugoloth slaves, continually pumping out weapons and armor for fiends across the multiverse.

Beneath Chamada’s surface, the lava tubes are populated with magma elementals, lava sharks, magma oozes, magmin, lava children, and other creatures that flourish in such inhospitable conditions. Inferno wurms are known to burst out of the tunnels to snatch up prey on the surface at any moment, though rumors persist of an ultroloth who has tamed the fearsome creatures and uses them as an elite battle force.