The Basalt Citadel is an expansive floating city nestled within the protective embrace of the surrounding mountains. Perched atop a portal that serves as a direct conduit to the Prime Material Plane, this city has been a source of devilish incursions into the material realm ever since its inception.
Geography
The Basalt Citadel is ingeniously built into the base of a rust-red floating mountain. Once a flourishing city, it bore witness to the ravages of the
Celestial War. Today, only the portion sheltered by the protective mountains endures, continuing to thrive in the aftermath of that devastating conflict.
Sacrifice Engines
Among the most prominent features of the citadel are the two sacrifice engines, each one a 30-foot-deep pit lined with rows of silver blades. The blades can be made to spin by pulling a lever near the edge of the pit. A creature in the pit while the blades are spinning takes 44 (8d10) slashing damage at the start of each of its turns.
The devils herds angels and other enemies into them to avoid prolonged battles.
Description
When it is not under the attack of angelic troops, the city's bustling markets and pleasure palaces draw visitors from across the multiverse in search of obsucre magical lore and perverse delights. The devil of the Basalt Citadel present a veneer of civility and courtly comity. However, the layer holds as much danger as any other part of the seven hells, and planar visitors can vanish without a trace in its mazelike cities and in forest whose trees have serpents for branches.
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