Darkflame

The 47th layer is thought to be Graz’zt’s home layer. It is certainly the oldest of the three. It can only be reached from the 45th and 46th layers, and its blue sun is distinct from that of the other layers. Even more distinct is the way flames glow blue and purple here rather than red, dealing cold damage instead of fire damage. Cold effects correspondingly cause fire damage, and fire resistance on this layer is diminished by half. Succubi and lamias find the layer especially congenial.

The most remote of Zelatar’s three neighborhoods, Darkflame is a haven for those who do not wish to be found. Graz’zt houses his deadliest assassins and agents within the district, each with a deep cover identity that masks their true nature from even their closest neighbors. Shadow demons, succubi, and alkiliths abound in the twisting mazelike alleys, seeking out those who would use the obscurity of Darkflame to hatch seditious plots against their ebon-skinned prince.

A walled enclosure called Zul’s Hanging Garden writhes with carnivorous plants in a thousand different colors. Their grasping fronds and snapping traps yearn to reach ever upward, toward the dangling feet of hundreds of impaled traitors kept impossibly alive by the powers of magic chains hanging from a glass ceiling. Their piteous moans are like music to the vines and creepers, who dine on their dripping blood and spilled bile. When a growth reaches a victim, his sentence is declared fulfilled and he escapes into the aromatic embrace of death.