Stygia
Stygia
What does the city look like?
Stygia is an infinite, frigid city, entirely covered by thick ice sheets and colossal, grinding icebergs under a dark, stormy sky. It is a realm of eternal freezing twilight, marked by blizzards, black ice, and the snake-like River Styx winding through it.
Which city or cities is this near? Abyss and Tartarus
How many races live in this city? Key creatures walking or lurking there include Gelugons (Ice Devils), Amnizu (Styx Devils), Erinyes, Abishai, Frost Giants, Remorhazes, Coldlight Walkers, various undead and Tieflings, often ruling over or hunting in the freezing landscape.
What are the culture and traditions?
Stygia, is dominated by cold-adapted fiends, icy monstrosities, and trapped souls in ice cubes.
The inhabitants of Stygia like fishing, hunting, and they building Igloos to live in.
They also tend to ice-skate on the river Styx when frozen, with the risk of falling into the river Styx.
They capture polar bears to do heavy work, like doing tough metalwork and transporting heavy items on carts that they pull behind them.
What is the traditional dresscode?
Medieval clothing in red or black or a combination of both, and sometimes they wear armour.
What religion prevails in the city?
They believe in Levistus, great-great-uncle of the devil Asmodeus and brother of Orcus.
What does the leader of this city look like?
Levistus resembles a large ice devil with white/blue skin and two large horns. He is around 2 or 3 metres tall and only wears trousers.
What is the symbol of the city?
The symbol of, the Archdevil ruler of Stygia is a rapier blade trapped within a cube of ice. This symbol reflects his imprisonment by Asmodeus within a massive iceberg in his icy, maritime domain.
How do creatures travel in this city? By horse and carriage, ship and through flying.