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The Elemental Chaos

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The Elemental Chaos corresponds to the Inner Planes of earlier editions (excluding
the Positive and Negative Energy Planes), also containing some aspects of Limbo.
The Elemental Chaos contains Elemental Realms, which are themselves planes; the
Abyss is one such realm. The only god who dwells in the Elemental Chaos is Lolth,
who resides on the 66th layer of the Abyss. The Elemental Chaos is spacially
infinite, the Elemental Realms are not. Creatures native to or connected with the
Elemental Chaos (including demons) generally have the elemental origin. The plane
is described in The Plane Below: Secrets of the Elemental Chaos, released in 2010.
In the Forgotten Realms setting, the Elemental Chaos was formed from the collapse
of the Inner Planes after Mystra's murder, while in Eberron, the Elemental Chaos is
equated with Khyber, the Dragon Below.
Locations within the Elemental Chaos
 The Abyss: A place of utter evil and corruption, the result of a mad god's
attempt to control the whole cosmos. Lolth's home, the Demonweb Pits, can
also be found here.
 The City of Brass: The efreeti capital and a major hub of planar trade and
travel,[43] the "infamous", "fabled", and "ominous" "geometrical City of Brass"
was featured on the cover of the 1st edition Advanced Dungeons &
Dragons Dungeon Master's Guide (1979) and "finally laid out in detail" for
the Al-Qadim setting in 1993, both depictions by David Sutherland.[44]
 The Keening Delve
 The Ninth Bastion
 Zerthadlun
Parallel Planes
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The World
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The equivalent to the Prime Material Plane or Material Plane of earlier editions. This
plane lacks a formal name and is most often referred to as the World, [14] although
titles such as the Middle World and the First Work were also presented in Manual of
the Planes. Creatures native to the world generally have the natural origin. The
gods Avandra, Melora and Torog have their homes in the World. The god Vecna
wanders the whole cosmos (Sehanine is prone to doing this as well). In
the Forgotten Realms setting, the world is named Toril (there is another,
inaccessible world called Abeir), while in Eberron, the world is equated with Eberron,
the Dragon Between.
The Feywild
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One of the two parallel planes, the Feywild is a more extreme and magical reflection
of the world with some thematic links to the Positive Energy Plane and the Plane of
Faerie of earlier editions and settings. Creatures native to or connected with the
Feywild (such as elves and gnomes) generally have the fey origin. According to the
4th edition Manual of the Planes, this plane has some sort of unspecified connection
to Arvandor, and is suspected that the Dominion of Corellon can be reached by
here. Important locales within the Feywild are known as Fey Demesnes.
[45]
Additional details on the Feywild were included in the 4th edition
supplement Heroes of the Feywild (2011) which added storytelling and mechanics
themed around the Feywild.[46][47] The Feywild was next explored in-depth in the 5th
adventure module The Wild Beyond the Witchlight (2021) and the
corresponding Domains of Delight (2021) supplement (an official PDF by Wizards of
the Coast released on the Dungeon Masters Guild).[30][48] The 5th edition added the
concept of Domains of Delight similar to Ravenloft's Domains of Dread; each
domain is ruled by an Archfey who can shape their region via their will. [49] Chris
Perkins, Dungeons & Dragons Principal Story Designer, explained that "the Feywild
is described in the fifth edition Dungeon Master’s Guide, which builds on material
from earlier editions. The Wild Beyond the Witchlight used the DMG’s description as
a starting point and expanded from there. The concept of archfey – powerful Fey
creatures who carve out domains for themselves – dates back to earlier editions,
but this is the first time we’ve given these domains a name". [31]
In the Forgotten Realms setting, the Feywild is also known as the Plane of Faerie
and has come into alignment with Toril after countless millennia of drifting away,
while in Eberron, the Feywild is equated with Thelanis, formerly known as the Faerie
Court.
SyFy Wire highlighted that "traditionally, the Feywild is an alternate plane of
existence that mirrors and overlaps the material world. It's a place of perpetual
twilight that's full of both enticing beauty and terrible dangers. Time works
differently inside the Feywild, and those who leave may find what they thought was
a brief venture instead lasted years — assuming they're even able to leave at all. In
short, it's a good place for a magical and eerie adventure". [30]

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