Stygia
- Ruler: Levistus
- Focus: Betrayal & Isolation
Stygia is the layer of hell of betrayal and isolation. It is an empty and cold environment that perfectly reflects the imprisonment and betrayal of its ruler. A place of subtle dangers lurking beneath a deceptively calm, frozen surface.
Its ruler is Levistus, the Prince of Betrayal. For a long-ago, but unforgiven betrayal against Asmodeus, he was sentenced to eternal punishment and must therefore remain forever frozen in a giant iceberg. Despite his captivity, he rules his layer through telepathy and continues to devise plans to regain his freedom from his icy tomb.
His main rival is the deposed former ruler, Geryon, who seeks to regain control of Stygia with his loyal followers, turning the layer into a battleground of a cold civil war.
Stygia itself is a vast, frozen ocean whose still, icy surface is only interrupted by the stubborn, dark water of the River Styx. Huge icebergs, some as large as continents, drift on the sea. The sky is torn by constant, soundless lightning strikes that create “cold fire”, white flames of extreme cold that freeze everything upon contact.
