Bytopia

In the "Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game, Bytopia, the Twin Paradises "(bi- + utopia)" or more fully, the Twin Paradises of Bytopia is a lawful good/neutral good aligned plane of existence. It is one of a number of alignment-based Outer Planes that form part of the standard "Dungeons & Dragons" "(D&D)" cosmology, used in the "Planescape", "Greyhawk" and some editions of the "Forgotten Realms" campaign settings.

Bytopia is a virtuous plane of cultivated beauty, and is home to many of the deities of the gnomish pantheon.

tructure

Bytopia is a spatially infinite plane, consisting of two layers or sub-planes. It is unique in the sense that the two layers are laid facing one another, each looking down (or up; the terms are relative here) at the other. A traveller can look up from one layer and see the other above him looking back down (or, from the other side's perspective, up), provided that the sky is clear. To get from one layer to the other, travellers must either climb tall mountains, or fly. Gravity reverses when someone reaches the middle point between the two layers. Bytopia shares its borders with the neighbouring planes of the Seven Mounting Heavens of Celestia and the Blessed Fields of Elysium; travel is possible between Bytopia and these planes at certain locations.

Layers

Epimetheus, the Greek Titan, wanders the plane of Bytopia.

Bytopia consists of two layers:

Dothion

Dothion, is a serene pastoral layer of meadows and wild-flowers, it is home to the souls of farmers, craftsmen, honest merchants and gnomish commoners. "The Golden Hills", a separate plane in the 3rd-Edition Forgotten Realms cosmology is located here, and is home to the gnome deity Garl Glittergold, as well as Baervan Wildwanderer, Baravar Cloakshadow, Flandal Steelskin, Gaerdal Ironhand, Nebelun the Meddler, and Segojan Earthcaller. [cite book | last=Baker | first=Richard | coauthors= James Wyatt | year=2004 | title=Player's Guide To Faerûn| chapter= | editor= | others= | pages= | publisher=Wizards of the Coast | id=ISBN 0-7869-3134-5| url= | authorlink= ] Flandal shares his "Mithral Forge" with Ama-Tsu-Mara. The godly realms of "Deephome", home of Callarduran Smoothhands, god of the svirfneblin, and "Prosperity", realm of Inari, are also located on Dothion.cite book | last=McComb | first= Colin | year=1996 | title=On Hallowed Ground| chapter= | editor= | others= | pages=180 | publisher=TSR Inc. | id=ISBN 0-7869-0430-5| url= | authorlink= ]

hurrock

Shurrock is the mountainous untamed twin, home of hidden beasts and monsters. The gnomish underground mining city of "Quarry" that specialises in gemcutting, is located here. Rangers often foray into this wilderness to slay creatures that have threatened the folk of Dothion.

A number of godly realms exist on this layer, including, "Heart of Justice", realm of Kiri-Jolith, and "Windwrath", realm of Tefnut. "Martyrdomain", was the realm of Ilmater in previous editions of "Dungeons & Dragons".

Fauna

* Adamantine dragon

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