Pluton, the Third Gloom of Hades – D&D Lore Through the Editions

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In this video I cover every location in Pluton, the third layer of Hades, I could find in official D&D products.

0:00 Pluton
1:06 Hades (Divine Realm of Hades)
4:10 The Hill of Bone
5:11 Aeaea (Divine Realm of Hecate)
7:45 Corpus (Town)
8:46 Hag’s End (Divine Realm of Cegilune)
9:11 Divine Realm of Nerull (4e)
11:41 Outro

Sources:
Manual of the Planes 1st edition p. 105 (1e)
Planes of Conflict “Liber Malevolentiae” p. 50, 59-64 (2e)
Planes of Conflict Map of Hades (2e)
Manual of the Planes 3rd edition p. 111 (4e)
Manual of the Planes 4th edition 111 (4e)

Music:
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9 thoughts on “Pluton, the Third Gloom of Hades – D&D Lore Through the Editions”

  2. Great video! Can't wait to see which plane you do next, looking forward to learning about Carceri and Arborea. Would also be interested in some of the changing lore on Dragons in DnD!

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  3. Funny thing about Cegilune; she is both a Godess and a Night Hag, and noone really knows her origin.

    My theory is that she IS Hecate, but uses this disguise for her scheming and more foul Hag rituals. Cegilune is a lunar godess too, after all. Two gods with very similar portfolio's on one plane? Seems suspicious.
    Also, Night Hags are very much favored by Devils, as one had an Archduchess title even, before nepotism claimed her. So Hecate having realms in the Hells would fit a secret Night Hag God-Queen.

    Personally, I like to see Hecate/Cegilune as the Neutral Evil Magic Godess counterpart to Mystra's Neutral Good, and even have a headcannon where the shard of Celune that struc Shar and created Mystra, also created Hecate within the shadow of this new Godess.
    Shar and Selune draw inspiration from Nyx and Selene, the Godesses of the Night and Moon respectively from the Greek Pantheon.

    I could go on about this deep, interconnected rabid-hole born from decades of writing, edition changes/overhauls to the lore and straight up plotholes, but when it comes to Cegilune, this is pretty much all I have landed on. There is supossedly also a link between Cegilune and the Queen of Air and Darkness, but I am not done with that puzzle yet-

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  4. Don't know if it's an unpopular opinion or not but I dislike having real world pantheons in D&D. Toril is not supposed to be Earth. Just sticking in historical deities with basically no alterations feels very uninspired. It makes the setting seem less like its own unique universe with its own history, cosmology, and lore.

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