The second layer is known as Dlaeji, named after the Lord of the Second, Sho ez Dlaeji, who had been defeated and killed by Bardados Lupus Rex. Almost the entire layer is home to a massive city made of iron, also called Dlaeji. The city of Dlaeji is the largest city in the Nine Hells and rivals many of the other planar-metropolis like the City of Brass and even Sigil itself.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

​This layer is home to great deposits of iron ore that are being constantly mined out and new additions to the city and weapons for any upcoming War, which are continually being made in the blistering heat of this layer. It’s said that even the iron walls that form this city are under such extreme heat that smoke billows off them such that unprepared travelers can suffocate from the air itself.

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Iron roads lead from the great mountains that encircle the massive city of Dlaeji and a gleaming citadel of iron known as the Iron Tower is the home of Bardados Lupus Rex where he and his beloved Chordeva rule with an iron fist.

 

Outsiders often travel to Dlaeji to conduct trade, the politics of the Nine Hells, or any other secrets that can’t be found anywhere else. The devils are always plotting to overthrow each other, and the city of Dlaeji has its fair share of pit fiends who think they can take on Bardados and toss him from his tower. 

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Beyond the massive city of Dlaeji, and the iron-rich mountains that circle it, are the sweeping, empty plains with little in the way of flora or fauna to subsist off of.

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To travel to the next layer, travelers must venture through the twisting mines in the iron mountains, where they will then fall into the bogs of Minauros.