#minauros

[ladymathart]

~ Hilde is discovering her own kind...~ Baldur's Gate 3 (Part 5) It's difficult for Hilde to convince the convoy to include her… But perhaps her adoptive parent comes up with a solution…? ;)

[medrastica]

Minauros - The third Layer (Greed)

Themes of the Layer: The sin of greed. Chant goes that Minauros used to be a rich layer of forested islands, but over the millenia it has been stripped of anything and everything in a futile attempt to satisfy the insatiable desires of Mammon, and churned up to a monotonous swamp of worthless muck.

Based on this post.

[ladymathart]

~ Hilde is discovering her own kind...~ Baldur's Gate 3 (Part 4)

Hehe, we finally got the name of the Hilde's father! This illustration is short but I still hope you will like it! I really enjoyed drawing it!

[timaresh]

Kyton

We've covered Jangling Hiter; now, on request, a piece on the kytons themselves.

Until recently, the kyton (or "chain devil") was on the whole a relatively minor force upon the planes. A native race of Minauros, the third layer of Baator, they were almost unknown outside their home city of Jangling Hiter but for those occasions when they would be used by the baatezu for one plan or another. While they may rarely have been encountered outside their city, such instances were few and far between. They were most known for their aptitude with chain both in creation and in use; able to animate the chain wrappings that encompass them as though it were a part of their own body, and with unmatched skill at chain craftsmanship in all varieties and forms. Within recent months, however, things have changed drastically, open rebellion having erupted between the kytons and the baatezu in the wake of the Iron Shadow. Increasingly fervent on staking out claims beyond their homeland, they've been seen more and more beyond their realms, seeking to expand their power base through one means or another.

[timaresh]

Jangling Hiter

One of the more interesting locations in Baator, I've always thought, is Jangling Hiter; I love the imagery of its design.

Jangling Hiter has stood since the start of recorded history as the home and capital of the kytons, possibly even predating the baatezu themselves. Suspended above the fetid bogs of Minauros, it is a literal city of chain, with everything from the buildings to the ground itself made of chains or chain mesh of various sizes; a tricky environment to maneuver in even on the best of days, horrid when the air of Minauros is especially thick with moisture, but it serves as the perfect city for the kytons, for whom this place grants them as close to omnipotence as they may come.