Mechanus (Dungeons and Dragons)
Mechanus is a dimension that features in Dragons and Dragons.
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History
Mechancus was an Outer Plane embodying the concept of lawful neutrality. This vast realm of interlocking plane of gears and clockworks, maintained by the modrons under the direction of Primus. Other residents of the plane include the inevitables, moignos and formians. Unlike many other Outer Planes, Mechanus is not divided into a series of layers, but instead life flourishes on the surface of various gears. Two of the most notable locations are Regulus, home of Primus, and Menausus, a former layer of Arcadia.
After Orcus killed Primus and triggered an unexpected Great Modron March, he left the Energy Pool in Regulus to search for the Wand of Orcus, leaving the way open for a secundus to be promoted into the new Primus. However, prolonged contact with the Pool caused Orcus's evil influence to taint a fraction of the modrons. One tainted secundus disputed the ascension of any one of the other three and rebelled, leaving Mechanus and taking almost a million modrons with him. The dissidents settled a modron colony in Acheron, where they regrouped to later attempt to retake the plane. This schism crippled the modron race and paved the way for a formian invasion of Mechanus.
Overview
In appearance, Mechanus was a vast, interlocking plane of gears and clockworks. It was also known as the Clockwork Nirvana of Mechanus or simply as Nirvana.
This plane was filled with an infinite number of country-sized circular interlocking gears which were habitable on one or both sides. These great flat wheels were at least 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) in diameter and had teeth that meshed at right angles, all turning slowly in synchronicity. Each disk had its own gravity that operated in a sphere circumscribing it exactly and pulling normal to the top and bottom surfaces.
A plane of Law and order, Nirvana had equal amounts of light and dark, heat and cold, and equal measures of the four elements. There was a place for everything and everything was in its place. Even individuals living here existed to fit into the greater scheme of things and thus achieve a perfect society. There was no pain, but the only pleasure was in successfully filling a role like a gear in a machine. Passion, fantasy, and illusion did not exist here, except for what might be brought in by visitors, and any who tried to foment individualism or stir passions for a cause soon found they were not well received.
The only creatures native to Nirvana were the modrons, a race of beings organized in a rigid caste system and ruled by Primus, the One and the Prime.
Inhabitants
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Notes
- Mechanus
Appearances
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