1) Sure. Many ancient real-world texts (Jewish, Islamic, Zoroastrian, the various Christian churches etc.) mention various ‘bad places souls go to after death, as punishment for evil deeds’ by various names (the Nine Hells concept comes from these texts, too). #realmslore

2) I borrowed one Greek name, néomai (“to return”), from which we get the names Nestor and Nessus, thanks to an idea Roger Zelazny had talked about with me (he used it in his novel SHADOWJACK) about how Darksiders, when they die, are reborn in the bad place, naked... #realmslore

3) ...and with a stone in their hands which is their soul. I loved that, and made it “my” lowest layer of Hell, for the Realms. “Nestor” sounded like the name of a being, “Nessus” sounded like a place. So, Nessus it became. #realmslore