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DIS Part 2

Baalzephon (the pit fiend) - This female pit fiend served Dispater as Prime Minister, administering and ordering the Lord of the Iron City's armies. Asmodeus saw her skill in defending Dis from outside attacks and elevated her into the Dark 8, where she became in charge of supply, making sure the armies of the Hells will be adequately armed against the hordes from the Abyss. Baalzephon had went on to become one of the Dark 8's most prominent members.
In appearance, Baalzephon appears amazingly human: her body, rather thah big and bulky like most pit fiends, is slim and curvaceous. But this doesn't make her any less dangerous.

Merodach - This duke of Dis leads 29 companies of bearded devils in battle. The least of Dispater's duke in terms of personal power and influence, Merodach is also viewed as a buffoon and the mention of his name often conjures up snorts of derision from other members of Dispater's court. Merodach appears as a wolf with a diabolical human-like head with long spiraling longhorns. He has feathered wings but can fly only clumsily. He also has a prehensile serpent-like tail.

Furcas - Furcas originally served Dispater as a pit fiend noble, leading 12 companies of bearded devils. He was promoted to the Dark 8 and became in charge of Mortal Relations. His true talent came out and he became one of the most powerful of the Dark 8. Furcas lured many mortals into the service of the diabolic in their Blood War against the demons of the Abyss. Figuring Furcas' talent can benefit him, Dispater lured him back into his service with the offer of a new unique form, and a title: Duke of Rhetoric.
Furcas accepted and is now in charge of the Forbidden Library in the Iron City. He shed his old pit fiend form to that of a tall diabolic humanoid with long sharp horns.

Alocer - Alocer appears as a red-gold skinned humanoid with a leonine head. He is often seen dressed in full plate armor, riding a nightmare into battle. As a general of Dis, he leads 36 companies of erinyes warriors.

Bel - Now one of the Lords of the Nine, Bel originally served Disapter as a pit fiend, in charge of the Iron Guard, an elite squad of horned devils who are the security forces of the Iron Palace. Bel's tenure ended when he was offered a position to the Blood War front, which he readily accepted.

Next: Minauros (Mammon, Focalor, Glasya and others)

MINAUROS

The third layer of Hell is ruled by Mammon, the Lord of Avarice, a fat and bloated devil who was forced to assume a new form by Asmodeus after the Reckoning.

Glasya - For a while, Glasya, daughter of Asmodeus himself, was Mammon's chief consort (implying he has several others in the sidelines...in fact, he has nine total, each ranked according to their current favor with him, and Glasya is invariably his number one). Being Asmodeus own daughter, Glasya's safety and well being was constantly being watched over Focalor, Mammon's seneschal. The fact that Mammon opposes Asmodeus politically didn't help matters much. After the Reckoning, Asmodeus reined her in and sent her packing from Mammon's court and back to Nessus.
Glasya is an incredibly beautiful she-devil, with long dark red hair, copper colored skin, bat wings and forked tail.

Focalor - Mammon, greedy slob that he is, spent most of his time counting the baubles in his palace, so most of the affairs of the palace and the layer itself is taken care of by his seneschal, Focalor. Mammon may rule Minauros, but it is really Focalor who wields the real power.
With weird pink-green skin and slim in built, Focalor appears as typical diabolic humanoid devil with feathered wings, He wears an iron gauntlet which is also his badge of office.

Bael- Appearing as a bronze armor wearing humanoid topped with a head with bovine creatures, Bael is Mammon's strongest general, leading 66 companies of barbed devils.

Zimimar (the pit fiend) - this female pit fiend once served Mammon as commander of his palace guard: 6 companies of bone devils, and was traveling all over Minauros and the planes enforcing his will. She remained loyal to Asmodeus during the Reckoning and was recruited into the Dark 8, in charge of morale.
From her years of servitude to Mammon, Zimimar is a sickly green in appearance, it is said not a mere touch from her causes terrible diseases.

Caarcrinolaas - Now serving Belial under the name Baaphel, Caarcrinolaas switched over the Belial's service after Mammon so embarassingly abased himself in front of Asmodeus after the Reckoning.

Gorson - Now known as the Blood Duke, Gorson served Geryon as bailiff. In that capacity, like Focalor, he watched over Geryon's interests in the Hells and elsewhere....but secretly he really want to tear creatures apart.
After Geryon was deposed, most of the Wild Beast's court either remain loyal to him, or defect to other dukes, which Gorson did. He now serves Mammon (thus replacing Baaphel/Caarcrinolaas) by leading 60 companies of barbded devils. His former form is a yellow skinned man with diabolic features with the tail of a lion. His new form took that one step further....he now has a devilish upper torso on the body of a monstrous lion.

Melchon - Melchon is a duke leading 18 companies of erinyes warrior on Mammon's behalf. He appears as a red-skinned, bull-horned diabolic humanoid with a poisonous stinger at the end of his tail. He is a synchophantic duke who Focalor thinks is a pathetic excuse of a duke in the hierarchy.

Eslevor - Eslevor is a she-devil with typical diabolic features with long yellow hair and pale pink skin with an odd metallic sheen to it. She is now Mammon's current number one consort, after Glasya's departure. (Mammon tried to woo the elusive she-devil Duskur in Avernus but she couldn't be found, not that she would accept his proposal anyway). As usual, Mammon's other lesser consorts conspire and scheme for her position.

NEXT: Phlegethos (Belial and his devil women)

Well, in MY campaign, they ARE the same.

5. Stygia

The frozen ocean that is the layer of Stygia have a tumultous history. The layer was originally ruled by an entity called Levistus, known in certain circles as Leviathan. Some believe that Leviathan is a colossal sea monster and that the depths of Stygia served as its prison. The arch-devil known as Levistus is simply a manifestation, or an avatar of sorts, of Leviathan itself. Thus Leviathan is imprisoned but aware.

When the Queen of Hell, Bensozia and her bodyguard of 6 pit fiends traveled through Stygia, Levistus tried to convert her to his cause and betray Asmodeus. When she refused, he killed her and her bodyguards.

It didn't take long for Asmodeus to find out about the deed. For someone of Asmodeus' powers, it was a simple spell to bring Bensozia back, but no one would dare brag about laying hands on Asmodeus' consort and go unpunished. (Given that Bensozia is alive when Geryon rules Stygia, I assume that Asmodeus simply brought her back)

Asmodeus forced Leviathan into a deep slumber from which he would only awake when the Great Devil himself wills it. The members of the now imprisoned AND unaware devil's court are either exiled, or retain to serve a new master, Geryon.

Geryon became ruler of Stygia for several millennia until The Reckoning. He was the only arch-devil who was loyal to Asmodeus, and ironically, he was deposed from rulership for his loyalty. Most of his court were either remain loyal to him, or defected to other arch-devils.

Asmodeus gave Leviathan back the rulership of Stygia...so he awoke the great sea monster. But even THEN, the avatar the monster manifests is imprisoned within a block of ice, so he must rely on his agents and nobles to carry out his will and maintain order in Stygia.

The Fate of Geryon's Court
Cozbi - Also known as Cozbinaer, this green-haired, white skinned she-devil was exquisitely beautiful, with a pink torso which deepen to red from the waist down. However, when the court was in exile in Avernus for a while, they came into conflict with many other exiles and viler beings and Cozbi was horribly wounded and scarred. She now appeared as a withered and horrifying harridan, kept alive by vile magic and twisted technology when she should have died.

Amon - Known as the Wolf, this wolf-headed duke was Geryon's foremost general, leading 40 companies of bone devils. He remained loyal to Geryon, and along with Cozbi, is in exiled with Geryon in the Coldsteel Palace hidden in a secret location in Stygia.

Gorson - Once Geryon's bailiff, Gorson now serves Mammon as The Blood Duke.

Herodias - A treacherous duke, Herodias served Geryon as magistrate, he is responsible for the security of the realm and training of the armies of Stygia. A large and portly scarlet skinned devil with diabolic features, Herodias turned away from Geryon and served Leviathan/Levistus. That came to a crashing end with Belial invaded and while Herodias' generals bickered, the duke known as Dagon repelled the invasion. Herodias is currently being slowly digested in Leviathan's bowels....

Agares - Appearing as a quivering old man with the legs and tails of a crocodile, Agares was a duke leading 31 companies of bone devils. He was destroyed during the court's exile in Avernus.

Machalas - Appearing as a ebony scaled bat-headed horned devil, Machalas led 11 companies of barbed devil. Like Agares, he also met his end on Avernus.

Fecor the pit fiend - He commanded 8 companies of horned devil. Like Agares and Machalas, he is destroyed.

LEVISTUS' COURT
Dagon - Little is known about this noble except that he is the Warden of the Stygian Depths. Sharing his name with a demon prince of great power, and a Avernus exile, Dagon became Levistus' chief noble when he repelled an invasion by Belial.

Given its current status where its own avatar cannot be freed to act, Leviathan relied on loyal nobles (and other minions) to maintain its rule than most of the other arch-devils. To ensure that its court will be more loyal than most, Leviathan sent its minions to recruit various exiled devils from Avernus. They include:

Rumjal - Rumjal served Geryon as lieutenant until he started making advances toward his consort Cozbi. One rule in the Hells that is strictly enforced is that absolutely no one, touches the consort of a duke, much less an arch-devil upon pain of exile, imprisonment, or outright destruction. Rumjal was exiled to Avernus. When Levistus returned to power, Rumjal was called back to serve, since he had experience in running the affairs in Stygia.

Kochbiel - Once marshal to the devil Beherit (supposedly destroyed along with his consort Batna), Kochbiel was exiled because the other archdevils hold a grudge against him for his military success. This happened when Geryon was in power in Stygia. Leviathan figures Kochbiel's contempt of the other arch-devils will work in its favor and thus recruited him.

Jezebeth - Said to have been the daughter of Beherit and Batna, Jezebeth is Leviathan's current consort. Originally, Leviathan had agents seek out the elusive she-devil Duskur but that came to naught. Its sight landed on the she-devil Bist but she rebuked its agents. Leviathan's agents eventually located Jezebeth, in Acheron. So like Kochbiel, Levithan hopes to use Jezebeth's hatred of Asmodeus for destroying her parents to its advantage. Jezebeth is a chimerical she-devil, she has one batlike wing and one wing feathered like a bird. Her right leg is hooved, but her left one ends in the feet of a monstrous bird of prey. Other than these and her pale red skin, Jezebeth resembles a beautiful human female.

Nekhet - this bat-headed she-devil believed that she is the daughter of the god Set, who have a realm in Stygia. Nekhet commands the courthern and eastern approaches to Set's realm and spend most of her time on the Prime, setting up cults in dedication to Set. In doing so, she hopes that Set will honor her with true godhood. Levithan is not happy with her at the moment as she is neglecting her duties. But the fact that she MAY be Set's daughter kept the monstrous devil from devouring her as it did with Herodias.

Krotep - This weird devil had his left hand replaced with a crab's claw by Leviathan as a reminder of who his real master is. Krotep is Nekhet's brother, and like her, he believe Set is his father. He controls the northern and western approach to Set's realm and believes the god will honor him with true godhood if he paid enough tributes to him....by building pyramids and pyramids of ice.