The Dukes of Hell

OK, i guess most of us shouldn't be too terribly surprised that the Dukes of Hell (the next step down from the Lords of the Nine) don't get much coverage in FC2, but at least most if not all of them get a mention. still, would have been nice to see a bit more.

for those DMs who would like to elaborate more on hell's power stucture in their campaign, let's start by identifying all the published sources where we can find more information on them. a few were introuced in the original MM2 (Amon, Bael, Hutijin, and Titivilus); the same source identified numerous others that were later detailed in Ed Greenwood's Dragon #75 & 76 (with a few non-heirarchy devils introduced in #91 as well). they were left virtually untouched until IIRC Faces of Evil. not sure how much coverage they got in A Guide To Hell. a small few of them got mentions in BoVD.

what else do we need to know about that?

Bo and Luke appear in TA1- The Village of Hazzard, and Daisy appears in TA2-My Body is a Temple of Elemental Evil.

Here're names of unique devils from FCII and where they're located:

AVERNUS: Amduscias and Malphas (servants of Tiamat); Amon, Armaros, Azazel, Bist, Cahor, Caim, Dagon, Duskur, Herodias, Kochbiel, Malarea, Moloch, Nergal, Nisroch, and Rumjal (Outcast Dukes)

DIS: Lilis (Dispater's consort), Arioch the Iron Avenger, Biffant (Provost of the Iron City), and Titivilus (Nuncio of Dispater); Alocer, Bitru, and Merodach (commanders of Dis's armies)

MINAUROS: Bael, Caarcrinolaas, and Melchon (Mammon's generals); Focalur (Mammon's seneschal); Glwa (Mammon's new consort)

PHLEGETHOS: Balan, Bathym, Gaziel, and Zapan; Chamo (Legate of Abriymoch) and Zaebos (deputy of Abriymoch)

STYGIA: Cozbi (Glasya's consort) and Gorson (Geryon's baliff) were both destroyed; Agares and Machalas (Levistus' commanders)

MALBOGE: The Dukes were all from Baalzebul's court but were withdrawn after Moloch fell. No unique devils have achieved the rank of duke when Malagarde ruled and only one has during Glasya's rule (Tartach)

MALADOMINI: Baftis (First Consort), Lilith (Second Consort), Neabaz (Herald of Lies), Barbatos (Marshal of Maladomini), and the generals Abigor, Bileth, and Zepar.

CANIA: Abonides (Steward of Cania), Baalphegor (lord's consort), Barbas (Chamberlain of Mephistar), and Bele (Justiciar of Cania); Bifrons and Hutijin command armies in Cania under the pit fiend Nexroth's command

NESSUS: Adramalech (Chancellor of Hell), Phongor (Inquisitor of Nessus), and the commanders Buer, Bune, Moraz, Rimmon, and Zagum.

*Please note that these entries also mentioned names of prominent pit fiends, but since we're looking for names of unique devils I only mentioned their names.

Shade said:

Bo and Luke appear in TA1- The Village of Hazzard, and Daisy appears in TA2-My Body is a Temple of Elemental Evil.

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Am I the only one terrified by this?

Razz said:

Here're names of unique devils from FCII and where they're located:

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definitely interesting, thanks!

was this posted anywhere previously?

IcyCool said:

Am I the only one terrified by this?

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Nope, not at all.

Did I mention already how happy I was to work on the demon one?

--Erik

Erik Mona said:

Did I mention already how happy I was to work on the demon one?

--Erik

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If you want Erik, we can make up something obscure sounding, claim you didn't include it when you should have, and just use that as some half-hearted excuse to retroactively flame you I suppose. But nah, you have a get out of Carceri free card due to you from FC:I.


But on a more serious note, I don't envy Schwalb and Laws for having to try to make a coherent book from all the contradictory and scattered sources on Baator, and at the same time try to avoid pissing folks off by what they didn't include. I'll lament the lack of Ancient Baatorians, but they did a very nice job in couching all the pre-history/mythology in FC:II in terms of mythology of questionable grounding in fact, and there's enough allusions and wiggle room to see the primordial predecessors of the Baatezu.

I think they did a nice job when all is said and done. But true to your own feelings, I still don't envy the task.

take down the world at all angles

If what you want is a list of all the nobles known, I'll try to make a list. After some thought, I decided to include the nobles which have been promoted since 1st edition (Baalzephon, Bel, Furcas, Zaebos, Zapan, and Zimimar), with the implication that their posts have been filled by someone else. Other nobles, especially in those layers whose rulers have changed, may also be different now.

(sources: 1eMMII, Legions of Hell, Book of Vile Darkness, Planes of Law, Dragon Magazine)

Lord Bel
Malphas (40 companies of abishai) - MMII
Amduscias (29 companies of abishai) - Dragon #75
Goap (3 companies of erinyes) - MMII
Yeddikadir (cornugon disciplinarian) - BoVD
Nalebranc (cornugon disciplinarian) - BoVD
Malgrin (master of undead) - Book of Fiends
Zariel (imprisoned predecessor) - Guide to Hell

Lord Dispater
Lilis (consort) - Dragon #75
Ustyhrin-ja (mistress of erinyes) - BoVD
Formally Bel (3 companies of cornugons) - MMII
Formally Furcas (12 companies of barbazu) - MMII
Formally Baalzephon (Prime Minister) - MMII
Bitru (70 companies of erinyes) - Dragon #75
Elivisa (consort of Bitru) - I forget
Merodach ((21 companies of hamatula) - Dragon #75
Titivilus (Nuncio) - Dragon #75
Alocer (36 companies of erinyes) - Dragon #75
Arioch (Avenger) - Dragon #75
Biffrant (Provost) - Dragon #75
Talos (iron golem guardian) - BoVD

Lord Mammon
Zbara the Witch-Queen (human advisor) - BoVD
Bael (66 companies of hamatulas) - Dragon #75
Caarcrinolaas (36 companies of hamatulas) - Dragon #75
Focalor (Seneschal) - Dragon #75
Herobaal (16 companies of osyluths) - Dragon #75
Melchon (16 companies of erinyes) - Dragon #75
Formally Zimimar (6 companies of osyluths) - MMII
Pollus Windscreamer (master of Jangling Hiter) - Planes of Law

Lady Fierana
Belial (ruler-behind-the-scenes)
Naome (Belial's consort) - Dragon #75
Gazra (Fierana's consort; master of hamatulas of the first four circles) - BoVD
Ariel (master of torments) - Book of Fiends
Antaia (mistress of witches) - Book of Fiends
Naamah (contessa of duplicity) - Book of Fiends
Formally Zaebos (Lieutenant) - MMII
Formally Zapan (4 companies of cornugons) - MMII
Balan (master of the hunt; 40 companies of barbazu) - Book of Fiends, Dragon #75
Bathym (30 companies of hamatula) - Dragon #75
Chamo (Legate) - Dragon #75
Gaziel (11 companies of osyluths) - Dragon #75
Philotanus (Lord of Perversion) - Book of Fiends

Lord Levistus
Erridon Alaka (hands of Levistus) - BoVD
Zanth (voice of Levistus) - BoVD
Trinity (hellcat minder) - BoVD
Unnamed (master of Tantlin) - Planes of Law
Dagon (warden of the Styx) - Book of Fiends
Krotep (Pharoah of Axor) - Book of Fiends
Nekhet (prophet of Set) - Book of Fiends
Agares (31 companies of osyluths) - Dragon #75
Fecor (8 companies of cornugons) - Dragon #75
Gorson (baliff) - Dragon #75
Herodias (magistrate) - Dragon #75
Machalas (11 companies of hamatula) - Dragon #75
Amon (40 companies of osyluths, winter wolves) - MMII

Hag Countess
Lel (Marquise of the Night) - Book of Fiends
Bileth (Tribune) - Dragon #76
Bethage (9 companies of cornugons) - Dragon #76
Tartach (legate) - Dragon #76
Herobaal (16 companies of osyluths) - Dragon #76
Three night hags (advisors?) - BoVD

Lord Baalzebul
Baftis (consort) - Dragon #76
Vashaak Ratoth Bruu (chief handservant) - BoVD
Abigor (30 companies of cornugons) - Dragon #76
Barbatos (Marshal) - Dragon #76
Neabaz (Herald) - Dragon #76
Zepar (28 companies of cornugons) - MMII
Amitiel (Archon of Truth) - Book of Fiends
Flauros (diviner) - Book of Fiends
Murmur (Inquisitor) - Book of Fiends
Nergal (master of pestilence) - Book of Fiends
Meresin (master of storms) - Book of Fiends
Rahbad (Lord of the Lightless Seas) - Book of Fiends
Tamiel (Governs the lakes of Maladomini) - Book of Fiends
Mysdemn Wordtwister (ruler of Grenpoli) - Planes of Law

Lord Mephistopheles
Baalphegor (consort) - Dragon #76
Antilia (bard) - BoVD
Jalie Squarefoot (Lich fiend) - Book of Fiends, Hell in Freeport
Hadriel (Duchess of Domination) - Book of Fiends
Barbas (Chamberlain) - Dragon #76
Bifrons (26 companies of gelugons) - Dragon #76
Adonides (Steward) - Dragon #76
Bele (Justiciar) - Dragon #76
Hutigin (2 companies of pit fiends) - Dragon #76
Nexroth (16 companies of cornugons) - Dragon #76
Testaron (draconic guardian) - BoVD

The Dark One
Alastor (executioner) - Dragon #76
Adramalech (chancellor) - Dragon #76
Baalberith (majordomo) - Dragon #76
Buer (15 companies of pit fiends) - Dragon #76
Bune (Duke of Eloquence; 30 companies of cornugons) - MMII, Book of Fiends
Martinet (constable) - Dragon #76
Glasya (temptress) - MMII, BoVD, Guide to Hell
Morax (9 companies of pit fiends) - Dragon #76
Paimon (patron of science) - Book of Fiends
Bebal (lover of Paimon) - Book of Fiends
Abalan (lover of Paimon) - Book of Fiends
Phongor (Inquisitor) - Dragon #76
Rimmon (5 companies of gelugons) - Dragon #76
Selm (Prince of Posessors) - Dragon #42
Zagum (30 companies of hamatula) - Dragon #76

Special mention: Ronnell Maughdonnel, Count of the Hells - Dragon #120

Erik Mona said:

Did I mention already how happy I was to work on the demon one?

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more than once!

it bears repeating though, i'm sure.

Ripzerai said:

If what you want is a list of all the nobles known, I'll try to make a list.

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thanks!

Ripzerai said:

(sources: 1eMMII, Legions of Hell, Book of Vile Darkness, Planes of Law, Dragon Magazine)

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what, no Faces of Evil? or was that just rehash of stuff already in Planes of Law?

Ripzerai said:

Special mention: Ronnell Maughdonnel, Count of the Hells - Dragon #120

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you, sir, are a sick, sick man. and i mean that in the nicest way possible.