The Dukes of Hell

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

<Grimace>

 

[BOZ]

"what the hell is a grimace, anyway?"

 

[Alaric_Prympax]

"what the hell is a grimace, anyway?"

Didn't he used to work for McDonalds?

 

[Ripzerai]

Didn't he used to work for McDonalds?

You're righter than you know.

Forgot to mention that Martinet was described a lot better in Guide to Hell and BoVD than in Dragon #76 - back in 1e he was just a generic, undetailed pit fiend, but he was promoted to unique status in 2e. Kept the same job, though.

(Grimace was originally a nasty octopus that loved milkshakes, if the question wasn't rhetorical; they rebooted him by removing a bunch of arms and making him dumb-but-friendly)

 

[BOZ]

i wish i had access to Guide to Hell, but i'm sure i'll be able to have a look at it before long.

i started taking some notes while at work on Wednesday; unfortunately, due to unforeseen events i won't be able to access them until i return to work next Tuesday.

 

[BOZ]

i'll be getting FC2 hopefully on Friday, so i can resume putting this together.

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

The following were also given writeups in the Tome of Horrors, with information that is from the 1e era of play.

Amon - Vassel to Geryon
Baaphel - Grand Duke to Belial
Bael - Duke to Mammon
Gorson - Duke to Mammon
Hutijin - Duke to Mephistopheles
Titivilus - Duke to Dispater

 

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(Grimace was originally a nasty octopus that loved milkshakes, if the question wasn't rhetorical; they rebooted him by removing a bunch of arms and making him dumb-but-friendly)

If a milkshake-loving purple octopus wasn't disturbing to children, I don't see how an armless milkshake-loving purple octopus wouldn't be.

 

[Jefe Bergenstein]

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)

I'd noticed Dagon on the list, and wondered if it was a typo. According to FC 1, he's in the abyss, unless Dagon is just a common name or something.

 

[Ripzerai]

I'd noticed Dagon on the list, and wondered if it was a typo. According to FC 1, he's in the abyss, unless Dagon is just a common name or something.

Dagon is a baatezu noble exiled to Avernus. He was formerly known as Jaqon, the least duke in the court of Asmodeus. In that capacity he traveled freely about Baator as the herald and messenger of Adramalech and Asmodeus, as Martinet and others do today.

Often summoned to the Prime Material Plane, Jaqon had a habit of trading more information than Asmodeus wished divulged, including hints as to the truenames of various other nobles and the preferences of various she-devils with regard to an archdevil winning one of their hands to be his consort. For this pandering, he is especially despised by all of the consorts and she-devils in the hells; none will aid him, work with him, or even speak civilly with him.

To make Jaqon’s exile a punishment rather than a mere inconvenience, and to lessen his treachery against the hells, it was necessary for Asmodeus to end his frequent summonings to the Prime. The Overlord accomplished this by branding new words onto Jaqon's spirit, forcibly changing Jaqon’s name to Dagon, the name of an obyrith prince — an insult to both Jaqon and the demon Dagon, and a means of confounding the familiar summoning rituals used by Prime Material plane conjurers. The Overlord did not destroy his former herald because Jaqon’s continued existence — and knowledge of the consort’s truenames — remains a threat to many of the consorts, thus ensuring their loyalty to Asmodeus, upon whose protection they must depend.

Dagon usually appears as a red-skinned satyr with a slyly handsome, hairless visage, pointed ears, and short, curving horns like those of a pit fiend. His eyes are green, and shine brightly when he is angry or excited.

Source: Dragon #91