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<blockquote data-quote="Ripzerai" data-source="post: 3303716" data-attributes="member: 38324"><p>No, it's clear he was serving Zariel at the time of his coup. If he ever served Dispater, it was before that. I'm thinking he got transferred at some point - perhaps he turned traitor on Dispater during the Reckoning, when Dispater and Zariel were on opposite sides.</p><p></p><p>Remember that the Reckoning was thousands of years ago.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Planes of Law gave the first hint of their existence, but didn't detail them all.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That was her first mention by name, though she was referred to as early as Planes of Law.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The Dark Eight are:</p><p></p><p> * Baalzephon, Master of Supply (female)</p><p> * Furcas, Minister of Mortal Relations</p><p> * Corin, Spymaster of Baator</p><p> * Dagos, Marshall of the Pits</p><p> * Zimimar, Minister of Morale (female)</p><p> * Zaebos, Minister of Promotions and Demotions</p><p> * Zapan, Minister of Immortal Relations</p><p> * Pearza, Minister of Research and Development (female)</p><p></p><p>Baalzephon originally served Dispater as his Prime Minister before being recruited by the pit fiend Cantrum into the then-secret cabal known as the Dark Nine. Furcas served Dispater as a commander of barbazu. Zimimar served Mammon as a commander of osyluths. Zaebos was Belial's lieutenant, and Zapan commanded cornugons for Belial.</p><p></p><p>Corin, Dagos, Pearza, and Cantrum were all first mentioned in the Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix. Their backgrounds are not known.</p><p></p><p>Note that of the original Dark Nine, only Baalzephon survives. The others are all replacements given the same names as their predecessors to preserve the illusion of continuity.</p><p></p><p>Baalzephon also plays a big part in the Greyhawk supplement <em>Ivid the Undying</em>.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Nexroth was in 1e as a commander of 16 companies of malebranche.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Nope. Gazra was first mentioned in the Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix under the hamatula entry.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>There's Zaggutch, a pit fiend lieutenant of Dispater who is one of the chief villains in the Planescape adventure <em>Fires of Dis</em>.</p><p></p><p>Balruhk the Invincible is a pit fiend general who plays a part in the fiend article in Dragon #306. He seems to serve the Dark Eight, rather than any specific Lord of the Nine (since he's a general in the Blood War). Though with the horrible set-up in Fiendish Codex II, that means he serves Bel. I really wish that book hadn't been published. For all its good qualities, some of it was just execrable. </p><p></p><p>Archduke Thulikazt is a pit fiend "of almost godlike power" mentioned in Dragon #313, page 70. He's dead now, though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ripzerai, post: 3303716, member: 38324"] No, it's clear he was serving Zariel at the time of his coup. If he ever served Dispater, it was before that. I'm thinking he got transferred at some point - perhaps he turned traitor on Dispater during the Reckoning, when Dispater and Zariel were on opposite sides. Remember that the Reckoning was thousands of years ago. Planes of Law gave the first hint of their existence, but didn't detail them all. That was her first mention by name, though she was referred to as early as Planes of Law. The Dark Eight are: * Baalzephon, Master of Supply (female) * Furcas, Minister of Mortal Relations * Corin, Spymaster of Baator * Dagos, Marshall of the Pits * Zimimar, Minister of Morale (female) * Zaebos, Minister of Promotions and Demotions * Zapan, Minister of Immortal Relations * Pearza, Minister of Research and Development (female) Baalzephon originally served Dispater as his Prime Minister before being recruited by the pit fiend Cantrum into the then-secret cabal known as the Dark Nine. Furcas served Dispater as a commander of barbazu. Zimimar served Mammon as a commander of osyluths. Zaebos was Belial's lieutenant, and Zapan commanded cornugons for Belial. Corin, Dagos, Pearza, and Cantrum were all first mentioned in the Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix. Their backgrounds are not known. Note that of the original Dark Nine, only Baalzephon survives. The others are all replacements given the same names as their predecessors to preserve the illusion of continuity. Baalzephon also plays a big part in the Greyhawk supplement [i]Ivid the Undying[/i]. Nexroth was in 1e as a commander of 16 companies of malebranche. Nope. Gazra was first mentioned in the Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix under the hamatula entry. There's Zaggutch, a pit fiend lieutenant of Dispater who is one of the chief villains in the Planescape adventure [i]Fires of Dis[/i]. Balruhk the Invincible is a pit fiend general who plays a part in the fiend article in Dragon #306. He seems to serve the Dark Eight, rather than any specific Lord of the Nine (since he's a general in the Blood War). Though with the horrible set-up in Fiendish Codex II, that means he serves Bel. I really wish that book hadn't been published. For all its good qualities, some of it was just execrable. Archduke Thulikazt is a pit fiend "of almost godlike power" mentioned in Dragon #313, page 70. He's dead now, though. [/QUOTE]
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