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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shemeska" data-source="post: 1362193" data-attributes="member: 11697">I suggest you go back and read 'Faces of Evil:The Fiends', the 'Planes of Conflict' Box set, and 'Hellbound:The Blood War', for information regarding the Baernaloths as well as their roll in the formation of the Yugoloths, the start of the Blood War, etc.All TSR Planescape books.Stats-wise the Baern aren't anything to call home about, except that fiend's seem to fear them and obey them almost without question. Yugoloths seem to venerate them with a devotion that approaches that reserved for normally godlike beings. Most importantly, they 'know' things. They possess secrets of such magnitude and potency that it would shatter the faith of a celestial, and indeed it did in the form of a solar known as the Maeldur Et Kavurik (see Hellbound and the story of the solar's corruption by the Baernaloth Daru Ib Shamiq).As far as Arch'loths and Unique Yugoloth lords go, there are indeed a number of them. Anthraxus the former Oinoloth, Mydianchlarus the current Oinoloth, Helekanalaith the Keeper of the Tower of the Arcanaloths, Bubonix the Lord of the Tower of Incarnate Pain and self proclaimed Overlord of Carceri, Cholerix a general and vassal of Bubonix, Taba the Infiltrator of the Planes (ie perfect shapeshifter, among other things), Xenghara the Fallen, Cerlic/Charon the Lord of the Marraenaloths, Typhus a Blood War mercenary leader for sale to the highest bidder.And then looming over them all is the General of Gehenna, perhaps a myth created by the Oinoloth, perhaps a godslayer, perhaps a returned Baernaloth, or most commonly whispered to be the first and greatest Ultraloth of his entire race, the chosen champion of the Baernaloths and the creator of the Heart of Darkness. The Heart was a gem created by himself at the direction of his creators that purged the Yugoloths of the taint of law and chaos, and from this driven out taint was formed the first Tanar'ri and Baatezu who were then herded and exiled to the Abyss and Baator (in the latter case displacing the Ancient Baatorians).The Baernaloths, of which very few are known or suspected to remain on the planes, the others have 'departed' elsewhere, council and direct a select few of the unique Yugoloths, pulling the puppet strings of their children essentially. A number of them, known as The Demented, is thought to hold council with the General of Gehenna himself. These Baern are though to not reject law and chaos in their interpretation of neutral evil as an abstract concept, but instead to simultaneously embrace the random, destructive impulse of chaos along with the rigid tyrrany of law, embracing both extremes in their concept of true NE.One of the Baernaloths, known by the name of Apomps the Triple Aspected or Triple Faced, attempted to emulate the actions of his brothers and sisters when they created the Yugoloths as the chosen race of evil. In his madness he created his own children the Gehreleths (Demodands) that were twisted, flawed, chaotic mockeries of the Yugoloths. The other Baern were enraged at his hubris and, fleeing for his life, Apomps gathered his own children and fled into self imposed exile to Carceri where the worship of his creations elevated him to godhood. He and his children still harbor a dire hatred of the Yugoloths, though the feeling is largely mutual with the 'loths in regards to the Gehreleths. Only the small numbers of the Gehreleths, and their divine patronage by Apomps itself has prevented the 'loths from obliterating them. The 'loths, bereft of any divine aid are at the best wary of large scale conflict with Apomp's children.</blockquote>

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