Metamorphosis: From Dretch to Demon Lord - Ascension Released!

[BLACKDIRGE]

Nonsense.

Thanks Pogre. I guess you weren't kidding.

BD

 

[Nightbreeze]

just amazing.

 

[BigFreekinGoblinoid]

Hi BD! Glad to see you back on this story again. I'm intrigued by the revelation of this third artifact and the connection with the other two... good stuff. I know stories evolve from conception to execution, and I'm not suggesting you hurry back to our title figure, but I can't but help wondering how he is coping.

Your Nycaloth's mother must have had a Glabrezu mother, eh? Or some other more plausable story to account for the two extra arms...

I hope to visit the lower planes with you again soon.

Happy Holidays!

 

[BLACKDIRGE]

Hi BD! Glad to see you back on this story again. I'm intrigued by the revelation of this third artifact and the connection with the other two... good stuff. I know stories evolve from conception to execution, and I'm not suggesting you hurry back to our title figure, but I can't but help wondering how he is coping.

Your Nycaloth's mother must have had a Glabrezu mother, eh? Or some other more plausable story to account for the two extra arms...

I hope to visit the lower planes with you again soon.

Happy Holidays!

Thanks BFG!

Dyzag has the standard alottment of limbs for a nycodaemon (loth), at least according to the write-up in the manual of planes.

Gave me a scare there for a second.

BD

 

[Rikandur Azebol]

I have always thought of Hedrenatherax as a bit of an anomoly in demon society. I figure, he has always been physically stronger and tougher than his peers throughout the various stages of demonic life. This brute force allowed him to survive, even when other, smarter demons did not. But now that he is a demon lord, and in the big leagues so to say, he is way over his head, and is fairly easy to manipulate. But dont count our thick-headed balor out yet, he's still tough as nails, and has Dreadskewer to boot.

BD

I guess so, because if he gives up the artifact he's ... skewered. And if he won't give up it to Yagru ...

Age and Treachery alvays win over Youth and Strength. That's my opinion on the confrontation between those two. How I imagine it ? Well to be honest I see Yagru defeating Hedrenatherax without single swing of his dreadful scythe. He'll strike where our outleagued demon lord is weakest. As usually yugoloths do. Hedre can be tough as nails and very stubborn to boot, but somehow I don't see him outsmarting Yagru.

BTW, are those guardinals insane ? Leaving only one, relatively weak, guardian to stand against one of the most dangerous 'loths in the multiverse ? Did Talisind lost his mind, or managed to die and be replaced by blissfully ignorant replacement ?

 

[Need_A_Life]

Love it!

Now, having the 'loth population enter the story is a bit of a wildcard.

I know what to expect from a devil...
I know what to expect from a demon...
I know only that 'loths get their goals done... fast and without caring who gets maimed in the process.

Only one problem with the story:

“We will raze the heavens together, my lord, as we once did so long ago. I know this to be true.”

It's just wrong somehow... I can't tell you what's wrong with it, but it gives me the wrong type of imagry... though I don't know why

 

[Greybar]

Oh, I love the quote, and I'm glad to see the story return.
Now whatever happened to the once-man who used to play the role of the protagonist?
I'm sure he/it will be back...

 

[BLACKDIRGE]

Now whatever happened to the once-man who used to play the role of the protagonist?
I'm sure he/it will be back...

There are huge things afoot that will directly affect Hazergal and his ascension. I have a little more set up to do, and then we will focus again on our wizard turned demon.

Thanks for reading.

BD

 

[taliesin15]

Blackdirge, I'm curious if you had thoughts as to what Gods might rule in this Universe--is this kind of a generic Hell/Abyss pantheon, where the deities could be from various pantheons, or is it say specifically the WoTC pantheon (Wee Jas, and all that rot)?

One thing that comes to mind here is I foresee future intervention from the forces of Neutral Evil, to ultimately bring some balance...am I right?

 

[BLACKDIRGE]

Blackdirge, I'm curious if you had thoughts as to what Gods might rule in this Universe--is this kind of a generic Hell/Abyss pantheon, where the deities could be from various pantheons, or is it say specifically the WoTC pantheon (Wee Jas, and all that rot)?

One thing that comes to mind here is I foresee future intervention from the forces of Neutral Evil, to ultimately bring some balance...am I right?

Well, Hazergal started out in Faerun, but since the outer planes are home to all deities, from all pantheons and worlds, any gods are possible. But I don't really have any plans to include gods in the story, as I would rather focus on the power struggles between fiends. Also, I tend to see arch-fiends at god-level power anyways. Hell, many of the demon lords, arch devils, and Oinodaemons predate most gods by eons, and therefore should be pretty close to dieities in power level.

As for neutral evil bringing balance, I don't know. So far, only Yaghur Hod and his minions represent NE in the story, and he certainly has his own goals and amibitions, none of which have anything to do with bringing balance. Unless, by balance you mean a universe filled with daemons (yugoloths) and not much else.

BD