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<blockquote data-quote="Ripzerai" data-source="post: 5618738" data-attributes="member: 38324"><p><strong>Phalse</strong> was a "powerful demon" originally from the novel <em>Azure Bonds</em>. He is also described in <em>Hall of Heroes</em> (1989), pages 5-7. He often disguised himself as a "nasty-looking halflingish creature" claiming to serve as an agent of the demon he truly was, but his true form was that of a man with a beholder head. He was part of the conspiracy that created the living construct Alias, but his goal was secretly to destroy the god Moander, who Phalse considered the bitterest of his rivals.</p><p></p><p>It's not entirely clear from my sources that Phalse qualifies as a demon lord, but he's a unique demon with the resources to take down a demigod (albeit indirectly, not through personal combat), and presumably he was gunning to take over Moander's Abyssal layer, Offalmound (the 223rd). He seems to have failed in this, so perhaps he was, at best, a lord-in-waiting, a unique demon on the verge of becoming a lord who failed his final test.</p><p></p><p>Incidentally, <em>Monster Mythology</em> reported that the Great Mother of the beholders often mated with demons and demodands, creating hybrid offspring. It seems likely that Phalse was one of these (along with the oculus demons from <em>Expedition to the Demonweb Pits</em>). </p><p></p><p><strong>Alusiel</strong> is a fallen angel mentioned in <em>Faces of Evil: The Fiends</em> and in <em>The Plane Below: Secrets of the Elemental Chaos</em> (page 118). He is the ruler of Mal Arundak, the Bastion of Confusion (layer #403), and is becoming increasingly demonic over time. He probably doesn't count as a demon lord.</p><p></p><p><strong>Rajzak</strong>, ruler of an unnumbered Abyssal layer known as the Spires of Rajzak, is described in <em>The Plane Below</em>, page 124. He is over 80 feet tall and described as a mass of claws, mouths, and oozing sores, partly reptile, partly amphibian, and partly indescribable. He was once said to be a demon of great beauty and intelligence, but Graz'zt tore out his mind and soul, leaving him a babbling, mutated idiot. He's explicitly described as a demon lord in his original state, but now he is merely "as powerful as a demon lord but more bestial than the dimmest barlgura."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ripzerai, post: 5618738, member: 38324"] [b]Phalse[/b] was a "powerful demon" originally from the novel [i]Azure Bonds[/i]. He is also described in [i]Hall of Heroes[/i] (1989), pages 5-7. He often disguised himself as a "nasty-looking halflingish creature" claiming to serve as an agent of the demon he truly was, but his true form was that of a man with a beholder head. He was part of the conspiracy that created the living construct Alias, but his goal was secretly to destroy the god Moander, who Phalse considered the bitterest of his rivals. It's not entirely clear from my sources that Phalse qualifies as a demon lord, but he's a unique demon with the resources to take down a demigod (albeit indirectly, not through personal combat), and presumably he was gunning to take over Moander's Abyssal layer, Offalmound (the 223rd). He seems to have failed in this, so perhaps he was, at best, a lord-in-waiting, a unique demon on the verge of becoming a lord who failed his final test. Incidentally, [i]Monster Mythology[/i] reported that the Great Mother of the beholders often mated with demons and demodands, creating hybrid offspring. It seems likely that Phalse was one of these (along with the oculus demons from [i]Expedition to the Demonweb Pits[/i]). [b]Alusiel[/b] is a fallen angel mentioned in [i]Faces of Evil: The Fiends[/i] and in [i]The Plane Below: Secrets of the Elemental Chaos[/i] (page 118). He is the ruler of Mal Arundak, the Bastion of Confusion (layer #403), and is becoming increasingly demonic over time. He probably doesn't count as a demon lord. [b]Rajzak[/b], ruler of an unnumbered Abyssal layer known as the Spires of Rajzak, is described in [i]The Plane Below[/i], page 124. He is over 80 feet tall and described as a mass of claws, mouths, and oozing sores, partly reptile, partly amphibian, and partly indescribable. He was once said to be a demon of great beauty and intelligence, but Graz'zt tore out his mind and soul, leaving him a babbling, mutated idiot. He's explicitly described as a demon lord in his original state, but now he is merely "as powerful as a demon lord but more bestial than the dimmest barlgura." [/QUOTE]
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