Kobold Avenger said:
There's the Demon Lord Pale Night who I believe was introduced and described in Fiends: Faces of Evil a 2e Planescape product, and later mentioned in both Defenders of the Faith and the new Manual of the Planes. She's mentioned as being the mother of Graz'zt, Lupercio and Vucarik, and lives on Baphomet's layer of the Abyss. It sort makes me wonder if she's something like the Hive Mother of at least the Tanar'ri race.
But for those of you who bother to use some of the things in the Gord novels, which isn't exactly canon material. Isn't Grazz't something like a member of another demon race called the Abbot-Dolor? And by extension if you were to combine the official material with those novels, wouldn't that imply by extension that Pale Night, her other children and Iuz (at least partially) would all be members of that race.
Now since those novels are hard to find (I've only ever read the first one), just what are the Abbot-Dolor? Anyone have any theories about them and their relationship with other demons many the Tanar'ri, Graz'zt and Pale Night?
I am not familiar with 'Pale Night'*but I am well versed in the Gord the Rogue books.
*'Her'(?) name mentioned in the 3rd Ed. Manual of the Planes was the first I had seen it.
http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze33gpz/gordmain.html
Abat-dolor
The Abat-dolor are an independent race of demons of which Graz'zt is a member. They are ebon-hued, six-fingered, seven to eight feet tall humanoids. They are more human and more civilized than most demons; yet they are reputed to be the most vicious of all demons. They are broken into the nine clans of pain, each of which has their own lord, with Elazalag serving as their overlord. They are independent of all other demon lords. The soldiers wear polished red bronze plate armor. They are armed with swords, spears, and light crossbows. Some have swivel-mounted antimatter guns which are used as a last resort and only by the order of Elazalag. Mezzafgraduun used to be held by the Abat-dolor under Graz'zt, while he was Elazalag's consort. However, Iggwilv came to Mezzafgraduun and separated Graz'zt and four clans of Abat-dolor loyal to him from the rest of the Abat-dolor. Vuron is also held accountable by the Abat-dolor, and they don't care for Eclavdra.
Iyondagur - layer 399.
It is attached to layers 398, 400, and 366 (Mezzafgraduun?). It is held by the Abat-dolor demons. It is not a great strata, but is considered to be a large wild layer. The entrance from the Soulless Sounding is in the middle of the great plaza of Elazalag's fortress's outer courtyard. The palace itself is in the center of the plane (if such a thing can be said). There are many frowning facades of hewn stone blocks hedging in this irregularly shaped area. Squads of Abat-dolor line the parapets on the walls of the square. Princess Elazalag is announced by iron rods pounding on wood and by deep horns that shake the stones. The fortress has a massive portcullis and drawbridge leading to the courtyard. It has just begun to be invaded in the middle of Dance of Demons.
Hippokeres
These are demon horses with eight thick legs and a rhinoceros horn. They are wild, but the smaller ones are tamed and ridden by the Abat-dolor.
Vargrineen
another type of Abysmal steed used by the Abat-dolor.
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I think if you were to incorporate Pale Night into such a cosmology (I would first like to know more about her) I wouldn't have her in a position of power, probably some kind of esoteric Proto-demon perhaps!?
