They could cast spells or grant magical powers to their worshippers, as well as create and send avatars to the material plane. In any case, as demigods, the archdukes possess enormous god-like powers, with varying degrees according to their rank. Furthermore, some of them display more bestial features, such as the dragon goddess Tiamat, while others have more prominent humanoid traits, like Zariel. There is no defined physical attribute ascribed to archdevils, as many of them may change forms at will.
These two races have waged a war called the Blood War, which ended officially with the deification of Asmodeus as the prime evil. Tiamat used to rule the first layer ( Avernus) until Asmodeus demoted her due to her poor performance in preventing outcast devils from rising.ĭevils and demons are sometimes used as interchangeable terms, but demons, in contrast to devils, are chaotic evil creatures that reside in the Abyss, meaning that they have no structured organization system. The lord that rules over the first layer, Zariel, is the lesser of the nine, while Asmodeus is the Lord of the Ninth (also called Nessus) and hailed as the Prince of Darkness. It could be said that it's the embodiment of lawful evil.Įach of the lords is specifically assigned to a layer of the hells and according to a rank. Baator is described as the plane of evil that, contrary to the Abyss, is ruled by way of institutional iniquity and has a highly structured caste system.
Of those, the archdukes (by nature demigods) are known as the high lords of the Nine Hells of Baator, and they are referred to as the archdevils stricto sensu (in the strict sense of the term). Archdevils are unique devils that are known to be some of the most powerful in existence.
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