Devils

Devils are one of the two types of Fiends - creatures from another plane of existence that feed upon the souls of mortals.

Location

All Devils reside on one of the nine layers of Hell, one of the Outer Planes that is reached from the Material Plane via the metaphysical passage known as the River Styx.

Description

Devils, broadly speaking, tend to appear very much like tall, muscular humanoids. They are most often seen with red skin, horns, cloven hoofs for feet, a barbed tail and wings. Some have animal-like faces but many will be recognisably 'human' (or Elven or Dwarven or any other humanoid race). This is rarely a Devil's true form but a form they assume to make interacting with mortals easier.

Notable Devils

As with Demons, there are far too many notable Devils to list but the more powerful ones have 'Cults' on the Material Plane that serve to funnel souls to their masters (or mistresses). Again, as with Demons, these 'top tier' Devils refer to themselves via a distinctly feudal sounding title, that of Archdevils (or, occasionally, Archfiends). There are currently nine Archdevils and each is a ruler of their respective layer of Hell. These are:

• Zariel - Ruler of the First Layer
• Dispater - Ruler of the Second Layer
• Mammon - Ruler of the Third Layer
• Fierna - Ruler of the Fourth Layer
• Geryon - Ruler of the Fifth Layer
• Glasya - Ruler of the Sixth Layer
• Baazabul - Ruler of the Seventh Layer
• Mephistopheles - Ruler of the Eighth Layer
• Asmodeus - Ruler of the Ninth Layer