Asmodeus

Asmodeus, The Prince of Darkness (LE)

Asmodeus is the First, the Dark Prince, the lord of darkness and law, and the ruler of the plane of Hell. If Asmodeus’s own scriptures are to believed—and they are corroborated by certain other accounts, like the angel-penned Book of the Damned—he is one of the oldest beings of the multiverse. These texts claim that in time before time, in a world not yet created, Asmodeus and his brother Ihys were among the first gods in existence. During these unnamed ages, the two gods quarreled over the fate of the souls of their creations, and Asmodeus slew his brother. Confident that Ihys’s act of granting mortals free will was folly, Asmodeus made his own convictions known: that existence is best served by absolute order and discipline. These claims contradict other popular creation myths, and both theologians and immortal agents of the gods doubt Asmodeus’s claims to varying degrees, but while there is no evidence to prove them, they are also difficult to refute.

Kelek Changes

Hell has gained many more souls due to the countless deaths caused by the apocalypses. While this would normally be boon for Asmodeus, the chaos of the new world has caused the domains of Order to suffer. Asmodeus currently struggles to maintain the absolute order of his domain in the face of so much chaos.

• Edicts- negotiate contracts to your best advantage, rule tyrannically and torture weaker beings, show subservience to your betters
• Anathema- break a contract, free a slave, insult Asmodeus by showing mercy to your enemies
• Areas of Concern- contracts, pride, slavery, and tyranny
• Follower Alignments- LE

Devotee Benefits

• Divine Ability- any, though characters who commit themselves to Asmodeus this way have their souls bound to the Dark Prince for all eternity
• Divine Font- harm
• Divine Skill- Deception
• Favored Weapon- mace
• Domains- confidence, fire, trickery, tyranny
• Alternate Domains- duty, glyph
• Cleric Spells- 1st: charm, 4th: suggestion, 6th: mislead