![]() When he acts on the Material Plane, he occasionally sends an ice devil, or a manifestation of himself in his true form, or a giant fiendish fly, though generally, he sends a single normal-seeming fly to whisper secrets or advice. Those who seek his favor must approach with great flattery and labyrinthine etiquette to convince him their adoration is both genuine and total, without triggering his envy or suspicion. The Lord of the Flies attracts worshipers with deep ambition, an immense desire for revenge, or who seek arcane knowledge. 3 Ultimately, Hell's greatest strategists and warriors train in the icy depths of Cocytus, each following the directives of its lord. He is also served by greater gaav, gelugons, advodazas, and pit fiends. 7 Servantsīaalzebul is served by elite cornugons who each seek to be transformed into a malebranche. The Lord of the Flies reserves a special hatred for Basileus, the herald of Asmodeus, who is said to have been created by Asmodeus in the likeness of Baalzebul's former angelic form. The other archdevils, in turn, rankle at Baalzebul's abrasive nature, but none would dare challenge one so powerful and favored by the Lord of Darkness, especially if he might have noticed a weakness during their training. The Lord of Flies knows that overt plots against the other archdevils would anger Asmodeus, but he grants none of them favors. 3 Relationshipsīaalzebul has a complicated relationship to his lord, Asmodeus, for whom he works unceasingly to prove his worth, yet hates for having stripped his beauty and slighted with insufficient honors. ![]() 6 The Lord of the Seventh rules his domain with pomp and circumstance, despite its brutal landscape, acting with all the formality he believes he deserves. The Lord of the Seventh rules over his bitter domain from the floating citadel of Betzebbul which is shackled to the ice below with giant frozen chains, which must be scaled by those who seek an audience. Mountains of ice and volcanoes erupt from the depths, the latter providing bands of heat to stave off the impossible cold, either with lava-filled calderas or rivers of molten rock. Glaciers of unimaginable depth entomb the souls of betrayers and the most cruel and ambitious. 3 RealmĪ frozen wasteland of absolute despair, Cocytus-the seventh layer of Hell-is in the constant grip of such absolute cold that flesh shatters and words freeze on being spoken. Fleeing to Cocytus, mourning the loss of his beauty, the archdevil took his throne as the Lord of Flies. Yet, if you imagine yourself lord of the multitudes, so be it." With that, Baalzebul was stripped of his angelic form by his lord, and what remained was fused with swarms of flies. Asmodeus responded, "You are as I made you and have done only as I have willed. When Baalzebul confronted the Lord of Hell and demanded a realm greater than those made after him, Asmodeus asked why he deserved greater, to which Baalzebul recounted the victories he had claimed for his lord. The creation of Mephistopheles and the distribution of Hell's rule among the archdevils infuriated Baalzebul, who expected to rule at Asmodeus's side. Later, as the politics of Hell evolved, Baalzebul killed Nybbas in a rage and scattered the Laughing Duke's ashes across Cocytus, supposedly creating the gusts of snow that plague the seventh layer to this day. When war came to Heaven, Baalzebul's loyalty was unquestionable, leading Asmodeus's armies and training his new generals Belial, Dispater, Moloch, and Nybbas. ![]() The archdevil was once a celestial serving in Heaven's legions, among the first beings created by the earliest gods, seen to be the son of Asmodeus and called Lord of That Which Flies, as scholars believe he may have been the first being to have angelic form. 3 He now manifests as a fifteen foot tall armored angel, though his body and wings are composed of flies. Later, after demanding greater honors, Asmodeus stripped Baalzebul of his celestial form, turning him into an amalgamated swarm of countless biting flies. Prior to Asmodeus's Exodus from Heaven, Baalzebul had a beautiful, glowing form. ![]() The archdevil Baalzebul (pronounced BALL-zee-bull) 1 rules the seventh layer of Hell, the freezing cold realm of Cocytus. ![]()
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