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The '''Nine Hells''', also called the '''Nine Hells of Baator''', '''Baator''' (BAY-uh-tor), the '''Hells''', or simply '''Hell''', is a [[Lawful Evil]] [[plane]] of tyranny and oppression under the iron grip of [[Asmodeus]]. <!-- It is a great pit, nine layers deep, each worse than the last, where suffering and terror are -->
The '''Nine Hells''', also called the '''Nine Hells of Baator''' (BAY-uh-tor), '''Baator''', the '''Hells''', or simply '''Hell''', is a [[Lawful Evil]] [[plane]] of tyranny and oppression under the iron grip of [[Asmodeus]]. <!-- It is a great pit, nine layers deep, each worse than the last, where suffering and terror are -->


The Nine Hells is a world of cruelty and ruthlessness under the absolute rule of a single mind: Asmodeus. No word is whispered here that is unheard by Asmodeus. No secret is hidden from his ever-watching eye. It is a plane of conformity, totalitarianism, and bureaucracy.
The Nine Hells is a world of cruelty and ruthlessness under the absolute rule of a single mind: that of Asmodeus. No word is whispered here that is unheard by him. No secret is hidden from his ever-watching eye. It is a plane of conformity, totalitarianism, and bureaucracy.


In Phoena, the Nine Hells is called '''Barrator''' (BAR-uh-tor, Phoenic: برتور Barratūr).
In Phoena, the Nine Hells is called '''Barrator''' (BAR-uh-tor, Phoenic: برتور Barratūr).
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The principal inhabitants of the Nine Hells are the [[devil|devils]], [[Lawful Evil]] [[fiend|fiends]] arranged in a strict hierarchy.
The principal inhabitants of the Nine Hells are the [[devil|devils]], [[Lawful Evil]] [[fiend|fiends]] arranged in a strict hierarchy.
== Layers ==
According to Abn-Azer, the nine titular hells are:
# [[Avernus]]
# [[Dis]]
# [[Minauros]]
# [[Pagosha]]
# [[Sazos]]
# [[Asala]]
# [[Kynzia]]
# [[Shaatha]]
# [[Nessus]]
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Baator is composed of nine layers, each ruled by one of the [[Lords of the Nine]], the greatest of the [[archdevil|archdevils]].
Baator is composed of nine layers, each ruled by one of the [[Lords of the Nine]], the greatest of the [[archdevil|archdevils]].

Latest revision as of 01:11, 4 September 2025

Nine Hells
Alignment Lawful Evil
Inhabitants Devils
Layers Nine

The Nine Hells, also called the Nine Hells of Baator (BAY-uh-tor), Baator, the Hells, or simply Hell, is a Lawful Evil plane of tyranny and oppression under the iron grip of Asmodeus.

The Nine Hells is a world of cruelty and ruthlessness under the absolute rule of a single mind: that of Asmodeus. No word is whispered here that is unheard by him. No secret is hidden from his ever-watching eye. It is a plane of conformity, totalitarianism, and bureaucracy.

In Phoena, the Nine Hells is called Barrator (BAR-uh-tor, Phoenic: برتور Barratūr).

Inhabitants

The principal inhabitants of the Nine Hells are the devils, Lawful Evil fiends arranged in a strict hierarchy.

Layers

According to Abn-Azer, the nine titular hells are:

  1. Avernus
  2. Dis
  3. Minauros
  4. Pagosha
  5. Sazos
  6. Asala
  7. Kynzia
  8. Shaatha
  9. Nessus