# Archdevils
*5 lords of the Nine Hells. Search and filter below.*
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{"name":"Asmodeus","pic":"AsmodeusPic.png","campaigns":["Dragon Heist","Princes of the Apocalypse","The Oblivion War","Storm King's Thunder","Descent into Avernus"],"tags":["archdevil"],"type":"npc","race":"Devil","occ":"Lord of the Nine Hells","status":"active","aff":["Nine Hells"],"loc":["Nessus"],"blurb":"The supreme ruler of the Nine Hells, commanding all devils from his Fortress of Malsheem in the deepest pit…"},
{"name":"Bel","pic":"BelPic.png","campaigns":["Descent into Avernus"],"tags":["archdevil"],"type":"npc","race":"Devil","occ":"General of the Dark Eight","status":"active","aff":["Dark Eight","Nine Hells"],"loc":["Avernus"],"blurb":"Former Archduke of Avernus, now a general serving under Zariel—the very being who replaced him. Rose from l…"},
{"name":"Belaam","pic":"BelaamDec2025.png","campaigns":["Princes of the Apocalypse","War of the Fey","The Oblivion War","Storm King's Thunder"],"tags":["archdevil","firesong"],"type":"npc","race":"Devil","occ":"Archdevil of Cania","status":"active","aff":["Nine Hells"],"loc":["Cania"],"blurb":"Once the brilliant scholar Owynn Firesong of Candlekeep, now the Archdevil Belaam, Lord of the Eighth. Fath…"},
{"name":"Mephistopheles","pic":"MephistophelesPic.png","campaigns":["War of the Fey","The Oblivion War"],"tags":["archdevil"],"type":"npc","race":"Devil","occ":"Former Archdevil of Cania","status":"imprisoned","aff":["Nine Hells"],"loc":["Soul Gem"],"blurb":"Former ruler of Cania, the eighth layer of the Nine Hells, and the foremost arcane scholar among the archde…"},
{"name":"Zariel","pic":"ZarielPic.png","campaigns":["Descent into Avernus"],"tags":["archdevil"],"type":"npc","race":"Devil","occ":"Archduchess of Avernus","status":"active","aff":["Nine Hells"],"loc":["Avernus"],"blurb":"The iron-fisted Archduchess of Avernus and one of the most feared military commanders in the Nine Hells. Sc…"}
]
```