A twisted image of the celestial blood that once bore him, the Lord of the Nine Hells is revealed in many tomes and murals as a handsome humanoid with deep, red skin and long, black hair. Two curling horns rise from his brow, and his lips bear an eternal, knowing grin.

Asmodeus’s enemies are numerous, even among the Betrayer Gods, many of whom only follow the archdevil for fear of his immense power. His archnemesis is Avandra, the Change Bringer, whose mischief and cunning has vexed him throughout the eons. It was she who defeated him in the Great Reckoning by tricking his fiendish armies into attacking one another. The Devil Lord’s greatest triumph during the Great Reckoning was fooling and betraying the Everlight and slaughtering all her followers in one fell stroke—an act that has united the followers of Raei and Avandra in a bond of unbreakable fellowship ever since.

• Assert dominance and power over others. Show your strength of will in the image of the Asmodeus.

• Repay cruelty done unto you with further evil. If others show you kindness, exploit it.

• As you ascend to power, do not pity or show mercy to those you climb over to get there. Compassion is for the weak