The forces of good were foolish, sentimental beings too soft and weak to do what had to be done. The forces of the Abyss were loathsome opposition, their very existence a threat to his mastery of evil and their armies a direct threat to his supremacy. His rivals were inferior minds lacking the skill to see his vision through.

In Asmodeus's mind, only he had the strength, insight, and charisma needed to guide all to an ideal utopia, or at least the infernal hierarchy that the Archfiend interpreted as such. Under his rule, and only his rule, the multiverse would be pristine and perfect, with everyone in it having a place and a purpose to fulfill. The Prince of Evil was confident in his position as one of the multiverse's strongest beings, and genuinely believed his rule was for the best. Torture was his tool to break the wills of others and impose his own, and knowledge of secrets and dealings his desired instrument to claim others as his. In truth, Asmodeus was a tyrant, an authoritarian overlord who sought complete control over as many subjects as he could obtain and nothing less than absolute dominion over all reality to satiate his need for power. Despite his charisma, Asmodeus was nonetheless a representative of ultimate evil, revealing his true nature at his will. However, though he could seem generous, the quickly offered rewards of the archdevil were given to those willing to sign away their souls, after which they would suffer as a pawn in his dark designs. Even when wracked by constant pain, he managed to appear blithely unbothered, and seemed almost chillingly reasonable. He was the most well-mannered of the archdevils, soft-spoken and eloquent as he lured others into serving his ends. Just as Asmodeus was an unmatched schemer, he was an unrivaled orator, a legendary political master of unquestionable prowess. With all the planes as his board, the Lord of Lies maneuvered the forces of evil like chess pieces in his grand designs, slowly and subtly manipulating everyone from deities to, when needed, lowly mortals. His labyrinthine, insidious intrigues could seem inexplicable to most outside observers, for Asmodeus let even his own servants stew in fear of his next move. His sinister machinations could take centuries, if not millennia, to come to fruition, and his master plans extended across the entire multiverse. PersonalityĪsmodeus was a primal embodiment of lawful evil and a supreme strategist of unparalleled skill. He wore red and black clothing valuable enough to cover the annual spending of any nation, but underneath these expensive garments his body was wracked with bleeding injuries he was seemingly unconcerned by. Īn avatar of Asmodeus was handsome, charismatic and captivating on the surface, appearing as a slim, red-skinned humanoid over 13 feet (4 meters) tall with a horned head, glowing red eyes and a perfectly trimmed beard. He never showed himself except through avatars or highly advanced project image spells, both in humanoid forms. His form's sheer size made it impossible for him to meet and enter into conversations with others, and so he created humanoid-looking avatars. Asmodeus, chief of the Lords of the Nine.Īsmodeus's true form was that of a scaled serpent hundreds of miles long, his acid-black blood, a substance beyond foul, exuding from eons-old wounds.

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