Sess ' innek Sess ' innek is a tanar ' ri lord worshiped by the lizardfolk as a deity of civilization and dominion . His symbol is a green , clawed , reptilian hand . Description . Sess ' innek takes the form of a six - armed lizard king with brown vestigial wings . Each of his six hands wields a longsword of potent magical power . Relationships . Sess ' inek keeps himself apart from other demon lord s , sealing his layer from all intruders . As a result , he has no particular enemies or allies . Even the lizardfolk deity Semuanya ignores him , despite his poaching of that god ' s worshipers . Realm . Sess ' innek dwells on the seventh layer of the Abyss , known as " Kearackinin " , or the " Phantom Plane " . Furthermore , Sess ' innek has sealed and " locked " the layer so it cannot be accessed to without his expressed permission . It is said that Sess ' innek was tired of the Blood War , and went into this self - imposed exile , having nothing to do with the politics of the Abyss . The Phantom Plane was discovered long ago when the wizard Mordenkainen managed to temporarily break the seals . Dogma . " Kill and devour those who oppose Sess ' innek . Take their territory . Destroy the shamans of Semuanya . Sacrifice lives and souls to Sess ' innek . Aid the khaasta in their war of vengeance against the ancient progenitors of serpentkind . " Worshipers . Sess ' innek is revered by khaasta , by the half - demonic lizard kings , and by those lizardfolk tribes ruled by lizard kings . Such tribes will generally have only a single lizard king ruler - all those who fail to prove their worthiness to rule the tribe are killed and sacrificed to Sess ' innek . The exception is those who elect to become shamans instead of leaders . Most are too prideful to take that route , however . Clergy . Sess ' innek has few shamans at this point ; the vast majority of them are lizard kings , the descendants of lizardfolk and demons loyal to Sess ' innek . Sess ' innek requires his shamans to be aggressive in spreading his faith , and to slay clerics of Semuyana on sight . Lizardfolk druids are sometimes incorporated into the hierarchy of Sess ' innek as well . Holy days and rituals . Sess ' innek demands regular sacrifices in his name and little else . The khaasta sacrifice approximately one in ten prisoners to their demonic patron . Twice a week , lizard kings gather late at night to tear the hearts from sentient beings and devour them amid prayers to Sess ' innek . History . When Demogorgon freed his creations the khaasta , that race of planar lizardkin began to gather under Sess ' innek ' s banner . In order to aid the khaasta in their war against the Sarrukh , Sess ' innek sent demons to rally lizardfolk tribes to his banner . The lizard king s are the half - demonic descendants of those demons . The lizardfolk ordinarily follow the deity Semuanya , who at the present has not stepped in to stop Sess ' innek ' s attempts at corrupting and usurping his worshipers . Spelling of Sess ' innek . In " Monster Mythology " , the demon lord is called " Sess ' innek " eight times , " Sess ' inek " once ( in the table of contents ) , and " Sess ' Innek " once ( in the title of his entry ) . In " On Hallowed Ground " , his name is always spelled " Sess ' innek " ( in the index and on page 49 ) . In " Fiendish Codex I : Hordes of the Abyss " , his name is spelled " Sess ' Innek " once and " Sess ' inek " once ( both on page 156 ) . In " Planes of Chaos " , his name is spelled " Sess ' inek " three times ( once in the " Book of Chaos , " page 20 , and twice on the poster map ) . In " Serpent Kingdoms " , his name is spelled " Sess ' innek " twenty times .