Merregons

Rank 2 in the Infernal Hierarchy, sharing the rank with bearded devils.
Should the weight of their deeds send them to the Hells, warriors, mercenaries, and soldiers who fall may emerge from the Styx as merregons. In the Hells, they can find everlasting servitude and put their skills to use.
Many household heads, dukes, and archdukes make use of merregons as unshakably loyal guards and foot-soldiers alike. Since they rarely need individuality for such tasks, these greater devils often bolt identical metal masks to their merregons, creating a fearsome, faceless legion. Markings on a merregon's mask will only indicate the layer of the Hells it hails from and the household it serves.    
Opinions vary, but many powerful devils regard bearded devils as superior combat troops and merregons as superior household guards. Souls will occasionally be transformed between these two roles, much like imps and spined devils. Overall though, this is less common, in part because merregons tend to be most useful when their individuality has been taken from them, and also because the need for merregons or bearded devils tends to be a binary concern. Those in the Upper Hells have more use for bearded devils; those in the Lower Hells, where the Blood War does not rage but households need protection, find merregons to be the superior choice.
Category:Fiends