The Fourth Level of Hell

So far the only study conducted into the 4th level of hell resides in a journal discovered by the Halcyon Guild in the care of a Whozy Priest.

A thin leather-bound book with thick parchment paper. It has no title but on the first page written in infernal.

Journal Contents: A list four names and titles translating to:

1)    Sorgrollech. Master of Terror, Lord of Darkness

2)    Blousfymah. Master of Pain, Lord of Cold

3)    Hurraxy. Master of Flay, Lord of Screams

4)    Appausdutti. Master of Blood, Lord of Fire – (In the year 156 Lythurnian Standard *Appausdutti attempted to build a religion for himself in the mortal realm plane centred in the Morreford Arch Duchy in the Kingdom of Lythurn under the name Whozyudutti*)

That souls sold or sworn to a Lord of the Hells will go there upon death and give their eternity to their chosen Lord. They spend 100 years as a Lemur before changing into an Imp. Nothing of their life remains.

The writer of this book details how she out of interest learnt the details she wrote in this book. She even has the spell she used to project her soul into a low level devil in each domain and posses them. The low level devil swapped bodies with her so she needed to bind herself before finishing the ritual.

Flicking through the book you find a rough map of the 9 Hells. The 4th level has mapped out 6 areas. Four of which have these names over differing areas “Dominion of Sorgorllech” & “Dominion of Blousfymah”, “Dominion of Hurraxy” & “Dominion of Appausdutti”.

Within the book you find drawings and details of the domains, drawings of differing devils and their names and roles within the differing dominion.

In the pages of Appausdutti there are drawings of devils. One type detailed are Large cloven devils with antlers, Only four are depicted. In reading you find out that these are the Lieutenants of Appausdutti. Unable to die. They simply go back to Appausdutti’s domain and from there can be re-summoned to the whichever plane the summoning ritual takes place. Each time they are re-summoned to the same plane they come back stronger. They are strongest in Appausdutti’s domain. They writer then hypothesizes that the Lieutenants can only truly be killed in the domain of their master.

There is another depiction. You read that this huge devil with antlers and cloven feet is Appausdutti’s 2nd in command, Nunkoophyti. As big as a giant depicted as smoke billowing from it. It holds a large hammer. It’s horns antler like but coming down over it’s face as a kind of helmet.

the journal lists a rough army count of each of the Lords. Ignoring Lemurs and Imps each of the Lord have hundreds of foot soliders as well as stronger devils.

Appausdutti has listed as having four companies of imps each holding 12 score. Support units of larger more powerful imps numbering as 12 units. As well as the company commanders as even more powerful devils of which there are crude rushed drawings.

At the end of the book you can read about the First War. The war when Dragons, Giants and Celestials battled against Devils and Demons and banished them to the Hells or to the Abys. These Arch Devils are bound to their domains and can only be set free if something with celestial blood willingly takes on their bonds.

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