Fiend

Evil incarnate, **Fiends** are those Outsiders native to the Lower Planes.

Like many outsiders, most Fiends are effectively immortal unless slain on their home plane. 'Killing' such a creature while it is away from its plane of origin typically simply results in them reincarnating back at their home plane; although generally greatly weakened, often even reduced in form.

## Greater Fiends

The Daemons, Demons, and Devils; the living embodiments of Neutral, Chaotic, and Lawful Evil respectively, are by far the three most well-known and influential types of Fiend. Indeed, the Forever War between the Devils and Demons, in which countless Daemons serve as mercenaries, is a defining feature not only of the Lower Planes, but much of the the Multiverse as a whole.

### **Daemons**

Selfish and untrustworthy, **Daemons** are the Fiendish incarnations of Neutral Evil. Although native to Hades, their role as mercenaries and agents in the Forever War, however, ensures that Daemons can be found throughout all the Lower Planes.

### **Demons**

Savage and passionate, **Demons** are the Fiendish incarnations of Chaotic Evil. Demons hail from the Infinite Realms of the Abyss, a never-ending orgy of pain, pleasure, and excess in all its forms and flavors.

### **Devils**

Manipulative and cunning, **Devils**, or **Qliphoth** as they call themselves, are the Fiendish incarnations of Lawful Evil. Devils hail from the Nine Hells of Gehenna where they exist within a vast and byzantine hierarchy.

## Lesser Fiends

### **Cerberi**

The spawn of Cerberus, **Cerberi** are commonplace throughout the Lower Planes where they are raised by other fiends much like mortal dogs, and some breeds of cerberi can even be found in the material planes.

### **Daevas**

Created by Ahriman to serve him, the **Daevas** primarily dwell in Duzakh alongside their dark god. The greatest of the Daevas are the six Greater Daevas, divine emanations of Ahriman himself.

### **Demodands**

Daemonic jailers and bounty hunters, the foul **Demodands** are Fiends congealed from the tears and blood of the prisoners of the Pit of Tartarus. Generally content to skulk in and about the Pit of Tartarus, Demodands are seldom found outside Erebus, let alone Hades, although they can and do answer the summonings of mortals and other Fiends.

### **Lilim**

Although often considered Devils, the beautiful **Lilim** are not in fact genuine Qliphoth. Lilim descend not from the souls of the damned or any other genuinely native source in Gehenna, but rather ultimately from the union of Devils and Infernal Angels.

### **Nightmares**

**Nightmares** are Daemonic horses native to Hades, although thanks to the efforts of other Fiends they can be found throughout the multiverse. Cruel and intelligent, Nightmares permit only the most evil creatures to ride them and rather than mere mounts are active and eager participants in the wrongdoings of their riders.

### **Rakshasas**

**Rakshasas** are bestial Fiends born and reborn through an endless cycle of reincarnation. Mortal, after a fashion, Rakshasas are unique among Fiends in being native to the Material Planes rather than the Lower Planes.

### **Shedim**

Like the Lilim, the **Shedim** are often considered to be Qliphoth, although like those Fiends they merely descend from Devils and Infernal Angels and are not themselves true Qliphoth.The first four Shedim, the Evangelists, were the sons of Naamah and Devils, while all other Shedim were created by Naamah or other Shedim from either Qliphoth or mortal souls.

### **Shayatin**

The **Shayatin** are a race of hellish Genies sired by Sutan Iblis, lord of the Efreet of Gehenna. Neither Qliphoth nor Efreet but something in-between, the Shaytan are cruel, tyrannical, and often monstrous creatures that have inherited the lion's share the worst qualities of both their parent races.