Asmodeus

## Band Attunements

### Rapha

Asmodean raphaim gain an additional 12 CP to enhance their Role and can immediately identify other Skulkers.

### Tannean

Tanneanim of the Game can add Ethereal Forces to their Perception at each viewpoint within themselves, when "haunting" a place, e.g. a crime scene.

### Malak

Asmodeus is no more prepared to accept a malak than any other demon, but he adapts quickly and is accustomed to using agents that he cannot trust. He is also far more likely to accept a servitor who has a taste for killing demons. Oaths to Asmodeus most likely involve tracking down and killing demons who might defect to the side of heaven, though he might insist on an oath of secrecy instead. The dark angel would gain a new Role, with all the normal enhancements granted by Asmodeus, and would be able to tell at a glance if a demon has no heart.

## Distinctions

### Dukes

Asmodeus is something of a traditionalist when it comes to the disposition of his dukes. He is, after all, the prince responsible for codifying the rules of Hell’s peerage. This means that Asmodean duchies are more defined by the territory they cover than by the functions the duke performs.

* Duke of Abriymoch: The City of Hardened Magma
* Duke of Agartha: Agartha contains most of Hell’s main power stations, water pumps, and public works buildings; it makes the setting of Terry Gilliam’s *Brazil* look like a well administered metropolis. Agartha comes from various “hollow earth” stories.
* Duke of Arkham: The Duchy of Arkham stretches beyond the bounds of Hell and into the corporeal realm (though it is still entirely within the Grey City); the duke encourages these settlements and is one of the main proponents of Hell on Earth. Arkham is a recurring location in the Cthulhu universe, quiet on the surface but horrible beneath. If you want to put Nightvale in your game, it would probably also be part of the Arkham sprawl.
* Duke of Cittagazze: Cittagazze is a heavily industrialized duchy with a large number of slums, extracting Essence from damned souls is its main business. Cittagazze first appears in the *His Dark Materials* trilogy by Philip Pullman. It is a city populated mostly by children and the specters who are eating their souls.
* Murmur, calab duke of Dis: Dis is one of the best-known duchies in hell. It includes the Soul Yards, ghettos of the damned, and several of the other markets involved in the soul trade. Dis is the great city of hell from Dante’s *Inferno*. In that work Dis included the 6th through 9th circles of Hell.
* Duke of Gotham: The Duchy of Gotham is both the legitimate and illicit business center of Hades, anything on Hell or Earth can be found in Gotham for the right price (though rarely to the excess enjoyed in Shal-Mari). Gotham comse from DC Comics. Gotham City is not infernal per se, but it was intentionally crafted to represent all that is reprehensible in the modern metropolis.
* Duke of Jangling Hiter: The City of Chains
* Duke of Malagard: The City Palace of Black Towers
* Duke of Mashkan-Shapir: Mashkan-Shapir is home to many of the demons who have posed as gods over the years, the duchy has been designed to look like the Babylonian city for which it was named. Mashkan-Shapir is the infernal abode of Nergal (who plays a prominent role in the *Hellblazer* comics). It is also the name of a real Babylonian city where Nergal was worshiped as a god (which is where I got the inspiration for my version).
* Duke of Orqwith: Orqwith is managed by Asmodeus’ only “Renegade” duke. The Game has taken no overt action, but Beleth has been granted leave to twist Orqwith into ever more nightmarish shapes because of the duke’s ongoing transgressions against Princess Beleth’s domain. Orqwith only appears in the pages of *Doom Patrol* ~ inspired by some of Jorge Luis Borges's writings on metafiction. The short version is that wherever the story of Orqwith is read, Orqwith is.
* Duke of Pandaemonium: The Duchy of Pandaemonium is a stone’s throw from the Asmodean Palace; it is the judicial and administrative center of Hades (the main Hall of Loyalty is located here). Pandaemonium (or “All Demons”) is the infernal city from Milton’s *Paradise Lost*.
* Duke of Pretarājapura: Pretarājapura is one of the inner duchies and its duke is Asmodeus’ chief ambassador to the Hindu courts. Pretarājapura (or “City of the King of Ghosts”) is one of many names for the Hindu underworld. The real Pretarājapura is in the Hindu spiritual realms; Asmodeus has just named this duchy in tribute to the other one.
* Duke of Shal-Mari: The Duke of Shal-Mari is Asmodeus's chief factor within Sin City; his holdings in Hades are minimal, but he has been promised as much of Shal-Mari as he can control
* Duke of Styx: The River Styx is one of the only waterways to cut through Hades, it’s duke is responsible for the riverbanks, ports, and warehouses – the lords of Dis & Styx frequently confront each other over the disposition of the Gates of Hell
* Duke of Tantlin: The City of Ice
* Duke of Youdu: Asmodeus’ Palace is located in the heart of the Duchy of Youdu but its administration is mostly handled by the prince’s hand-chosen technocrats because the duke is on permanent assignment as ambassador to the Buddhist courts. Youdu comes from Buddhist mythology, where it is the capitol city of the underworld. Asmodeus has chosen to adopt the name, but the real Youdu is in the Buddhist spiritual realms and not part of Hades.

## Servitors

### Unknown Rank

* Irshaz, the balseraph demon of Propaganda

### Knights of Judgment

#### 16 Forces

* Frederick, the calab demon of Chainsaws

#### 12 Forces

* Lareglium, the impudite seneschal of the Dalla INS Office

### Undistincted

#### 9 Forces

* Gleewen, a lilu
* Kushiel, a calab
* Nara Tokin, a lilu