Saminga

## Band Attunements

### Rapha (restricted)

Death’s Skulkers can flawlessly pass themselves off as mummies. Nothing shy of a Superior can pierce the deception unless the Deilos wishes it.

### Tannean

Tanneanim of Death can triple their effective strength for moving dead flesh.

## Distinctions

### Duke

Saminga is a specialist. He has no time for political theory or administrative restructuring. The rest of Hell used a peerage system when he came to power, so that’s the system he uses. As with the more traditional princes, his dukes are all major landholders (and most are also powerful Wordbound). As long as they can keep his realm running and do not challenge him for power, the Prince of Death doesn’t much care what they do.

#### Duchies of Death

##### Be'er Shachat (Pit of Corruption)

The duchy of Be’er Shachat overlaps what was once the domain of Beelzebub and later Makatiel. It is one of many duchies to border the Chasm. Illness and decay are among its greatest exports.

##### Dudael (Cauldron of God)

When Hell was nothing but a prison, it existed within the borders of Dudael. Most demons tend to forget just how much smaller the infernal realms once were, and not surprisingly either. Much of this land was once governed by Mariel, prince of Oblivion.

##### Duzakh (Well of Monsters)

The Duchy of Duzakh borders both Dudael and the Chasm. As a result, no one is quite sure if the name refers to the pit which demons appeared from; the pit into which deteriorating souls descend; or perhaps some other pit entirely, the very memory of which was taken by Oblivion.

##### Eretz Tachtit (Lowest Earth)

On the far side of Dudael exists Eretz Tachtit, a massive graveyard for the damned. Most demons would rather not be buried there, given what Saminga has been known to do with the dead, but their Superiors may not give them much choice.

##### Haguel (Place of Wasting)

Haguel is part of the vast Wasteland spanning Abaddon. While sparcely populated, it does have an outsized supply of hunters, trappers, and ravagers. It is one of the better places to track down hellbeasts or purchase illicit Forces.

##### Irkalla (Land of No Return)

The Duchy of Irkalla is located on the far side of the mountain range that makes up Abaddon’s spine. It is believed to be one of the few safe places in Abaddon for the departed, though not many make it past the journey to get there.

##### Mashchit (Place of Despoilers)

Before Lilith opened the path to Earth or Uriel forged the first malakim, a group of habbalot christened themselves as Hell’s gaolers. The Duchy of Mashchit is where they lived. No one knows what became of them, but their old home is little more than ruins overrun with the devolved souls of ravaged humans.

##### Neshiyyah (Oblivion)

The Duchy of Neshiyyah was once the seat of Mariel’s power. It borders both Dudael and Duzakh and is a regular stomping ground for Gluttons looking to feel important. Dumah’s Mansions of Silence are built near its border.

##### Sha'are Mayet (Gates of Death)

Sha’are Mayet is one of those strange duchies that exists wherever it needs to exist. Sometimes it borders the great city of Hades, other times it exists *outside* the Gates of Hell, but most often the Duchy can be found somewhere in Abaddon’s Spine.

##### Tehom (the Abyss)

The Duchy of Tehom was carved out of Vephar’s vacant principality. The residents specialize in drownings, hypothermia, scurvy, and other sources of death at sea.

##### Tit ha-Yavin (Clinging Mud)

The Duchy of Tit Ha-Yavin is another of the Wasteland domains, though it is also punctuated by a large swamp on the edge of the Duchy of Tehom.

##### Tzalmavet (Shadow of Death)

The heart of Abaddon is Tzalmavet. It is here that Saminga has built his Bone Citadel; here where he draws the energies needed to animate the dead. Though the duchy is mostly barren, there is a great necropolis surrounding the Citadel. Regardless of where their domain is located, each duke of death maintains at least one mausoleum close to their prince.

## Servitors

### Barons of the Undead Kingdom

#### 26 Forces

* Zhsmael, lilu demon of Back-Alley Abortions