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This is great, I love the "scholars arguing in the tavern" type of vibe from this video. And how fitting that the story of Asmodeus is one that is twisted and full of lies and misremembrances of history.
It's in the rule books that anyone who says the humanoid form we see is just a projection and his true self is a gigantic serpent has less than 24 hours to live if they speak it aloud.
😅😧🤢💀💀💀
I thought they were in a tavern, and those were multiverse Jorfdan, Jorphdan, Jorhpdan, and of course Jordan….
@@XX-sp3tt that's some pretty strong magic on his part just to give some spooky validation to a lie.
In a reality entwined with myth and magic, perhaps his lies have become truths.
I believe Joker's quote works here: "If I'm going to have a past, I prefer it to be multiple choices!"
"Without the mystery you are merely a man."
So....Asmodeus just had One Bad Day?
Hahahaha 🃏
I'm fond of the confusing lore of Asmodeus. It makes complete sense that HE would want scholars to argue about his origins forever and never truly know what's correct.
One of my favourite little tidbits is that Asmodeus is supposedly covered in wounds that he pretends don’t bother him. Were they from Ahriman falling deep into Baator? Were they from the way the Ruby Rod contorted his body when it transformed him into one of the first Devils? Or was it from falling from the Upper Planes when the gods ejected him to fulfil his end of the bargain, content to have a solution to their punishment problem but eager to purge the evil they’d created from their Divine realms? You decide!
I like the story where asmodeus betrayed his god "he who was" who was the god creator of humans. It explains why many other devils used to be angels too (zariel/mephisto/bhaal) that followed him in his corrupted rebelion and it explain why the humans don't have a named deity such as the dwarves/elves/orcs/etc.
Another scholar bursts into the tavern... "Shut up old man!!! The greatest lies have elements of truth. It is both a tale of an old serpent and a great but scorned, angelic general who stumbled upon the broken body of his maker's lost brother, whom he saw was of like mind. Honestly it matters not whom is in charge, wether the serpent was a catalyst for what has transpired sending the angel on this path, a true partnership of some kind between the two, or the one pulling strings in the background. The capture of the fallen Azuth was either intended as a play to mend and restore the serpent's shattered divinity, that failed and was claimed by the general, or the general attempting to coup divine rulership of the hells without the need of a damaged snake. The truth is, the Asmodeus we know today, is the fallen angel. Unless... (Runs home to ponder his orb in panic)"
This is definitely what I would use when trying to write close to the truth. Asmodeus could be a glorified warlock with the serpent, perhaps the episode with the ruby rod was one of the steps he took to corrupt his angel army, and killing his god was to prevent his plans from being stopped by his will being superseded by his creator. One suggested that Asmodeus once served the creator god of humanity, explaining why none exists in most settings.
What if Asmodeus sets aside the souls of atheists and anti-theists bot because they are most helpful to the serpent, but the opposite? Perhaps these souls, lacking in divine power due to their lack of belief, only serve to keep the serpent sustained, but not satiated nor healthy? Perhaps the stories of Pit Fiends birthing from its blood are true, because they are born from the souls eaten by the serpent and taking in its evil blood the same way Asmodeus likely did to gain his great powers.
_"Anyway...as I was saying...I KNOW THE ORIGINS OF ASMODEUS!"_
Lmao, Jorphdan had me chuckling to that line! Happy Holidays, Jorphdan! 🧞♀️🎅🧚♂️🧙♂️🧝🏻♀️🧜🏿♂️☃️❄🌬
Happy Holidays!
How can you be so sure you actually have the real truth?
No matter how many Jorphdans are arguing, the PH is silent.
I think this is the second video I didn't mention the PH was silent...
@@Jorphdan that's how silent it is!
Ok, let’s use the common threads to draw a clearer picture.
So Asmodeus, if that’s his real name probably isn’t, was once a creature of divine power, weather that’s a angel or snake. His fall happens before creation, the thing that causes him to fall is a lust for power. When he falls he has his army with him. His army is created from his own power.
And that in the broadest strokes is the true story of Asmodeus.
The second one is what i like. As it has:
1. Far more nuance and also...
2. It has in it self vague bits which support other stories of Asmedeus/Baator.
3. It has the BEST character description for asmodeus and also for the other gods.
I’d say it’s a mixture of all three
I’d hazard that “Pazuzu” was Asmodeus lying about who influenced him. I imagine the Serpent story is true, there is a primeval serpent beneath the Nine Hells, and he chose Asmodeus as his keeper. Imagine an angel flying into the lower planes to fight chaotic forces, detached from his holy order, coming into contact with a sinister evil from beyond the beginning of time. Promises of power and a right hand seat in the reshaping of the entirety of existence, but only if the being is helped. With the serpent’s whispers, he went back to his post guarding the prison of the chaotic one, where there he takes a shard of the evil most old, and uses the magic as a catalyst to corrupt and manipulate the other angels put under his watch. From there, he hatches a foolproof plan to be guaranteed the souls he needs to feed his new master, and his army. All that was left was to kill the god that could still bind him, the god of humanity, The God of the Beings Who Were to be Most Righteous. But perhaps this god put a bit too much untempered humanity in his angels, perhaps?
His final transformation would come from consuming the blood of the damned serpent, and from this he would have control over all of the fiends born from its blood. Souls would be corrupted by the power of the ruby rod’s magic radiating over Baator, and from the primal evil of the serpent’s foul blood, a poison that seeps into every crack of the plane.
But perhaps this lord of lies even lies to his new master? Who is to say Asmodeus does not have machinations to deal with the one who most foolishly trusted him with its power over evil incarnate? Perhaps he takes the souls of the atheist and and anti-theist not because they are useful, but rather because they lack the divine energy of belief the serpent truly needs to heal…
It's all true.
The greatest lie a Liar can make you believe is that the Truth is a Lie.
I use the Ahriman tale, with some slight edits. In mine, they both start out with 6 wings. Ahriman uses his arms to tear 5 off, allowing him to fall. Those 5 turn into Tiamat. Jazirian sees this, and responds in kind by removing 2 of theirs--allowing him to still fly to the tops of Mount Celestia, and create Bahamut
I do love to think that all of the reptile-based creation myths in D&D are connected. That these great serpents and dragons are all aspects of one being or another, but the one that is venerated is generally whomsoever is telling the story.
Perhaps they’re all actually aspects of a Big Fish God, would explain the ancient aboleths rather well…
What better way to keep people confused than for the Lord of Lies to mix in bits of truth?
Best. Cover of Asmodeus. EVER.
The head-canon I have for the campaigns I run is that Asmodeus was the Angel who led the Angels that were put in charge of fighting the Demons. The endless fighting started wearing them down, and Asmodeus eventually either sought him out/or was contacted by Aruman who agreed to give the Angels the power they needed to keep fighting, and would especially empower Asmodeus, essentially turning the lead Angel into his personal avatar. This turned those Angels into the first Devils, giving them the power they needed to fight back and concur nine layers of the Abyss, transforming them into their personal realm. However, this process also forever transformed the Devils into creatures that, while still Lawful, were pure evil.
While in this story, Asmodeus is still as cunning and powerful as ever, he is ultimately just the servant to an even greater power.
Absolutely awesome job doing the multiple perspectives on this one! Really digging it 🔥🔥❤❤
This fits the theme of Asmodeus perfectly
Thanks!
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While I love Jorphdan's videos in general, I think my favorite ones are ones like this or his "How to become a Lich" video where he leans into the lore and pulls you in with a narrative flare/playing a character. I hope he does more of that, but if not I still love his videos. One of my fav DnD youtubers.
This was a fabulous presentation! Very concise and to the point, you covered everything which is astounding and it’s all right, and you entertained while doing so. Bravo! Bravo. Cheers, and here’s to many more
This really is your best video on your whole channel
Two stories have Asmodeus betraying a god. Two stories have Asmodeus as a general of angels. Two stories have Asmodeus being wounded in a fall.
Ahriman was the brother of the World Serpent Jazirian and leader of their armies. He fought against the Primordials and the ancient Obyrith, but was corrupted by the Shard of Ultimate Evil. He turned on his twin and lord Jazirian and shattered them, creating the other serpent gods, birthing the Coutls from their spilled blood, and leaving their creation, Humanity, without a god. But Ahriman too was wounded and he fell to the Plane of Baator and tore through it, creating the Nine Hells and landing at their core. His body broken, Ahriman took on the guise of Asmodeus, and in this form came to the gods to make the Pact Primeval. The gods themselves were fooled and believed Asmodeus to be merely a powerful angel, and when they saw his Evil they were horrified. They put him on trial, but ignorant of his true crimes they failed to convict him. Still, disgusted by his presence they banished him to the ruined Plane of Baator, unaware that his true body already lay there.
World:Tis the season to be jolly!
Jorphdan: "Let's talk demons and devils!"
I do what I can
I lol'd at the sudden "HEY GUYS CAN I SHOW YOU MY HERO FORGE MINIS?!"
The only trouble with this theory is that the opposite of lawful evil is chaotic good, not lawful good, Asmodeus would feel more threatened by chaotic good entities than lawful good entities just as the opposite of chaotic evil is lawful good not chaotic good. I don't know, maybe I got that wrong.
This was bloody fantastic mate! Seriously this is one of your best works I absolutely love it!
Jorphdan is the prince of lies, the "PH" isn't silent.
This was amazing format! More of this greatness!!
Just perfect! Happy Holidays!
My personal head cannon is that the twin serpents, the original outoboros, Mok’Sylk, was corrupted by ol’ Zuzu. I also think that Asmo the angel was a construction or simulacrum to fool the gods and act as Ahriman’s puppet to shape the pact primevil, kill the unnamed god, and direct the blood war to continue untill a critical mass of souls have been collected.
The greatest lie the devil ever told was that he exsists at all
Really fantastic video! Loved it. Great work.
THANK YOU for your proper pronunciation of Asmodeus.
That was fun thank you, and Merry Christmas.
A Cleric under the great god of diviners Savras need only ask. Savras knows the whole past and the whole future and can never lie. He knows the truth of what and who's Asmodeus was. I feel Azuth trapping Savras in the staff was a plot by Asmodeus to keep the truth at bay as long as he can.
I would love some lore on Mammon. No videos about him that I could find. Yet in tome of foes there is a Teifling variant for him
This video has just given me the inspiration I need to hand an intractable narrative problem in my campaign. Excellent as always.
This was a really cool new style of video of telling lore for you I love it.
the pact primeval theory has a small glitch in my mind, he stood trial for angering the gods before there was a concept of punishment. I feel like if it were a situation where the laws of the universe are absolute, the concept of a trial would be foreign to them, because it would be impossible to go against the universal law. If it were possible to go against universal law then a trial would be pointless because up to that point they had not conceived of punishment. Lord of Lies indeed.
My theory is this: Ahriman and Asmodeus are one in the same, except they aren't. Those names belong to two of the three raccoons that found a ring of levitation, and a big ol cloak, and terrorized Sigil as the Lady of Pain. The third raccoon? Tom Bombadil. none of the gods wanted Baator because it was kinda cold, but not everywhere, and it was all just so hard to get comfy. there's hot bits here and there but a lot of cold. So the rest of the multiverse started dumping their trash there. Worn out shoes, banana peels, unaligned evil souls, they all got tossed into baator. This naturally attracted the most powerful raccoons. Ahriman and Asmodeus are brothers, twins, not uncommon in litter species, but it's still neat. Their mother told them they were named because of a dream she had about a Klondike bar, whatever that was. They set out to get to Nessus, the bottom layer, where the drippiest, wettest garbage could be found. They butt heads and gnashed teeth with some powerful foes along the way, but their brotherhood carried them where their creepy little hand-paws might have failed. then they found it. Deep within the serpentine tunnels, deep below the discarded spring mix we all bough like three days ago, I swear, even deeper still than the paper towels that fell on the floor, but even though it is probably fine, you threw it out anyway like a wasteful Wendy: They found it. Small, smooth, cool to the touch and wrapped in a shiny metal that folded like grass, a little dark square. Their namesake, maybe, who knows? but this small dark square roused a jealous hunger in Ahriman. He lunged toward his brother holding the bar, bearing teeth and grabbing at it with the ferocity of a raccoon gone rabid. Asmodeus wanted to share in their findings, but didn't want it if it meant a fight. They had gone through Hell, maybe several, this was not how it should end. So he let his greedy brother take it all, content in gorging himself on a tupperware container full of turkey from Thanksgiving. after he came back to his senses, Ahriman grew despondent. He had deprived his brother of something he couldn't even remember the taste of, he had devoured it so fast. He apologized, and cried until he collapsed from grief....and heart palpitations from eating chocolate. Asmodeus rushed to his brother's aid, keeping him alive with found medical supplies, feeding him the unaligned souls to e found and providing comfort with discarded Game Informer magazines. Once he felt like he had stabilized, Ahriman sent his brother away. He felt naught but shame for his actions, and guilt, for depriving his brother of yet more trash. He said unto Asmodeus "Brother go, Be free, and do as we do best. This realm is my home now, may it forever welcome you, and may you wrest sovereignty of all above from creation itself." And with that, Asmodeus forever became a mischievous little guy enough for two.
This was such a fun video and a great way to deal with conflicting lore. It's exactly as I imagine it to be in-universe
My thoughts on the matter is Asmodeus is an aspect of Ahriman that was kept deliberately seperate from the divine spark. To find its own way to power so Ahriman would have a Trump card. An aspect that was not beholden to divine power. And thus could fight anything that could nullify divine power and not be forced by the divine hierarchy.
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I say that Asmodeus was a member of the original celestial hebdomad, specifically Lamauel, ruler of Jovar, and in life the elder brother of Zaphkiel. He was renowned for his judgment, and his symbol of office was an alabaster staff. He was the liaison to Baator and its then-ruler, Zargon, during the War of Law and Chaos. He grew resentful and jealous of his younger brother, and sought to overthrow him. He and his forces (which included Triel, then-ruler of Mertion, now Baalzebul) were banished with a single Word of Power from Zaphkiel. He and his followers were disfigured as they fell, and his once pure white staff was now stained a deep red. After usurping Zargon, he declared, "It is better to reign in the pit than to serve on the mountain." While it is said that he continually bleeds, in truth he continually weeps, and is the most miserable being in all the multiverse. This is his most carefully guarded secret.
Great new format!
I love how the story is filled with contradictions: such as Asmodus
I prefer the Ahriman origin because that ties into the Lord of Lies thing. Also makes sense how the other origins spring up. I would keep the Ahriman origin as the secret true origin and the others as what most people think
Great Video! You should think about doing Videos more often in a similar style with uncle jorphdan telling us stories in a corner of the tavern
You and MrRhexx doing this same video basically cements my love for you both.
Absolutely loved the theatricality of this video!
A truely amazing video complete with shaming "that guy" who maybe talks about minis too much
Awe man, you missed a golden opportunity to put Chris Tucker's face from Fifth Element on Asmodeus's Ruby Rod.
A constant source of inspiration, as always!!
How do we know that asmodeus has not watch this video already and edited it or is posing as jorphdan telling lies about his origin to our faces to keep up from knowing the truth.
Great video. Thanks for recasting light on this old debate...almost as old as D&D itself.
Liked the format for this one took me a bit to figure out it was arguing scholars.
I wanna know more about what Chris Perkins said about him having once been mortal and having a world in the prime material plane he came from
I like to thing that ALL 3 are some way true and describe 3 different entity, who instead of fighting over the nine hells, they decided that all 3 of them will have the same identidy:
Asmodeus
Why is it that whenever I hear or see Asmodeus's name I think of that 80's song "Rock me Amadeus."
Perhaps they are all true, Asmodeus transcends the multi-verse, but still one entity.. like, 3 different Spidermen, but all still Peter Parker
I like how this video shows there may not be a clear answer to important lore questions.
If you ask me, there is a problem with a lot of these stories: they all sound like they were told by Asmodeos. I would imagine there is a way, in universe, to corroborate some of these stories (like ask a god who witnessed events), but in theory this raises the question: if there is a cosmic balance, we would have needed lawful evil at the moment of creation, not as a result of fighting demons. We also have the problem of the Blood War being the creation of the gods.
One justification for the blood war is that if either the devils or the demons win, we all will lose. If the devils win, they will then enslave the world. But the devils were made by the gods to fight in the blood war. So that argument seems circular.
All these stories sound like they have a grain of truth. It's up to us to decide what really happened.
I agree I think all are true but what came first is the confusing part . It could be they all happened at the same time due to gods and higher beings being able to be in more places at once thereby their all true because it all happened first from a certain point of veiw. I think the chained god is the key to discovering the truth
I keep expecting the Clue movie’s “How it could have happened:” to show up
Great video man.
Incredible, love this!
I think Graz'zt still works for him, making sure demons keep fighting each other
Graz’zt is the son of Asmodeus.
Isn’t Baalzebul, Lord of the Seventh (and through his Viceroy Mammon, Lord of the Sixth) the Lord of Lies ?
Jorphdan, have you skipped An Ordinary Rock across The Still Glass Lake? Only for it to return from the Mists; skipping right back to you?
Oooh his name is like how Gandalf pronounces Saruman in Ralph Bakshi’s classic! Aruman!!!
Love the lore drops!
Would Ahriman and Jarizian be on the level or even above entities like Ao? They seem to predate it
Longest of all stories short, the canon for our campaigns which involved Asmodeus was summed up in a speech I gave playing Asmodeus in one of our spooky candlelit sessions we would sometimes do.
"Call out to me in what name you will - I hear you, because I am you... I am the very desire of the multiverse to know the darkest parts of itself. When the gods imagine what they oppose, I am that, when the whirling chaos fears to be tamed, I am that. I am here because you need me, they all need to know, that true justice comes in the silent scream, of which I am master...and mine is the final judgement."
I can tell you that he attacked the first unicorn in an attempt to steal his horn. he succeeded in getting the horn but the horn was cursed with all the bitter resentment of the first unicorn and so it's vast healing properties leaked out and formed into the flesh of Zargon the Returner. no Ruby Staff for Asmodeus that day, merely a Rod
i like the ahriman one. because with that, everything Asmodeus made is a lie. everything
Most entertaining and somewhat helpful
As any good liar will tell you, there will always be some truth in the best lies.
Wonderful!
So the litmus test on Asmodeus isn't silent? Lol... love your videos...
Nicely done. Exactly how I show him in my world. All previous editions had their origen story. Everyone one of them is believed by some scholars.
My favorite origin of the fiends has always been the one where the demons and devils were created when the Baernoloths purified evil and purged themselves of order and chaos, creating the first devils and demons respectively.
There is one truth about asmodeus he wasn't the original ruler of the nine hells.
Zargon the returner was.
Who is Zargon?
Amazing site and content. Keep em coming. Thanks!
Thanks, will do!
How do you know what you believe about (who we know as) Asmodeus, (not even his real name) isn't just more lies, promulgated selectively by the 'Prince of Lies'? Or even by the "Unknown Deity" that Asmodeus once served?! Dun dunt dun!!!
Fun video!!! (Just completed my 1.5 year, homebrewed, 9 Hells campaign!)
I always play Asmodeus as a best friend with all the hook ups. He dose not care to make someone evil, he revels in the way that morals corrupt themselves before him. AKA the murder hobo head lock.
Brilliant!
Whatever the case may be, it seems as though the story of Asmodeus is also the story of the Universes Creation... spooky...
My personal favorite is the story of Ahrimon, but there are aspects of all the stories I like. I like the idea of an Angel being put on trial by all the Gods and somehow winning through pure wit, and I also like the idea of Asmodeus taking some of Tharizduns evil crystal to use as his own source of power.
An addemtum: Maybe just perhaps, the evil Asmodeus does, the cruelty, the torturing and molding of souls, their dark temptations and schemes to subvert the very heavens is in and of itself a LIE. Maybe Asmodeus believes himself both right and evil as in he knows what he does is wrong but nessecery. And all this time he is tormented by his age old task and does not go a day in his existance without pain for every soul that is lost to abyss OR dragged down with him into hell.
Interesting. I haven’t heard the third story before.
Not gonna lie. At 6:30 when you slam shut mordys tome I jumped cause I took my attention away for just a second 😂
Got ya! 😉
I'm a big fan of Asmodeus always having been a devil, one that corrupted, schemed and grew in power till his forces were powerful enough for him to conquer any realm, only for him to have been mysteriously dealt a near fatal blow by an unknown assailant. The rod grew into a crystal that imprisoned him, trapping him, but also sustaining him. He lies in the 9th circle, immune to any harm but unable to directly interfere again. Some say the gods were the ones to strike the blow, and in a moment of arrogant weakness he was put down. Others say one of his many lords did so in a hope to steal his great army and power for themselves at the peak of his power, foiled by the rod's power.
Yet some believe that everything that happened was his own doing, merely a part of a grander plan of his own design that we have yet to see. In any case, he stands as both the weakest of the gods given his lack of obvious agency, and the strongest in his current state of true immortality.
"Asmodeus the father of lies,
The Devil himself".
My favorite version is found in the 3rd party the Book of the Righteous. Where’s Asmodeus was the primordial god of fire and proper king of the universe but was corrupted by the essence of Primordial evil and was over thrown by the gods. It’s really interesting and explains why he’s worshipped
Plot twist: All of those stories are true, but Asmodeus has a pact with Jorphdan to throw us off his trail.
Though this video DOES help interpret Mr.Rhexx's many Asmodeus & Devils videos. I'm 90% certain that he mentioned a different origin each video and it confused the heck outta me. The snake origin is the least known origin for him according to the folks in the land of Reddit.
I like to think that all of these stories have some element of truth to them and that the truth is somewhere inbetween alll three.
Personally, I think the serpent of law story sounds the most plausible, but realiaticly they are all lies.
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The 2nd story dosn't make sense, because *breaking* divine *laws* sends you ti a *lawful* afterlife.
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The 3rd story contridicta itself on the morals of He Who Was, and presents Asmodios as more chaotic-good/chaotic-netral, when we all know he's lawful evil.
A true villain's background. Obfuscated and mired in debate.
I really liked the third one.
Honestly the Ahriman one is my favorite one since it's a story literally nobody is SUPPOSED to know about beyond Jazirian. It's the most unique one and nobody would aquire that knowledge from anywhere.
The fallen angel stories are the easiest to speculate or come up with. But they're also the easiest to confirm or disprove in a D&D like world where people can communicate with Gods. If he was a fallen angel, you could get that information directly from a god as well as his true name, which obviously wouldn't be Asmodeus. The fact that his true story remains a mystery is kinda what rules out the fallen angel theories.
I doubt Jazirian would have many human worshipers as even the Monster Manual refers to the Couatl God as a diety that has long since been worshipped, and even if someone were to follow them you'd get a firsthand account from someone lawful good, if they became inclined to tell the story to begin with.
The lord of lies forming a new false identity and leaving the truth in a forgotten, near unobtainable past where other gods all took their time to shine and overshadow him feels like the most plausible to me.
Alas, The Lord of Lies is the Lord of Lies. Which is what makes it such a fun topic. We'll never know for sure what is, if any of them are, the "truth."
Great video. We'll done.
Asmodeus in adder form even visited the Redwall Universe!
What a funny coincidence that Asmodeus’ many origin stories was my hyperfixation only about a week ago 😂
It’s probably my cultural Christian upbringing but my favourite is the powerful angel becoming lawful evil to the point he tricks the gods into letting him establish the Nine Hells. I do appreciate that he has so many stories to choose from (or rather, hope to glean slivers of the truth from). I look forward to finding ways to feed them all to my players and confuse them.
I’m toying with a warlock patron version of Asmodeus at the moment that combines his Ahriman and Divine origins. I’d love to give a player a real mystery for their patron 😂
I'm currently playing a Divine Soul with a connection to Asmodeus. It's a lot of fun to roll around in the lore of devils.
My personal canon I’m working on takes inspiration from all three tales and beyond.
Asmodeus was an angel, leading armies against demons, but also was in charge of guarding Tharzidun’s prison. While down there, he heard the whisperings of the serpent, who would share its power in exchange for his service and help. The serpent needed divine power to heal, the souls of mortals. Ultimately, it promised to Asmodeus that he would have a right-hand seat for the creation of a new existence as the serpent would rend this one and start anew. So Asmodeus would put into motion a plan to guarantee him a freeflow of souls he could lay personal claim to.
He knew that mortals only worshipped the gods out of fear, so he knew that without the demons, they would become complacent. So he used the ruby rod, forged under the advice of the serpent or his own machinations, to fashion his angels into the first devils, using the corrupting powers of Tharzidun AND the evil of the serpent’s blood, to create devils. This would prove to be very successful at pushing out the demons, and so mortals were free of chaotic tyranny, and had no reason to worship the gods. Taking advantage of the issue the gods were having with mortals, Asmodeus would set up the punishment system. Now he has so many souls to feed the serpent.
But what if he lies to the serpent too? What if he chooses the souls of atheists and anti-theists not because they help heal the serpent, but because they are barely enough to sustain it? Perhaps these souls, lacking in a divine light from disbelief, do little to heal the serpent, but rather soak in its blood and power to form leagues of pit fiends and other powerful devils! He instead covets the few pure and good souls he has come to posses for his own ends of usurping the serpent’s full power for his own! He plays all sides!
Trivia fact pazuzu is the demon from The exorcist
The first one probably true cuz it something you will not hear in game and still fit his lier title
Asmodeus is an actual occult demon, appearing in the lesser keys of Solomon & the Ars Goetia among other grimoires/texts
Also known as Asmoday, Asmodai, etc.
Ok, I feel there’s some etymological significance to day and dai appearing in the name, is there any meaning to it?
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