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The Nine Hells of Baator, sometimes shortened to Hell or Hells, and named Baator [21] (pronounced: /beɪˈɑːtɔːr/ bay-AH-tor [22]) in Infernal, was the home of the devils and the plane that embodied lawful evil. [23] It was a plane of sinister wickedness and institutional cruelty, its denizens...
The Nine Hells of Baator, also called Hell, Baator, or commonly the Nine Hells, is a lawful evil aligned outer plane that is best known as the home of the baatezu devils in the Great Wheel cosmology. [1] Layers of Hell. The Nine Hells is divided into nine layers, each with its own archdevil ruler.
The plane is also known for its nine distinct layers of hell, though the further you travel down the layers, the less information can be found. The Nine Hells is set up like an inverse mountain with the largest layer, Avernus, at the very top, and the smallest layer, Nessus, at the bottom.
18 paź 2022 · The Nine Hells are made up of nine layers existing one above another and appears as a gigantic mountain, turned upside down. Travelling down from one to another physically would lead to a drop of miles, but portals do inter-connect the various layers of hell.
13 sty 2017 · In it lies the true form of Asmodeus. Apparently, when he fell into the Nine Hells, this titanic miles-long form shattered and Asmodeus emerged. His wounds have yet to heal. His acidic black blood pools in the hollows of the rift. Each drop of blood becomes a pit fiend. They patrol this area hunting for intruders.
The current 5e lore here is largely supported by the 3.5 content. The best source of this topic is chapter 1 of the D&D 3e sourcebook Fiendish Codex II: Tyrants of the Nine Hells, currently available to buy in PDF form at Dungeon Masters Guild and DriveThruRPG.
A legion of barbazu (right) faces a horde of dretches (left) in Avernus, the battlefield of the Blood War. Whether for the living or the dead, Avernus was the entry point to Baator and the most commonly visited of the Nine Hells, since Asmodeus forbade any portals opening to other regions.