When are people going to learn? Nothing happens in Baator that isn't part of Asmodeus' plans. If you think you're pulling one over on him, he's got you exactly where he wants you. 🤦
I mostly agree. But an aspect of Tiamat roams Avernus (I think). I guess I look at possibly a greater god, certainly a powerful draconic one, and think, "does Asmodeus allow Tiamat to, for example, gate in devils, or does he bend over backward to not cross her"
Would add that, again, very much opinion, but I see a strong opportunity for narrative involving the Abishai. Whom do they serve? She is their creator.
glasya is her father's daughter, she plots and schemes on behalf of her father waiting till the day that she can assume his power. Her father would not have it any other way, what makes asmodeous well...himself is that he has so many pieces on the playing field that she never has the chance to make it happen. Glasya is a powerful ally, one whos greed is predictable and as long as asmodeous can stay many steps ahead of the schemes of his allies and his enemies he can count on his daughter to do what she does best until one day she gets the best of him. either way asmodeous is a proud father.
I can't even imagine how entertaining it is for Asmodeus to watch as all these mere ants try and rise up against him. Especially cause none of them even know who he truly is and never will lol
Asmodeus from AD&D2ndE Planescape and the Guide to the Nine Hells, feeds directly off of souls from people that commit suicide. Did a few mini games where the PC loses all faith and commit suicides but still stubborn enough to have some faith and belief in themselves. They show up in the Ninth Layer seeing the unimagine truth of reality before them. Then on a daily bases roll int/wis/cha checks to keep from losing their sanity, and experience slow regeneration as cornugon devils claw at them and drop them off of cliffs. If the PC manage to gain sanity points they transform into free willed fiends or wights. What is the nature of endurance, ..? Even in death you can not escape from one's own self.
I LITERALLY KNEW EVERYTHING EXCEPT GLASYA KILLING HER MOM! Damn that story of 'Levistus did it' was too clear cut of a story. 16 year old me is screaming now.
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The First time I saw one of your vids within seconds of it being posted! Just wanted to say I really appreciate what you do,. After 20+ years of DMing I still learn from your vids.
The level of logistical gymnastics involved in diabolic politics is mind boggling. A knife for every back and an endless supply of schemes to plot just to move up the social ladder. Although none can outmatch Asmodeus when it comes to being 10 steps ahead of the rest, even daddy's little girl.
I've been drooling for this video since you first started covering Baator. Thanks, AJ! Oh, and I am with you on Asmodeus orchestrating everything. I mean, Asmodeus doesn't just live in Baator, he's such a part of it that he essentially *IS* Baator. Coincidentally, I made her often have her fingers in cults, thieves' guilds, and command Erinyes in the Prime Material in my campaigns in the 80s... sometimes opposing other "Nine Hells" forces in the process. She seemed to fit even back then. I admit my interest was first lured in by my lust for her artwork. Don't judge, I was a teen. ;p
AJ, I really enjoy your videos. Back in my 3.5 days I was considered a walking Monster Manual, but your knowledge dwarfs mine. Looking forward to more videos as always.
Glasya's got a disease to melt the flesh from your bones. Daurgothoth, I learned a few days ago, can simply melt your bones with a breath weapon. D&D villians: always with the imaginative melting of enemies.
Careful AJ! The 1 dislike is clearly Asmodeus, angry that you're revealing secrets not meant for mortal ears! Interestingly enough that means he has a TH-cam account so now I'm burdened with the curiosity of what his YT history looks like 😂
I just had Glasya enter my campaign, with an avatar of herself running a tower of fellow devils on a crowded skull of a dead god the size of a moon. With a bit of lore hints I think I can get her pretty close the Glasya you describe, running a soul and slave trade.
Ah, I love seeing a new video about the Lords of the Nine Hells and the Abyss! The Nine Hells in particular has such labyrinthine politics that you can easily do a video on any individual archdevil, and still get a bit more information on all the other archdevils. Well done!
I think that is the point. If she can't keep up with him she would never be a good heir. I wouldn't be surprised if raising his daughter to be his successor is part of his end game to end the blood war and lay siege to the heavens
@@Scortch-lo3xy From a D&D 3rd Edition sourcebook called "Lords of Darkness". In the pages detailing Sfena, it says she was born in 1278 DR, that is three years before the events of the Icewind Dale game, and she founded the Iron Throne 21 years before the Baldur's Gate game's story in 1347 DR. She was trained as an assassin in Baator, working for her mother Glasya (The identity of Sfena's father is a mystery) who kept her on a tight leash and prevented her from advancing in the baatezu hierarchy. 21 years before the Baldur's Gate game, during a mission on Faerûn, a strange incident occurred when she was captured by storm giants: her body transformed into a hard crystalline substance, which had the effect of removing her connection to Baator, forcing her to stay in the Material Plane. Sfena decided to create the Iron Throne as method to cure herself. Her plan was to construct a rich and powerful mercantile organization and trade it to a powerful devil in exchange for a cure. Even though the iron crisis was stopped by Sarevok's sibling who was raised by Gorion, Sfena still managed to make the Iron Throne fairly rich in the few following years. But in 1371 DR, which is two years after the events of Baldur's Gate 2 Shadows of Amn (and one year after Throne of Bhaal) and one year before Neverwinter Nights, Sfena was betrayed by her lieutenant, a male half-moon elf named Maready tipped off Glasya on where her daughter is, and Glasya forced Sfena to return to the Nine Hells, allowing Maready to take over as leader of the Iron Throne. With this information in mind, its easy to realize that selling the Iron Throne to a devil when it is the richest mercantile organization in exchange for a cure for her condition is the very reason why she permitted Sarevok's foster father's plan to poison all the iron in the Sword Coast and hoard all the pure iron so that people will buy weapons, armor and farming tools made out of pure iron from them, which would make the Iron Throne filthy rich.
Out of all the games i played, i only seen Her her used by a DM in the Rod Of Seven Parts. She had found and hidden a piece. She used our group to filter out Her dads spies and mad it look like Mestophese & Dispator did it to get a piece of the rod to experiment with...
Thank you very much for creating this video!!! Glasya is my favorite archdevil, but there is so little information about her on the internet! You really saved me!
I can imagine that Asmodeus may know that this was his plan, but Glasya believes she's getting away with the whole thing. I can also imagine that even Asmodeus is himself playing the role of puppet, perhaps to a master he thinks he bested & killed. The Nine Hells are a fantastic web of intrigue. Who knows, maybe even the Blood War as a whole is part of a larger plot to say ensure the Illithid pan temporal Empire all run by a Supreme Elder Brain, or other such mastermind?
@@dude9822 I think Tharizdun did that; it's how the Abyss was created, at least in 4th edition. Pazuzu is an obyrith, which is the Chaotic type of Elder Evil.
@@AJPickett why not throw in a Matermind who has never revealed himself at all? It's not hard to imagine such a force being able to completely erase all of his history through assassination & memory corruption. A GM could mine other settings for the puppeteer behind Amadeus besides D&D, even if they have a D&D counterpart. From In Nomine you could pull Kobal the Prince Of Dark Humor, he's using the Blood War & the War of Good versus Evil to weave a cosmic joke by the general upon the particular. Also in the RPG In Nomine Kronos is in control of the concept of Fate, the worst possible future, I can Chronos as a Yugoloth ascended to Godhood running both sides of the Blood war to drive the Multiverse into an Entropic ruin of wreckage & misery before finally snuffing it out altogether. The Eldest Brain could be another such Mastermind, it acts as a Pan-Temoral MEGA Brain using all of the lesser Elder Brains as neuron bundles & the illithid as nerve endings, the slaves of the mind flayers are the equivalent of muscle tissues etc. Basically this mastermind is a giant organism that is spread out across all of interplanar space time. The final option is to go META & have the characters find out about the nature of their existence & realize that they are merely playthings of other intelligence on a higher realm of existence. IE the characters find out that there really is a Gaming Operations Director (GOD,) or Gaming Operations Director Doing Sadistic Stuff (GODDESS.)
My headcanon is that she has been consciously and willingly working for daddy all this time. Her failures? Planned. Her acts of rebellion? Staged. The stories of her deeds? Propaganda. Do you really think someone as ruthless as Asmodeus would tolerate someone that, supposedly, is openly scheming against him and angling for his throat? Even if that snake is his daughter?
Well, of course he doesn't. He just puts that ambition to use. Look at the arch Devils. Most of them would gleefully betray Asmodeus and he knows it. But he keeps them all balanced against each other so they never dare make a move. So that the only safety to be hard is in law. HIS law. Grinding that into them until they cannot imagine ever going against it. But there is always cleverly manipulating the letter of the law for your benefit.
Mephistopheles also openly and flagrantly vies for Asmodeus' throne, to the point Asmodeus is just as openly annoyed by him, but he keeps Mephistopheles around because he's useful. I think the same goes for Glasya. He knows neither of them would be able to properly take him down, not with the amount of surveillance he has on them, but he knows they're good at what they do and he has to choose whether he wants someone good at the job or someone that isn't constantly scheming against him. And good luck finding the latter anywhere in Hell.
I just thought of the absolute perfect example of how Asmodeus would respond to a underling who's decided to get snippy and it is the scene in the Netflix anime Castlevania where Godfrey decides to confront Dracula about the fact that if he completely wipes out the humans then vampires will inevitably have no humans left to eat and therefore starve. Look it up and you'll see what I mean LOLXD!!.. 😂
This was great. I'd love one on Fierna though. The "female" archdevils always intrigued me, and given that Fierna and her father are the only co-rulers of the Hells, I think they're pretty interesting.
Great video as always, thanks AJ! And my icy boi Levistus got mentioned! Today is a good day. I always enjoy your videos, but the fiendish stuff have a special place in my heart. You help me endure the quarantine, I’m really grateful :)
High Loremaster Pickett needs to update his intro to reflect that he is the most complete compendium outside of owning all D&D manuals, including White Dwarf magazines.
Can't believe i never commented on this video but thanks for making it! I knew that Glasya had a rather interesting story and that she could easily make for an awesome campaign villain.
@@AJPickett For a while I sorta drifted away from dnd as a whole, The lore, the running the game videos from our master Matt the colville, It just seemed like I was missing some of the magic I had felt in the beginning when I first started out, and well I felt like I just wasn't cut out to be DM. eventually I reasoned that the problem was actually found in many of the other things that where going on in my life and some of the things still going on right now, Lets just say that Lock down was not kind to old scortch. But with the lock downs ending in the US and my professional and love life reinvigorated, Things really seem to be looking up.
Seen/ listen to this video before. It is still enjoyable ..! And spent close to two hours reading all of the current 316 comments of the fan base. Time well spent.
Glasya was like the Paris Hilton of Bator.. pretty much a hellish version of the " Dumb Blonde" archetype . she thought she was rebelling and plotting.. but all along she was always just a puppet for Asmodeus to use lol
The hells are a bit unique after the various PC's managed to trick/ shunt a few elder evils there. Definitely will have to start a campaign of after the end vibe. Glasya sounds like she has the best chance of survival of such a reckoning
Glaysa is so interesting, I wish she got more focus. Shes literally the daughter of Asmodeus, like how unique can a devil get? Maybe one day we will get an adventure path where she and Fierna are major players.... Like a Reckoning of Hell 2 type situation but instead of devils fighting devils its adventurers being used as pawns in an infernal chess game. I can see the archduchesses trying to off their fathers, but taking on Asmodeus is a big nono so theyd prolly just be eliminating Levistus and Belial.
I'd love to see more of the two as well, in fact in my own game planning to change up position of some devils. Been thinking glaysa and fierna may rule together now be it friends/lovers unsure or perhaps control closer connected realms to aid each other. Plan to tinker with most devils minus asmudoes and melf.
Have a game where everyone pulls an index card to see which PC they will be playing. Have one player get Glaysa as a character, game is set before she has been given any .. duties. Magic equipment are wands/ rods of Polymorph Other and Flesh to Stone. Objective, turning mid to high level npc into Soul Stones for trade and self empowerment. Or to use a Iron Flask to lock away a demon lord during the Blood War to permanently remove them from the playing field and prevent them from being reincarnated back in the Abyss.
@@AJPickett now I have to make a hard named Tiberius K. (Sounds better for fantasy without the James in the front) And figure out how to win that situation lol
So if you buy into the belief that Asmodeus is actually the creator being Ahriman, that would make Glasya something akin to a deity herself by birthright. If that were true then either Asmodeus is keeping her power potential in check, or the fact that she was sired by his Avatar and not him directly means that she was never meant to inherit but a fraction of his power.
She is a purpose made tool. And her hatred is likely because she knows it. She no doubt has the same potential to rise as a divine child but unlike Asmodeus she will never be allowed to inherit any more than she has already been granted. Asmodeus already knows all that she could use to steal that divine spark he wretched from his brother and nurtured since. Who better, right? I don't doubt she is intended to eventually rule the hells, once Asmodeus has restored himself enough to leave his hidey hole in his true slender.
Great stuff! And interesting timing! My players just used the appearance of Dunamis magic in the multiverse to release Levistus, and one of his first actions was to depose Glasya!! 😈
They should have never reworked the Outer Planes of Existence. The 9 Hells are the 9 Hells. I still use the 1e and 2e model (predominantly) for the extra-cosmic structure of D&D reality.
The next time someone asks me to run a thieves' guild campaign, I will turn to them and go say, "Have you heard the story of Glasya of the Sixth?" If they say no, then I will smile and say, "Sure, I can run one."
I want more of this. All DnD has a plot and a time line across this editions. I want to know more about characters like this and the planes as they moved from 1st to 5th. info like this is so hard to find on DnD as most people don't even really know DnD does have somewhat as a plot
Ever since MToF came out, I've been super interested in the devils due to the Tiefling subraces based on them. I'm currently playing a Glasya Tiefling lore Bard.
Ah, thank you! I get those two muddled up there. Mammon does undergo a transformation, in one version, into a serpent form, to prove his renewed devotion to Asmodeus, if I recall?
AJ! You've done it again! I am so delighted that you made this video! I have eagerly awaited it, for quite some time! As you know, I love me some Devils, Demons, and Dragons! Will you be making a Fierna and Belial video soon? I think that would be awesome! As will a Zariel video! I love all of your work though! Hope that you are well, my friend! 😊
@@AJPickett I did! And if you knew how long I've spent researching the Lords of The Nine Hells, and the Demon Lords, you'd understand how impressed I always am when you include things in these videos that I've never heard, or read, before!
@@AJPickett I have had very little success in researching Tiamat's consorts. Are you still planning on doing a video on them, and maybe even the children of Tiamat, at some point?
@@AJPickett that's awesome! I will be looking forward to that! As will many others, I'm sure! Also, I am so happy, and proud, to see how far your channel has come, and how much it has grown, since my discovery of it, a few years ago! You deserve even more success than you have already gained! 😊 It's also nice to have all of your videos to binge watch while this madness is going on!
I love how your little rhyme at the start of the video only works because of the way English and derivative accents pronounce "idea" the way you guys chew on the word tube is also adorable
always nice for videos on fiends given the first books i got were the 3E books tyrants of the 9 hells and the hordes of the abyss still some of my favorite dnd lore books that i have i would say some devils are ether solely made from mortal souls or similar sources like lemurs basically ones who are 100% for labour or military purposes or such being infertile while those who are more likely to interact with mortals or more office type work sometimes are able to have children the Erinyes are one main type of devils that are known for this capability being not just a unique trait of a few unique individuals apparently the parents are also quite protective of their children have secret guarded locations where they are kept safe the other main type being the brachinas/infernal succubi
Dispater: I'm *way* more interesting. Why did you click on this video instead of mine? Hoi-Polloi: Not gonna lie, Glasya is kind of a babe. Dispater? *Dammit* Hoi-Polloi, I'm getting kinda sick of this treatment.
Absolutely love your videos AJ. Super helpful to people new to dnd like myself. The lore is so freaking cool and you found a lot of info that I could not find. Thankyou!
personally I believe the fallen serpent origin to be the most likely to be true, and given that origin has him stuck and still healing, how dose he spawn children like her and graz'zt or is his avatar that most know him as have the ability to act as a vessel for him to reproduce and spawn such children? I really wanna know if there is an in universe explination for that part in a case where the serpent origin is true
Do you think an entity powerful enough to create Avatars, would really have any difficulty producing offspring with another entity? People get hung up on this stuff, they really do. All of it is a blank space that has been filled in after these figures were written up and put into the game setting by the original authors.. they didn't care about the little biological details, if demon or devil lords want to produce offspring, spawn, minions or monsters, they do something flashy, evil and magical that there is a chance adventurers or rivals can mess with in the form of a dramatic, story event... otherwise, it doesn't really matter at all right?
AJ Pickett I know, is just I was kinda under the impression that the avatar might be basically a fancy illusion, am just curious cuz I love the lore and tend to stick close to it even with my own, one of my own stories/campains I've been working on but kind procrastinating for a few years now, and one of the key plot points involves a mortal offspring of his
@@digunder14 Avatars are far more than fancy illusions. That's why deities are limited on how many they can have active at any one time. Each is essentially a piece of the deity themself, given the ability to function independently
I was really curious about the story of the hag being referenced in Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes, definitely going to have to listen to this one a few more times after my session today.
Glasya has been stuck with the unenviable task of playing Dragonchess against the man who invented it, after herself just learning the fundamentals of Checkers. She's a serious contender that definitely takes after her father and displays incredible potential, but... well, Asmodeus is Asmodeus. That's going to end as well for her as he decides it does. I've come around to the conclusion that the only way to defeat Asmodeus is to come at him with such overwhelming force and power that no amount of scheming could even hope to turn things around. Unfortunately for those interested in seeing him dethroned, I'm pretty sure the only known beings capable of this are Ao and Tharizdun. Ao, being Ao, never would, and if Tharizdun ever gets sufficiently free to attempt the deed, then the fate of Asmodeus is the least of the multiverse's concerns. Also, it seems likely that Glasya's Devils assist mortals in getting out of contracts even if the mortal refuses to enter one with her. The Devils surely act as if they won't (if they can squeeze something out of you, they're sure to try), and I'm certain the vast majority fall for it hook, line, and sinker, but it only makes sense that they would assist regardless. It's a fantastic way to undermine her enemies and curtail their growth and power, and it costs her literally nothing. I suspect this is essentially unknown do to the fact that almost all would go for the deal, and those who don't are probably threatened with a fate far worse than death if they mention the assistance to _anyone._
The Splat book Elder Evils suggested that Zargon (one of the Elder Evils) is somebody he DOES NOT want freed. The book claims Zargon was ruler of Hell before Asmodeus took over and might know something Asmodeus doesn't want known. There's also the matter of Armaros, one of the"Rabble of Devilkin" (powerful devils who were stripped of their positions for one reason or another, but are considered too valuable to kill. supposedly, he's one of the most powerful Archmages in the multiverse and even more powerful than asmodeus, who is the only one allowed to visit him. Which he often does.its conceivable he also knows something that could detrimental to the Overlord of Hell
@@briancorvello3620 I'm sure there's more people than that who know things that Asmodeus would much rather go unknown, though probably not many. I'd imagine there's more skeletons in Asmodeus' closet than most graveyards. My contention is that knowing something useful about someone and doing something with that knowledge are two radically different things- especially when that someone is the greatest schemer in the known multiverse.
Modenkainen's Tome of Foes gave an actual quote from Glasya, presumably relayed to Mordenkainen himself: "Of course I love my father! Without him, who would I strive against?"
Finding and sorting through information on Baalphegor has been hard to do. Seems to be she's worth a real delve since she is a favorite of Asmodeus, but the consort of the one lord that openly opposes him.
A thing that always confused me is that Glasya is "just a Devil". Whatever the various Lords of Hell are, she is like another one of them, but Asmodeus is not. His own backstory is complicated, but it's weird that whatever he really is, or whatever projection he can make I'd, can unite with one of them, or a fallen Angel; whatever Bensozia was, and create Glasya. She doesn't seem to have any exceptional power, beyond being a mighty, unique Devil. She didn't seem to inherit any abilities from Asmodeus, as a great, winged serpent thing, and that always made me wonder if he just "created" her as his daughter, as another power play within the hierarchy? I also assume that even she knows nothing about his true form, and secret objectives, whether she is of his blood, or not. Maybe it's just the Evil part, but I am always surprised with how conniving, and backstabbing, Devils are. Law is a part of them, and I always assumed that they craved, even needed hierarchy, rules, and contracts, but then every one of them looks to break things; twist outcomes to their benefit, and grab up as much as they can. It's almost like they are secretly Chaotic, bur averse to actually breaking the rules, so they struggle to find holes, and they seem incapable, every single one of them, to find any benefit in their current spot, or the success of the system they set out to make. Maybe they need to be that way to rise to such lofty heights, and maybe only the Lawful Neutral of Mechanicus could so enjoy just being a cog in the wheel, instead of the will behind what the machine does, but while it is predictable that they'll connive, I'm always surprised none are without naked ambition. I had an idea for a character, and Glasya was actually related to it, which is why I bring all this up here, but part of hus theme was loyalty; just to her, instead of a more worthy monster. I get that trust is impossible for such a being, even when Law is important, but he would be very loyal to her ,and try to achieve her goals. His ambition would be to see hers realized, and hope to be appreciated, and fawned over by her, in payment for his services, but maybe then he'd still be the bizarre, unique example among the lot. I obviously never got there, as the part if bring an adventuring character, doing whatever, would actually feel minor compared to entering her service, and doing her bidding, hoping that at least a fragment of actual appreciation might squirm into her, despite what she really is, but it still sticks with me, from time to time.
You have to look at what the Erinyes are to see it. They aren’t native-born devils. They are the angels from the fight with chaos, before evil was created. The bargain Asmodeus made for the Hells doesn’t bind the Erinyes to the Hells. They are exiled from the heavens, but not bound to the hells. They’re fallen angels, free to come and go as they please.
This might be a retcon, but I'm pretty sure I'm pretty sure Beelzebub and Baalzebul were different guys. Baalzebul was never the ruler of the Nine Hells, he was just some young upstart trying to speedrun his way to Asmodeus's job. Also, he's not a slug anymore.
The ruler of the 7th Layer has always been Baalzebul, he is only named Beelzebub in some third -party sourcebooks. Clearly, his name is based on that of the mythical Beelzebul, although why there was ever a change - unlike Mammon, Moloch, and Mephistopheles, for instance - is hard to say.
@@briancorvello3620 Mephistopheles, isn't that the guy that messes with Spiderman and Doctor Strange ? My bad, different multiverse and publishing company. Then again ...
@@krispalermo8133 Originally the Silver Surfer, but after a while he tended to be trouble for every hero in Marvel. Seriously, though, both versions of Mephistopheles are named after a much, much older name. Even Christopher Marlowe based the character on one from a much older story.
What happened to Malagard oddly mirrors what happened to Karsus when he cast his 12th level spell. I wonder if Malagard attempted the same thing but using souls as a sacrifice.
I think the main difference is that Malagard would likely have managed to do it, if she was not sabotaged (on multiple fronts, right from the very outset).
Mindblowing! Thank you for this lore video, very inspiring Can you do a video eventually on Bel? I cant find much on him & want to use him effectivly in my campaign eventually
IMO, sex among devils (as well as other spirit entities in the lore) is entirely fluid. They are as they choose to appear. Not sure if, or how much changing this would change their conciousness as a whole, but I bet they could change their sex. I also imagine that they can properly breed like mortals do, but don't often because they hate each other so
That's how I run Angels. But devils and demons specifically have succubus and Erinyes for this reason. So that kind of goes against established lore for not much reason
I read in one 3.5 source that the only devils who can bear children are erniyes, brachina (which are evolved erinyes) and unique females like Glasya; with the first two, it might have something to do with how they're direct descendants of the original host of fallen angels that, er, fell with Asmodeus. Male devils, however, cannot sire offspring with other devils, but they can with mortals, and most sources say that can be worse than being killed by one.
So.. like nudibranchs, try to stab the other with a harpoon penis because the loser has to rear kids which causes them to become weak and usually die post child birth. New lore discovered?
Nailed it. They’re not constrained as mortals are, so why wouldn’t they? Address them as they appear (if your characters are so brave), or by an honorary/title, if it’s been made known. Refer to them however you want; doesn’t matter if they’re not there.
I mean since true polymorph is a thing in dungeons and dragons anyone of high enough magical power can but it’s more than likely they will mostly keep to mail forms as they are a humanoid and the humanoid male form is stronger thereby being more suited to fighting and b It’s probably part of a self image thing once you’ve spent 1000 years looking one way you probably don’t want to change too much
Ok so, I’ve been subscribed for a while and I’ve gone back to watch the older videos, but never once have I heard an explanation for why we call this “the mighty glue stick”. May I ask where that came from?😅
AJ started the channel crafting D&D figures and sets for tabletop play. He would talk about lore as he crafted. The lore took over. The name remains. :)
If I were to guess, it'd be more like the sort of deal you make with a debt consolidator, or ambulance-chasing lawyer, combined with the promise of giving you a better deal for your "money" on top of getting you out of your previous arrangement. You're still boned, but in a way that's easier to swallow.
This was a Awesome video....I gotta wonder if Malcanthet would team up with her since even though she is still a Demon Lord she now has a presence in the hells as well🤷🏼♂️😈💯
AD&D2e " Guide to the Nine Hells," Glasya first appear in D&D in this book, more or less. My first games shop I went to at 21 years old ran some ranches games with her character. Any player who had a character that figure out how to make Soul Stones/ Coins had Glasya showing up in game along with night hags. When 3e came out, we just pushed her up into lesser god hood and ran Glasya at the challenge rating of a Titan CR25. We even ran a campaign where everyone had to draw an index card as to what character we were playing that given day. So we all took turns playing a teenage Glasya on a power trip. Sounds really silly but if your character can't teleport cause the location prevents it, and you have to run for you life from demons. The game goes from silly to " dam I don't want to lose another character level Hd when I end back up in Baator again."
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When are people going to learn? Nothing happens in Baator that isn't part of Asmodeus' plans. If you think you're pulling one over on him, he's got you exactly where he wants you. 🤦
Well said.
Are you assuming Asmodeus is real? 😂 but seriously, at his level *A* plan is a lie, there are many plans all based on possible out comes
I mostly agree. But an aspect of Tiamat roams Avernus (I think). I guess I look at possibly a greater god, certainly a powerful draconic one, and think, "does Asmodeus allow Tiamat to, for example, gate in devils, or does he bend over backward to not cross her"
Would add that, again, very much opinion, but I see a strong opportunity for narrative involving the Abishai. Whom do they serve? She is their creator.
Glasya: Princess of Hell sounds like an anime
If anyone's wondering why Asmodeus didn't punish the rebels that harshly, remember: "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer."
Not only that, BUUUUTT!
Better the devil you know than the one that you don't!
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@@anthonyromasco3528 This dude gets it.
@Hilary Charania BEGONE BOT!!
glasya is her father's daughter, she plots and schemes on behalf of her father waiting till the day that she can assume his power. Her father would not have it any other way, what makes asmodeous well...himself is that he has so many pieces on the playing field that she never has the chance to make it happen. Glasya is a powerful ally, one whos greed is predictable and as long as asmodeous can stay many steps ahead of the schemes of his allies and his enemies he can count on his daughter to do what she does best until one day she gets the best of him. either way asmodeous is a proud father.
*Literally anything happens in Baator, or in relation to it*
Asmodeus: "All according to keikaku"
I can't even imagine how entertaining it is for Asmodeus to watch as all these mere ants try and rise up against him. Especially cause none of them even know who he truly is and never will lol
Asmodeus from AD&D2ndE Planescape and the Guide to the Nine Hells, feeds directly off of souls from people that commit suicide. Did a few mini games where the PC loses all faith and commit suicides but still stubborn enough to have some faith and belief in themselves. They show up in the Ninth Layer seeing the unimagine truth of reality before them.
Then on a daily bases roll int/wis/cha checks to keep from losing their sanity, and experience slow regeneration as cornugon devils claw at them and drop them off of cliffs.
If the PC manage to gain sanity points they transform into free willed fiends or wights.
What is the nature of endurance, ..?
Even in death you can not escape from one's own self.
I feel like I need a cork board on the wall, covered in pictures and red string to follow all of this.
Try researching it!
@@AJPickett I don't envy you.
I LITERALLY KNEW EVERYTHING EXCEPT GLASYA KILLING HER MOM! Damn that story of 'Levistus did it' was too clear cut of a story. 16 year old me is screaming now.
The First time I saw one of your vids within seconds of it being posted! Just wanted to say I really appreciate what you do,. After 20+ years of DMing I still learn from your vids.
Thanks Sven!
Glasya has 69 hp....
Very funny, Mr. Gygax.
Consorts were spies for Asmodeus basically. They were not suppose to be tanks. I did increase their hit points by 50% though.
@@joeward2009 Uh, you really want me to explain the "joke" here?
Think what is the number 69 often associated with?
Guess you are thinking with the head that gets you paternity suits and w case of the drips.
Haven't seen The Princess Bride
inconceivable!
You keep using that word.
I do not think it means what you think it means.
Woah. I literally JUST tempted the Paladin in my campaign into a deal with Glasya last week. This is going to be such useful info
I love it when you talk really nerdy to me.
Lol that sounded really....ummmm? Nevermind! 😂😂😂
The level of logistical gymnastics involved in diabolic politics is mind boggling. A knife for every back and an endless supply of schemes to plot just to move up the social ladder. Although none can outmatch Asmodeus when it comes to being 10 steps ahead of the rest, even daddy's little girl.
I've been drooling for this video since you first started covering Baator. Thanks, AJ!
Oh, and I am with you on Asmodeus orchestrating everything. I mean, Asmodeus doesn't just live in Baator, he's such a part of it that he essentially *IS* Baator. Coincidentally, I made her often have her fingers in cults, thieves' guilds, and command Erinyes in the Prime Material in my campaigns in the 80s... sometimes opposing other "Nine Hells" forces in the process. She seemed to fit even back then. I admit my interest was first lured in by my lust for her artwork. Don't judge, I was a teen. ;p
AJ, I really enjoy your videos. Back in my 3.5 days I was considered a walking Monster Manual, but your knowledge dwarfs mine. Looking forward to more videos as always.
Nine hell's looks like first 4 seasons of game of thrones, every body plotting a plot on enemies plot , and more plots for this plots.
Game of Thrones was the PG version of this.
Real Housewives of the Nine Hells
Glasya's got a disease to melt the flesh from your bones.
Daurgothoth, I learned a few days ago, can simply melt your bones with a breath weapon.
D&D villians: always with the imaginative melting of enemies.
You gotta be careful banging them 9 hells babes.
That herpes simplex-666 is a real man-eater!
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Quite the impressive collection of lore you have assembled here.
Careful AJ! The 1 dislike is clearly Asmodeus, angry that you're revealing secrets not meant for mortal ears! Interestingly enough that means he has a TH-cam account so now I'm burdened with the curiosity of what his YT history looks like 😂
Pony videos... nothing but pony videos.
Lol he probably despite that dislike maybe a subscriber to the channel just for info on his enemies maybe even a member
7 other lords have found this video, I don't think they like it.
I just had Glasya enter my campaign, with an avatar of herself running a tower of fellow devils on a crowded skull of a dead god the size of a moon. With a bit of lore hints I think I can get her pretty close the Glasya you describe, running a soul and slave trade.
I had her enter too, but she got killed when the Lady destroyed her entire layer
Ah, I love seeing a new video about the Lords of the Nine Hells and the Abyss! The Nine Hells in particular has such labyrinthine politics that you can easily do a video on any individual archdevil, and still get a bit more information on all the other archdevils. Well done!
Glasaya!!! Whoooooohoooo
Thank you AJ been hoping for this one
I am definitely using her in my campaign now.
She was pretty much my "go to" devil in my campaigns in the 80s. She is so wickedly diverse you can use her anywhere.
Glasya is one of my favorites, she is always several steeps ahead of everyone. Except for Amsodeus, but for how long?
Daddy’s little girl.
I think that is the point. If she can't keep up with him she would never be a good heir. I wouldn't be surprised if raising his daughter to be his successor is part of his end game to end the blood war and lay siege to the heavens
Ahh, Glasya, the lawyer of the Nine Hells.
That is like saying the fish of the ocean
@@evilallensmithee Glasya is the lawyer that the lawyers call.
Fun fact: Glasya's daughter, Sfena, is the founder of the Iron Throne organization from the Baldur's Gate game.
really where did you find this?
@@Scortch-lo3xy From a D&D 3rd Edition sourcebook called "Lords of Darkness". In the pages detailing Sfena, it says she was born in 1278 DR, that is three years before the events of the Icewind Dale game, and she founded the Iron Throne 21 years before the Baldur's Gate game's story in 1347 DR. She was trained as an assassin in Baator, working for her mother Glasya (The identity of Sfena's father is a mystery) who kept her on a tight leash and prevented her from advancing in the baatezu hierarchy.
21 years before the Baldur's Gate game, during a mission on Faerûn, a strange incident occurred when she was captured by storm giants: her body transformed into a hard crystalline substance, which had the effect of removing her connection to Baator, forcing her to stay in the Material Plane. Sfena decided to create the Iron Throne as method to cure herself. Her plan was to construct a rich and powerful mercantile organization and trade it to a powerful devil in exchange for a cure. Even though the iron crisis was stopped by Sarevok's sibling who was raised by Gorion, Sfena still managed to make the Iron Throne fairly rich in the few following years. But in 1371 DR, which is two years after the events of Baldur's Gate 2 Shadows of Amn (and one year after Throne of Bhaal) and one year before Neverwinter Nights, Sfena was betrayed by her lieutenant, a male half-moon elf named Maready tipped off Glasya on where her daughter is, and Glasya forced Sfena to return to the Nine Hells, allowing Maready to take over as leader of the Iron Throne.
With this information in mind, its easy to realize that selling the Iron Throne to a devil when it is the richest mercantile organization in exchange for a cure for her condition is the very reason why she permitted Sarevok's foster father's plan to poison all the iron in the Sword Coast and hoard all the pure iron so that people will buy weapons, armor and farming tools made out of pure iron from them, which would make the Iron Throne filthy rich.
@@LightStreak567 i see very cool will have to check it out
Out of all the games i played, i only seen Her her used by a DM in the Rod Of Seven Parts. She had found and hidden a piece. She used our group to filter out Her dads spies and mad it look like Mestophese & Dispator did it to get a piece of the rod to experiment with...
Thank you very much for creating this video!!! Glasya is my favorite archdevil, but there is so little information about her on the internet! You really saved me!
No problem 😊
I can imagine that Asmodeus may know that this was his plan, but Glasya believes she's getting away with the whole thing. I can also imagine that even Asmodeus is himself playing the role of puppet, perhaps to a master he thinks he bested & killed. The Nine Hells are a fantastic web of intrigue. Who knows, maybe even the Blood War as a whole is part of a larger plot to say ensure the Illithid pan temporal Empire all run by a Supreme Elder Brain, or other such mastermind?
I'm listening...
I've heard that one, but in most versions,the mastermind is the General of Gehenna the ruler of the yugoloths. Supposedly.
@@briancorvello3620 not pazazu who gave Asmodeus the heart of evil and possibly corrupted him?
@@dude9822 I think Tharizdun did that; it's how the Abyss was created, at least in 4th edition.
Pazuzu is an obyrith, which is the Chaotic type of Elder Evil.
@@AJPickett why not throw in a Matermind who has never revealed himself at all? It's not hard to imagine such a force being able to completely erase all of his history through assassination & memory corruption.
A GM could mine other settings for the puppeteer behind Amadeus besides D&D, even if they have a D&D counterpart. From In Nomine you could pull Kobal the Prince Of Dark Humor, he's using the Blood War & the War of Good versus Evil to weave a cosmic joke by the general upon the particular.
Also in the RPG In Nomine Kronos is in control of the concept of Fate, the worst possible future, I can Chronos as a Yugoloth ascended to Godhood running both sides of the Blood war to drive the Multiverse into an Entropic ruin of wreckage & misery before finally snuffing it out altogether.
The Eldest Brain could be another such Mastermind, it acts as a Pan-Temoral MEGA Brain using all of the lesser Elder Brains as neuron bundles & the illithid as nerve endings, the slaves of the mind flayers are the equivalent of muscle tissues etc. Basically this mastermind is a giant organism that is spread out across all of interplanar space time.
The final option is to go META & have the characters find out about the nature of their existence & realize that they are merely playthings of other intelligence on a higher realm of existence. IE the characters find out that there really is a Gaming Operations Director (GOD,) or Gaming Operations Director Doing Sadistic Stuff (GODDESS.)
My headcanon is that she has been consciously and willingly working for daddy all this time.
Her failures? Planned.
Her acts of rebellion? Staged.
The stories of her deeds? Propaganda.
Do you really think someone as ruthless as Asmodeus would tolerate someone that, supposedly, is openly scheming against him and angling for his throat? Even if that snake is his daughter?
"Glasya, before we get engaged, I gotta know. Do you have daddy issues?"
"Like you wouldn't believe..."
Well, of course he doesn't. He just puts that ambition to use. Look at the arch Devils. Most of them would gleefully betray Asmodeus and he knows it. But he keeps them all balanced against each other so they never dare make a move. So that the only safety to be hard is in law. HIS law. Grinding that into them until they cannot imagine ever going against it. But there is always cleverly manipulating the letter of the law for your benefit.
Mephistopheles also openly and flagrantly vies for Asmodeus' throne, to the point Asmodeus is just as openly annoyed by him, but he keeps Mephistopheles around because he's useful. I think the same goes for Glasya. He knows neither of them would be able to properly take him down, not with the amount of surveillance he has on them, but he knows they're good at what they do and he has to choose whether he wants someone good at the job or someone that isn't constantly scheming against him. And good luck finding the latter anywhere in Hell.
Bro was researching her for a campaign thanks you found info I never would have, you ROCK!!
Interesting that Hell is modeled after a human cell...
I just thought of the absolute perfect example of how Asmodeus would respond to a underling who's decided to get snippy and it is the scene in the Netflix anime Castlevania where Godfrey decides to confront Dracula about the fact that if he completely wipes out the humans then vampires will inevitably have no humans left to eat and therefore starve. Look it up and you'll see what I mean LOLXD!!.. 😂
You mean when Godbrand attempts to confront Dracula.
This was great. I'd love one on Fierna though. The "female" archdevils always intrigued me, and given that Fierna and her father are the only co-rulers of the Hells, I think they're pretty interesting.
Ah reminds me of an epic campaign and ravenloft summoning Glasya to ravenloft and blaming it on mammon was gold
King Obould Many-Arrows is in desperate need of some attention in these lore videos, being probably the dopest orc in DnD
Agreed.
Ah I wish you would have talked a bit about her fight with the Demon Lord Graz‘zt. But great video!
Leave it to Asmodeus to be the best spin man of all time. Along with being the most powerful devil in the Nine.
I feel like this lore just gave me a meta way of speed running Devil deals in D&D.
Trying to imagine Glasya and Malcanthet on a girls night out. Then I regret it and try not to.
Great video as always, thanks AJ! And my icy boi Levistus got mentioned! Today is a good day. I always enjoy your videos, but the fiendish stuff have a special place in my heart. You help me endure the quarantine, I’m really grateful :)
a party is like the history of hell
spoken like a true introvert
Great cast AJ. Loved it!!!
High Loremaster Pickett needs to update his intro to reflect that he is the most complete compendium outside of owning all D&D manuals, including White Dwarf magazines.
Can't believe i never commented on this video but thanks for making it! I knew that Glasya had a rather interesting story and that she could easily make for an awesome campaign villain.
Scortch! Hello, I missed you, where have you been?
@@AJPickett For a while I sorta drifted away from dnd as a whole, The lore, the running the game videos from our master Matt the colville, It just seemed like I was missing some of the magic I had felt in the beginning when I first started out, and well I felt like I just wasn't cut out to be DM.
eventually I reasoned that the problem was actually found in many of the other things that where going on in my life and some of the things still going on right now, Lets just say that Lock down was not kind to old scortch.
But with the lock downs ending in the US and my professional and love life reinvigorated, Things really seem to be looking up.
@@Scortch-lo3xy I don't know you but I'm glad you're feeling and doing better. Keep going man, things are good and will only get better.
@@ShinM. thanks for the kind words, you may not realize it but they make all the difference in the world.
You weren't kidding about listening to this a few times to get it straight, this has more drama than crap American tv
Next, on Survivor: Baator!
The Kardashians: Archdevil edition.
Seen/ listen to this video before. It is still enjoyable ..!
And spent close to two hours reading all of the current 316 comments of the fan base.
Time well spent.
I live for the comments.
@@AJPickett I am soo sorry, I forgot to wish you a good weekend. But it looks like you are already having a great weekend..!
God bless.
Glasya was like the Paris Hilton of Bator.. pretty much a hellish version of the " Dumb Blonde" archetype . she thought she was rebelling and plotting.. but all along she was always just a puppet for Asmodeus to use lol
except that she's not dumb? She is playing the long game just like her daddy.
The hells are a bit unique after the various PC's managed to trick/ shunt a few elder evils there. Definitely will have to start a campaign of after the end vibe. Glasya sounds like she has the best chance of survival of such a reckoning
Glaysa is so interesting, I wish she got more focus. Shes literally the daughter of Asmodeus, like how unique can a devil get? Maybe one day we will get an adventure path where she and Fierna are major players.... Like a Reckoning of Hell 2 type situation but instead of devils fighting devils its adventurers being used as pawns in an infernal chess game. I can see the archduchesses trying to off their fathers, but taking on Asmodeus is a big nono so theyd prolly just be eliminating Levistus and Belial.
I'd love to see more of the two as well, in fact in my own game planning to change up position of some devils. Been thinking glaysa and fierna may rule together now be it friends/lovers unsure or perhaps control closer connected realms to aid each other.
Plan to tinker with most devils minus asmudoes and melf.
You'd have to get to Levistus to eliminate him. Is he still in the ice in current canon?
Have a game where everyone pulls an index card to see which PC they will be playing.
Have one player get Glaysa as a character, game is set before she has been given any .. duties.
Magic equipment are wands/ rods of Polymorph Other and Flesh to Stone.
Objective, turning mid to high level npc into Soul Stones for trade and self empowerment.
Or to use a Iron Flask to lock away a demon lord during the Blood War to permanently remove them from the playing field and prevent them from being reincarnated back in the Abyss.
AJ, as always your videos are insightful and full of edition spanning information. Thank you
Ok glasya fierna and malconthet walk in to a tavern imagine your characters on the prowl and see them mmmm...
Fierna is still the hottest in my opinion
That is the kobiashi maru scenario for bards.
@@AJPickett now I have to make a hard named Tiberius K. (Sounds better for fantasy without the James in the front) And figure out how to win that situation lol
@@AJPickett With enough charisma, that bard might walk out with all three on his arms like Hugh Hefner.
@Cannabis Dreams You've got to admit that would be an epic death for a bard. If he survived though he'd go down as a legend amongst mortal men.
I'm super excited for a devil lorr series
Now I want to know more about Kevin, Debbie, and Tanya.
Love to hear one of these on Levistus and Geryon
I want to see him get out of that ice. Levistis that is.
I DID have questions regarding the identity of Glasya's mother, though I also half-expected her to be a Teifling who became an arch devil
I figured she was an Angel
My favorite Fiend by far
So if you buy into the belief that Asmodeus is actually the creator being Ahriman, that would make Glasya something akin to a deity herself by birthright. If that were true then either Asmodeus is keeping her power potential in check, or the fact that she was sired by his Avatar and not him directly means that she was never meant to inherit but a fraction of his power.
She is a purpose made tool. And her hatred is likely because she knows it. She no doubt has the same potential to rise as a divine child but unlike Asmodeus she will never be allowed to inherit any more than she has already been granted. Asmodeus already knows all that she could use to steal that divine spark he wretched from his brother and nurtured since. Who better, right? I don't doubt she is intended to eventually rule the hells, once Asmodeus has restored himself enough to leave his hidey hole in his true slender.
Great stuff! And interesting timing! My players just used the appearance of Dunamis magic in the multiverse to release Levistus, and one of his first actions was to depose Glasya!! 😈
They should have never reworked the Outer Planes of Existence. The 9 Hells are the 9 Hells. I still use the 1e and 2e model (predominantly) for the extra-cosmic structure of D&D reality.
It's had fairly radical changes with each edition, that's kind of the tradition now.
much agreed. thats my beef with Wizards of the Coast, they change too much of the original lore instead of building on it.
The next time someone asks me to run a thieves' guild campaign, I will turn to them and go say, "Have you heard the story of Glasya of the Sixth?"
If they say no, then I will smile and say, "Sure, I can run one."
....Fierna is most likely playing the long game with Glasaya.
I want more of this.
All DnD has a plot and a time line across this editions. I want to know more about characters like this and the planes as they moved from 1st to 5th.
info like this is so hard to find on DnD as most people don't even really know DnD does have somewhat as a plot
Ever since MToF came out, I've been super interested in the devils due to the Tiefling subraces based on them. I'm currently playing a Glasya Tiefling lore Bard.
Cranking out the vids? I like this new pace 🤙🤙🤙
Great videos! But One small correction @8:34 - mammon was never transformed into a slug form, that was
Baalzebul
Ah, thank you! I get those two muddled up there. Mammon does undergo a transformation, in one version, into a serpent form, to prove his renewed devotion to Asmodeus, if I recall?
@@AJPickett He took the serpent lower half as an insult to Geryon and his being exiled if I recall. But Asmodeus allowed it so it had to benifit him.
AJ! You've done it again! I am so delighted that you made this video! I have eagerly awaited it, for quite some time! As you know, I love me some Devils, Demons, and Dragons! Will you be making a Fierna and Belial video soon? I think that would be awesome! As will a Zariel video! I love all of your work though! Hope that you are well, my friend! 😊
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@AJPickett I did! And if you knew how long I've spent researching the Lords of The Nine Hells, and the Demon Lords, you'd understand how impressed I always am when you include things in these videos that I've never heard, or read, before!
@@AJPickett I have had very little success in researching Tiamat's consorts. Are you still planning on doing a video on them, and maybe even the children of Tiamat, at some point?
@@gabrieladerre2862 The first of the remastered dragon series is being created right now.
@@AJPickett that's awesome! I will be looking forward to that! As will many others, I'm sure! Also, I am so happy, and proud, to see how far your channel has come, and how much it has grown, since my discovery of it, a few years ago! You deserve even more success than you have already gained! 😊 It's also nice to have all of your videos to binge watch while this madness is going on!
Beauty as always! Running a campaign set in the nine hells and these videos are so helpful for inspiration. Thank you sir!
I love how your little rhyme at the start of the video only works because of the way English and derivative accents pronounce "idea" the way you guys chew on the word tube is also adorable
Glasya was made to be Mammon's concubine? Wow. That's horribly disgusting. Asmodeus comes up with the best punishments.
At that point Mammon was actually decent looking, but Personality wise he has always been gross.
@@semi-useful5178 IIRC he was worse before becoming a snake. But that may be another setting's Mammon I am imagining.
@@DIEGhostfish
I think you are mixing them up
@@semi-useful5178 Yeah I think the big fat guy was the Mammon from Spawn.
Both of you are correct, mammon was originally a fat pit fiend but was later turned into a ~lamia~ Yuan-Ti
always nice for videos on fiends given the first books i got were the 3E books tyrants of the 9 hells and the hordes of the abyss still some of my favorite dnd lore books that i have
i would say some devils are ether solely made from mortal souls or similar sources like lemurs basically ones who are 100% for labour or military purposes or such being infertile while those who are more likely to interact with mortals or more office type work sometimes are able to have children the Erinyes are one main type of devils that are known for this capability being not just a unique trait of a few unique individuals apparently the parents are also quite protective of their children have secret guarded locations where they are kept safe the other main type being the brachinas/infernal succubi
Dispater: I'm *way* more interesting. Why did you click on this video instead of mine?
Hoi-Polloi: Not gonna lie, Glasya is kind of a babe.
Dispater? *Dammit* Hoi-Polloi, I'm getting kinda sick of this treatment.
Could the ritual that the hag tried to use to become a god be the same as the raven queens ritual? Interesting thought
the biggest flaw the hag countess did was attempting the ritual in the hells. No doubt it was sabotaged in a myriad of ways from the very onset.
@@zacharyhawley1693 you are probably right. Seeing as Asmodeus basically has control of everything, it would have only succeeded if he allowed it to.
Natasel I’m talking about the hag countess which is a night hag which is classified as a fiend in the monster manual despite being a hag
Absolutely love your videos AJ. Super helpful to people new to dnd like myself. The lore is so freaking cool and you found a lot of info that I could not find. Thankyou!
Glad you like them!
Nice! 👍
Thanks for all the juicy info! 👍
Gonna have to check out your research material. 👍
personally I believe the fallen serpent origin to be the most likely to be true, and given that origin has him stuck and still healing, how dose he spawn children like her and graz'zt or is his avatar that most know him as have the ability to act as a vessel for him to reproduce and spawn such children? I really wanna know if there is an in universe explination for that part in a case where the serpent origin is true
Do you think an entity powerful enough to create Avatars, would really have any difficulty producing offspring with another entity? People get hung up on this stuff, they really do. All of it is a blank space that has been filled in after these figures were written up and put into the game setting by the original authors.. they didn't care about the little biological details, if demon or devil lords want to produce offspring, spawn, minions or monsters, they do something flashy, evil and magical that there is a chance adventurers or rivals can mess with in the form of a dramatic, story event... otherwise, it doesn't really matter at all right?
AJ Pickett I know, is just I was kinda under the impression that the avatar might be basically a fancy illusion, am just curious cuz I love the lore and tend to stick close to it even with my own, one of my own stories/campains I've been working on but kind procrastinating for a few years now, and one of the key plot points involves a mortal offspring of his
@@digunder14 Avatars are far more than fancy illusions. That's why deities are limited on how many they can have active at any one time. Each is essentially a piece of the deity themself, given the ability to function independently
If Asmodeus is indeed a Greater God,he has plenty of ways to sire children.
I was really curious about the story of the hag being referenced in Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes, definitely going to have to listen to this one a few more times after my session today.
All of the them. Tell us about all of them. Arch fiends and planar rulers in general is my favorite content. Gods too
Glasya has been stuck with the unenviable task of playing Dragonchess against the man who invented it, after herself just learning the fundamentals of Checkers.
She's a serious contender that definitely takes after her father and displays incredible potential, but... well, Asmodeus is Asmodeus. That's going to end as well for her as he decides it does.
I've come around to the conclusion that the only way to defeat Asmodeus is to come at him with such overwhelming force and power that no amount of scheming could even hope to turn things around. Unfortunately for those interested in seeing him dethroned, I'm pretty sure the only known beings capable of this are Ao and Tharizdun. Ao, being Ao, never would, and if Tharizdun ever gets sufficiently free to attempt the deed, then the fate of Asmodeus is the least of the multiverse's concerns.
Also, it seems likely that Glasya's Devils assist mortals in getting out of contracts even if the mortal refuses to enter one with her. The Devils surely act as if they won't (if they can squeeze something out of you, they're sure to try), and I'm certain the vast majority fall for it hook, line, and sinker, but it only makes sense that they would assist regardless. It's a fantastic way to undermine her enemies and curtail their growth and power, and it costs her literally nothing. I suspect this is essentially unknown do to the fact that almost all would go for the deal, and those who don't are probably threatened with a fate far worse than death if they mention the assistance to _anyone._
The Splat book Elder Evils suggested that Zargon (one of the Elder Evils) is somebody he DOES NOT want freed. The book claims Zargon was ruler of Hell before Asmodeus took over and might know something Asmodeus doesn't want known.
There's also the matter of Armaros, one of the"Rabble of Devilkin" (powerful devils who were stripped of their positions for one reason or another, but are considered too valuable to kill. supposedly, he's one of the most powerful Archmages in the multiverse and even more powerful than asmodeus, who is the only one allowed to visit him. Which he often does.its conceivable he also knows something that could detrimental to the Overlord of Hell
@@briancorvello3620
I'm sure there's more people than that who know things that Asmodeus would much rather go unknown, though probably not many. I'd imagine there's more skeletons in Asmodeus' closet than most graveyards.
My contention is that knowing something useful about someone and doing something with that knowledge are two radically different things- especially when that someone is the greatest schemer in the known multiverse.
Thanks for posting I’ve been waiting for this one and it’s just in time for the game I run
Also some info on Geryon
Poor Geryon.. he deserves a video.
I already know that I'm going to like this one. Preemptive like
Lol, same here. :)
Modenkainen's Tome of Foes gave an actual quote from Glasya, presumably relayed to Mordenkainen himself:
"Of course I love my father! Without him, who would I strive against?"
This enraged her father, who punished her serverly
@@thomastakesatollforthedark2231 for claiming she opposed him, or claiming she loved him?
@@briancorvello3620 both and neither
Finding and sorting through information on Baalphegor has been hard to do. Seems to be she's worth a real delve since she is a favorite of Asmodeus, but the consort of the one lord that openly opposes him.
A thing that always confused me is that Glasya is "just a Devil". Whatever the various Lords of Hell are, she is like another one of them, but Asmodeus is not. His own backstory is complicated, but it's weird that whatever he really is, or whatever projection he can make I'd, can unite with one of them, or a fallen Angel; whatever Bensozia was, and create Glasya. She doesn't seem to have any exceptional power, beyond being a mighty, unique Devil. She didn't seem to inherit any abilities from Asmodeus, as a great, winged serpent thing, and that always made me wonder if he just "created" her as his daughter, as another power play within the hierarchy? I also assume that even she knows nothing about his true form, and secret objectives, whether she is of his blood, or not.
Maybe it's just the Evil part, but I am always surprised with how conniving, and backstabbing, Devils are. Law is a part of them, and I always assumed that they craved, even needed hierarchy, rules, and contracts, but then every one of them looks to break things; twist outcomes to their benefit, and grab up as much as they can. It's almost like they are secretly Chaotic, bur averse to actually breaking the rules, so they struggle to find holes, and they seem incapable, every single one of them, to find any benefit in their current spot, or the success of the system they set out to make. Maybe they need to be that way to rise to such lofty heights, and maybe only the Lawful Neutral of Mechanicus could so enjoy just being a cog in the wheel, instead of the will behind what the machine does, but while it is predictable that they'll connive, I'm always surprised none are without naked ambition. I had an idea for a character, and Glasya was actually related to it, which is why I bring all this up here, but part of hus theme was loyalty; just to her, instead of a more worthy monster. I get that trust is impossible for such a being, even when Law is important, but he would be very loyal to her ,and try to achieve her goals. His ambition would be to see hers realized, and hope to be appreciated, and fawned over by her, in payment for his services, but maybe then he'd still be the bizarre, unique example among the lot. I obviously never got there, as the part if bring an adventuring character, doing whatever, would actually feel minor compared to entering her service, and doing her bidding, hoping that at least a fragment of actual appreciation might squirm into her, despite what she really is, but it still sticks with me, from time to time.
You have to look at what the Erinyes are to see it. They aren’t native-born devils. They are the angels from the fight with chaos, before evil was created. The bargain Asmodeus made for the Hells doesn’t bind the Erinyes to the Hells. They are exiled from the heavens, but not bound to the hells. They’re fallen angels, free to come and go as they please.
If you could dig up some more info on Baalphegor that would be cool. Caermor is, I think, overlooked too often.
8:30 I'm being seduced...lol
This might be a retcon, but I'm pretty sure I'm pretty sure Beelzebub and Baalzebul were different guys. Baalzebul was never the ruler of the Nine Hells, he was just some young upstart trying to speedrun his way to Asmodeus's job. Also, he's not a slug anymore.
The ruler of the 7th Layer has always been Baalzebul, he is only named Beelzebub in some third -party sourcebooks. Clearly, his name is based on that of the mythical Beelzebul, although why there was ever a change - unlike Mammon, Moloch, and Mephistopheles, for instance - is hard to say.
@@briancorvello3620 Mephistopheles, isn't that the guy that messes with Spiderman and Doctor Strange ?
My bad, different multiverse and publishing company.
Then again ...
@@krispalermo8133 Originally the Silver Surfer, but after a while he tended to be trouble for every hero in Marvel.
Seriously, though, both versions of Mephistopheles are named after a much, much older name. Even Christopher Marlowe based the character on one from a much older story.
What happened to Malagard oddly mirrors what happened to Karsus when he cast his 12th level spell. I wonder if Malagard attempted the same thing but using souls as a sacrifice.
I think the main difference is that Malagard would likely have managed to do it, if she was not sabotaged (on multiple fronts, right from the very outset).
What about covering Fierna considering she have a friendship with Glasya
Mindblowing! Thank you for this lore video, very inspiring
Can you do a video eventually on Bel? I cant find much on him & want to use him effectivly in my campaign eventually
Excellent video AJ, enjoyed this one
IMO, sex among devils (as well as other spirit entities in the lore) is entirely fluid. They are as they choose to appear. Not sure if, or how much changing this would change their conciousness as a whole, but I bet they could change their sex. I also imagine that they can properly breed like mortals do, but don't often because they hate each other so
That's how I run Angels. But devils and demons specifically have succubus and Erinyes for this reason. So that kind of goes against established lore for not much reason
I read in one 3.5 source that the only devils who can bear children are erniyes, brachina (which are evolved erinyes) and unique females like Glasya; with the first two, it might have something to do with how they're direct descendants of the original host of fallen angels that, er, fell with Asmodeus.
Male devils, however, cannot sire offspring with other devils, but they can with mortals, and most sources say that can be worse than being killed by one.
So.. like nudibranchs, try to stab the other with a harpoon penis because the loser has to rear kids which causes them to become weak and usually die post child birth.
New lore discovered?
Nailed it. They’re not constrained as mortals are, so why wouldn’t they? Address them as they appear (if your characters are so brave), or by an honorary/title, if it’s been made known. Refer to them however you want; doesn’t matter if they’re not there.
I mean since true polymorph is a thing in dungeons and dragons anyone of high enough magical power can but it’s more than likely they will mostly keep to mail forms as they are a humanoid and the humanoid male form is stronger thereby being more suited to fighting and b It’s probably part of a self image thing once you’ve spent 1000 years looking one way you probably don’t want to change too much
Ok so, I’ve been subscribed for a while and I’ve gone back to watch the older videos, but never once have I heard an explanation for why we call this “the mighty glue stick”. May I ask where that came from?😅
AJ started the channel crafting D&D figures and sets for tabletop play. He would talk about lore as he crafted. The lore took over. The name remains. :)
Exactly so Roderick
That’s really cool, thanks for the reply.
Why would anyone take Glasya up on that offer? Your soul is forfeit either way
If I were to guess, it'd be more like the sort of deal you make with a debt consolidator, or ambulance-chasing lawyer, combined with the promise of giving you a better deal for your "money" on top of getting you out of your previous arrangement. You're still boned, but in a way that's easier to swallow.
One word: "simps".
This was a Awesome video....I gotta wonder if Malcanthet would team up with her since even though she is still a Demon Lord she now has a presence in the hells as well🤷🏼♂️😈💯
Glasya, also known as what they do to you if you mouth off in the wrong pubs.
lol
AD&D2e " Guide to the Nine Hells,"
Glasya first appear in D&D in this book, more or less. My first games shop I went to at 21 years old ran some ranches games with her character. Any player who had a character that figure out how to make Soul Stones/ Coins had Glasya showing up in game along with night hags.
When 3e came out, we just pushed her up into lesser god hood and ran Glasya at the challenge rating of a Titan CR25. We even ran a campaign where everyone had to draw an index card as to what character we were playing that given day. So we all took turns playing a teenage Glasya on a power trip. Sounds really silly but if your character can't teleport cause the location prevents it, and you have to run for you life from demons. The game goes from silly to " dam I don't want to lose another character level Hd when I end back up in Baator again."