???‘s proposed system of the universe where a hierarchy of all sentient beings is established with them at the top of course. Basically a pyramid scheme.
Contract Summoning: Risk: Low - Devils must follow the contracts they sign to the letter Cost: High - Often contracts will have significant costs on a summoners end, though usually post mortem Difficulty: Low - Actively seek out mortals to make contracts with
Dominate Summoning: Risk: Average - Devils weaker then you should be submissive, while they respect you as stronger Cost: Average - Favor is paid to the summoned devil’s superior Difficulty: Average -
Devil Nobility 1 [1] - Prime Devil / Devil Prime 3 [3] - Devil Princes 5 [15] - Devil Dukes 7 [105] - Devil Barons
Devil Military Under each Baron is 11 Legions of 1279 Devils (Legate/General) Each Legion is broken into 3 battalions of 425 Devils and the Devil in charge of the Battalion (pilus prior Centurion / Lieutenant-colonel) Each Battalion is broken into 5 Platoons of 84 Devil and the Devil in charge of the Platoon (Centurion[100->80] / Captain) Each Platoon is broken into 7 Squads of 11 Devils and the Devil in charge of the Squad (Decanus[10->8] / Sergeant)
Legion -> 3 Battalions -> 5 Platoons -> 7 Squads -> 11+1 Devils Battalion/Chort Platoon/Company/century Squad/Contubernium [Roman | Modern | Hellknights | Leader Of (Latin)] Commander of a Legion [Legate | General | Lictor | Dux Omnium] Commander of a Battalion [Tribune | Lieutenant-colonel | Paralictor | Dux Multorum] Commander of a Platoon [Centurion | Captain | Maralictor | Dux Pauci] Commander of a Squad [Decanus | Sergeant | Hellknight | Dux Quidam]
Tribune - tribunus militum
Noble Devil (Prince, Duke, Baron) [Level 20+] Major Devil (Legate, Tribune) (Nessari [20] Greater Devil (Centurion, Decanus) ???/Lesser Devil (Infernal Legionnaires) Lesser/Minor Devil (Cacula)
Legate Nessari [20] Tribune Cornugon [16] Centurion Gelugon [12] Decanus [8] Soldier Vordine [5]
Legate Cornugon [16] Tribune Gelugon [13] Centurion [10] Decanus [7] Soldier Vordine [5]
Devil Servants (Cacula) There are 9 orders of servants. Each order serves the order of the order above it First Order - Follows only the Prime Devil’s orders Second Order - Serve under the First Order or directly to a Devil Prince Third Order - Serve under the Second Order or directly to a Devil Duke Fourth Order - Serve under the Third Order or directly to a Devil Baron Fifth Order - Serve under the Fourth Order or directly to a Legate Sixth Order - Serve under the Fifth Order or directly to a Tribune Seventh Order - Serve under the Sixth Order or directly to a Centurion Eighth Order - Serve under the Seventh Order and will follows orders of Decanus and above Ninth Order - Serve under the Seventh Order and will follows orders of Soldiers and above
This hierarchy includes beruracts, ???, and non military devils
Archdevils / Grand Devils / Superior Devils / Major Devils / Greater Devils / Moderate/Standard Devils / Lesser Devils / Minor Devils / Inferior Devils
72 Keys Kings, Dukes, Princes, Marquises, Earls, Presidents
Pit Fiend (Creature 20) Deimavigga (Creature 17) Cornugon (Creature 16) Gylou (Creature 14) Gelugon (Creature 13) Hamatula (Creature 11) Munagola (Creature 11) Phistophilus (Creature 10) Osyluth (Creature 9) Erinys (Creature 8) Sarglagon (Creature 8) Levaloch (Creature 7) Barbazu (Creature 5) Hellbound Attorney (Creature 4) Zebub (Creature 3) Imp (Creature 1) Lemure (Creature 0)
Augustus (Roman Title: Great) Sancus (roman god of trust (fides), honesty, and oaths) Orcus (Roman god of the underworld, punisher of broken oaths) Aeneas (Roman/Trojan Hero) Invidia (Embodiment of envy) Dispater (Underworld God [Pluto]) Rex Infernus [Alt name for Dispater] Igtractus [L: Fire + Contract] Pactum [L: Pact] Factor Pactionum [L: Maker of pacts] Pactusignis Egetractus [contractus egestas. Contract enforcement]
Menoetius Epimetheus Typhon
Devil Princes Zagan - Mind [Eldritch psionic horror] Astaroth [Astarte] - Physical, Devil Dragon? One of the eldest dragons alive Naberius - Spirit (Fallen Celestial)
Devil Dukes Baal [King] Paimon [King] Marbas [King] Balam [King] Belial [King] Valefar/Malaphar [Duke] Barbatos [Duke] Gusion [Duke] Berith [Duke] Gremory [Duke] Vapula [Duke] Phenex [Marquis] Orias [Marquis] Kimaris [Marquis] Malthus [Earl] Morax [Count]
Devil Dukes
Baal Form: Air Elemental History: Serves: Contract: Offers powers related to storms or the directs storms to fulfill contracts
Phenex Form: Black flamed phoenix History: Seeks to be the sole keeper of all knowledge Serves: Contract: Offers its extensive knowledge.
Balam
- gives perfect answers on things past, present, and to come
- can also make men invisible and witty
- depicted as being three-headed: one head of a bull, the second of a man, and the third of a ram
- has flaming eyes and the tail of a serpent
- carries a hawk on his fist and rides a strong bear
- Named after a magician
Belial
- has the power to distribute senatorships
- gives excellent familiars
- must be presented with offerings, sacrifices, and gifts, or else he will not give true answers to demands
Valefar
- tempts people to steal
- is in charge of a good relationship among thieves
- considered a good familiar by his associates “till they are caught in the trap.”
- He is represented as a lion with the head of a man, or as a lion with the head of a donkey
Gusion
- tells all past, present and future things
- shows the meaning of all questions that are asked to him
- reconciles friends
- gives honour and dignity
- depicted as a baboon
Orias
- knows and teaches the virtues of the stars and the mansions of the planets
- gives dignities, prelacies, and the favour of friends and foes
- can metamorphose a man into any shape
- Lion riding on a horse, one of them has a snake’s tail
Kimaris (Pirate?)
- godly warrior riding a black horse
- possesses the abilities of locating lost or hidden treasures
- teaching trivium
- making a man into a warrior of his own likeness
- can cause a person to cross seas and rivers quickly.
Morax Form: Minotaur tattooed with star constellations
- teaches Astronomy and all other liberal sciences
- gives good and wise familiars that know the virtues of all herbs and precious stones
- depicted both as a man with the head of a bull, as well as a bull with the head of a man
- Morax is related to the Minotaur which Dante places in Hell
- Latin ‘morax’: that which delays, that which stops
Paimon
- depicted as a man with an effeminate face, wearing a precious crown, and riding a dromedary (Camel)
- teaches all arts, philosophies, and sciences, and secret things
- can reveal all mysteries of the Earth, wind, and water, what the mind is, and where it is, and everything the conjurer wants to know
- gives good familiars, dignities and confirms them, and binds men to the conjurer’s will
- command over fish
- knowledge of past and future events, clearing up doubts, making spirits appear, creating visions, acquiring and dismissing servant spirits, reanimating the dead for several years, flight, remaining underwater indefinitely, and general abilities to “make all kinds of things” (and) “all sorts of people and armor appear” at the behest of the magician
Marbas
- answers truly on hidden or secret thing
- causes and heals diseases
- teaches mechanical arts
- changes men into other shapes
- depicted as a great lion that can transform into a human
Malthus (Archer birdman? Stork Decideye?)
- depicted in the shape of a stork
- builds towers and fills them with ammunition and weapons
- sends men to war
Berith
- tells things of the past, present and future with true answers
- can turn all metals into gold
- give dignities to men and confirm them
- depicted as a soldier wearing red clothes, a golden crown, and riding a red horse
- Rabbinic tradition equates Berith with Beelzebub
- Devotion to an idol
Gremory
- tells all things past, present and future, about hidden treasures
- procures the love of women, young and old, but especially maidens
- revealing hidden treasures
- depicted as appearing in the form of a beautiful woman with the crown of a duchess tied around her waist, and riding a camel
Vapula Form: Sphinx Serves: Zagan
- teaches philosophy, mechanics, and sciences
- depicted as a griffin-winged lion
Barbatos
- gives the understanding of the voices of the animal
- gives knowledge of past and future events
- reconciles disputes between friends and those who hold power
- can lead people to hidden treasures that have been hidden by the enchantment of magicians
Phenex Form: Black flamed phoenix Motivation: Seeks to be the sole keeper of all knowledge Serves: Zagan Contract: Offers its extensive knowledge
Vapula Form: Devil/Sphinx Motivation: To solve the meaning of existence Serves: Zagan
Paimon Form: Devil/Elf Motivation: Former apprentice to the Magician seeking to surpass him Serves: Zagan Contract: Spellcasting, secrets of the elements
Gremory Form: Feminine robed figure with large curved horns Serves: Zagan Contract: Spellcasting, Knowledge of the essences and casting across traditions
Marbas Form: Infernal Construct Motivation: Creation of infernal constructs Serves: Zagan Contract: Offers devilish inspiration for inventions and infernal constructs
Belial Form: Humanoid with various shifting monstrous traits Motivation: To achieve the most perfect form Serves: Astaroth Contract: Offers modifications to enhance one’s physical ability
Kimaris Form: Large Muscular Humanoid with Devil Features Motivation: Hoarding of treasure Serves: Astaroth Contract: Physical prowess, location of treasures, and speed of vessels
Malthus Form: Devilish Humanoid with Bird features Serves: Astaroth Contracts: Knowledge of and skill with weapons
Barbatos Form: Three Eyed Manticore Motivation: Establish hierarchy between civilizations and the wild Serves: Astaroth Contract: Understanding and mastery over animals, beasts and monsters.
Morax Form: Minotaur tattooed with star constellations Motivation: Gathering the souls of the grievous and of those they grieve Serves: Naberius Contract: Communication with the dead, directions, which stars are dead loved ones
Gusion Form: Devil Baboon Motivation: Obtaining contracts with the failures and the ashamed of the cosmos Serves: Naberius Contract: Restoration of dignity and honour
Baal Serves: Naberius
Valefor/Balam (The Soul Thief) Form: Harpy with flaming eyes, serpent tail Serves: Naberius Contract: Offers aid in obtaining the souls of others, legal ways and loopholes to steal from others
Orias Form: Chimera Like Creature Serves: Naberius? Contract: Transforming one into a new form, particularly that of their inner most desires
Berith (Possibly better as Mind) Form: Flowing red robes with a golden crown Motivation: Control economies by manipulating the rarity of precious materials Serves: Naberius Contract: The secrets of alchemy and providing alchemy services