You didn't get to the bottom of the Layers. Asmodious is actually an Ouroboros, specifically a Scaled Snake-like Ouroboros, which resides in the bottom of the 9th Layer of Baator, in the depths of the Labyrinth. The version which you described is simply 1 of the 10 Avatars of Asmodious. You also entirely forgot his abilities, and his Ruby Rod of Power, in addition to the fact that his Blood created Devils as we know them, and his presence corrupted multiple beings, one of which was actually an Angel that was sent with the exact Goal of killing Asmodious, before eventually succumbing to the corruption and being forced to serve Asmodious once he'd become a Devil himself.

4:04 - The _'S'_ in "viscount" is silent. Filthy peasant! =P

November?

@@fleetcenturion Uncouth lout, presumptuous imp.

@@geoffedwards-tb4kp - Uncivilized rube.

Yep. Demons on the other hand...

The reality being that no soul can be contained. Captivated? Sure. Even captivated by nature's cycle no matter the balance, imbalance or each of any given realm storm liberates captivated souls based on their karma. 🤸

You don’t need magic to be evil

@@sebs83 no but you need power, and magic is power in that universe

@@Endymion766 you need power to be I suppose a higher being in status. But, for example, people can offered to become devils for simply being extremely evil in their deeds during life.

There's a lot of demonics things in hell what do you expect

@@Julie-zl3is I'm to concerned with withstanding the demons, principalities, and powers, and rulers of darkness in this world to worry about whats in hell. Only thing that concerns me regarding hell is my family motto: "Hell is hot, and eternity is long".

There’s two realms Assia realm the material realm which we live in and the other realm Gehenna the lost realm inherited by demons

@@gamingredbees2047 if that's the case what realm does God sit in?

Already check on Google images.

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Sje was plotting against Asmodeus and was sloppy about it. Mephistopheles has promotion to kill Asmodeus if he ever shows weakness but she did not and she got caught.

Bad hair day. 🤣

*Shrubs*

Lol 😂

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I don't care what how he wants it to be pronounced, it says: "Jorfdan"

Damm.

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It didn't ever make sense that consuming a lesser god would suddenly elevate Asmodeus to greater godhood.

@Lamodrick Foster Orcus rose from mane to balor to demon Prince under his own power, so it doesn't make sense that Asmodeus would need a divine spark. There's also Gargauth, who is a demi power and a baatezu lord that got booted out of Baator because even the Dark Lord of Nessus found him revolting.

@Lamodrick Foster All of this right here.

One of Asmodeus's several origin story

every story abouth the origin of asmodeus are fucking cool BUT they are all false, Asmodeus is the king of lies, if you heard something about him, it's only because he's on the origin of it and find it funny

That's most likely his real origin and the rest are lies

Which also means...hes a primordial technically loolz.

Thanks mate! :D

Alexis Green they said they used magic to trick us to go to hell.. nothing cool about that. U better pray he fake lol. That’s anti human

@Alexis Green , 20 odd years ago , AD&D 2nd E went to D&D3e. My gaming group (" F !") over the Nine Hells and my Arch Mage/ wizard Rogue character hooks up with "Glasya." Love my "Planeshifter," wizard class character.

@@franklinevans3044 I think it's safe to assume that a character created by a handful of nerds writing background for a role-playing game isn't real haha. And by cool he means Asmodeus is a 'bad-ass', in the same way people might call Terminator or a T-rex cool.

He is helluva boss.

Like, why even give us free will if you don't want us to live freely?

@@mikhailbotnovik1594 yeah sometime i cant Understand God

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Firelands is hell specially if ur mount farming for 5 years

I've got an idea for a high level campaign where a party is tasked with collecting the blood of Lavistus.

+AJ Pickett Thankyou!

So much everything you guys made so far. Mordenkainen's tome of foes retcon most of the origin stories of D&d multiverse.

Go to Jordphan for the summary. Go to AJ for the book.

idiote what do you think this is sword art online?

@@donrekter2603 no we think this is DooM

@Diego Rodrigues same 😂😂🤦‍♂️

Yea rii

That's what Richard Ramirez said before they fried his balls.

We only bring the best early 2000 memes here at Forgotten Realms Explained :) I'm sure HomeStar Runner will show up in a future video..... maybe...

I'll ready myself by putting on my robe and wizard hat.

In the RPG Neverwinter either 1 or 2 I don’t remember, you do go into one of the levels of hell its a great game.

@@joshs9463 A great game that has a sick on it and it is killing it, soo painful to watch and not sure what can be done about it, but great nonetheless.

I'm confused, this is an rpg

castlevania

Dantes inferno the 9 levels are backwards though

Glad to hear it!

Pretty much Dantes inferno. just more shitty. not in the suffering way more so in like Dantes inferno is far better designed. specially if you include the Lesser key of solomon and add a few more cities to each ring like this does

Dante's Inferno is a shitty version of Dante's Inferno.

well ever since Dante's Inferno (the book from the divine comedy) was written, it had become the standard for how the Christian hell is envisioned.. at least by those who preach and/or follow the canon of the religion. Prior to Dante's Inferno, Hell was just a burning pit outside of Zion. Pretty much every IP that uses Hell in its story visualizes hell as Dante's Inferno had (taking slight liberties with the 9 circles), or using just limbo and/or the 7th circle. Sidenote: DND has always borrowed A LOT from various religions and mythologies. Like... all the different afterlife destinations are from different religions, and based off those religious texts, Just like Hell

@@bloodydove5718 Yep. DnD is more about mashing together different mythologies than anything else. There are more dungeons and dragons in Skyrim than there is in DnD. But DnD has more Cthulu vs Satan vs Godzilla.

D&D didn't jack the Devils were actually Angels corrupted by war thing, did they? Because that's awesome.

Alles klar, Herr Kommissar?

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Thanks! New videos every wed :)

Super welcome! Happy to help :D

+Bofur Jr. Thanks! We're growing pretty steadily but always looking forward to more subs!

*The only thing they fear is you*

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Bongwyre2112 why do you not play more updated versions?

I have tried. It's going to be difficult to explain this in a short text but i'll try, I wount be able to cover everything. It really is the freedom and the rule system I love so much. In first edition as a DM I can basically do anything I need to. There really is nothing the newer editions can do that I couldn't make possible in 1st edition if I really like it and wanted to. It's a more open and free game. None of the rules are written in stone. The players aren't bound by what the rules say, but by their imagination. Making a character is easy and quick, not a lot of unessential skills that never really get used. I also like that the other dice are used more often, in 3rd edition most was controlled by the D20. I like having a ton of different charts that use the other dice. But that's just a nit pick. The older books give it a feel all it's own. It has a more Archaic feel to it. Every time I open the Dungeon Master's guide I find something new, or something I forgotten about. When I play the new games, everything feels so plastic, empty and controlled. Forced to use maps and figures the rule system is more written in stone. (I personally never play with maps and figures, but again that's a nit pick. I just like to explain what is going on how far things are from them, what the room looks like, and let the players tell me what they are doing. Instead of slowing down the game by placing things all over a map.) Also 1st edition is like a Survival Adventure. Just making it past 3rd level is an accomplishment. Sort of a trial by fire thing. Something to be proud of and not something to expect. Players aren't given a ton of powers and abilities, they need to earn them, find them, or have them granted to them. I like that players aren't superheros when they make their first level character, but closer to what actual people would be like. Also if someone likes something from the newer editions, it is easy to add those things to 1st edition.

check this out, www.polygon.com/2014/7/14/5898063/the-dice-can-kill-you-why-first-edition-ad-d-is-king

Bongwyre2112 awesome man, I'm gonna have to check out the earlier editions

Cool, I highly recommend it. To be honest it depends on the DM and players. A good DM can make any edition and any game fun as long as the players are having fun. But here is something Gary Gygax said “It is the spirit of the game, not the letter of the rules which is important. Never hold to the letter written, nor allow some barracks room lawyer to force quotations from the rule books upon you, if it goes against the obvious intent of the game. As you hew the line with respect to conformity to major systems and uniformity of play in general, also be certain the game is mastered by you and not by your players. Within the broad parameters given in the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons volumes, you are creator and final arbiter. By ordering things as they should be, the game as a whole first, you campaign next and your participants thereafter, you will be playing Advanced Dungeons & Dragons as it was meant to be.” Dungeon Master’s Guide (page 230), Gary Gygax

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Oh, hey Zalbag. How is brother Dycedarg doing? I hope you two are doing well, lots of love - Ramza

Well, hes a tad bit dramatic still. Oh and sorry about trying to kill you, I was afflicted with undeath you understand, makes a man quite mad.

Zariel is a woman

You heard wrong. Also, no, not 10-13 Layers, *nine.* Tiamat actually used to be in charge of the 1st, till there was a purge of non-Devils from Hell's leadership positions (Out of game. In game, I think she just got bored.)

I actually had an epic party go in and work (politically and physically) to remove the hierarchy in the 1st layer, after which Tiamat took over the layer again. It was...hellish.

Actually the serpent IS Asmodeuses true form.

The Lucifer you're talking about is the true damaged form of asmodeus

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Exactly

@@Jorphdan written by whom?

@@Jorphdan who wrote these books is this even facts 😅

Seriously I never heard of nine hells and their demonic rulers my entire life, its news and totaly scared the hell out of me!

Lord asmodeus was half blood he was son of an angel and human

Why is there no mention of the seven princes of hell??

@Lamodrick Foster Even then, I'm pretty sure that a fly would have worked the same as a slug in that department

I had no idea about Moloch, just read up on him and it's awesome. Thanks for pointing that out. As far as Tiamat yeah she has a lair on the first level of hell and ruled Avernus for a time, but she was demoted for doing a crappy job.

Moloch and his story is the root source for a major NPC in an old campaign I played a year ago, and was going to be the main antagonist for the party (involving said NPC) in the following one. Unfortunately it never really started properly, but it was going to involve chasing Moloch through very non-hellish planes (because he's not welcome back in Baator after, yknow, trying to rebel) including the Feywild and other strange locations, with possibly finishing him for good in Baator himself. My point is that Moloch is the best choice if you need a devil character that is really out of its element - he's shunned by other devils at this point and would probably be slain if he ever willingly stepped back into Baator again, so he's incredibly likely to meddle in Prime Material affairs and even make deals with mortals (when others would probably just be happy slaying them/taking their souls to the 9 Hells). He's alone, a little desperate and with few options. A volatile antagonist like that can be used in a lot of unique ways - how about finding out the reason Unseelie factions in the Feywild are becoming unruly and attacking the Seelie often is that they're being organized by a being made of literal flames? The jarring juxtaposition seemed like it would be memorable.

Moloch got kick out of Hell over 20 years ago right before AD&D2nde went to D&D3e. " How did such an Arch Devil become such a loser ?" Oh yeah, an "imp" will nearly always get spank by a 6th- level character party.

Yup, mamma Tiamat was letting too many high level adventurer parties "sneak" pass her. Back in my day of gaming. My group game shop let people play dragons. If you die in combat, your character dragon end up in hell. We had newbe players hate ending up in the first layer of Hell with out any of their equipment. Had one game where everyone was playing Lawfull Evil low level characters, the whole group was killed off with with three Fire Ball attacks. Plot : Children of pamper lesser nobility trying to take over a Township in a political trade coup only to get burn to death, wake up running for their lives over sharp rocks from monsters. Best part was half of them vanish each day and return to the living world as ghost each night. We had some good roll players.

Glad to have you aboard! :)

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@@Jorphdan I recall seeing "the nine layers of Hell" mentioned in one of the Di Vinci code Movies *BUT* It's presence with Tom Hanks in the Movie didn't go into as much detail as you did. *THANKS* . 👨‍🏫👹👥🎰🎭🔥☠

I prayed for someone who had this insect king and he left by the power of the name above all names mark 16:17

+DummyUrD thanks! Another pointed this out too. I pulled too much from 3.5. good catch 😀

In the end it should not matter anyway. We are talking about details from a cosmology of fantasy. And in your game you can make up what ever you want. For example in my game I run in the FR however I changed so many major npc/factions even kingdoms and culture to better fit my need and visions. For me the only advantage in knowing these details is to inspire you and giving you a baseline.

Jadea Campbell have you ever read the Bible front to back?

@@derekwatson7997 lmfao

LOL yep hid it plain sight but its fantasy right.....

Thank you! :D

She's still there on Avernus, just not the ruler.

I don't suppose you know how many Devils were in a company? A friend and I were trying to extrapolate the size of DnD's cosmos by working backwards from the number of Pit Fiends in the Nine Hells. #75 & #76 only list the number of companies of Pit Fiends. Thx in advance for any help!

Correct! This video was made much earlier. Current Lore Zariel overthrew Bel and now he's her lieutenant.

@@Jorphdan when that happend? During some event like the second sundering or somethibg like an adventure manual?