D&D Legendlore: Zariel, Lord of the First Lair | D&D 5E Character Breakdown

[@jeremyleonjonas7657]

Zariels presence in the game may be one of the major reasons I'd love to see an eventual DLC or continuation (full priced or not).

[@michaellaramee1965]

Great video! My players loved Descent into Avernus! Our Warlock lost their patron and took the sword of Zariel as his new patron and was able to redeem Zariel. It was a beautiful moment and a fitting end to the campaign

[@itslegendlore]

thats super dope :)

[@joedan5366]

Angelic savior of ethuriel Leader of the riders of hell Dutchess of fire in mural Losing her sword, her hand was felled Her loyal companions stayed One saved her sword, hope compelled With hopes she would be remade With her sword in the scab Her companion changed as she bade Will she be redeemed to rise unnabbed She could remain in this hellish slab

[@carlmao1011]

That's really nice!👍

[@Champion_of_Vlaakith]

If you play Baldur’s Gate 3, I wanna know your opinion of Karlach and her ‘relations’ with Zariel. Also love your drawing!

[@neuro7372]

She is more likely one of Bel's warmachine experiments, but in the end propossed by Zariel.

[@Mofo6773222]

I hold the personal cannon that her “failed” crusade into hell that resulted in her being captured and turned into a devil by Asmodeus wasn’t actually a failure. It was her plan from the beginning. She knowingly led those knights to their deaths as a sacrifice to Asmodeus to demonstrate her fealty. She planned to join the hells as a commander of the devils in the blood war. The reason being that she believes she can do a better job beating back the hordes of demons and is disgusted by the higher plane’s lack of action in the matter. I hold to this because the cannon reason for her capture, that she thought that she, a single solar, leading a few thousand mortal warriors could charge into hell and defeat the entirety of the forces of the nine hells and the INFINITE abyss, ending the blood war, is so unbelievably stupid that if it were true then Asmodeus wouldn’t put that idiot in charge of a mop much less the command of the first line of defense of his domain.

[@Inevitibility23]

I ran this campaign for my players over the course of about two years and we all loved it. The well-developed NPCs with real arcs and complex motivations, the strong themes, and the insans action. 10/10 I don't know if I'll ever run a campaign that good again, but I'm going to try.

[@Adam_First]

Great video

[@itslegendlore]

@@Adam_First thanks!

[@zinxderobo]

Wow... great presentation! Thanks!

[@douglaspope-gz1eq]

Zariel is by far my favorite archdevil of the 9 archdevil rulers of the nine hells

[@MarkATorres1989]

I remember encounter Zariel with my Lawful Neutral Bounty Hunter Ranger some odd years ago. The encounter was mostly business, I was tasked to bring back some heretics and be paid in coin. Sadly I did not specified the coin as long as it is valuable and useful in the material plane. One of Zariel's advisors, some cambion simp boy, paid me in Soul Coins. I could not argue against that due to the statement of valuable materials to trade with. So I just left the five poor sods to Zariel's judgment despite hearing all their sob stories about why they made pacts and tried to get out of the deal. Sucked my party were so against it despite themselves being Lawful Evil and the like. Only the Cleric of Selune was my sort of closest friend and ally. At least till Zariel's minions came to 'request' me to do another job for her.

[@a_tale_of_horror1381]

This video is amazing.

[@itslegendlore]

Thank you so much :D

[@TheStrayCryptid]

I am a cleric of Zariel in my current D&D game. My character is an anarchist who seeks the freedom of all beings from the dogmatic rule of the primordial order. His end goal is to ultimately manifest Zariel as a mortal being along side all deities who seek to manipulate fate. His alignment is technically chaotic evil but he considers himself to be chaotic neutral. As a player, I know this plan is flawed in many ways and will result in failure. It just makes for a more compelling story if the character doesn’t know the likely outcome of their established goals. Especially if they involve grand scale concepts and nye incomprehensible figures like gods. It’ll be a fun to see how my GM Dashes his dreams…😅

[@theenderdestruction2362]

well did they use that inevitable who job is to make sure God's stay on their thrones or did the God's just bitch slap him away or did it never reach that point?

[@DragonstarFighter]

i actually need someone to discuss this very topic with

[@itslegendlore]

Zariel?

[@foolycoolytheband]

I'm actually currently in an Avernus game. We haven't come across zariel yet but my fighter and I are eager to take her on (and probably die but hey)

[@quryt9221]

WHAT SONG IS THIS, love the video btw 😆

[@FathersUnited-fu]

Wait, so Zariel was someone's player character that went on to rule one of the 9 Hells?

[@vovasyhin7219]

She cant ascend back to heven it's made very clear once you betray your god you either cast into the wall of the faithless or go straight to Ninth hell where Asmodeus devours your soul to fuel his divinity. You got to respect a crafty deviant like him as he fed of 2 other gods prior becoming a god him self namely Waukeen and Azuth, while mortal souls sustain him and recover his previous form that of a huge serpent Ahriman. The only reason Zariel accomplished taking a whole city of Elteruel to Avernus is because she was a solar of Lathander and the city lord of Elteruel was a Chosen of Lathander, whom she corrupted, she had a unique understanding of her old god that gave her an advantage in her scheme to take Elteruel to Avernus. there is absolutely no way in hell Lathander would even consider redemption especially after what she had done. I doubt a god like Lathander would abandon a whole city full of his followers including that of his own Chosen and not even bother try saving it, it's all because of Zariel or at least that's my interpretation. A gods power scales directly proportional with belief and faith, he not only lost a huge footing in the prime material plane, along with his chosen but also a significant amount of his faithful, it's simply impossible he would let that happen considering his brash nature and past accomplishments in lore. Even a god like Maglubiyet who does not care about his goblin followers would think twice, especially when it came to loosing sizable amount of divinity, as god's covet and compete for the prime material plane like planar scavengers, this further baffles me that he did not act, probably because he couldn't as he must have known, as all gods know what transpires within their domain no matter how small or ambiguous.

[@AnarchyJesus]

who would win in a fight Archdevil Zariel vs Amelyssan the Blackhearted

[@itslegendlore]

oooof thats a hard one

[@giraffedragon6110]

Hilariously I have 2 Tieflings that would have strong feelings on opposite ends regarding her. Sylas Almont- a Zariel Tiefling born of the Almont clan. A family that forever hunts the night, the branch of the family he’s a part of made a deal with her 3 generations ago that in life she helps them conquer the night that trespasses onto the material plane. But in death they shall join her armies onto the frontlines of the Blood war. He has zero disillusionment about what he is and where he will end up and frankly doesn’t care. All that has ever mattered is the family mission. Then there’s Johan Finnegan, divine soul PHB Tiefling sorcerer. Turns out that both his divine and infernal heritage came from the same place, Asmodeus. He would look at her and feel regret and loss for what happened to her. He would absolutely be the type to plead with her out of compassion. Although she may look at him and see an ironic contradiction of what should not be possible.

[@Mortablunt]

Zariel tieflings: a reminder that humanoids can and will try to bed absolutely anything.

[@carlmao1011]

I think she's conflicted. She feels alive when fighting for a "noble cause" while all she wants is peace.

[@vacantsix1586]

​@carlmao1011 truly that's what all good soldiers want..... for the war to end

[@carlmao1011]

It is so weird how you guys know about this old dilemma. Where's Zariel? Who knows about her whereabouts?

[@jameswinship4326]

I'm playing descent into avernus, and my character is a tiefling oathbreaker who SIMPS for Zariel like there's no tomorrow, but tries not to show it. If she were to tell him to slaughter the whole party, he would in an instant with his +3 hellfire flail and +2 vicious shotgun

[@itslegendlore]

The only thing for me is the shaved head xD everything else is just excellent

[@milltary64vs5]

That's just ghost rider with extra steps

[@Champion_of_Vlaakith]

How would he deal with meeting her? I am invested in this now.

[@jameswinship4326]

@@Champion_of_Vlaakith upgraded sending stones for starters, maybe dreams, maybe in person when he starts yeeting grenades into hordes of daemons while riding a ghost rider type devils ride straight into them, backflipping off it and shotgunning just about everything. (prof. in acrobatics)

[@Champion_of_Vlaakith]

@@jameswinship4326 That is epic. Does he end up talking to Zariel at some point?

[@destin5103]

It's Layer haha but video's two years old at this point so who cares :P

[@itslegendlore]

I know, I prefer to call them Lairs personally for my homebrew game because of how demons and devils work differently

[@AdrasAdraki]

Did she get overthrown by bel again? The wiki states bel is also her successor but gives no details.

[@itslegendlore]

It depends on how the module goes. If you redeem her, Bel returns as the ruler

[@Mortablunt]

And even further proof that morning people are just the worst.

[@katyakrupskaya]

note! You used the wrong word in the title. Instead of "lair" it should read "layer"

[@itslegendlore]

Oh that was intentional xP for me Lairs of Hell feels more intimidating and showing of the encompassing power of the devils than Layers