Forgotten Realms - The Nine Hells: Asmodeus, Devils, and Tieflings

[@Sevatar_VIIIth]

Please keep doing this long form FR lore, perfect to listen to while working or laying down for bed.

[@Lorepaedia]

Thanks man!

[@DEricTodd]

Omg the song, so great! And I dig the tone of the narroration, it's chill, perfect for easy listening. Also respect for actually doing the VO in this time of ai narrorators

[@Lorepaedia]

Thanks so much!

[@AlexS_983]

What is the song? Gotta find it on Spotify

[@Lorepaedia]

@@AlexS_983 It's a parody of "Sympathy for the Devil" by the Rolling Stones.

[@AlexS_983]

@@Lorepaedia Sorry I commented before I made it to the end of this one and heard that, I mean your main song you use for most videos, I've been meaning to ask

[@Lorepaedia]

@@AlexS_983 Ah I see, I use this collection, I really should link it in all my videos, but I'm not confident this link isn't a repost. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZ6Qla2dotqBjtU

[@findalfin3243]

Sleeping to this, thx

[@Lorepaedia]

Sweet dreams :D

[@Toddobvious]

I appreciate your declamatory tone being so hypnotic, but I would like to be able to hear the information at least once without falling asleep

[@Lorepaedia]

Sleep is good for you! 😅

[@incarnateflame3462]

A 2 hour lore dump is exactly what i needed tonight. Subbed and all that. 🖤 Idk how i ended up here but i love longform fictional stuff to fall asleep. Thanks for the effort, i have never played any table top dnd but i think the lore is fascinating.

[@Lorepaedia]

Thanks, I hope you enjoy the videos! ^^

[@djj949]

Glad i stumbled across this channel. Chill an informative, thanks

[@Lorepaedia]

Thanks for watching!

[@B.Walker-Voice]

The sound of your voice is so soothing, perfect for falling asleep to as a DnD nerd myself that needs sound to sleep lol

[@Lorepaedia]

Thanks!

[@sideshowmo653]

This is why I got confused by Rafael's plan in BG3. He acts like Mephistopheles is the "overlord" he wants to topple, but utterly seems oblivious to the actual god of the nine hells.

[@seabass819]

I always assumed his plan was to chip away at the nine hells and gain power bit by bit.

[@pizzamonies793]

He has those severe papa issues, his obsession w/mepho is probly just from that. I will agree though it is funny how over-confident he is to take on someone like Asmo. Perhaps he has allies & plans in the hells aside from the crown as well? Still just seems like a lost cause overall. 🤭

[@brendanheald9067]

Considering that Mephistopheles is himself plotting against Asmodeus, Asmodeus might even support Rafael discreetly. Asmodeus might not factor into Rafael’s plans for that reason. But of course that’s just an idea.

[@sideshowmo653]

@@brendanheald9067 indeed. Most of not all the lord's of the nine hells are plotting to usurp Asmodeus, but Rafael seems hyper focused on Mephistopheles and seems to be saying that after that it will be a cake walk to take the nine hells and then the WHOLE WORLD (street fighter ref 🤭) Asmodeus is probably completely aware of all these shenanigans and like you said probably just pitting Rafael against his daddy. I'm guessing the reason that the raid that saw the prism stolen by Durge and her merry band of cultists succeeded was probably because Asmodeus ran interference from the shadows. I'm really impressed by the depth of story telling being presented without saying half the words. Maybe I'm just seeing too much into it, but it's really nice to look beyond what the characters say and realise what it likely actually happening and what probably really went down. Vlaakith traded the prism to Mephistopheles for something only to have it come back to haunt her 😁

[@brendanheald9067]

@@sideshowmo653 exactly! Definitely wouldn’t mind some future stories fleshing it out. Would be cool to see what happens.

[@mikewaterfield3599]

His godhood is recent. After he tried to eat Azuth. Technically he is actually celestial.

[@josephweymon8020]

Nah, he's a Prinordial who later on pretended to be a Celestial.

[@mikewaterfield3599]

@@josephweymon8020 go back to second edition. Not WotC’s later and bizarre retcons. The most accepted myth (yes myth, because devil and honesty don’t go together) is that Baator formed after Asmodeus was literally tossed off Olympus. D&D if rife with dichotomy. Opposing ends to every conceivable spectrum. For the Fey Wild, there is the Shadow Fell, for the Abyss there is Mechanus, and to Olympus there is Baator.

[@slifer135]

@@mikewaterfield3599 Firm believer in the Ahriman and Jaiziran Lore behind Asmodeus.

[@findalfin3243]

There are three canonical origin stories for asmodeus that Im aware of. The one that matters is the one your dm chooses, and thats that. Or you can mix and match them. Hell, you can have all of them be true through time linearity shenanigans, doesnt matter

[@johntheherbalistg8756]

He was a celestial (in one story), but out-bargained the gods into giving him Baator as the sole deity of the plane.

[@agesisafk131]

Another amazing work! I have been looking forward to this since finishing the last incredible video and the lot before that. This fresh look at the lore is plainly a work of great study. The tone and storytelling are spot on.

[@Lorepaedia]

Thanks so much!

[@bleachcrusader2318]

Dude ive been tryna find longform lore like this for a bit. This is great dude!

[@Lorepaedia]

Thanks so much! I'm halfway through the 9 hells :D

[@user-nz6bk7lf8u]

Asmodeus huh? His contracts never get broken.

[@Lorepaedia]

Scariest lawyer in the multiverse.

[@witchdoctorteepo]

Yo, this is fantastic dude! I'm subbing for sure. Thanks for making this my man!

[@Lorepaedia]

Thanks for watching!

[@Iceblade269]

I’ve always loved the society of Hell. It’s do fascinating! Demons just feel so bland compared how intricately their economy is

[@Lorepaedia]

Same, there's a lot of interesting ideas related to lawful evil down there!

[@emilyonearth5354]

I gotta tell you you are BURYING THE LEAD here when it comes to these songs, you should post them as stand alone videos!

[@Lorepaedia]

Thanks! I think I will, youtube is NOT happy about my song parodies lol. I was flattered that the YT content ID system flagged my aboleth song as this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2a9kmumgKyHaKc&ab_channel=TatianaEva-Marie%26AvalonJazzBand

[@drhouse6165]

It's "burying the lede"

[@emilyonearth5354]

@@drhouse6165 that's wild I never knew that since lead also makes some sense

[@sarahthesarah2850]

😈 Devilishly good.

[@Iceblade269]

Hey if at all possible, could you please put chapters in your videos? I understand that these are big videos, so I understand if you can’t feasible do this

[@Lorepaedia]

I sort of tried doing this for the subsequent videos. I will try to be better about this in the future. Thanks for the feedback!

[@martialharpistmatthew1837]

My bard has actually made a deal with Asmodeus And now I owe him souls.. lol what are some very effective ways to secure souls for him? Also, this is a really great video. Thank you.

[@Lorepaedia]

Oh no buddy! Maybe a night hag. Gonna be real tough to ethically source souls. :x

[@the-zilla]

That's how the corruption starts.... your bard might wind being a devil soon... good luck

[@everyday4play401]

My oathbreaker paladin had a similar experience, he found a few street orphans, two boys, adopted them, took them out for ice cream took them home and showed them the bedroom, for one child. He threw a dagger between them and told them to fight it out, winner got adopted. The smaller boy won the fight by backstabbing his friend. Before the boy died I healed him slightly with lay on hands took him to the altar I had built in my character’s home and performed the sacrificial rights while forcing my new son to participate. That kid went on to literally become a time traveling god who was true neutral, so my autistically Machiavellian views tell me I was a very good dad. Also that character went on to open a gate to the hells, got promoted to an arch-devil and became a leader of a minor faction in a campaign set in the far future. I went on to dm a short campaign that revolved around two paladins of bahamut (the players) saving a boy that was kidnapped by a devil worshipping cult. The boy was actually the first born son of my previous character now a devil lord, and the rituals they were performing on him were attempts to awake his devil powers. They didn’t know that though, they took him to a church to palor the sun god who requested help. The church leader tried to perform a ritual to channel palor’s light to burn away the boy and his immeasurably evil potential. The paladins jumped in and saved the boy from a second altar in 2 days. One of the paladins was captured (after giving in to his barbarian rage and killing multiple palor priests.) the other got the boy to safety where he got a vision from asmodeus, asmodeus had been blocking and preventing the boy’s hellish powers from manifesting because my previous character was given the rights over all devils on the mortal plane (then considered the 10th layer of hell) but my character sent all devils back through the portal except a handful he chose as personal servants. Asmodeus can’t do anything because of the contract he signed and wanted some way of getting payback. The visions of a giant platinum dragon the paladins were seeing were actually asmodeus masking himself as a dragon, but it was his original flying serpent form he was showing them. But he tricked the paladins onto that path to get the boy and raise him to use his powers for good. In short, making a deal with asmodeus and forcing starving orphans to fight to the death as a sacrifice to asmodeus was one of the best sessions I’ve played and sparked storylines for 3 full campaigns spanning 2 years.

[@incarnateflame3462]

This was a wild read lmao​@@everyday4play401

[@rolanders7553]

Great vid

[@Lorepaedia]

Thank you!

[@davidjones2921]

Boost for the algorithm

[@Lorepaedia]

Thanks

[@FoxTrick101]

4 The Machine God

[@esamakela3863]

good narration but the music does not fit the overall mood

[@Lorepaedia]

Thanks for the feedback, right now there is only so much ambient classical background music on available without youtube hassling me, but in the future I will buy some music rights and try to at least have something to match the mood a bit better. At least you don't hate my narration, that's harder to fix. ^^

[@timmosc9162]

I like the content man but the amount of ads makes this unwatchable

[@Lorepaedia]

The best part is, I don't even make money on the ads and I can't turn them off because of bogus copyright claims. ^^ We'll see if they back down in 30 days. Also, there are programs that can help with the whole, ads on the internet thing :D

[@docop8926]

great vids but the tone in the voice is kinda boring....i hope u dont take offense to this, im only sayin it cuz i c the potential

[@rdqnev]

Horrible take! This is much better than the standard overannunciated KZbinr cadence.

[@Lorepaedia]

​@@rdqnev WHAAAAAAT'S UP KZbin TODAY WE'RE TALKIN ABOUT D-D-D-DEVILS SO BUUUURN THAT LIKE BUTTON! 🔥

[@shadomain7918]

agreed. 2 hours of that tone is a lot to ask.

[@Jeezusehchrist]

Everyone has a right to an opinion. My opinion is OPs opinion is wrong. Please keep your chill, even talking voice

[@Draxx1987]

in other words you must have a voice like the Voice Actor of The Legacy of Kain.

[@03lvazgau]

firsst :)