Forgotten Realms - The Nine Hells: Avernus, Tiamat, and Kobolds

A description and history of the first layer of Baator, Avernus, the main battlefield of the Blood War between demons and devils, and the place anyone who seeks entry deeper into Baator must pass. Several deities reside here, including the god of the Kobolds the god of Evil Dragons Tiamat, and a member of the goblin pantheon. Avernus is a place that has many connections to the Forgotten Realms setting of Dungeons and Dragons and Baldur's Gate 3.
Important Terms:
Imp
Spinagon
Barbazu
Zariel
Bel
Abishai
Kurtulmak
Draukari
Urd
Kuraulyek
Bargrivyek
Belhifet
Credit for the majority of the research goes to the fantastic Wiki
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[@KS-PNW]

Another great video man! Like how you managed to tie a few topics together that, on the surface, don't obviously connect to each other and then show that they actually do relate. 👍👍

[@Lorepaedia]

Thanks so much!

[@agesisafk131]

Amazingly thorough! Lorepedia once again has painted such an artful and concise piece of work that I can use to enrich my time in Faerun. Good show.

[@itzybitzyspyder]

When I ran Descent to Avernus my players redeemed Zariel and Mahadi took the reigns in the power vacuum. Avernus became a beautiful illusion to lure in the foolish. I kept this as cannon in Tyranny of Dragons because my players took Tiamat's tribute so they had to travel to hell to kill her there...and they did, but that's a whole other story.

[@Iceblade269]

Ooh boy! A 3 hr lore vid on hell for my ride home

[@taylorbullard2118]

Lorepedia I truly love your vids. The forgotten realms wiki is a great help yes 😊

[@Lorepaedia]

Thanks so much!

[@Lorepaedia]

Kobold Heaven is just a big, overcrowded hole in Hell where everyone fights all the time. 😇🙏 🔥🔥🔥 🤷‍♂

[@mikewaterfield3599]

Eeeh…….. kobolds get reincarnated into the next egg. Their version of hell is getting reborn as a dire weasel.

[@surtrpicks]

lol, nice summary.

[@andreguia1731]

Similar to Valhalla then

[@andreguia1731]

​@@mikewaterfield3599or a gnome

[@mikewaterfield3599]

@@andreguia1731 kinda, Kobolds have not really changed. They just added a few layers. The “little faithful scales” are actually quite stalwart, and they are anything but stupid.

[@sabbashumble9457]

Part 2 great!!

[@Lorepaedia]

Thanks!

[@jayjonesrgaming]

These videos have been great at helping me make my own homebrew world/setting, dropped a sub. One suggestion tho, chapters would make finding specific info a lot quicker

[@Lorepaedia]

Thanks for the kind words and the feedback. I started doing this for later videos, I will try to come back and do it for the earlier ones.

[@jayjonesrgaming]

@@Lorepaedia dope! Looking forward to binging the rest of your stuff 👊🏽👊🏽

[@redfaux74]

I'm not watching 2 hours but..... .....if there were a time stamp I would love to watch what you have to give on Tiamat. ❤

[@Lorepaedia]

01:03:18

[@redfaux74]

@Lorepaedia - Thank you. On it tonight. Edit - That's the best I've seen on her. It shows her intellect, not just brute strength. She should have the best of every dragon category. Rage but cunning. Jealous but generous if it gets her closer to her enemies. Instigating and watchful of tactics of others. Always looking for magic of others and opportunities to steal, devour it for herself. No one would know if she has 5 distinct potentially conflicting personas or 1 overall master mind with 5 brains.

[@SebastianBeresniewicz]

I appreciate the time you put into this. Truly. It's a lot of work. May I suggest, however, not taking a Xanny before narrating.

[@Lorepaedia]

I get that a lot, hopefully I am improving in the newer videos.

[@taylorbullard2118]

​@Lorepaedia No. Its perfect. The mellow delivery somehow really works in long form.

[@JimmyRa6s]

ty for the content

[@Lorepaedia]

Thanks for watching!

[@mikewaterfield3599]

Seems odd to include Kobolds here. Literal products of dragon blood. Kurtlemac is still trapped.

[@ToneZoneTC]

Where do you get the art?

[@Lorepaedia]

AI and a lot of elbow grease. :D

[@nomas5082]

Even the hells aren't safe from wokeness. "A misogynistic demon" lmao.

[@Thurmanation2011s]

That part was dumb. They are demons, they are all evil. Even the lady demons who deserved what was coming to them

[@saturationstation1446]

did we really invent a term for being anything but an enthusiastic servant brained supporter of european monarchy? -___- "

[@amehayami934]

It's (Bat-Tah-Zu)

[@Lorepaedia]

"Baatezu (sing & pl[1][2]; pronounced: /beɪˈɑːtɛzuː/ bay-AT-eh-zoo[3][4] or: /ˈbɑːtɛzʌ/ BAH-teh-zu[5])"

[@Thurmanation2011s]

No

[@cernunnos_lives]

I grew up with the mispronounced (one a sound). You are correct but i grew up hearing the wrong one for decades too. Even the old grognards say the wrong way. But what do i know?

[@IdiotinGlans]

This will be very useful in my campaigns. Do I understand correctly Bel retook position as Archduke for a while because one of Sigil factions wished reality to change on his behalf?

[@Lorepaedia]

According to the sources, it isn't entirely clear when or why the takeover happened. "At some point, Bel managed to defeat Zariel and take her place as Archduke of Avernus." He allegedly learned how to imprison a powerful being like her through some kind of deal with the tanar'ri. He expected problems from Asmodeus but Asmo said he was fine with it as long as he did the job.