In the Sheldomar valley, a band of heretics and heathens banded together to form a group known as the Restorers of the Triune Mother. Their goals revolved around the seperation of Wee Jas from her Death aspect. To this end, they formulated a bizarre philosophy revolving around the number three, and how this number showed up among the divinities of the various races. In this work, declared heretical and blasphemous in the lands of Aerdi, is detailed the cult's beliefs about the various entities of the Lower Planes.
Author: Sam Weiss
The Twenty-Seven of the Pits
by Aineias Lerakos
(Article by Sam Weiss (samwise1@email.msn.com))
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Three raised to itself is 27, and this is the ultimate number
of Evil, though with the Ultimate One Imprisoned, it is incomplete
and will hopefully remain so for all time. Identifying these beings
is a dangerous task, yet they will be listed here, each in their
Trines, though they take some odd forms in the depths.
The Three Trines of Hell
As all know, the Hells have Nine layers, each layer having its
Lord. These Nine Lords form three Trines of the Forces of Evil.
The members and their spheres are as follows:
The First Trine: Dispater, Moloch, Mephistopheles This is the
Trine of Nobles. Dispater being Cultured Nobility, Mammon being
Decadent Nobility and Mephistopheles being Scheming Nobility.
The Second Trine: Belial, Moloch, Baalzebul This is the Trine
of Warlords. Belial being Field General, Moloch being Quartermaster,
and Baalzebul being Chief of Staff.
The Third Trine: Tiamat, Geryon, Asmodeus This is the Trine
of Power. Tiamat is Mother, Geryon is Father, Asmodeus is Child/Leader/Mage.
While overall these spheres may seem odd or somewhat simplified,
they are the essences of these beings.
The Two Trines of the Abyss
While Three is the preferred number of Power, Six is the number
of the Abyss. Why they chose this number is unknown. What is known
however is that they actually do not have any active Trines, relying
instead on a Quad and two Singles. Still, the Abyss has Six representatives
to the Ranks of Evil, and those Six are rated as equal to two
Trines, even if they are not.
The Six Monarchs of Demonium: Graz'zt - Earth, Demogorgon -
Water, Marduk - Fire, Orcus - Air, Zuggtmoy - Death (Decay and
Fungus), Lolth - Life (Mother [of Spiders]). Odd as it may seem,
Lolth is indeed a Mother aspect.
The Dark Mother Trine
This Trine is the main focus of our work. It is reiterated here
for completeness sake. The Dark Mother Trine is composed of Wee
Jas - Maiden (Death and Power), Beltar - Mother (Fertility), and
Syrul - Crone (Corrupted Knowledge).
The Dark Warrior Trine
This all male Trine is not exclusively Oeridian as one might expect.
Still two of the three are, though they overshadow their partner.
The members and their spheres are: Hextor - Organized warfare
(Lawful), Erythnul - Savage warfare (Chaotic), Pyremius Individual
warfare/Assassination (Neutral).
The Servitor Trine
This Trine is composed of three barely known rulers of the races
of the Middle Planes. Weyzneal of the Dreggals of Gehenna, Utmodoch
of the Demodands of Carceri, and Anthraxus the Oinodaemon of the
Grey Waste. They all serve Nerull, and through him the Imprisoned
One, thus the name of their group. They further represent Betrayal
of Trust - Utmodoch, Betrayal of Delegated Authority (the abuse
of granted power) - Weyzneal, and Betrayal of Nature (through
disease) - Anthraxus.
The Realities Trine
So named because it member come from the three levels of Reality,
this is the Broken Trine because of the Imprisonment. Aside from
that One, which is of the Outside, it includes Nerull of the Outer
Planes, and currently Iuz of Oerth, who is of the Prime Planes.
This last position though, is subject to constant turnover as
various evil ones have risen and fallen to the position throughout
the millennia. Indeed, Wastri, the Hopping Prophet, was once in
the Place of Iuz before becoming little more than a grandiose
demon lord. (Certainly that one is not on a level with any of
the Monarchs of Demonium anymore.) As a further note, while the
first two members of this Trine are Neutral in regards to Law
and Chaos, the third member is usually of Chaos, and represents
an up and coming challenger to the Powers that Be.
A Trine living on the Lower Planes, but not counted among
the 27--The Outcast Trine
Another all male Trine, again composed of two Oeridians and one
Suel, though this time one of the Oeridians dominates both of
his lessers in this group, or rather would if He cared to bother.
The Outcast Trine all live in Pandemonium, mostly because no one
trusts them to get any closer and Beltar and Erythnul are too
Chaotic to care if they lose some wealth or followers to them
from time to time. Despite their homes, they are not part of the
27 because of their character (or lack thereof). Further, while
all three are of Evil bent, none are committed to Evil's ultimate
triumph, so they are further unwanted. The three are: Ralishaz
- Bad Luck, Norebo - Bad Intentions, and Kurell - Bad Feelings.
Note: Balance, Restorers, Suel, Wee Jas
