Herodias (Dungeons & Dragons)

Herodias
Game background
Home plane Nine Hells
Power level Duke of Hell
Alignment Lawful Evil
Superior Geryon
Design details

Herodias is a Duke of Hell formerly in the service of Geryon, in the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game.

Publication history

Herodias first appears in Ed Greenwood's article "The Nine Hells Part I" in Dragon #75 (1983).[1]

Herodias was briefly detailed in Fiendish Codex II: Tyrants of the Nine Hells (2006).[2]

Description

A scarlet bodied creature of massive build, Herodias appears strangely human otherwise, despite his sinister grin and his hooves.

Relationships

Herodias was a vassal of Geryon, serving Geryon as his magistrate. He is another survivor of the Wild Beast's court, driven into exile after the Reckoning of Hell, where he became one of the Rabble of Devilkin, an outcast Duke of Hell.

References

  1. Greenwood, Ed. "The Nine Hells Part I." Dragon #75 (TSR, 1983)
  2. Laws, Robin D, and Robert J. Schwalb. Fiendish Codex II: Tyrants of the Nine Hells (Wizards of the Coast, 2006)