Belial, Lord of the Fourth

The archdevil Belial, also sometimes going by the aliases Belhor, Jouvart, the Pale Kiss, and Mechembuchus, rules over his layer of Hell: the burning forges of Phlegethon. Their unholy symbol is a horned, red-and-white-split mask of comedy and tragedy. Their areas of interest include adultery and desire.

Appearance

Asmodeus granted Belial an unlimited malleability of form, their true natural form unknown to all but Asmodeus . They freely shift form, species, and gender when engaging with mortal and immortal lovers across the universe, enabling them to become whatever and whomever might be most alluring to their lovers, leaving innumerable half-fiends of every description in their wake. Along with a boundless imagination to create inspirational art and implements of war, Belial finds equal bliss in pleasure and in pain and revels in the act of creation, whether of innovations in magical or martial fields. The Pale Kiss designs new weapons for the legions of Hell, shapes new manifestations of magic for the minions of devilry to unleash upon foes, and even spawns entirely new races of infernal servitors, though the fiend cares little for creations once birthed, swiftly moving on to new interests.
Among the other archdevils, Belial typically appears as a delicately built humanoid between five and six feet tall with pale skin and hair but burning eyes, with one half of their body shining and angelic and the other as scarred, misshapen, and grotesque as the most hideous malebranche.

Belial’s Cult

Belial is revered by those who crave wanton pleasures and forbidden desires but who hide beneath a mask of respectability and propriety. Adulterers celebrate the archdevil’s rites alongside sadists, torturers, and worse; all two-faced deceivers willing to plumb the depths of depravity to fulfill their desires seek Belial’s felicitations.
The Pale Kiss’s sacred places are often in large cities or remote and beautiful natural settings that hide grisly boudoirs and orgiastic abattoirs.
Their favored weapon is the ranseur. The Pale Kiss grants access to the domains of Charm, Destruction, Evil, and Law, and to the subdomains of Catastrophe, Devil, Lust, and Rage.

Divine Classification

Devil

Alignment

Lawful evil

Current Location

Phlegethon

Species

Devil

Realm

Phlegethon

Aligned Organization

The Hordes of Hell

Ruled Locations

• Phlegethon