Nine Hells

The Nine Hells of Baator, more commonly known as simply the Nine Hells, is the home plane of the devils.
It is a plane of evil and, unlike the Abyss, is highly organized with a strict caste system, each devil kneeling before those who are above them in hierarchy: lemures, lesser devils, greater devils (e.g. pit fiends), and archdevils who in turn all owe their fealty to Asmodeus.

Geography

There are very few portals that will lead to the hells. To travel to one layer a person usually had to traverse through the other layers, starting at the first layer, Avernus.

Avernus

Avernus is the first layer of the Nine Hells, and the arrival point for most visitors to the Hells. Avernus is a rocky wasteland with rivers of blood and clouds of biting flies. The Archduchess who rules over Avernus is the fallen angel Zariel.
Tiamat is a prisoner on this layer of the Nine Hells.

Dis

Dis is the second layer of the Nine Hells, a labyrinth of canyons, sheer mountains that are filled with iron ore. There are iron roads that span through the canyons with bridges that lead over giant crevasses and dark landscapes toward the Iron City of Dis, which is ruled by an archdevil Dispater.

Phlegethos

Phlegethos is the fourth layer of the Nine Hells, a flaming realm of tortured souls whose energy is sometimes stolen and trafficked in other layers of this plane. The archdevil who rules over Phlegethos is Fierna.

Nessus

Asmodeus, Lord of the Hells, rules from his fortress, Malsheem, on this deepest layer of the Hells.

Type

Plane of Existence

Location under

Outer Planes

Owner/Ruler

Asmodeus

Characters in Location

• Asmodeus
• Tiamat