Nine Hells

The Nine Hells of Baator, sometimes shortened to Hell or Hells, and named Baator in Infernal, was the home of the devils and the plane that embodied lawful evil. It was a plane of sinister wickedness and institutional cruelty, its denizens organized into a strict caste system with a very rigid chain of command. Each of the nine Hells had its own physical laws or properties of matter, but all were inhospitable or deadly to outsiders.

Geography

Each of the nine Hells was unique and usually mirrored the malevolent characteristics of its ruler, or perhaps the archdevils were shaped by the domains they schemed to control, no one can be certain. In earlier cosmologies, each Hell was a separate infinite layer rigidly joined to its neighbors by barriers at fixed locations. After the Spellplague, the domains of the archdevils were described as territories (large, but finite) or circles. The relationship between layers and circles is not fully known.

Maps

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  Nine Hells

Alternative Name(s)

Nine Hells of Baator, Hell, Hells, Baator

Type

Plane of Existence

Included Locations

• Avernus
• Cania
• Dis
• Maladomini
• Malbolge
• Minauros
• Nessus
• Phlegethos
• Stygia

Owner/Ruler

Asmodeus

Inhabiting Species

• Bearded Devil
• Imp