Babylon

Supreme Master of the Nine Hells

Promises, obligations and guilt. The building blocks of society and the source of many powers. What most do not know is that there is a single deity, a being whose age is truly unknowable, in which all oaths are bound. All of them, from the child's promise to their parents to mind, to the drunkards attested boasts, to the paladin's holy vow, are regulated by a being known as Babylon. He has many names, The Man in Black, The First Devil, The Dark Prince. Many forms does he take, many masks he wears, but no matter what, they all come back to a single fact. The devil always gets his due.
Babylon is the patron of Tyranny, Balance and power, the greatest devil, and the Lord of the Ninth and overlord of the Nine Hells as a whole.

Prince of Evil

Babylon is a primal embodiment of lawful evil and a supreme strategist of unparalleled skill. His sinister machinations could take centuries, if not millennia, to come to fruition, and his master plans extend across the entire multiverse. His labyrinthine, insidious intrigues could seem inexplicable to most outside observers, for Babylon lets even his own servants stew in fear of his next move. With all the planes as his board, the Lord of Lies maneuveres the forces of evil like chess pieces in his grand designs, slowly and subtly manipulating everyone from deities to, when needed, lowly mortals.
Just as Babylon is an unmatched schemer, he is an unrivaled orator, a legendary political master of unquestionable prowess. He is the most well-mannered of the archdevils, soft-spoken and eloquent as he lures others into serving his ends. Even when wracked by constant pain, he manages to appear blithely unbothered, and seemes almost chillingly reasonable. However, though he can seem generous, the quickly offered rewards of the archdevil are given to those willing to sign away their souls, after which they will suffer as a pawn in his dark designs. Despite his charisma, Babylon is nonetheless a representative of ultimate evil, revealing his true nature at his will.
In truth, Babylon is a tyrant, an authoritarian overlord who soughts after complete control over as many subjects as he can obtain and nothing less than absolute dominion over all reality. Torture is his tool to break the wills of others and impose his own, and knowledge of secrets and dealings his desired instrument to claim others as his. The Prince of Evil is confident in his position as one of the multiverse's strongest beings, and genuinely believes his rule is for the best. Under his rule, and only his rule, the multiverse would be pristine and perfect, with everyone in it having a place and a purpose to fulfill.
In Babylon's mind, only he has the strength, insight, and charisma needed to guide all to an ideal utopia, or at least the infernal hierarchy that the Archfiend interprets as such. His rivals are inferior minds lacking the skill to see his vision through. The forces of the Abyss are the loathsome opposition, their very existence a threat to his mastery of evil and their armies a direct threat to his supremacy. The forces of good are foolish, sentimental beings too soft and weak to do what had to be done. This arrogance would have led to his destruction if he lacked the competence to back it up, yet Babylon has managed to thwart all conspiracies against him and survive Heaven with nothing but his wit.

Divine classification: Fiend (Arch Devil)
Alignment: LE
Honorary Titles: The Man in Black, The Prince of Evil
Resides: The Citadel, Nessus