Superbia

The 7th layer of the seven hells, the layer of pride. Asmodeus resides in this layer, the bottommost layer of the Seven Hells. By design, the place is devoid of activity, since Asmodeus values his privacy and safety. The environment is a rocky wasteland, crisscrossed by deep fissures and lacking roads, bridges, and other means of passage. Asmodeus dwells in a great fortress somewhere in the wasteland, at the bottom of its deepest pit. Only his most trusted followers and most important advisors know the route to it. He remains inside, relying on messengers and magic to convey his dictates.

Geography

The lowest layer of the Seven Hells is the least visited. From what has been gathered, Superbia is a cramped, crowded landscape of blackened earth pitted with miles-deep canyons and gorges that lead to an eternal and endless darkness. The pits of Superbia have birthed monsters out of a devil’s nightmare, and from his layer rules Asmodeus, the Lord of the Seven.
Asmodeus’s throne rests in Fortress Superbia at the end of a maze-like canyon called the Serpent’s Coil. It is said no mortal has visited this unholy site without the express permission of Asmodeus, and any who dare travel to Superbia itself are often overwhelmed with a sense of utter despair that eats away at even the stoutest of resolves. Overhead, Superbia is lit by a black orb that sheds darkness across the entire layer. Known as the Nighted Sun, it has been confirmed that Asmodeus keeps a prison in the orb for special betrayers – and there is rumors of a treasure vault there as well.

Serpent's Coil

There are several myths around how Asmodeus came to stand atop the hierarchy of the Seven Hells, but most focus on the idea that he was cast out of somewhere in the Upper Planes – Mount Celestia. And, the proof of this myth is found right in Superbia - Asmodeus’ fall literally created the deep canyons and gorges of the lowest layer of the Seven Hells. And those that take these myths as truth point to the Serpent’s Coil as the epicenter of the fall. The deepest canyon in all of Superbia, Serpent’s Coil is a spiraling labyrinth of black rock cliffs that grows deeper the further along one travels. Some say the corkscrew path was underground long ago but time has eroded the surface to create the ever-deepening canyon. And at the end sits the palace of Asmodeus himself, in an unfathomably deep crevasse where light is forbidden to shine, guarded by the most fanatically loyal devils in all of the seven hells. These devils are the literal manifestation of Asmodeus, born of his spilled blood, and they patrol Serpent’s Coil with a righteous zeal.
A dwarf miner managed to take a team into Superbia long ago and return with samples of the black rock that form Serpent’s Coil. She found that the stone reacted strongly to light but could be worked with a hot enough force to form items of unquestionable beauty. The dwarf crafted a few trinkets and weapons of the black stone before succumbing to a madness that sent her fleeing into the multiverse, but not before she built an idol dedicated to Asmodeus himself.

Features

Hazard

Wish Fulfillment. All devils seek control over mortal souls, so they offer enticements to tempt mortals into making unwise bargains. But rare are those who manage to get this far into the seven hells to ask the lord of the seven hell himself for a contract. As such, this layer offers a chance for those who seek for their wish to be fulfilled to have that without bothering the peace of Asmodeus. A creature non-native to the seven hells can ask for a wish once while in Superbia, the creature can ask for whatever it wants within the limits of a wish spell. The wish will be rewarded precisely as asked, and the mortal soul will now be within Asmodeus collection and collected upon the mortal's death.

Ruler

Asmodeus is the ruler of this layer of hell. Asmodeus palace in the deepest canyon of superbia not only is a place for Asmodeus to stay but is also home of the original engraving of the archdevil dark magic, the source for the creation of the Book of Vile Darkness.