Agares (Dungeons & Dragons)
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Agares is a Duke of Hell in the service of Levistus
, in the Dungeons & Dragons
roleplaying game.
's article "The Nine Hells Part I" in Dragon
#75 (1983).
Agares was briefly detailed in Fiendish Codex II: Tyrants of the Nine Hells
(2006). Agares was detailed in the online version of Dragon
, in issue #361 (December 2007) in the second part of the "Infernal Aristocracy" feature.
Digging into Agares's wrist is Harbinger, a fiendish eagle-like creature known for its cruelty and violence. Harbinger has crimson feathers and black eyes that weep pus.
until the Reckoning of Hell
, but his rival for Geryon's approval, Amon
, frustrated him at every turn. With Geryon unwilling to listen to Agares's tales of Amon's duplicity, Agares instead turned to Asmodeus
, feeding the overlord lies about his master and rival in the hope of gaining Asmodeus's intercession in their quarrel. This, Asmodeus seemed to have eventually done; during the Reckoning Asmodeus cast Geryon down from his throne, but rather than promote Agares in his place, instead he reawakened ancient, sleeping Levistus. Agares was one of the few nobles from Geryon's court that managed to retain his position during Levistus's new reign; the other was the minor duke Machalas
. Levistus, though wary of Agares's doubtful loyalty, granted his new servant 31 legions and command of the "eastern" portion of Levistus's realm.
Agares has begun frequenting the court of the Egyptian god Set, possibly intending to gain Set's aid in ousting or destroying Levistus in a coup in exchange for helping Set expand his realm into the neighboring realm of Malbolge. Whether or not these speculations are accurate, word of them has come to the ears of many powerful infernal nobles, which may prove problematic for Agares and his ambitions.
Levistus
In the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Levistus is the arch-devil currently ruling Stygia, the Fifth layer of the Nine Hells of Baator...
, in the Dungeons & Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons is a fantasy role-playing game originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, and first published in 1974 by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. . The game has been published by Wizards of the Coast since 1997...
roleplaying game.
Publication history
Agares first appears in Ed GreenwoodEd Greenwood
Ed Greenwood is a Canadian writer and editor who created the Forgotten Realms. He invented the Forgotten Realms as a child, as a fantasy world in which to set the stories he imagined, and later used this world as a campaign setting for his own personal Dungeons & Dragons playing group...
's article "The Nine Hells Part I" in Dragon
Dragon (magazine)
Dragon is one of the two official magazines for source material for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game and associated products, the other being Dungeon. TSR, Inc. originally launched the monthly printed magazine in 1976 to succeed the company's earlier publication, The Strategic Review. The...
#75 (1983).
Agares was briefly detailed in Fiendish Codex II: Tyrants of the Nine Hells
Fiendish Codex II: Tyrants of the Nine Hells
Fiendish Codex II: Tyrants of the Nine Hells is an optional supplemental source book for the 3.5 edition of the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game.-Contents:...
(2006). Agares was detailed in the online version of Dragon
Dragon (magazine)
Dragon is one of the two official magazines for source material for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game and associated products, the other being Dungeon. TSR, Inc. originally launched the monthly printed magazine in 1976 to succeed the company's earlier publication, The Strategic Review. The...
, in issue #361 (December 2007) in the second part of the "Infernal Aristocracy" feature.
Description
Agares takes a form resembling that of an ancient, human man, his voice shaky and frail. His feet are reptilian and covered in gray scales, and his gray-bearded face is a ruddy human tone that deepens to a deep scarlet on his deformed, knotted torso (although this isn't normally evident, as his robes reach to his neck). His tail is stumpy, and covered in the same gray scales as his feet. His horns are gray, too. He has watery red eyes and red, clawlike nails. He leans on a staff shod with iron.Digging into Agares's wrist is Harbinger, a fiendish eagle-like creature known for its cruelty and violence. Harbinger has crimson feathers and black eyes that weep pus.
History and relationships
Agares considered himself to be a loyal servant of GeryonGeryon (Dungeons & Dragons)
In the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Geryon was an Arch-Devil of Hell , also known as the "Wild Beast."-Creative origins:...
until the Reckoning of Hell
Reckoning of Hell
In the cosmology of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, the Reckoning of Hell was a civil war that shaped the political landscape of the Nine Hells into its current form...
, but his rival for Geryon's approval, Amon
Amon (Dungeons & Dragons)
Amon, also known as Amon the Wolf, is a deposed Duke of Hell, in the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game.-Publication history:Amon was first detailed in Gary Gygax's article "From the Sorcerer's Scroll: New Denizens of Devildom," in Dragon #75...
, frustrated him at every turn. With Geryon unwilling to listen to Agares's tales of Amon's duplicity, Agares instead turned to Asmodeus
Asmodeus (Dungeons & Dragons)
In the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, Asmodeus is an Arch-Devil: a lord of the game's version of Hell . There he is the Overlord of the Dukes of Hell...
, feeding the overlord lies about his master and rival in the hope of gaining Asmodeus's intercession in their quarrel. This, Asmodeus seemed to have eventually done; during the Reckoning Asmodeus cast Geryon down from his throne, but rather than promote Agares in his place, instead he reawakened ancient, sleeping Levistus. Agares was one of the few nobles from Geryon's court that managed to retain his position during Levistus's new reign; the other was the minor duke Machalas
Machalas
Machalas is a Duke of Hell in the service of Levistus, in the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game.-Publication history:Machalas first appears in Ed Greenwood's article "The Nine Hells Part I" in Dragon #75 ....
. Levistus, though wary of Agares's doubtful loyalty, granted his new servant 31 legions and command of the "eastern" portion of Levistus's realm.
Agares has begun frequenting the court of the Egyptian god Set, possibly intending to gain Set's aid in ousting or destroying Levistus in a coup in exchange for helping Set expand his realm into the neighboring realm of Malbolge. Whether or not these speculations are accurate, word of them has come to the ears of many powerful infernal nobles, which may prove problematic for Agares and his ambitions.