Caarcrinolaas
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Caarcrinolaas is a Duke of Hell in the service of Mammon
, in the Dungeons & Dragons
roleplaying game.
's article "The Nine Hells Part I" in Dragon
#75 (1983).
Caarcrinolaas was briefly detailed in Fiendish Codex II: Tyrants of the Nine Hells
(2006).
, he primarily kept his head down and followed orders, leaving it to others to stick their necks out in the name of ambition. Caarcrinolaas instead merely waited patiently for his opportunity to come.
Since then, he seems to have run out of patience, and he is currently conspiring with Melchon
, a fellow servant of Mammon, to murder the duke Bael
and seize control of his legions, then use these additional troops to launch a coup against Mammon himself. Little do they know that they are actually doing the will of Glasya, who wishes to destroy Mammon, her former lover, and add his layer to her own.
Mammon (Dungeons & Dragons)
In the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, Mammon is an Arch-Devil of Hell , also known as the "Lord of Avarice." His symbol is a pair of red scaled hands open and looming over a black gemstone, or gold medallions emblazoned with the image of a snake-bodied devil.Mammon is the lord of Minauros,...
, 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
Caarcrinolaas 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).
Caarcrinolaas 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).
Description
Caarcrinolaas is a gray/brown-furred, dog-headed humanoid with scarlet bat-like wings, upright scarlet horns protruding from a bony brow-ridge above each temple, black hooves, and a scarlet, forked tail. In the center of his brow is a third horn. He has strong, bony, scarred hands of human appearance, and glittering yellow eyes.Relationships
Caarcrinolaas is a lesser commander in the service of Mammon. Before the Reckoning of HellReckoning 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...
, he primarily kept his head down and followed orders, leaving it to others to stick their necks out in the name of ambition. Caarcrinolaas instead merely waited patiently for his opportunity to come.
Since then, he seems to have run out of patience, and he is currently conspiring with Melchon
Melchon
Melchon is a Duke of Hell in the service of Mammon, in the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game.-Publication history:Melchon first appears in Ed Greenwood's article "The Nine Hells Part I" in Dragon #75 ....
, a fellow servant of Mammon, to murder the duke Bael
Bael (Dungeons & Dragons)
Bael is a powerful Duke of Hell in the service of Mammon, in the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game.-Publication history:Bael was first detailed in Gary Gygax's article "From the Sorcerer's Scroll: New Denizens of Devildom," in Dragon #75...
and seize control of his legions, then use these additional troops to launch a coup against Mammon himself. Little do they know that they are actually doing the will of Glasya, who wishes to destroy Mammon, her former lover, and add his layer to her own.
Vassals
Caarcrinolaas is served by 36 companies of barbed devils. Each company includes 333 soldiers.Additional reading
- Schwalb, Robert J.Robert J. Schwalb-Career:His works for Dungeons & Dragons include: Fiendish Codex II: Tyrants of the Nine Hells , Drow of the Underdark -Career:His works for Dungeons & Dragons include: Fiendish Codex II: Tyrants of the Nine Hells (2006, with Robin Laws), Drow of the Underdark -Career:His works for Dungeons &...
"Infernal Aristocracy: Dukes of Hell." DragonDragon (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...
#360. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2007. Available online: http://wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/drtoc/360