Abadeus

Alignment: LE

Pantheon: Major Deities

Areas of Concern: Cities, Wealth, Trade, Contracts, Laws, Merchants

Domains: Evil, Law, Nobility, Protection, Trickery

Subdomains: Aristocracy, Deception, Fortifications, Greed, Inevitable, Leadership, Legislation, Trade, Sovereignty

Favored Weapon: Mace (Light & Heavy), Heavy Slaver’s Crossbow

Symbol: Crimson Key on a gold chain

Sacred Animal(s): Serpent

Sacred Color(s): Red, Gold, Silver

Obedience: Take a handful of mixed gems, coins, and keys. Include coins from three or more different currency systems (such as from three different kingdoms), as well as at least three different keys—one of which should be the key to a lockbox, vault, or other such storage item. Kneel before a scale and balance the items as perfectly as you can on it, removing and replacing items in order to create the most equitable balance of items. Randomize the items you select each time you perform this obedience, so as not to let your obedience become routine. Meditate on the teachings from The Order of Numbers. Gain a +4 profane bonus on saving throws against spells and effects generated by creatures with a chaotic alignment.

Lore: Some believe him to be the original devil, the one to have started it all. Once an archon of high power, he was to be the avatar of the Law and impose it to mortals, teaching them the way. Over time, he grew to be the patron of cities, teaching mortals how to build fortifications and large cities. He also taught them trade, laws and structure.

After centuries of dealing with mortals, their greed rubbed off on him and he saw the patterns mortals were using through contracts to bind others to their will, to force them to do things through the Law, and he just loved it too much. He started doing it himself, growing stricter and stricter, to a point where his alignment shifted and his greed overwhelmed him, making him fall from grace and become the first devil. Through the large treasury and the armies of mortals he controlled through his contracts, he moved his domain to what was originally a chaotic mess, and transformed it into the layers of Hell as we now know them, granting power to his generals and raising them to be devils in their own rights, to help him fully rule the nine layers of Hell.

Once properly seated in Hell, he continued his game of contracts and laws, sending heralds on the material plane to teach mortals and keep them in line, but also spreading his influence over the world.

Although evil, most cities still see him as their patron deity, as he represents the safety of walls, laws and structured hierarchy. He also protects cunning merchants and brings about wealth to cities that respect his edicts.

Divine Fighting Technique: See Asmodeus’s Mandate.