Nekir (Dungeons & Dragons)

Nekir

Game background
Title(s)	The Black Guardian
Home plane	Abyss
Power level	Demon lord
Alignment	Chaotic evil
Portfolio	Afterlife, the back door to Paradise
Design details

Nekir the Black Guardian is a demon lord, in the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game.

Publication history

Nekir was one of many demon lords that was mentioned only by name in a list in the original Monster Manual II (1983).^[1]

Nekir received further details in third edition in Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss (2006).^[2]

Description

Nekir is a demon lord who, like his brother Munkir, is the lord of the afterlife, and the back door to Paradise.^[2]

Relationships

Munkir and Nekir are depicted on the cover of Living Greyhawk Journal #3 battling Azor'alq at the gates of Heaven.

Realm

Munkir and Nekir share the Abyssal layer known as the Gates of Heaven.^[2]

References

1. ^ Gygax, Gary. Monster Manual II (TSR, 1983)
2. ^ ^{a b c} Jacobs, James, Erik Mona, and Ed Stark. Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss (Wizards of the Coast, 2006)