Nergal (Dungeons & Dragons)

Nergal

Game background
Home plane	Nine Hells
Power level	Duke of Hell
Alignment	Lawful Evil
Design details

Nergal is an outcast Duke of Hell, one of the Rabble of Devilkin, in the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game.

Publication history

Nergal first appears in Ed Greenwood's article "The Nine Hells Part I" in Dragon #75 (1983).^[1]

Nergal was briefly detailed in Fiendish Codex II: Tyrants of the Nine Hells (2006).^[2]

Description

Nergal, sometimes called "The Bringer of Pestilence and Fever", is a gruesome Duke of very unusual appearance. Nergal is a lion headed toad who sports a pinkish-gray, purulent skin covered in sores that ooze a colorless, poisonous ichor.

Relationships

Nergal is among the most powerful of the Rabble of Devilkin. Exiled to Avernus after being denied the control of Malbolge after the destruction of Beherit, he tries to raise more power on Avernus and is in competition with the pit-fiend Kochbiel.

References

1. ^ Greenwood, Ed. "The Nine Hells Part I." Dragon #75 (TSR, 1983)
2. ^ Laws, Robin D, and Robert J. Schwalb. Fiendish Codex II: Tyrants of the Nine Hells (Wizards of the Coast, 2006)