Lilith (archdevil)

Lilith was an archdevil princess of the Nine Hells who served as the second consort of the Lord of the Seventh, Baalzebul. She was an infamous fiend, so known for the sting of her whip that the welt from a deep lash was commonly known in Hell as "Lilith's Mark". Sometimes she was portrayed as a romantic or wronged female figure (such as a rejected lover), and indeed the Slug Archduke's consort was a woman who felt scorned.

Description
Lilith appeared to be a beautiful, nubile, tall woman, so alluring that she was easily the most attractive of Hell's fiends (at least for a time). She had crimson skin, hooves, a serpentine tail, small, curved horns, and eyes that glowed white, including her pupils. She rarely wore clothing, preferring to use clinging shadows when she felt it was necessary.

Lilith was known to use her ability to change shape to take on the form of her victims' loved ones.

Personality
Lilith exhibited sadistic pleasure common to devils of all forms, often toying with her prey and subjecting them to psychological and physical torture before murdering them.

Abilities
Among Lilith's various spell-like abilities were fire manipulation, charming, psionics, tongues, teleportation, dispelling magic, darkness, shape changing, necromancy, and lightning. She had an aura of desire which baatezu were immune to, and would cloak herself in clinging shadows. She could also summon other baatezu once per day. In melee, Lilith preferred to fight with her tail, which she used to strike and constrict.

Possessions
Although she used them less frequently in order to avoid breaking them, Lilith also fought with a scimitar and a metal-barbed whip called "Lilith's Caress" which sapped the strength of her victims, causing exhaustion.

Activities
Lilith mostly used her seductive charms to survive the tumultuous infernal political landscape. Although she patiently awaited an opportunity to move against Baalzebul, she mostly acted detached and disinterested in nurturing her already strong following in the Prime Material plane, which might improve her standing with the other fiends.

Relationships
Lilith resented Moloch and Baalzebul for subjugating her, and harbored similar feelings towards Glasya for her sudden rise to power. Despite feeling powerless, she schemed to one day usurp Baalzebul once he revealed a suitable weakness.

Worshipers
Lilith was held in high regard by witches, warlocks, druids, and other occultists of the Prime Material plane.

History
Lilith's residence in Baator can be traced at least as far back as Asmodeus's rule, with the first record of her being of when she was gifted to Moloch by Baalzebul. As Moloch's consort, she was also regarded as loyal to Baalzebul, as was the nature of all of Moloch's vassals at the time. Over time, she became less loyal to both as her resentment for her mistreatment grew. United in their malcontent under Moloch and Baalzebul, she often worked with the legate Tartach, the both of them hoping to one day support the rise of a new archdevil to rule Malbolge.

When Moloch fell, Lilith abandoned The Hag Countess Malagard, returning to Maladomini only to be demoted to second consort under Baalzebul. She despised his new grotesque nature and felt a continued powerlessness under him. Tartach however remained in Malbolge, serving Malagard in little more than name. When Malagard died and Glasya ascended to rule Malbolge, Tartach became a key ally of hers, severing his ties to Baalzebul.

Lilith worked with Glasya and Tartach at first. Although she and Tartach once dreamed of supporting a new ruler of Malbolge, she eventually decided against joining Glasya's court. In part, she was resentful of Glasya's sudden rise, which many suspected to be supported by her father Asmodeus. She also wanted to remain close to Baalzebul so that she might discover some weakness in him that she could exploit in order to take Maladomini for herself.