Glasya

Glasya was a Princess of the Nine Hells and ruler of Malbolge, the sixth layer of Hell. She is the daughter of Asmodeus and is noted as one of the most powerful and influential of the female devils. "Of course I love my father. Without him, whom would I have to strive against?"

- Glasya

Description
Glasya was said to resemble a succubus. Possessing small horns, a forked tail, and leathery wings - but her skin was of a copper hue.

Personality
Much like her father, Glasya had a propensity for cruelty and concocting dark schemes, which her rise to power as Lord of Malbolge did little to quell as she still openly flouted the rules of Hell at her leisure. Due to this inherent defiance, mortals who went up against overwhelming odds with bold plans often drew her attention, in some cases even her respect and patronage.

Glasya was also known to be very mischievous and teasing, delighting in engaging in verbal games with the virtuous people her servants captured. Whenever she spoke it came across as very articulate.

Combat
Glasya rarely engaged in direct combat against her foes. Instead preferring to teleport or fly around them, then using her powers to dominate their mind and summon baatezu minions to fight for her. She was also known to cause fear in her enemies by going into great detail about how those who cross her are tormented.

Glasya was generally known to fight with either a sword, whose effects were akin to a dagger of venom, or a scourge. Out of her vast array of offensive magics she was known for exposing her foes to virulent diseases or employing the spell finger of death on them.

Her prowess in both combat and magic are said to have been significantly enhanced following her rise to power as Lord of the Sixth.

History
Glasya had a long history of being rebellious towards her father, but one of her most defining acts of rebellion was the establishment and operation of the "coin legion." This was the first known thieve's guild in the Nine Hells and she used her extensive knowledge of its laws to circumvent them.

Her business involved having followers purchase souls in Minauros on her behalf and then quickly sell them at a marked up price. These souls would be purchased with counterfeit coins, made by Glasya herself through transmuting lead into gold and then having them minted in Minauros, and they would eventually revert to their base metal. Having no legal recourse through which to punish his daughter's behavior, Asmodeus decided to stifle her ambitions by burdening her with the responsibility of ruling Malbolge. Though this is not public knowledge in the Hells.

When this occurred in relation to the Hag Countess's death in 1375 DR is uncertain, but Glasya would arrive to the sixth layer sometime following it. Carried by various winged devils and imps on a luxurious canopy with silken pillows. Upon her arrival the hag's paeliryon chanchellor, Axacrusis, immediately tried to defy her rule. Glasya quickly ordered them to be eviscerated for their insolence and and ever since that day the inhabitants of Malbolge have feasted upon their undying flesh. The hag's other servitors then groveled before Glasya and were assimilated into her forces.

Activities
Prior to her rise in status, Glasya often spent her time seducing mortals into corruption. Following her rise to power Glasya instead instructs her erinye servants to conduct investigations on paladins and priests who would make worthy candidates of corruption. She would often spy on the activities on her erinyes under the guise of polymorph.

Souls
After being given dominion over Malbolge, Glasya's father decided to punish her further by decreeing that she would only be able to draw souls to the Nine Hells by means of contracts, bargains, and legalities. As a result, the mortals who called upon her assistance were those who preferred to acquire power, money, or love through means that are "technically" legal.

A significant portion of the mortals that Glasya dealt with tended to be those who wanted out of a contract they had made with another archduke. In payment for their soul, her minions would meticulously overlook the relevant document for any possible loophole through which the mortal could be freed of reimbursing the associated archduke.

Cult
The cults of Glasya typically operated brothels as a cover for their temples. They were most often found congregating in areas with political unrest or strict traditional gender roles. In such areas they would focus on converting the mothers, daughters, and consorts of powerful men. They then would instruct the women on how to go about usurping their power.

The clerics who worshiped her often did so through the domains of Evil, Trickery, and Diabolic. Though she was also known to be a patron of Corruption, Growth, Agony, thieves and criminals in general. When faced with combat, clerics typically wielded a scourge and eluded their foes by stepping into the shadows. They were also known to carry various poisons and acids derived from the bile lakes of her realm.

Criminal gangs of kenku and goblins seeking to rise up against subjugation have both been known to turn towards worship of Glasya.

Relationships
Since becoming Lord of the Sixth, Glasya developed a strong friendship with her fellow archduke Fierna and encouraged her to develop a network of devils and cultists separate from that of her father Belial's forces. He in turn begun plotting a way to remove Glasya's influence over her daughter, though did so with the utmost caution as to avoid incurring Asmodeus's wrath. The archdukes Dispater and Mammon were likewise paranoid and cautious regarding her.

The archduke Mephistopheles, though an enemy of her father, is considered a sort of godfather to Glasya.

Glasya harbored a special hatred for the archduke Levistus for murdering her mother. Once arising to power as an archduke, Glasya began using her intelligence network of paeliryons and fledgling cults to gather information on her nemesis, hoping to gather obtain due evidence that her father will grant her his approval to destroy the Lord of the Fifth for good.

The nobility of Glasya's court was primarily made up of erinyes and paeliryons. She was also known to have many elite servitors that were poached from other archdukes, especially those that had been sidelined for being overly ambitious, and they eagerly helped her in conspiring against their former lords. One of these servitors was the duke Tartach, a former servant of Baalzebul.

Some of her servitors had tried to avenge the death of their former master, the Hag Countess. For their insubordination they were confined to the upper reaches of the Tower of Pain and subjected to a wide variety of tortures. One such servant was Bloodcurdle, one of the Hag's favorite nightmares, who one day tossed Glasya into a lake of bile.

Appearances

 * Novels
 * Brimstone Angels
 * Brimstone Angels: Lesser Evils