Asmodeus (AoC Universe)

"Let your heart burn with passion...not anger..."


 * - The Lord of Sin, Asmodee

Asmodeus, the Lord of Sin is a demon prince who presided over the Azmodian Empire from around -65,000. An insidious schemer and pragmatist, he was the first demon prince to set up a kingdom, and maintained it throughout the Hell on Earth period despite attacks from nearly all sides during his struggles with the other princes.

Lore
From the Seeds of Discord came seven Princes of Hell, who slammed into the crust of Middle Earth and burrowed their dark entrils deep into its surface, permanently entrenching them into the atmosphere of the planet, and also becoming a corrupting influence on its magic. From there they, using their telepathic powers, enslaved the local sapient populations by forcing them to build magnificent fortress of black stone, known as citadels, where the princes would give orders to their subjects and also receive worship from subordinates.

Asmodeus was the first demon prince to arrive on Middle-Earth, and he instantly set about making life miserable for everyone else. Realising that he needed a strong labour force to build the kingdom he desired, the Lord of Sin created the Incubi and Succubi. The Incubi were male sex demons who terrorised bachelors at night by robbing them of their virginity, and forcing them to produce children that would serve in the Azmodian Empire. The Succubi were female sex demons who attacked both bachelors and the married, destroying relationships and spreading their adulterous presence across the nations. The leader of the Succubi was Lilitu, the Shadow's Mistress, a proficient practioner of the dark arts. Asmodeus took her to be his wife and life mate. At the same time, he also approached Lilu and took him to be his husband, effectively creating a three-way marriage.

As Emperor of Azmodian Empire, the Lord of Sin openly encouraged adultery and licentiousness, sending his Incubi and Succubi agents to stir up discord in towns and cities by breaking people's marriages and trust in each other. He also promoted prostitution by using Lilitu as a sex symbol to market to the impressionable young females of the native races. He had no compunctions about doing this at all. Thus, red-light districts were set up all over Azmodia, under the oversight of the ironically-named Sisterhood of Fidelity, who organised the running of these districts.

End
The Azmodian Empire collapsed following the Sin War, where the Carnal Armies of the Alliance of Common Peoples overthrew Asmodeus and banished the prostitutes. Duterius referred to the red-light district as "one of the most disgusting things" he had seen in his life - and he'd been present since the beginning of time.

Anariel herself managed to capture Lilitu, after an intense struggle with the Succubi princess. While she managed to stave off capture for a while with hit-and-run attacks, eventually she was defeated by the Aesir, who bound her in a halonet. The experience was extremely painful. Lilitu begged Anariel to release her, saying that she would never return to Middle-Earth again.

Trivia

 * Asmodeus goes by many different names: Asmodee, Azmodan, Ashmoedai, etc. We don't know why he did this; it is possible that he is attempting to fool people by going under different personnas.
 * We don't know Asmodeus' sexual orientation EXACTLY. He is in a same-sex relationship (with Lilu, the leader of the Incubi) but he is also in a different-sex relationship with Lilitu, leader of the Succubi. The Lord of Sin also told the Aesir that he was "duogendered" and identified as both male and female, making classification of this guy rather hard.
 * His epithet, the Lord of Sin, is borrowed from the epithet of the Lesser Evil in Diablo of the same name. It is also a reference to the fact that Lust was seen as a severe sin during the age of Mythos.
 * Asmodeus is responsible for creating the Incubi and Succubi, races of male and female demons who infect mortals with uncontrollable lust.
 * The Lord of Sin is aware of the existence of other [spirits], but is yet to interact with them.