Glasya

From Fiendish Codex II: Tyrants of the Nine Hells (3.5e):

Adorned in priceless jewelry, silks, and other finery, this humanlike creature is the vision of beauty—except for her copper skin, wings, forked tail, and horns that betray her true nature.

Glasya is the newest Lord of the Nine. She wrested control of the Sixth from the Hag Countess and now rules Malbolge with an iron fist, harvesting new devils from the flesh of her predecessor.

Strategies and Tactics

Rather than slaying her foes outright, Glasya lures them into her embrace, promising pleasures beyond imagining. Once they come to her, she exposes them to a virulent disease that eats at their flesh, causing it to slough from their bones.

If they resist her caress, she resorts to direct methods, using dominate monster to force them to hold still while she flays them with her scourge.

Against larger groups, Glasya realizes it's no time to play. Again, she uses dominate monster to gain an ally, sacrificing him as she uses summon baatezu to bring in help. Once her minions are in place, she uses Fly-By Attack to touch her foes, buying her enough time to summon additional allies. Failing that, she performs fly-by attacks to lash at her enemies with her scourge or torment them with her spells.

Servants, Enemies, and Goals

Up until very recently, Malbolge was a layer tilted, a place of sliding scree and tumbling rock, its eternal slope nearly impossible to navigate. The pitch suited the unlikely Lord, the Hag Countess, since she was unlike any other, not being baatezu, nor even a devil for that matter. But her time has passed and now Glasya, daughter of Asmodeus, reigns as Duchess of the Sixth. And to decorate her new home, she used the best materials at hand: the Hag Countess herself.

Now that Glasya has risen to the rank of archdevil, she has incredible power and influence. The other Lords fear her, suspecting the move as a bid to consolidate Asmodeus's control over the Nine Hells. But Glasya has plots and plans of her own. She detests Levistus and wants revenge for her mother's death. Glasya employs paeliryons to monitor her nemesis's actions and gather some proof to gain her father's approval to destroy the archdevil for good.

Before ascending to become the new Lord of the Sixth, Glasya traveled to the Material Plane to establish several cults. Most of her followers are inexperienced, young, and very naive. Glasya recruits young adults, full of life and vigor, curious and willing to experiment. For now, it is their duty to recruit new members, but they suspect something new is imminent and wait with bated breath to receive their next instructions.

The Lord of Malbolge

Glasya, the newly appointed Archduchess of Malbolge, has a long and twisted history with her father, Asmodeus. Often openly defiant of him, she has for centuries resisted his efforts to bring her under his control. Now it appears that their past acrimony has been conclusively laid to rest, and she has been rewarded with her own layer of Baator.

Asmodeus's curious decision to place a night hag in control of Malbolge finally makes sense—the Hag Countess was a vulnerable placeholder who could keep the throne warm while father and daughter came to an understanding. Glasya's elevation in status was accompanied by a similar boost in personal power, so she now possesses magical and combat prowess on a par with her competitors.

What exactly Asmodeus's plans are for his daughter after she cements her hold on the still-changing terrain of Malbolge remain to be seen.

Glasya enjoys a special relationship with erinyes and paeliryons, which make up the nobility of her court. Her new responsibilities have forced her to give up her favorite pastime of days gone by—personally seducing mortals, then conducting them directly to Baator to inform them of their doom. She now pursues her conquests vicariously, urging her favorite erinyes to inveigle targets of her choosing. Glasya takes a particular interest in self-righteous paladins and corruptible church elders.

Glasya carried on a lengthy affair with Mammon during her ne'er-do-well days, but Asmodeus forced her to end the relationship in the aftermath of the Reckoning. Some chattering devils contend that the two have covertly rekindled their awful union now that Glasya has removed herself from her father'’s watchful eye. Others claim that she harbors a burning resentment for the serpentine archduke because he failed to fight for her love. Given the labyrinthine nature of diabolical sexual politics, both could be true flames.

Roleplaying Glasya

Glasya is an articulate archdevil with a mocking attitude who loves to play verbal games with captured servants of virtue before dispatching them to her torture chambers. Helpless foes with high Charisma scores can prolong their lives by feigning openness to her corrupting sexual advances.