Lord of the First Hell
Warlord of Avernus, the Thunderer, Prince of the Blood
Aliases: Belos, Baal, Baell, Bile
AoC: War, battle, conquest, espionage
Superior: the Dark Lord and the Dark Eight
Allies: The Sign of One
Rivals: Apollyon, Dispater, Ilssender
Subordinates: Belphegor, Amduscias, Mortifer, Malphas, Malgrin, Amaymon, the hellwardens, Gerson, and Goap
The great pit fiend Bel has had a long and interesting career, working for Moloch, Beelzebub, Dispater, and even the balor Illssender before finally being assigned to Apollyon's armies by the orders of Beelzebub. Frustrated by his lot under the Destroyer, Bel secretly organized a coalition to overthrow Apollyon and set himself in her place. While the Locust King was off luring mortal armies into the evil's fold the legions of Avernus surrounded her palace. After imprisoning her in her own dark webs, Bel thought his future was ensured. It wasn't as easy as that. Not only must Bel deal, as Apollyon did, with rogue devils exiled from the lower layers but he is still technically beholden to Hell's Ministers of Culture (the Dark Eight) and must continually send reports to Nessus and do their bidding as well. As a result, he has no time to gain any permenent power base. He has no way of dealing with his neighbor Tiamat, who is clearly plotting to free his predecessor. He is a complete pawn of the other lords and knows it, and realizes further that this is likely the only reason the other Lords allow him to live.
On the other hand, he's proven himself an invaluable servant. Even the Dark Eight has grown to depend on him to help run the Blood War. Bel, who is really a very canny basher, hopes to create a situation where no one can afford to do without him. His ability will be his bargaining chip.
Players will encounter minions of Bel on the Blood War fields seeking magic and allies with which to defeat the armies of the Abyss. Special minions, often mortals, will be on more covert missions designed to foil the schemes of the dying lord Apollyon.
Bel seems to be a pitch black pit fiend, or a gigantic muscular warrior dressed in practical but imposing armor with a particularly impressive crest, sometimes seen riding a night-black horse.
He has no priests.