Fiend

See also: Celestial and Monitor

The term fiend or fiendish is used to describe creatures, places, or ideas originating or influenced by forces from Outer Sphere planes of evil alignment, also known as the lower planes. This includes demons of the Abyss, devils of Hell, and daemons of Abaddon.¹ It is also used as a general term to describe anything deemed abhorrent, degenerate, or corrupted.²

Types of fiends

The term "fiend" most often refers to various races of outsiders devoted to the cause of evil. The following categories of creatures are considered fiends.

Asura: The living blasphemies known as asuras are born from the mistakes of the gods and seek to sow doubt and discord among mortals.³
Daemon: The denizens of Abaddon, daemons want nothing less than the extinction of all life in the multiverse.⁴
Demodand: Created by the titans in mockery of mortals, the demodands do their masters' bidding to tear down the works of the gods.⁵
Demon: The spawn of the Abyss, demons are born from mortal souls gorged on sin and wish to bring pain and suffering to all mortal life.⁶
Devil: The devils are the legions of Hell, created by Asmodeus to bring his vision of ruthless, brutal order to all existence.⁷
Div: Created from the souls of corrupt genies, divs exist to bring misery to mortals and despoil all that is beautiful.⁸
Velstrac: Denizens of the Shadow Plane, velstracs warp flesh and spirit in endless pursuit of perverse "perfection".⁹
Oni: Spirits of rage and jealousy given physical bodies, oni live only to sate their endless destructive lusts.¹⁰
Qlippoth: The primeval denizens of the Abyss, the alien qlippoth seek to destroy the demonic usurpers through the destruction of sin itself—by slaughtering mortals.¹¹
Rakshasa: The rakshasas are "earthbound evils", decadent and debauched souls with the shapes of fiends but bound in mortal bodies.¹²
Sahkil: Sahkils are former psychopomps who rebel against their role as soul shepherds for the River of Souls.¹³

Other evil outsiders that do not fall into any specific category, such as barghests or dorvaes, may also be considered fiends.

Planar scion

Descendants of fiendish and mortal pairings are planar scions called tieflings.¹⁴

Fiendish creatures

Carrock, a fiendish arboreal regent.

Main article: Fiendish creature

Fiendish creatures are native to the lower planes or are natives of the Material Plane that have been transformed by the foul energies of the lower planes. Many exist in forms almost identical to those found on the Material Plane.¹⁵ For instance, a race of fiendish humans inhabits Ishiar, the realm of the demon lord Dagon in the Abyss.¹⁶

References

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↑ Logan Bonner, Jason Bulmahn, Stephen Radney-MacFarland, Mark Seifter, et al. (2019). Bestiary (Second Edition), p. 346. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-64078-170-2
↑ Fiend, Wikipedia.
↑ Jesse Benner et al. (2011). Bestiary 3 (First Edition), p. 21. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-378-1
↑ Wolfgang Baur et al. (2010). Bestiary 2 (First Edition), p. 62. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-268-5
↑ Jesse Benner et al. (2011). Bestiary 3 (First Edition), p. 68. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-378-1
↑ Jason Bulmahn. (2009). Bestiary (First Edition), p. 56. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-183-1
↑ Jason Bulmahn. (2009). Bestiary (First Edition), p. 71. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-183-1
↑ Jesse Benner et al. (2011). Bestiary 3 (First Edition), p. 82. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-378-1
↑ Jesse Benner et al. (2011). Bestiary 3 (First Edition), p. 170. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-378-1
↑ Jesse Benner et al. (2011). Bestiary 3 (First Edition), p. 205. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-378-1
↑ Wolfgang Baur et al. (2010). Bestiary 2 (First Edition), p. 218. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-268-5
↑ Jesse Benner et al. (2011). Bestiary 3 (First Edition), p. 224. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-378-1
↑ Dennis Baker et al. (2015). Bestiary 5, p. 212. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-60125-792-5
↑ Logan Bonner, Jason Bulmahn, Stephen Radney-MacFarland, Mark Seifter, et al. (2019). Bestiary (Second Edition), p. 262. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-64078-170-2
↑ Jason Bulmahn. (2009). Bestiary (First Edition), p. 290. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-183-1
↑ James Jacobs. (2010). Lords of Chaos, p. 14. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-250-0

[PB-346-1] Logan Bonner, Jason Bulmahn, Stephen Radney-MacFarland, Mark Seifter, et al. (2019). Bestiary (Second Edition), p. 346. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-64078-170-2

[2] Fiend, Wikipedia.

[3] Jesse Benner et al. (2011). Bestiary 3 (First Edition), p. 21. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-378-1

[4] Wolfgang Baur et al. (2010). Bestiary 2 (First Edition), p. 62. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-268-5

[5] Jesse Benner et al. (2011). Bestiary 3 (First Edition), p. 68. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-378-1

[6] Jason Bulmahn. (2009). Bestiary (First Edition), p. 56. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-183-1

[7] Jason Bulmahn. (2009). Bestiary (First Edition), p. 71. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-183-1

[8] Jesse Benner et al. (2011). Bestiary 3 (First Edition), p. 82. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-378-1

[9] Jesse Benner et al. (2011). Bestiary 3 (First Edition), p. 170. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-378-1

[10] Jesse Benner et al. (2011). Bestiary 3 (First Edition), p. 205. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-378-1

[11] Wolfgang Baur et al. (2010). Bestiary 2 (First Edition), p. 218. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-268-5

[12] Jesse Benner et al. (2011). Bestiary 3 (First Edition), p. 224. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-378-1

[13] Dennis Baker et al. (2015). Bestiary 5, p. 212. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-60125-792-5

[14] Logan Bonner, Jason Bulmahn, Stephen Radney-MacFarland, Mark Seifter, et al. (2019). Bestiary (Second Edition), p. 262. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-64078-170-2

[15] Jason Bulmahn. (2009). Bestiary (First Edition), p. 290. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-183-1

[16] James Jacobs. (2010). Lords of Chaos, p. 14. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-250-0

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