Malebranche

Malebranche

(Creature)

Level

Varies

Source: Bestiary 2 (Second Edition), pg(s). 77

Type

Outsider
(devil, evil, extraplanar, lawful)

CR

21–25

Environment

Hell

Alignment

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Source: Book of the Damned, pg(s). 122

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Malebranche are the least of the divinities of Hell and leaders of its infernal armies in the Universe.

Creation

A malebranche is chosen every 5,000 years from the cornugon devils. Candidates must survive torment in Cocytus, which weeds out all but the strongest. The surviving candidate then undergoes a painful transformation into a unique malebranche.

These fiends are transformed in quasi deities primarily to lead infernal legions in the conquest of a world of the Universe.✝ Their centre of command is Melqart Keep at the heart of Citadel Ba'al in Malebolge, where the archdevil Moloch dispatches their orders and commissions.

Behavior

Although malebranche are chosen to lead Hell's invasions, they do not always choose to achieve their victories through naked military might. Many of these devils are devious manipulators, who seek to corrupt a realm's defenders before unleashing their forces.

Known malebranche

Although countless malebranche have existed in the eons of Hell's existence, only twelve are known to the historians of Golarion—one for each of the ten worlds in Golarion's solar system and, in theory, two for worlds that once had existed in it.

• Alichino, Jester Prince of the Cage
• Barbariccia, the Fearsome Father
• Cagnazzo, Hunter of Souls
• Calcabrina, Mistress of Twilight
• Circiatto, the Glutton Slaver
• Draghignazzo, Devil-Dragon of Devastation
• Farfarello, Lord of the Forgotten
• Graffiacane, the Swarm Lord
• Libicocco, Prideful Lady of Winds
• Malacoda, Despoiler of Horizons
• Rubicante, He Who Grows Red
• Scarmiglione, the Pale Promise

External links

• Malebranche (Divine Comedy) (characters from the real-world Dante's Inferno) on Wikipedia