Morax (Dungeons & Dragons)

Morax

Game background
Home plane	Nine Hells
Power level	Duke of Hell
Alignment	Lawful Evil
Superior	Asmodeus
Design details

Morax is a Duke of Hell in the service of Asmodeus, in the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game.

Publication history

Morax first appears in Ed Greenwood's article "The Nine Hells Part II" in Dragon #76 (1983).^[1]

Morax was briefly detailed in Fiendish Codex II: Tyrants of the Nine Hells (2006).^[2]

Description

Morax is a cloven-hooved, humanoid devil. He has a bull-like head, with massive curved horns (somewhat like Moloch), bat-like wings, and heavily muscled arms. He has a short forked tail. His entire body is a dark, dirty brown in hue, and his eyes are scarlet. He has a cluster of 2-inch-long spines on his chest, and in battle loves to hug victims against this cluster.

Relationships

Morax is a vassal of Asmodeus, commanding 9 companies of pit fiends.

References

1. ^ Greenwood, Ed. "The Nine Hells Part II." Dragon #76 (TSR, 1983)
2. ^ Laws, Robin D, and Robert J. Schwalb. Fiendish Codex II: Tyrants of the Nine Hells (Wizards of the Coast, 2006)