Malacoda, Demon Prince of Agony
Malacoda is a very, very special case. He is not a Demon Prince per se, but
he is very powerful and very well-known. The only reason Lucifer lets him
keep his power is for the same reason he allows Saminga to keep his
power-Malacoda does not care about ruling. His sole purpose in demonic
unlife is pain, pure and simple.
Malacoda was once the angel of pleasure before the human race was created.
He did not like the human race at all. He was forced to redouble his efforts
and work constantly to keep them happy, and he grew tired. When Lucifer
whispered rebellion in his ear, Malacoda jumped at the chance. He dubbed
himself as the Angel of Pain moments before he was kicked out, and still
calls himself that sometimes (guess what Band he is. Go ahead. Guess.).
Politics were never his thing. He was granted the status of Demon Prince but
all but forgot about it. He was given minions, but left them to sit while he
caused as much pain in the newly created Hell as he possibly could. Even on
his own minions. Especially on his own minions.
Lucifer was not pleased. He threatened to revoke his demonic status.
Malacoda's supposed reply was "Go right ahead." He threatened to utterly
destroy him. "Go right ahead. But who will prolong the agony of those
spending eternity here? Who will submerge men up to their necks in boiling
lava…" and he kept talking. Supposedly, he talked and talked until Lucifer
gave in. He told Malacoda that he could drop his responsibilities as a demon
prince and even granted Malacoda his own Band.
Thus were born the Malebranche.
Malacoda devoted himself to 2 things after this odd chain of events-the
primary of which is (obviously) taking part in the pain and suffering of the doomed souls stuck
in Hell and caring for his Band, the Malebranche. More on them later.
Malacoda appears as a huge black-skinned demon with hunched shoulders,
enormous wings, and a sinner slung over each shoulder. His name means
'Evil-Tail,' and he hates it when Demon Princes destroy human souls in their
realms.
DISSONANCE
A servitor of Malacoda gets dissonance from abandoning their position as
torturers or relieving someone of pain either by stopping the torture or
giving them a soul death. If they merely stop the torture, and resume it on
the same target later, then the Dissonance goes away.
BAND ATTUNEMENTS
Malacoda does not have any Bands, other than the Malebranche, as his
servants. The Band Attunements of the Malebranche are given in their
description (hopefully to be included soon), as they do not serve under any
other Princes, ever. Servitors of Malacoda do not make very good PCs.
SERVITOR ATTUNEMENTS
Love of Pain:
Any single attack that does 5 or more points of damage to the Malebranche
increases their Strength by one for an hour (this can take it higher than 12).
Shared Pain:
For any attack they do with the horrifying pitchforks they carry, they gain
hits equal to one-quarter the damage of the attack, rounded down.
DISTINCTIONS
Knight of Pain
One of the Knights of Pain experiences pain as pleasure, never taking shock
damage.
Captain of Agony
One of Malacoda's Captains of Agony can 'smell' (thus, if their nose is
disabled for any reason, they cannot use this ability) all pain within
[Perception*10] yards and its cause on a Perception roll if within
[Perception] yards.
Baron of Torment
For one Essence, the Barons of Torment can make any successful physical
attack do Mind Hits equal to the Check Digit of the attack.
RELATIONS
While he tries to stay neutral in demonic politics, preferring to torture
mortals instead, he has made an enemy of Saminga due to their slightly
conflicting views.
BASIC RITES
· Torture someone physically or mentally for 24 hours
· Cause someone to willingly sacrifice a friend or loved one to end suffering
(+2 Essence)
CHANCE OF INVOCATION: 0
Malacoda will never, ever come to Earth, unless dragged kicking and screaming
(and who would be willing to drag a Demon Prince somewhere he didn't want to
go?)
MALACODA'S PRINCIPALITY
Malacoda does not have his own principality, though he moves from other Demon
Princes' Principalities to torture the inhabitants, usually with a squad of
the Malebranche following close behind. He only enters Principalities by
invitation, and spends much of his time in Belial's realm, helping drown
mortals in the fiery lava.
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