Arioch (Dungeons & Dragons)
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Arioch is a Duke of Hell in the service of Dispater, in the Dungeons & Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons is a fantasy role-playing game originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, and first published in 1974 by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. . The game has been published by Wizards of the Coast since 1997...

roleplaying game.

Publication history

Arioch first appears in Ed Greenwood
Ed Greenwood
Ed Greenwood is a Canadian writer and editor who created the Forgotten Realms. He invented the Forgotten Realms as a child, as a fantasy world in which to set the stories he imagined, and later used this world as a campaign setting for his own personal Dungeons & Dragons playing group...

's article "The Nine Hells Part I" in Dragon
Dragon (magazine)
Dragon is one of the two official magazines for source material for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game and associated products, the other being Dungeon. TSR, Inc. originally launched the monthly printed magazine in 1976 to succeed the company's earlier publication, The Strategic Review. The...

#75 (1983).

Arioch was briefly detailed in Fiendish Codex II: Tyrants of the Nine Hells
Fiendish Codex II: Tyrants of the Nine Hells
Fiendish Codex II: Tyrants of the Nine Hells is an optional supplemental source book for the 3.5 edition of the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game.-Contents:...

(2006).

Description

Arioch appears as a purple-skinned humanoid with diabolic features, except his head which resembles a lion-maned crocodile and his skin lightens to wine red from the shoulders up.

Relationships

Arioch is a vassal of Dispater, serving as Dispater's avenger. Dispater often sends Titivilus
Titivilus (Dungeons & Dragons)
Titivilus is Dispater's nuncio, serving as his ambassador and viceroy, and a powerful Duke of Hell, in the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game.-Publication history:...

to bring orders to Arioch; Titivilus treats Arioch as his peer, and Arioch shows no fear of Titivilus.
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