The Gavel and the Pit
The Gavel and the Pit
“Justice is a heavy chain, but chaos is an endless fall.”
— Hook · Investigation
“For centuries, the legend of Thariel the Fallen Judge has beckoned the ambitious to the depths. You have finally found the seal to his prison, certain that an archdevil of his stature holds the key to the ultimate power you seek. The heavy stone doors groan open, revealing a path paved with the broken contracts of those who came before.”
— Hook · Investigation
The party stands at the threshold of the Onyx Sepulcher, a massive structure of black stone buried miles beneath a desolate wasteland where the air tastes of sulfur and old ink.
Arch-Inquisitor Vane
Vane approaches the party in a dream, his form flickering like a dying candle, pleading for them to investigate the weakening seals of the Onyx Sepulcher.
Rumours
d3 · table- 01Thariel was cast down from the Nine Hells for a verdict that favored a mortal soul over an Archduke.
- 02The chains holding the Judge are made of refined celestial silver that burns any who lack a lawful heart.
- 03He who bargains with the Fallen Judge can rewrite their own destiny, provided they pay the blood price.
The release of a Demon Prince into the Material Plane, leading to an apocalyptic event of pure entropy.
Background Lore
During the Blood War, a fragment of pure entropy known as Zethir the Void-Bringer attempted to consume a layer of Hell. To stop it, the Lords of the Nine forged a prison between planes and appointed Thariel to sit upon it forever.
Thariel the Fallen Judge is an archdevil imprisoned for cosmic crimes. He is chained within the Onyx Sepulcher as punishment, stripped of his rank and forced into eternal solitude.
