Fraz-Urb’luu
The Demon Prince of Deception; Fraz Urb’luu
Planar tanar’ri lord of duplicity [he/him] / CE
Lair: Abyss / Layer 176 — Hollow’s Heart
When he deigns to be seen in his true form rather than a disguise or illusion, Fraz-Urb’luu is a hulking grey-skinned gargoyle with pale blue hair. As the ruler of Hollow’s Heart, the 176th layer, the calculating demon resides in Zoragmelok, his fortress city. It is situated in a mountainous valley, a kind of oasis at the centre of an infinite desert of chalky white dust under an eternally black sky.
The Prince of Deception made a habit of deceiving and humiliating his fellow demon princes, who have in turn retaliated by providing the means to summon and bind him to several ambitious mages across the Material Plane. Fraz-Urb’luu remembers each indignity, and his taste for revenge runs very cold indeed—schemes within schemes have been laid over centuries in order to repay his rivals for every second he has ever been forced into some wizard’s service or trapped in an artefact. Given that he has liberated himself each and every time, one would not be wise to bet against the Prince of Deception when it comes to achieving the most unlikely revenge through sheer will and creativity.
Canonical Sources:
- Dragon Magazine #270 p67; #333 – 24-39; #336 p77,82; #345 p22; #357 p21-22; #358 p68; #359 p52
- Fiendish Codex [3e] p63-65,110,115,117,142-144,155-156
- Faces of Evil [2e] p60
- Hellbound: Dark of the War [2e] p51
- Manual of the Planes [3e] p100
- On Hallowed Ground [2e] p49
- Planes of Chaos [2e] Book of Chaos p18
Source: Afroakuma, first published here