Kharzeth - The Barbed Devil
“Resistance is inefficient. Pain, however, is remarkably persuasive.”
Role in Its Society:
Kharzeth serves as an infernal enforcer, a barbed devil elevated beyond rank-and-file soldiery to oversee discipline, containment, and punishment within Hell’s vast hierarchies. Where devils plot and bargain, Kharzeth ensures compliance. Where contracts fail, he arrives to remind all parties of the consequences.
Among devils, Kharzeth is respected not for creativity, but for reliability. He does not question orders, reinterpret commands, or seek advancement through intrigue. His value lies in execution—swift, brutal, and unmistakable. Entire prison-fortresses, soul stockades, and infernal archives operate smoothly because Kharzeth has walked their halls.
To mortals, Kharzeth is often mistaken for a mere brute until it is far too late. He does not rage, boast, or gloat. He simply advances, and every step makes escape less likely.
Appearance Description:
Kharzeth is a towering, heavily muscled devil with ash-gray skin stretched tight over corded muscle and bone. Jagged barbs protrude from his shoulders, forearms, spine, and jawline—some grown naturally, others deliberately reinforced with infernal metal. His long, bladed tail coils and snaps with controlled menace.
His horns curve sharply backward like broken blades, framing a face carved into a permanent expression of grim focus. Molten amber eyes glow beneath a heavy brow, burning with institutional certainty rather than fury. Scars crisscross his torso, each one ritualized rather than accidental.
A heavy infernal collar rings his neck, etched with binding runes and chained to nothing visible—symbolic of duty, not restraint. When Kharzeth moves, the faint clink of chains and scrape of barbs against stone precedes him.
Backstory:
Kharzeth was forged in the infernal foundries during a planar rebellion that nearly fractured a major hellish domain. While other devils schemed to survive, Kharzeth was deployed again and again to retake corridors, break uprisings, and silence dissent. He did not negotiate. He cleared.
Over time, his reliability earned him promotion—not into command, but into specialization. Kharzeth became Hell’s answer to chaos within its own ranks: an internal correction mechanism, unleashed when prisons failed, garrisons faltered, or infernal assets resisted containment.
Legends among devils whisper that Kharzeth has never disobeyed an order. Others claim he cannot—his very essence bound so tightly to infernal law that defiance is impossible. Kharzeth does not comment on such rumors.
