![[Mammon.png]] **Mammon** **Also Known as:** The Serpent, The Lord of Minauros, The Hoarder **Alignment**: Lawful Evil **Minauros is the 3rd Layer** --- ### Overview Mammon is the archdevil who rules the third layer of the Nine Hells, the foul and sinking realm of Minauros. Unlike many of his peers, Mammon is not known for ambition, strategy, or political mastery, but for overwhelming greed, indulgence, and possessiveness. He is ancient, immensely wealthy, and physically monstrous — a vast serpentine fiend whose bloated form coils through chambers filled with mountains of treasure. Mammon rarely concerns himself with the broader politics of the Hells. His attention is fixed almost entirely on the acquisition, protection, and recovery of wealth. Gold, jewels, magical relics, and objects of value are his obsession, and his rule of Minauros reflects this singular fixation. --- ### Domain and Influence Mammon’s domain is Minauros, a layer of Hell that is perpetually sinking into a stinking swamp of filth and decay. The ground is unstable, structures slowly collapse into the mire, and entire sections of the layer must constantly be rebuilt as they sink beneath the muck. At the centre of this realm stands Mammon’s palace, a vast structure that is forever sliding into the swamp and being reconstructed atop its own sinking foundations. Around it lie heaps of lost treasure half-submerged in the mire, and countless devils labour to retrieve valuables swallowed by the filth. Mammon’s influence is strongest where wealth accumulates and where treasure can be lost. His servants scour Minauros for valuables that sink beneath the swamp, and he demands that nothing of worth be allowed to remain buried. --- ### Symbols and Icons Mammon has no formal holy symbol. Imagery associated with him centres on serpents, hoarded treasure, and half-submerged vaults of gold and jewels swallowed by filth. --- ### Worship and Tributes Mammon is not worshipped as a deity. Those who seek his attention do so through offerings of wealth, treasure, or promises of riches. His interest in mortals is limited to what they possess or what they can deliver. --- ### Clergy and Cults Mammon maintains no clergy. Devils that serve him are tasked primarily with recovering treasure, guarding hoards, and maintaining the endless reconstruction of his sinking domain. Mortals involved in his schemes are typically treasure hunters, thieves, or those who seek wealth beyond reason. --- ### Powers and Abilities Mammon possesses the immense power of an archdevil, but he rarely uses it in pursuit of conquest or political advantage. His strength is most evident in the defence of his hoard and his ability to command vast numbers of devils to recover, protect, and transport wealth. His serpentine body and crushing coils make him physically dangerous, but his primary concern remains his treasure rather than combat. --- ### Treatment of the Faithful Mammon values servants only as long as they bring him wealth or protect what he owns. Those who fail to safeguard his treasure or lose valuables to the mire of Minauros are punished harshly. Those who deliver riches may be rewarded with temporary favour or access to further opportunities for gain. --- ### Myths and Legends Stories tell that Mammon’s palace has been swallowed by the swamp countless times, and each time he has forced his servants to rebuild it atop the sinking ruins. It is said that vast fortunes lie buried beneath Minauros, treasures from ages past lost beneath layers of filth and decay, and that Mammon knows the location of many of them. Other tales speak of devils who were flayed alive for allowing a single coin to be lost in the muck. --- ### Encounters with Mammon Encounters with Mammon occur most often within the sinking halls of his palace, surrounded by mountains of treasure and guarded by devils tasked with protecting his hoard. Those who meet him find a massive serpentine figure whose attention never strays far from the wealth around him, and whose interest in visitors is measured entirely by what they carry or what they promise. --- ### Conclusion Mammon embodies greed taken to its most grotesque extreme. From the sinking swamp of Minauros, he coils around his hoard, obsessed with possession and recovery of wealth above all else. His rule is defined not by ambition or strategy, but by the endless defence and accumulation of treasure in a realm that is constantly trying to swallow it.