Mammon is the Lord of Greed and a powerful ruling Archdevil in The Ten Hells. His symbol is a devil's head with long curling horns paired with the symbol for wealth.
History
During the creation of the angels in Prehistory by the Creator Gods, Mammon was created as a servant of the Archangel of Patience, Asmodeus alongside his fellow angel, Mephistopheles. While an angel in Mt. Celestia, mammon served the gods faithfully, though deep down, he had base wants. But this was prohibited by angels as why would they ever want something other then to serve their creators, and so Mammon kept his wants secret from his kin.
Mammon watched as Asmodeus proposed the concept of souls to the gods, and aided his archangel alongside Mephistopheles in slaying the goddess Othea and transforming the realm of Thalmyr into the Hells. Now a fallen angel and risen archdevil of this new realm, the shackles of Mt. Celestia were thrown off and these secret wants that had been brewing within Mammon for so long erupted into pure unchecked greed. Mammon did not just want wealth, he wanted everything.
But as the Hells grew, his unending greed made other Devils wary of the golden archdevil, and so Mammon realized he had to take a different approach to achieve what he desired. As Mammon researched how to further his goals, he discovered an interesting pattern throughout Quelmar, of how small teams of well motivated and unique individuals could achieve almost anything. This includes teams of gods, mortals, or even angels. Mammon would dub this theory the Paragon Principle, and would prepare to test it to the extreme. Mammon would steal Asmodeus' blade from when Asmodeus was an archangel and forge it into a new weapon, the Vaulkner, a weapon forged of celestial steel with ten bullets. He would then secretly mastermind events to bring together a team of mortal adventurers with grudges against the Hells before dropping the Vaulkner in their laps and subtly directing them to use it against Asmodeus' wife, Azhazni. Azhazni had long been suspicious of Mammon's motives and was always the first to call out Mammon's schemes, making her the first obstacle in his way he needed to remove. And to even Mammon's surprise, the heroes were successful, slaying Azahzni and proving his theory about the Paragon Principle.
For a majority of Quelmar history Mammon was one of Quelmar's weaker Archdevil lords, focusing more on gaining wealth rather then gaining power and status in the Hells.
During the period the Archdevil Glasya was missing during the late 840s PR, and while Asmodeus was focused on Hellmar, Mammon made a series of major economical moves, purchasing a number of properties across the Hells and endearing himself to other Archdevils by funding their personal projects. In addition he established a number of major shops and became the Hells largest importer and exporter of sold goods. During this time he established and promulgated the Mammonian Clause in hell's legal system, an optional addendum to hellish contracts where the signatory could buy out of their contract with a massive payment of gold, a majority of which went to Mammon. To incentivize the archdevils to require the inclusion of this clause among their subordinates, Mammon offered funding for several of their personal projects on the condition that the clause was automatically added to all of their future contracts with mortals. When Glasya returned to the Hells, Mammon moved back into the shadows.
Since then Mammon has been missing. Due to the structuring of his Infernal Empire, his foundation of power has remained, with any who may wish to claim his power to well funded, bribed, or intimidated to try to claim his empty throne. Many of his servants continue his mission in expanding and defending their lord's wealth.
Servants
- Baron Samuel Boarhide, an Archdevil servant of Mammon operating Infernal Gold mines on the first layer of Hell, Duumal.
- Kalzivach, a Pit Fiend servant of Mammon and Lord of the Seventh Infernal Bank. In 894 PR he entered into Eastern Amusa and began to make deals and perform rituals in order to circumvent The Pact Primeval and to find Mammon.
- In 894 PR a number of Mammon's servants working under Kalzivach were discovered in the bowels of a draconic temple to Kavanmort. They were discovered performing a ritual that allowed them to circumvent the Pact Primeval by using willing humanoid hosts to become mortal, technically no longer being devils and allowing them to harm mortals. The only consequence of this ritual was that if the devil were to be slain, their spirit would be destroyed instead of returning to the Ten Hells.