Vilvigon

Vilvigons, also known as Paradise Devils and Aqua Devils, are small sized aquatic devils found in Avernus and around the River Styx.

They appear as small, very thin and greenish humanoids with froglike arms and legs, big and round red eyes with no cores, a small humanlike nose, a wide mouth with sharp teeth, and black hair. Bony spikes protrude from the top of their heads which they use to headbutt and stab enemies at the same time. Their mouths stretch from one side of their face to the other and their big bites can be very painful. Of course, they can jump high and long much like a frog would and are very able swimmers that can breathe underwater. Their eyes are also capable of charming others, and a Vilvigon can also manipulate and modify the memories of a creature they look upon. Vilvigons can also cast four spells innately; Fog Cloud, Tidal Wave, Lightning Bolt and Control Water.

However, the true power of a Vilvigon lies in their unique powers over water. Whenever a Vilvigon is submerged in a body of water they can create a watery avatar of sorts that can take the form of a large watery snake, a large watery humalike form or the form of a watery ox. The Vilvigon can move this water avatar up to one mile away from the position of the Vilvigon’s space and can talk and see through the avatar as if the Vilvigon was actually there. The Vilvigon can also cast spells through the avatar and can also use the abilities of its eyes. While it activates its eye abilities, two round red lights appear in the avatar that look like eyes. The avatar is capable of magical flight in all its forms and, while the water avatar is active, the Vilvigon can summon up to two Water Elementals around the avatar for 10 minutes that attack any enemy of the devil. Its forms also have abilities unique to each form. The snake form can bite, constrict and swallow opponents, the humanlike form can create all kinds of weapons made of water such as swords, spears, axes and longbows that it can attack with. The ox form can charge on an opponent and knock them prone while hitting them again when the enemy is down. The devil can change the avatar’s form when it wills it, but once the avatar is destroyed the Vilvigon cannot make another avatar for the next 24 hours. During these hours it has to rely on its relatively puny form and its ability to bargain and hide.

Vilvigons were used and placed by Asmodeus in Avernus before the layer was devastated and turned into a barren wasteland due to the Blood War. During that time Avernus was seemingly a paradise by design, constructed that way by Asmodeus in order to lure mortals and departed souls and make them believe that this place is indeed a paradise. Pretty flowerfields spanned for miles, beautifully crafted buildings dotted the landscape and clear springs and lakes among the green grass were everywhere. Asmodeus placed the Vilvigons inside these springs and lakes, and tasked them with overseeing the layer as well as its tricked occupants, tricking them when needed and meanwhile torture them psychologically. When the occupants of this fake paradise were too far gone or when the Vilvigons wished, the torturing went physical as well, but out of common sight; typically inside the lakes the Vilvigons occupied.

But as fate would have it, after Zariel’s second rise to power and rulership of the layer, Avernus was turned into a blasted wasteland because of the Blood War. When this happened most of the fake paradise was lost and Asmodeus relinquished the idea of the lure of a fake paradise and let Zariel use the layer as a battleground for her forces in the war. Because of that Vilvigons are now mostly obsolete and Asmodeus doesn’t have as much use for them anymore. In remnants of this lost paradise where springs and lakes exist, Vilvigons lurk there still making do with what they still have. Some went to live in the Styx and a few of them work as messengers carrying info between layers through the Styx, while others work in the Stygian Docks where infernal flying fortresses land to refuel. Such work however is not really ambitious and is easy enough that imps and lesser devils can do it. For all these reasons Vilvigons are pretty much stuck at their current rank forever with no hopes of promotion. They may be quite high in the infernal hierarchy and quite powerful too but that’s as far as they go. Most devils dread of being promoted into Vilvigons because that would mean the end of their promotions since Vilvigons are basically useless and don’t really contribute much in the infernal community in any meaningful way.