D&D Lore: The Blood War (Eternal Battle of Devils and Demons)

We arrive upon a grim battlefield echoing of destruction and defiance, as the war scarred landscape unfolds beneath a crimson sky. The blood soaked ground embracing the tattered banners of once intrepid legions, while the twisted metal of their War Machines smolder, the infernal iron still hot to the touch.

Each broken blade and shattered bone, a silent witness of the savagery of fiends, remnants of a thousand battles and a grave reminder the costs of war.

We stand upon Avernus, to take a mortal account of an immortal conflict, The Blood War.

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Timecodes
00:00 Intro
01:04 Chapter 1 - Evil vs. Evil
04:01 Chapter 2 - The Baatezu Devils
07:34 Chapter 3 - The Tanar'ri Demons
10:29 Chapter 4 - Contrasting Strengths
16:31 Chapter 5 - Origin Theories
27:31 Chapter 6 - Third Party Factions
33:09 Chapter 7 - Battlefields of Blood
38:53 Chapter 8 - Mortal Entanglements
42:31 Chapter 9 - Eternal or Else!

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[CharlesOakes-ju]

lanten....ok this was awsome..where do i even start...I LEARNED so much more about things i allready knew about and found some new..and that my good man is pricless..i wish i had money to suport this rich...im not a rules stickler and you cant brack my game ..trust me on epic ..but its great to have lore more planed out on how it is presented and from foot notes to facts in a understandable easy follow...and in this and most others...YOU NAIL IT
its breath taking art..its the gamè ..story love a great tail..i CAN NOT stress how trully GREAT this hole channel, is..
scale 1 to 10..its a omg please..now i need more insight on the gray waste.the hags and soul trade..if im sayin that right..the price and perpuse of souls ..that kinda thing...MR. RICH..i take my hat of to you..thank you, ,u rock, , for some reason i can see myself handing you a paliden to play..now theres a holy charter id LOVE to see from you!

[josephsorrendino]

I'm very glad to see you covered the Modrons.

[johntheherbalistg]

Blood War, let's gooo! Love this lore. It's probably my favorite piece of D&D cosmology

[siddharth]

Damn the artwork itself was epic, the description was captivating

[hinalusaire]

I was just playing BG3 yesterday and just met Karlach and she mentioned being a soldier in the Blood War. I've been wondering what that was so this video came at such serendipitous time. 👍

[cernunnos_lives]

I really like the lore involved with the formation of the Planes of Existence and the Blood War. I'm glad there's more channels covering it nowadays. You do a fantastic job. Your efforts at putting this together is amazing.

[HeavyTopspin]

Every time I watch one of these videos that mentions Asmodeus, I hope and pray for a picture of Ruby Rod from The Fifth Element to appear on-screen.

[ashvandal]

I'm actually super interested in a nice long video or two regarding the war between the wind dukes and the queen of chaos. I think it's because I never really found too much lore regarding it, and it seems so titanic, that it draws my imagination so much. I've always wanted to see Miska stated. The rod of seven parts was probably the most interesting 2nd ed artifact imo besides the sword of kas and the silencer of bodach.

[heathharris]

Wonderful video. I preferred it when the Blood War took place all over the planes in between the Abyss and the Hells.

[wizardgreen]

I vote for all the options! Love the devils, my favorite of the evil races. But the demons are extremely fascinating too! At the very least the major demon lords! Also, really looking forward to the rest of the Archduke videos!

[prestongarner]

I hope you could do a video about the Yugoloth/daemon and Demodand/gehreleths two of the most neutral evil forces, and what they play in the blood war is between the demons and Devils? How the operate and function? The two referees.

[SolusEmsu]

Ah yes! Love the Blood War Lore. Personally would love a full video about the Queen of Chaos!

[chain]

Keep the ball rolling now that you have brought the abyss into it. Focus on that then go on to the factions of Hades

[EricSolomon-uz]

Love this lore stuff and the art work is awesome.

[johndalziel]

Thanks for the great episode, been waiting for more lore about this 😊

[briankelly]

Go to sleep listening to the lore! And awaken to it as well! Hope to DM again soon!

[Plamkton]

He cares not from where the blood flows, only that it flows.

[PumpdaBrakes-ubkp]

@3:30, seeing that GIANT SMOKEY DEMON coming will give a Devil pause

[SuperMadgiraffe]

Definitely my favorite lore subject. Such a treasure trove of endless content. Have used the blood war in campaigns before from players being unwitting pawns to active participants. Fantastic RP opportunities. Go team Baatezu!

[TheOneandPrime]

I feel the Blood War has nothing to do with Good versus Evil or Evil versus Evil.It's more Law versus Chaos