Although demon lords are in most cases not true deities, they are close enough to divine status to serve as objects of worship for mortals. Demon lords are what are known as demigods, and are as capable of granting spells, domains, and favored weapons to clerics as are true deities—indeed, to a mortal worshiper, there is very little difference between the status of deity and demigod.

Most demon lords actively encourage worship, for in a way this is how demonic life flourishes. Demon cults are actively destructive and cruel, and as a result must often work in secret or base their operations in remote regions where civilization cannot rise against them. Many cults work toward a singular goal, such as the destruction of a town, the murder of a number of important nobles, the release of a powerful demon upon the Material Plane, or the ruin and downfall of another religion. Others merely serve as a method for a powerful priest to keep a group of followers (be they a tribe of savage humanoids or a secret society of aristocrats) under control.

As with all deities and demigods, one need not be a divine spellcaster in order to worship a demon. Yet it is the divine spellcasting classes who receive the greatest benefits from worshiping demon lords, in the form of their class abilities.

Demon Lords reside in the many layered hellscape of The Abyss.

Demon Lords of Zaldara

Demon Lord	AL	Symbol	Domains	Favored Weapon
Abraxas	CE	Demonic face with two snake tails descending from a mouth encircled by a serpent	Chaos, Evil, Knowledge, Magic	Flail
Aldinach	CE	Gold scorpion with sand dripping from its claws	Chaos, Evil, Earth, Animal	Scorpion Whip
Andirifkhu	CE	Skull pierced by six thin blades	Chaos, Evil, Trickery, Death	Kukri
Angazhan	CE	Demonic ape face	Chaos, Evil, Animal, Madness	Club
Areshkagal	CE	A faceless woman’s head decorated with a bloody pharaoh’s headdress	Chaos, Evil, Trickery, Earth	Khopesh
Baphomet	CE	A brass minotaur’s head with ruby eyes	Chaos, Evil, Animal, War	Glaive
Cyth-V’sug	CE	A mold-caked severed tentacle coiled in a spiral	Chaos, Evil, Destruction, Plant	Whip
Dagon	CE	Gold disk inscribed with sinister runes around an open octopus eye	Chaos, Evil, Water, Animal	Spear
Deskari	CE	Crossed locust wings dripping with blood	Chaos, Evil, Destruction, Animal	Scythe
Flauros	CE	Fanged mouth drooling lava	Chaos, Evil, Fire, Destruction	Spear
Gogunta	CE	Fetish of a boggard or frog made of twigs	Chaos, Evil, Animal, Water	Trident
Haagenti	CE	The philosopher’s stone	Chaos, Evil, Knowledge, Artifice	Dagger
Jezelda	CE	Full moon rising above a desolate moor	Chaos, Evil, Animal, Madness	None
Jubilex	CE	A melting red eye	Chaos, Evil, Destruction, Madness	None
Kabriri	CE	Maggot-filled bowl made from a human skull	Chaos, Evil, Death, Knowledge	Dire flail
Kostchtchie	CE	Ice-caked, rune-carved warhammer	Chaos, Evil, Water, War	Warhammer
Lamashtu	CE	Three-eyed jackal head	Chaos, Evil, Madness, Animal	Butterfly swords
Mazmezz	CE	Skull at the center of a spiderweb	Chaos, Evil, Animal, Madness	None
Mestama	CE	Human eye balanced atop three sharp stones	Chaos, Evil, Trickery, Magic	None
Nocticula	CE	Seven-pointed crown wrapped with thorny vines	Chaos, Evil, Charm, Trickery	Dagger
Nurgal	CE	A sun clenched in a lion’s jaws	Chaos, Evil, Sun, War	Heavy mace
Orcus	CE	A goat ’s head with red eyes and four horns	Chaos, Evil, Death, Darkness	Heavy mace
Pazuzu	CE	image of Pazuzu with right hand upraised	Chaos, Evil, Air, Charm	None
Shax	CE	Curved white feather sitting in a pool of blood	Chaos, Evil, Trickery, Air	Dagger
Shivaska	CE	Clock face with 13 hours	Chaos, Evil, Madness, Earth	Spiked chain
Sifkesh	CE	Bloody feminine hands crossed at slashed wrists	Chaos, Evil, Charm, Madness	None
Socothbenoth	CE	Eyeless snake coiled around a bejeweled staff	Chaos, Evil, Charm, Trickery	Quarterstaff
Urxehl	CE	Storm cloud pierced by lightning	Chaos, Evil, Weather, Destruction	None
Xoveron	CE	Five-horned gray gargoyle skull missing its jaw	Chaos, Evil, Earth, Trickery	None
Yhidothrus	CE	An hourglass filled with worms instead of sand	Chaos, Evil, Death, Destruction	None
Zevgavizeb	CE	Twisted tentacle terminating in an oversized talon	Chaos, Evil, Animal, War	Spear
Zura	CE	Crimson fanged skull rune	Chaos, Evil, Death, Darkness	None