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Only one force in Hell can push two layers of Malfeas apart once they converge: Isidoros, the Black Boar That Twists the Skies. When he dwelled in Creation, this strongest of the Primordials could push Luna and the Maidens off their predestined courses. Maimed and bound, he remains the irresistible force, able to kick over mountains with a tap of one hoof or raise continents from the deeps of Kimbery with his tusks.

If Isidoros decides that he does not want two shells to crash in a stone rain, they do not. The Black Boar plants his hooves on one shell, braces his back against the other, and shoves.

Unfortunately, this does mean that at least two other of Malfeas’ shells now move toward each other, propelled by the strength of Isidoros. Hell has merely traded one disaster for another at a later time.

Where the Black Boar walks, he also tends to crush everything in his path. He is simply too big and too strong. Isidoros spends much of his time in the forest Szoreny. Sometimes, his whim takes Isidoros through the streets of the Demon City. Even if he thinks to make himself small enough to fit in them, he still topples buildings if he brushes against them. When he does not take such care, each fall of a hoof crushes whole city blocks.

Unlike Adorjan, no sound or talisman can repel the Black Boar. Some courageous (or doomed) demon must fly up to the head of Isidoros, try to attract his attention and pray that he shrink himself or, better still, be somewhere else. No one can compel Isidoros, and any hint of trying to force the Yozi only makes him angry, but he responds at times to suggestions that he can find greater amusements elsewhere. Of course, a demon who fails to attract the Black Boar’s notice could be inhaled like a gnat and destroyed.

A number of Third Circle demons are also very large, and at times, the unknowable will of the Yozis creates immense behemoths. These, too, sometimes walk across the Demon City and trample vast areas underfoot. The behemoth Chelphun, the Fivefold Woe, became particularly notorious after wandering through the fiefdom of Sigereth and flattening her palace in the course of settling for a nap. The Player of Games vows to destroy the Fivefold Woe but has not yet found a way to do this.

Demons Descending from the Black Boar that Twists the Skies[]

Ferand, the Chariot of Embers

Hrotsvitha, the Spawning Forest

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