Nine Hells

The Nine Hells of Baator, more commonly known as simply the Nine Hells, is the home plane of the devils.

Unlike the Abyss, the hells are highly organized with a strict caste system, each devil kneeling before those who are above them in hierarchy, starting with lemures, then lesser devils, [[Devil#Types of devils|greater devils, and archdevils who in turn all owe their fealty to the Lord of the Hells, Asmodeus himself.

Layers
There are very few portals that will lead to the hells. To travel to one layer a person usually had to traverse through the other layers, starting at the first layer, Avernus.

Avernus
Avernus is the first layer of the Nine Hells, and the arrival point for most visitors to the Hells. Avernus is a rocky wasteland with rivers of blood and clouds of biting flies. The Archduchess who rules over Avernus is the fallen angel Zariel.

Tiamat is a prisoner on this layer of the Nine Hells. The adventures of Arkhan the Cruel after the banishment of Vecna haven't been established as Critical Role canon, but according to Joe Manganiello, Arkhan has a keep on Avernus near his deity's prison. After the defeat of Vecna in Vasselheim, Arkhan took his newly-acquired Hand of Vecna and Teleported back to his keep in Avernus. As of Campaign 2, he is still trying to unlock the Hand's power in order to free the Scaled Tyrant and unleash the Dragon Queen upon the other planes of existence.

Dis
Dis is the second layer of the Nine Hells. It is full of iron ore, which is used to build roads and bridges, and from which the Iron City of Dis gets its name. This level of hell is mountainous and full of deep, winding ravines. The archdevil who rules over this layer is Dispater, who styles himself the "Iron Duke". He is considered to be highly politically astute, as well as a skilled manipulator. Dispater lives in a massive iron tower which overlooks the City of Dis.

Nessus
Asmodeus, Lord of the Hells, rules from his fortress, Malsheem, on this deepest layer of the Hells.

Creatures

 * Cambions
 * Devils
 * Bearded devils
 * Bone devils
 * Chain devils
 * Erinyes
 * Horned devils
 * Imps
 * Lemures
 * Pit fiends
 * Spine devils
 * Rakshasas
 * Succubi/Incubi

Notable inhabitants of the Hells

 * Asmodeus, Lord of the Hells.
 * Dispater, archdevil of the second layer of the Nine Hells.
 * Zariel, archdevil of the first layer of the Nine Hells.
 * Ghurrix, a pit fiend serving as ambassador to the Elemental Plane of Fire until assassinated by Vox Machina on behalf of Juuraiel.
 * Utugash, a pit fiend who bought Tova to torture her and was ultimately assassinated by Vox Machina on behalf of his subordinate Ipkesh.
 * Hotis, a rakshasa who became a repeat threat to Vox Machina until they went to the Nine Hells to destroy him for good.

Trivia

 * Avernus has yet to appear in either campaign of Critical Role, though it has been described.
 * The Blood War between devils and demons has been confirmed as canon in the Nine Hells of the Critical Role multiverse, both by an untrustworthy glabrezu using the alias "Juurezel" and by the tapestries found on the walls of the Circlebound Chamber within the Heirloom Sphere.