This is Denizens of Verekna (1993), the second Monstrous Compendium-esque supplement for the Role Aids Demons line. I have the title page for this one — Mike Nystul wrote it, Corey Barba drew it, including the cover. The book is, weirdly, dedicated to Jennifer Connelly, citing that scene in Career Opportunities (1991) as an important inspiration. I don’t buy it.

Unlike the previous volume, all the profiles in this book are of unique individuals: marshals, generals, governors and other infernal functionaries. Again, all of them are awful, and depicted as such. These seem less tormented than their brethren of Vecheron, though no less wounded and mutilated — they just don’t seem to mind. I remain impressed at the variety of demons on display. We’re now, counting the two box sets, on our fourth collection of infernals and while I do think this is the weakest set in terms of sheer bizarre variation, its only marginally lesser than the rest of the series. If I have a criticism, its that there is no real discernible pattern in all the different demon forms. Which is fine, Chaos rules and all, and there should be no expectation that otherworldly entities should conform to any terrestrial notions of sense. It does make it a little tricky to parse the large number of personalities and allegiances, though (like, this is something that Warhammer is very good at, providing bizarre variants that are also cohesive wholes).