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name=Naome|
title=The Golden|
home=[[Baator#Phlegethos|Phlegethos]]|
power=[[Duke of Hell|Archdevil]]|
gender=Female|
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alignment=Lawful evil|
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super=[[Belial]]|
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'''Naome''' "''the Golden''," was the clever consort of [[Belial]], the arch-fiend who formerly ruled the 4th layer of [[Baator]], [[Baator#Phlegethos|Phlegethos]]. She is the mother of Lady [[Fierna]], Belial's daughter who currently rules the layer. In ''Fiendish Codex II'', Naome is deceased.

==Description==
Naome has been successively described  as a golden skinned she-devil of great beauty and then as a red-skinned, husky female devil with human-flesh-colored hands, face and shoulders, aside from typical [[baatezu]] features (cloven hooves, forked tail etc.), brown hair and pale green eyes. These patterns may suggest she's the one responsible for anything regarding dealing with humans and mortals.

==History==
Naome was a skilled seductress and very effective in terms of communication and diplomacy. She was Lady Fierna's personal advisor and was highly regarded for her ability to settle disputes and her shrewdness when bargaining with mortals. Quite surprisingly, she had a very light, pleasant humor, which is a very rare thing among the Dukes of Baator. While she had no real enemy in the Nine Hells, she disliked [[Glasya]] and [[Lilith]] but was quite friendly to the quiet [[Baftis]], and she felt sympathy for the grim-fated [[Cozbinaer]].

Although not as powerful as her master, Naome's role at Belial's court was very important. 
It's been said that, as the [[Reckoning of Hell]] ended, she advised her consort into placing their daughter on the throne and using her to rule Phlegethos, in order to avoid demotion from [[Asmodeus]]. This maneuver has proven to be quite efficient and Naome constantly acted behind the scenes alongside Belial.

Naome met her death at the hands of Asmodeus himself. In ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]] #360'', it's been explained that Asmodeus eventually found out the truth behind Belial's voluntary withdrawal. Not being able to get rid of Belial anymore, Asmodeus decided to punish Naome for being too cunning for his tastes and destroyed her. This last action earned him a bitter grudge from Belial and Fierna.

While rumours go that Belial and Lady Fierna are having an incestuous relationship, it seemed that Naome was unconcerned. Another disturbing rumor was that she was actually of undetermined gender, which would explain her quite mannish build.

==Creative origins==
Naome is derived from a real-life mythological demon who sports the same name.

==See also==
*[[Duke of Hell]]
*[[Lords of the Nine Hells]]

==Bibliography==
*Greenwood, Ed. "The Nine Hells Part II." ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]] #76 (TSR, 1983).

*McComb, Colin. ''Faces of Evil : The Fiends'' (TSR, 1997).

*Laws, Robin D, and [[Robert J. Schwalb]]. ''Fiendish Codex II: Tyrants of the Nine Hells.'' Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2006.

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