Plutus is a large, muscular, chained figure, guardian and prisoner of the Fourth Circle (Avarice) in the Descent. He invokes “Papé Satàn, papé Satàn, aleppe!” (a verse of Inferno VII). The group negotiates with him, and they break his chains.
Relationships
- Asmodeus is lord of the Nine Layers of Hell and the ultimate authority over guardians such as Plutus.
- City of Dis is the infernal fortress he protects from the Fourth Circle.
- Minos (judge of the Second Circle) is his peer in the hierarchy of guardians; Cerberus guards the Third Circle, between Minos and Plutus in the descent.