Goddess of Death and the Underworld
Intermediate Deity
Symbol: Her face
Home Plane: Niflheim
Alignment: Neutral Evil
Portfolio: Death, underworld
Worshippers: Anyone who fears death
Cleric Alignments: CE, LE, NE
Domains: Death, Destruction, Evil
Favoured Weapon: Longsword
The daughter of Loki and the female giant Angrboda, Hel (hell) was confined to Niflheim by the gods. She appears as a gaunt woman whose body is fair and lovely on one side, but dead and rotting on the other. Despite her hideous appearance, she is the least monstrous of Loki’s three children from this union (the other two are Fenrir the wolf and Jormungandr the world serpent).
Hel teaches no particular dogma to the living, focusing instead on her dead minions. She does have a cult devoted to her, however. Its members feel that society unjustly imprisoned, exiled or ignored them, and often seek revenge for real or imagined slights.
Hel has no organized worship. Her few living worshippers keep to themselves, plotting against everyone they feel has wronged them.
Source: Deities and Demigods (Page 180)