Note: This probably explains where the random dream image of Zariel being

unconscious on the battlefield – which is not consistent with any other continuity
from Descent Into Avernus – came from.

This transition from Bel to Zariel is described as marking a new chapter in the Blood War, with
Zariel preferring aggressive offensive tactics instead of simply sustaining a passive defense of the
Avernian frontiers. Her obsession with fighting on the frontlines, however, has distracted her from
the courts of Hell and made her a political pariah without alliances with the other Lords of the Nine.
Note: Oddly, this just takes the previous description of Bel from Guide to Hell – freshly
aggressive, politically isolated (he was often referred to in Hell as Bel the Pretender)
– and applies it to Zariel instead.