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<blockquote data-quote="Ripzerai" data-source="post: 3331942" data-attributes="member: 38324"><p>One thing to keep in mind is that there was, some time before the Reckoning, a major reshuffling of pit fiends. Baalzephon and Furcas worked for Dispater originally, and Zaebos and Zapan worked for Belial. Yet by the time of the Reckoning, each of the Dark Nine worked for a separate Lord of the Nine. Sometime between the time that Cantrum recruited them and the time they finally revealed themselves they managed to not only get themselves transferred but to climb to the top of the military ranks on their layers.</p><p></p><p>Perhaps Bel was transferred at the same time. It's clear than many others besides the core Nine were in on the scheme, or the armies wouldn't have followed the Dark Nine in preference to their own lords. Bel might have been a second-in-command of some sort, ready to step in to do his duty should something happen to his commander.</p><p></p><p>So, hypothetically, I'll say that immediately pre-Reckoning the ranks looked like this:</p><p></p><p>Avernus - Dagos (he's the most like Bel, and still Bel's superior even today if you believe Hellbound)</p><p>Dis - Furcas (because Baalzephon had a non-military position in Dis, it makes sense that she'd make her way up the military ranks elsewhere)</p><p>Minauros - Zimimar (no contest)</p><p>Stygia - Baalzephon (easy access to the Styx seems appropriate for the future Supply Master)</p><p>Phlegethos - Zaebos (Belial's lieutenant)</p><p>Malbolge - Zapan (experience leading cornugons)</p><p>Maladomini - Corin (the future spymaster fits the Lord of the Flies)</p><p>Cania - Pearza (whose interest in research meshes with Mephistopheles' consort Baalphegor)</p><p>Nessus - Cantrum (the leader)</p><p></p><p>Many of these pit fiends could have worked for their respective Lords all along. Primarily, Baalzephon managed to get herself transferred to the layer of Dispater's ally Geryon, and Zapan managed to get himself moved to the layer of Belial's ally Moloch. </p><p></p><p>Was it during this period of reshuffling that Bel betrayed Dispater for his enemy Zariel? Or perhaps he secretly worked for Zariel all along, and he was a mole in Dispater's court, only revealing his true allegiance when the Reckoning began - and then revealing he actually worked for Dagos and the Dark Nine - and <em>then</em> betraying Zariel a second time to usurp her layer completely. That's what we'd expect from the inventor of the Four-Cross.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ripzerai, post: 3331942, member: 38324"] One thing to keep in mind is that there was, some time before the Reckoning, a major reshuffling of pit fiends. Baalzephon and Furcas worked for Dispater originally, and Zaebos and Zapan worked for Belial. Yet by the time of the Reckoning, each of the Dark Nine worked for a separate Lord of the Nine. Sometime between the time that Cantrum recruited them and the time they finally revealed themselves they managed to not only get themselves transferred but to climb to the top of the military ranks on their layers. Perhaps Bel was transferred at the same time. It's clear than many others besides the core Nine were in on the scheme, or the armies wouldn't have followed the Dark Nine in preference to their own lords. Bel might have been a second-in-command of some sort, ready to step in to do his duty should something happen to his commander. So, hypothetically, I'll say that immediately pre-Reckoning the ranks looked like this: Avernus - Dagos (he's the most like Bel, and still Bel's superior even today if you believe Hellbound) Dis - Furcas (because Baalzephon had a non-military position in Dis, it makes sense that she'd make her way up the military ranks elsewhere) Minauros - Zimimar (no contest) Stygia - Baalzephon (easy access to the Styx seems appropriate for the future Supply Master) Phlegethos - Zaebos (Belial's lieutenant) Malbolge - Zapan (experience leading cornugons) Maladomini - Corin (the future spymaster fits the Lord of the Flies) Cania - Pearza (whose interest in research meshes with Mephistopheles' consort Baalphegor) Nessus - Cantrum (the leader) Many of these pit fiends could have worked for their respective Lords all along. Primarily, Baalzephon managed to get herself transferred to the layer of Dispater's ally Geryon, and Zapan managed to get himself moved to the layer of Belial's ally Moloch. Was it during this period of reshuffling that Bel betrayed Dispater for his enemy Zariel? Or perhaps he secretly worked for Zariel all along, and he was a mole in Dispater's court, only revealing his true allegiance when the Reckoning began - and then revealing he actually worked for Dagos and the Dark Nine - and [i]then[/i] betraying Zariel a second time to usurp her layer completely. That's what we'd expect from the inventor of the Four-Cross. [/QUOTE]
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