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<blockquote data-quote="TheCosmicKid" data-source="post: 7120125" data-attributes="member: 6683613">The Heavens are compassionate, but they are also just. I don't think they'd just let fiends frolic around on verdant meadows strumming their complementary golden harps. They would judge them fairly for their crimes. And for a devil who's spent an eternity committing monstrous evil and wrapping it in shrouds of deception and legalistic rationalization, there may be no fate more horrible than having all those shrouds stripped away and being called to account by a Heavenly law that is as honest and incorruptible as Hell's is twisted and cruel. Throw them to the demons, and yeah, they'll be torn to pieces and destroyed, but they can still die with pride. Put them on trial and they are deflated. Why do you think so many real-life dictators and war criminals kill themselves rather than be brought into a courtroom?Also, on the level of plot cohesion, Asmodeus is himself a fallen angel, so there's a connection there to make this &quot;superweapon&quot; more plausible. Some legal power he has retained from his glory days or some loophole he can exploit. Perhaps it's as simple as him bequeathing Hell to Heaven in a cosmically-binding last will.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TheCosmicKid, post: 7120125, member: 6683613"] The Heavens are compassionate, but they are also just. I don't think they'd just let fiends frolic around on verdant meadows strumming their complementary golden harps. They would [I]judge them fairly for their crimes[/I]. And for a devil who's spent an eternity committing monstrous evil and wrapping it in shrouds of deception and legalistic rationalization, there may be no fate more horrible than having all those shrouds stripped away and being called to account by a Heavenly law that is as honest and incorruptible as Hell's is twisted and cruel. Throw them to the demons, and yeah, they'll be torn to pieces and destroyed, but they can still die with pride. Put them on trial and they are [I]deflated[/I]. Why do you think so many real-life dictators and war criminals kill themselves rather than be brought into a courtroom? Also, on the level of plot cohesion, Asmodeus is himself a fallen angel, so there's a connection there to make this "superweapon" more plausible. Some legal power he has retained from his glory days or some loophole he can exploit. Perhaps it's as simple as him bequeathing Hell to Heaven in a cosmically-binding last will. [/QUOTE]

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