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<blockquote data-quote="Kaodi" data-source="post: 1175432" data-attributes="member: 1231">ReturnThe idea that Belle might be a half-fiend gave me a similiar, perhaps just an insidious idea. If you take the word, &quot; devil &quot; to mean anything coming out of that pit of darkness, the Nine Hells, then that technically could mean not a Baatezu, but a Baatorian. Or a half-Baatorian also. Perhaps Belle is really a tiefling, descended from an ancient Baatorian, and her heritage was recovered through some dark rituals. Anyway, why would any self respecting Baatezu ally with a Baatorian? To borrow from another idea: to give Hell the upper hand in the Blood War. Being an alienist, the protobeing thing, is somehow connected to the Far Realm, isn't it? Well, if it isn't, perhaps Agar is still needed to find a way to resurrect the Baatorian race. If it is, then that might open the possibility that Agar is needed to release the Baatorians from the Far Realm, where they hid from the Baatezu. Perhaps even Agar is also distantly descended from the Baatorians, though he was not born a tiefling, and his blood is needed to strengthen the line, or at least keep it from deteriorating further.Perhaps if you were willing to twist the Modron March storyarc a bit, you could add something about them trying to quell this new plot, as an end to the Blood War would seriously disrupt the order of the multiverse.Of course, if Baatorians never existed in your cosmology, this all goes out the window. But hey, what is the cost of speculation?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kaodi, post: 1175432, member: 1231"] [b]Return[/b] The idea that Belle might be a half-fiend gave me a similiar, perhaps just an insidious idea. If you take the word, " devil " to mean anything coming out of that pit of darkness, the Nine Hells, then that technically could mean not a Baatezu, but a Baatorian. Or a half-Baatorian also. Perhaps Belle is really a tiefling, descended from an ancient Baatorian, and her heritage was recovered through some dark rituals. Anyway, why would any self respecting Baatezu ally with a Baatorian? To borrow from another idea: to give Hell the upper hand in the Blood War. Being an alienist, the protobeing thing, is somehow connected to the Far Realm, isn't it? Well, if it isn't, perhaps Agar is still needed to find a way to resurrect the Baatorian race. If it is, then that might open the possibility that Agar is needed to release the Baatorians from the Far Realm, where they hid from the Baatezu. Perhaps even Agar is also distantly descended from the Baatorians, though he was not born a tiefling, and his blood is needed to strengthen the line, or at least keep it from deteriorating further. Perhaps if you were willing to twist the Modron March storyarc a bit, you could add something about them trying to quell this new plot, as an end to the Blood War would seriously disrupt the order of the multiverse. Of course, if Baatorians never existed in your cosmology, this all goes out the window. But hey, what is the cost of speculation? [/QUOTE]

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