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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fanaelialae" data-source="post: 4813553" data-attributes="member: 53980">There are some who would rather rule in hell than serve in heaven.  It seems to me that those who have served their dark god well would be rewarded in some manner in their afterlife (probably a position of power over those souls who failed their god, perhaps even "promoted" into some form of powerful supernatural servitor).In addition, serving an evil god would have worldly benefits as well.  Bahamut expects you to be nice and help out those dirty peasants.  Bane, on the other hand, tells you that those vermin should kneel before you (and by extension, before Bane himself) and that if they won't, you have every right to force them to kneel or die.  If Bane's message is what you want out of life, you're very unlikely to worship Bahamut.  Finally, even if Bane's plane is one of torment, there's nothing to say that that's what his clergy believe.  Even if he torments every last one of his followers after their souls come to him, he probably doesn't share that even with his high priests.  Rather, he likely tells them that if they are faithful they will be awarded with power and prestige in the afterlife, standing but one step below Bane himself.  Bane doesn't have to be a good god (in the good to his followers sense) as long as he's a good liar.</blockquote>