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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Immak Antunel" data-source="post: 3340280" data-attributes="member: 31171">I've toyed with the idea of a LN ( maybe even LG) Harvester devil.In the Fiendish Codex II, there is a short section on the Diabolical Courts, where individuals can dispute the legitimacy of their Faustian bargains. It mentions that, if they have no legal representation of their own, an erinyes or harvester devil is appointed to serve as their lawyer. I figure that the soul's lawyer will probably be loyal to an archdevil other than the one who would claim the soul, so as to provide some motivation for the fiend. So, what if there was a fluke in some infernal scheduling paperwork, and a harvester devil spent a few millenia working on behalf of souls trying to avoid an eternity of damnation. He could (perhaps with some subtle outside help) eventually begin to take their side, especially if he begins to conflate "the prosecution" with his archdevil's rival. Eventually his regard for a fair trial and his hatred of, say, Baalzebul, overwhelms his inherent sadism and even his loyalty to Mephistopheles.Of course, once the shift to LN occurs, it's only a matter of time before the secret police of Baator turn him into a Nupperibo. I figure at this point, just as the harvester devil is about to be dragged off for reprogramming, a small squadron of particularly daring Archons (the grateful souls that he had succesfully saved from damnation) swoop in and spirit him away to Mechanus. Once there, he whiles away the centuries familiarizing himself with the legal codes of a thousand empires, dodging the occasional vengeful devil, and helping adventurers who seek him out for obscure legal advice.</blockquote>

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