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<blockquote data-quote="mearls" data-source="post: 3185550" data-attributes="member: 697">I was really puzzled by this thread, until I finally grokked the following quote from the preview:&quot;When his final plans fall into place, Asmodeus intends to punish his former masters of the celestial sphere for daring to look down upon the foot soldiers who did all the dirty work. &quot;Replace &quot;celestial&quot; with &quot;divine&quot; and you have the back story that FC II lays out. The story casts Asmodeus as a servant of ALL the gods (good, evil, lawful, chaotic), not just the good ones. It then goes from there...It's funny, because in the context of the chapter the real meaning is clear, but in a preview it's easy to see that &quot;celestial&quot; would refer to celestial creatures, not the more general meaning.I can't remember if the book puts forth Asmodeus as a one-time lawful good celestial, but the story of his rise to power is, IMO, much more interesting than a simple fall from grace. Asmodeus never falls; he's far too smart for that. If anything, he turns the tables on the the gods.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mearls, post: 3185550, member: 697"] I was really puzzled by this thread, until I finally grokked the following quote from the preview: "When his final plans fall into place, Asmodeus intends to punish his former masters of the celestial sphere for daring to look down upon the foot soldiers who did all the dirty work. " Replace "celestial" with "divine" and you have the back story that FC II lays out. The story casts Asmodeus as a servant of ALL the gods (good, evil, lawful, chaotic), not just the good ones. It then goes from there... It's funny, because in the context of the chapter the real meaning is clear, but in a preview it's easy to see that "celestial" would refer to celestial creatures, not the more general meaning. I can't remember if the book puts forth Asmodeus as a one-time lawful good celestial, but the story of his rise to power is, IMO, much more interesting than a simple fall from grace. Asmodeus never falls; he's far too smart for that. If anything, he turns the tables on the the gods. [/QUOTE]

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