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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tellerian Hawke" data-source="post: 8364419" data-attributes="member: 6790669">Demons (in D&D, that is) are outer-planar creatures, whose alignments are almost always Chaotic Evil. Some, through some set of lived experiences within an almost-totally-evil society, end up being Chaotic Neutral; not truly evil, but still quite selfish, and self-serving, driven by momentary whims.All that being said, these beings still have feelings, desires, loyalties, and ambitions. The evil ones are willing to make "trade-offs" to further their ambitions, but I would say that (the lethal sort of) betrayal on the CE end of the spectrum would involve acquaintances more often than true friends or family. If friends or family are betrayed, it is usually non-lethal, in the form of slavery, or imprisonment. The only evil alignment that is TRULY sociopathic and unpredictable is Neutral Evil. NE-aligned beings will kill family members without a second thought if it serves their purposes.Thus, it is understandable that this Demon, whether CE or CN, would still be loyal to his master, if that master has been kind to him. His pre-disposition to be cruel, unethical, and devious doesn't really apply to those he truly values. And the fact that he might be truly CE means that his loyalty to his master can easily take on vicious, even murderous, forms of protection and (if need-be) avengement.</blockquote>