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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DreadPirateMurphy" data-source="post: 4808346" data-attributes="member: 20715">The contract clearly gives the 3 evils something.  They come right out in #656 and say, "If the elf dies here, this whole thing was a huge waste of time."Since these evil guys are clearly the same 3 evil guys from #380, whom Sabine talked to right after learning about the Snarl and the gates, and they tell her she'll get a finder's fee, it has to have something to do with the gates.They ALSO say in #656 that, "We can only act directly on the mortal plane when we're making a deal."  Since this is a conversation with a henchman in a lair, that is probably the truth.In #633, when they cut the deal, they said that each of them gets V's soul for a period of time equal to the splice.  That part probably has to be true due to the nature of infernal pacts.What WASN'T specified was, what does it mean to "get" somebody's soul?  It's clearly a return loaner, so they can't use it as infernal currency, eat it, or do whatever else the traditional evil outsider does with souls.  I really don't buy the proof-of-concept concept, based on later dialog.  It also makes no sense that they went through all this just to torment V's soul for a few hours.  Evil doesn't equal petty.Probably, what will happen is V becomes a servant of the three, RIGHT when they're near a gate.  The 3 would want a gate for the same reason that Redcloak wants access -- it is the ultimate bargaining chip with the gods of all of the pantheons.  A sudden and unexpected turn of alliance might give them control, at least for long enough to shift the balance of power (and maybe get out of their non-compete agreement).</blockquote>

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