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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 2689593" data-attributes="member: 99">This came up a fair bit in my last (Faded Glory) campaign.Essentially, souls are the "coin of the realm" in Hell.  They are bought, sold, traded and used in all manner of nefarious ways.  They say that the road to Hell is paved with Good Intentions but the roads IN Hell are paved with the souls of the damned.  Their moaning faces are eternally trod upon by the minions of Hell where "public works projects" takes on a sinister new meaning.  Demons carry around "soul coins" that represent credit in souls that can be drawn upon from the vast stables where the Lords of Hell keep them penned.When evil doers die their souls are consigned to Hell where they appear randomly, usually to be scooped up by the vassals of one of the Lords who collect a bounty for this service.  By entering into an agreement with a fiend, you route your soul directly to their "inbox" rather than it being left to chance.  This is usually done in exchange for some sort of service that will benefit you in the mortal realm.In my campaign, the PC's found themselves accidentally in Hell (long story) and in need of help and shelter.  An Erinyes aided them and in the process bedded the party Rogue.  He signed his soul over to her as a result.  However she sweetened the deal for both of them by providing him with a "black dagger" that would send the souls of all killed with it directly to her.  By virtue of him using this blade he could eventually buy back his soul from her.Of course doing so was quite Evil and he would have to find some way to atone for what he had done eventually or he'd be going to Hell anyway, just not to her specifically.  He didn't seem to mind so long as he was able to use this weapon (which was itself a demon and got stronger with use) to destroy evil doers who were his worldly enemies.</blockquote>

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