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He guessed <span class="mu-i">WRONG</span>, you fire back as you sink deeper into your seat! You’re not done asking questions yet!
“Oh you aren’t, are ya?” As the almost taunting words leave the mage’s lips, your eyes widen in growing horror as Volgir’s glow with otherworldly power! You realized your mistake too late: never underestimate a cranky old man! Covering your face with your hands as the world’s quietest shriek escapes your lips, your certain doom is put on hold thanks to a firm ‘<span class="mu-i">Dad..</span>’ from your Skog Savior!
“Alright, alright…” Grumbles Volgir as the magic dissipates from his dead fish eyes, “It was just a little joke, sweetheart… just ‘<span class="mu-i">Guying Around</span>’.”
So uh, does that mean you can ask him questions?
“You just <span class="mu-i">did</span>.”
Right, cool. So, you begin as you will your body to stop trembling, you wanted to know a little bit more about devils-
“Don’t even <span class="mu-i">think</span> of summonin’ ‘em!” Warns the sorcerer with what you can only assume is a stern wag of his claw! “No matter what they offer or what they promise it’ll always turn around on ya–trust me, I’ve summoned my share of devils. Every one of ‘em went poorly! Nope, don’t summon ‘em!”
Okay, but-
“It’s only natural, of course–when we talk about devils we’re talking about agents of pure chaos: beings born from planes infinitely different from our own!” Continues the mage as he downs the last dregs of tea! “For instance, in Zoral two plus two equals four, but in a demonic plane it might equal six, or blood, or some giant drawing of a beast wielding an oversized mallet! There’s a logic they follow, of course, but there’s always some quirk to it…”
Neat, however-
“Devils aren’t invulnerable, not in the least! And while they’re weak outside of their home plane, even the weakest devil can be immensely powerful!” Volgir lectures like a professor forgetting dismissal time, “Why, <span class="mu-b">THORGOOD THE JUST,</span> one Zoral’s greatest leaders when the provinces weren’t split like a damned jigsaw puzzle, wasn’t just known for his strict adherence to fairness and the law, but also for defeating <span class="mu-r">X’ALEX THE HOOKED</span>, an archfiend summoned by Thorgood’s own vizier! That’s why that canyon to the South is called <span class="mu-b">HOOKED FOLLY!</span> Not that anyone can see the damned thing… and now the Skogs want to change the name too! Nothing’s sacred anymore…”
Well-
“Can only kill ‘em permanently on their home plane, otherwise they can just be summoned back! Much stronger at home, though, and Mitaar help ya’ if they have lesser demons… Truth be told I knew a fella who got married to a devil–still better than his ex-wife was, let me tell ya’, but when she got mad, and that was most of the time, mind you…”
>CONTD.
