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Imagine his surprise when he finds out High Priestess Melissance’s soul is still in the Abyss.
Oh, Book 3 is going to be SO MUCH FUN!!!
Tizzy, while we’re all glad that you’re the generous, selfless demon you are, I believe that Tom needs to deal with this himself. I think Tom’s going to have to learn to let go of some of the responsibilities (if only for a few hours), or he’ll keel over from exhaustion at an inconveniently deadly time. He’s stressed out right now, and a stressed out Dark Overlord is probably NOT a good recipe for goulash. Though stress DOES make an excellent gumbo ingredient.
HINT!!!
Ghoul ash? Oooo, that sounds…umm, well, I’m not sure. Can the dead be reanimated in the Abyss? Or are ghouls considered undead?
Oh, great catch! “False God”, indeed! Makes me wonder how Tiernon became a god.
And speculation on how Tamarin may be chasing Tom for some “anchoring exercises” in Book 3 makes for some amusing thoughts. After all, Tom is a Dark Overlord now. They always have the best groupies.
Sounds like he took a DIRECT binding link to all the D’Orcs. Of course, I would think that most demons who knew anything about Tom would be very hesitant to try to takeover the binding links, considering what Tom did to a GOD’s links. Tom might be able to do the opposite on them, though. >:)
So yes, first would be the dispensation of Lilith’s demon army. But who knows what rumors may abound in such a group. Perhaps of a damsel in distress in Durance Vile?
Regardless, Tom will (if he’s smart about it), appoint a Demon Commander for the demons, and link only through the commander. Thus firewalling off the demons. I really don’t think Tom has to worry about any D’Orcs betraying him at the moment, so just keeping the demons separated by at least one commander should be sufficient.
Of course, knowing Tom, he won’t do it that way, but will directly bind all of THOSE demons, as well. While it means there’s no buffer, it does mean he’ll have direct control of all forces personally, as well as access to their eyes, ears, and power.
…I still want him to meet Bess face-to-face. Here kitty-kitty-kitty!
ANYwho, personal human-style cat-girl fetishes aside, Book 3 looks to really start chumming the waters of the Abyss (figuratively speaking). Hopefully soon we’ll get to see what sharks start nosing around! 🙂
OH, OH, OH!
I just had another thought…
Sir Gadius said at the end of his musings, “they would be able to track Talarius, given that the knight would be the only other thing in the Abyss to radiate the power signature of Tiernon.”
But that’s probably not true, is it? After all, the WoO (Wand of Orcus) was encased in powerful wards practically screaming “TIERNON!” What else is out there that the Knights Rampants (is that the plural?) detect?
That’s a great question. I’m sure he could find out, but all of his minions have free will, so I guess it really depends on how far out of bounds they went. Also, there’s the image of someone high up in his organization betraying him. Press is everything, even with a god. He might not agree with them, but may not censure them for image reasons. Or he may do the whole “Bell, Book, Candle” thing on them. Maybe we’ll find out in Book 3 or 4! 🙂
Something that puzzles me about Tiernon, though. The books have mentioned several times he doesn’t like demons. Surely as a god, he knows where demons actually originate. So why does he dislike them so much? It’s almost…personal.
[quote=Tizzy;3614]Please feel free to compare any and all gods to a humanoid politician.
However, please do not make any search inference about demons. Our feelings would be hurt.
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Huh? No, I was referring to Puck comment about Tiernon:
[quote=Puck;3610]It does sound personal, but it could also just be greed. Like you said, PR is everything, as I’d imagine belief and appearance plays a role in how powerful such entities can get. He may not give a flying fig about Demons, but his platform does.[/quote]
To which I was saying, like a human politician. Puck’s comment just struck me as pretty on-target. That Tiernon’s demon hating may not be as much “personal vendetta”, as “PR spin”.
You know, another thing that popped into my cube (other than that barbarian last night). Gods and their avatars seem to get cut off from their god/pantheon pools when entering the Abyss. What if your god pool is IN the Abyss? Does it get cut off when you go to the Outer Planes?
And how do you make a god pool? Besides a lot of water and concrete, I mean?
[quote=LCSpartan051;3619]On a related note, are priests just godly warlocks?[/quote]
Ooooh, that’d be rich! Just walk up to a priest and say, “Hi, godly warlock!”
Hmm, Mount Doom 2.3…the god pool update for 54,268.
Gasp! (if I had lungs, that’s EXACTLY the sound I’d make)
O.M.G. My corners are wiggling I’m so excited!
I believe the humans make this noise when really excited?
SQUEE!
Ok, so I was thinking on a situation I touched on earlier in the thread, but at the time, I didn’t give it a lot of thought. But re-reading THH again, I came across where Sir Gadius is thinking about Talarius and Melissance. And that kickstarted some thoughts on the situation.
Mainly, I was thinking about the practicalities of how and where Melissance is being held. Before I thought that Talarius and Tom would have to go to the Courts and battle Asmodeus and Lilith for her. But reading the section closer, and thinking about it a little more, and I realized that may likely not be the case.
Asmodeus probably has a lot of land scattered about the Abyss, and he can’t be at them all at once. It’s unlikely he’ll keep Melissance on him at all times, and unlikely he’ll be where she’s being held at all times, either. This isn’t the only plot he’s going right now, after all! Unless he and Lilith are actively setting the trap for Talarius, he’ll probably let his archdemon agent handle things.
SO…that means Talarius and Tom have a chance to find out where she’s being held, and take out the archdemon that’s holding her, without having to deal with Asmodeus immediately. Granted, if they do that, they will become Priority #1 for Asmodeus, but I’m sure Talarius would take that trade. Or maybe even sneak in and out without anyone noticing. (Like THAT’S going to happen)
Something else to think about, though. Melissance has been held by this archdemon for decades. Has she been tortured the entire time? How broken is her soul? And what if…no, no, I can’t…
…but…what if she fell in love with the archdemon? We know Melissance was Talarius’ True Love. But what if Talarius wasn’t MELISSANCE’S True Love? What if she moved on, and fell in love with her captor? How much would that mess up Talarius? And what would happen to the archdemon? Would he join Tom just to get away from Asmodeus?
It’d be like the Abyss’ version of a Reality TV Show.
…or a K-Drama.
Oooo, that would be cool! He really does need more special effects. Dark, smoky flames coming from his wings, glowing red eyes, sparkles of lightning in the smoky flames, that kind of thing.
So here’s a question. Can an animage cast something similar to a CoD? Or, can an animage learn to cast the wizard spell CoD?
Hmm, well, I could sign in slime. Would that make a contractual difference?
Not sure I want to be a beta demon, though. Sounds really confusing, with the different timelines criss-crossing, and appearing/disappearing at random.
And are you sure you want a Fiendish Cube around? It would definitely give me the ability to eat demons. And authors. And octopods.
