Pride is the aspect of Asmodeus that Ferrer Maillol understands the least well, himself.  Which is unfortunate for him, because the greater devils all seem to possess pride in abundance; and it's a good guess that having that much feeling about yourself and your place, for Hell's tortures to perfect into precisely Asmodean pride, is part of what helps you stay yourself through Hell.  The way in which hereditary nobles seem to end up as higher devils after their death, despite what Ferrer Maillol would privately term some severe deficits of other competence, would seem to bear this out; unless it's just the sort of unfairness in which the Tyrant so delights.

He answers, then, from textbook and catechism.  "It is, obviously, a god-concept, and not one which mortal concepts are very apt to describe.  It may help to remember that this is a Lawful Evil domain, and many things that mortals think of with the usual word 'pride' are neither Lawful nor Evil, to say nothing of Law-turned-to-Evil or Evil-that-upholds-Law.  The Lawful aspect of Asmodean pride is that it is bound up with having a place within Asmodeus's tyranny and which that tyranny has assigned to you.  The Evil aspect of it is that it is yours and you defend it and you will crush others to defend it.  By doing this, you enforce the structures of the tyranny and keep others in their place below you, it is Evil turned to the purposes of Law.  One seeks to climb the ranks of the tyranny, but within the tyranny, and by this the strong rise and the tyranny itself is strengthened."

"Those with deep Asmodean senses of pride have a felt sense of the order of the universe itself being disrupted, when somebody fails to give them their due, or when people weaker than themselves seem to be raised above them.  They are not simply defending themselves from insult, or seizing an opportunity to take somebody else's position.  They are restoring the order of the tyranny itself, in face of the disorder that is a weak person in a position of power or esteem."

"Do you just want to be prettier, Carissa?  Or do you have a sense that there is an order within the universe that is offended if people weaker than you, less deserving than you, get to be pretty and you don't be?"

Pride is the aspect of Asmodeus that Ferrer Maillol understands the least well, himself.  Which is unfortunate for him, because the greater devils all seem to possess pride in abundance; and it's a good guess that having that much feeling about yourself and your place, for Hell's tortures to perfect into precisely Asmodean pride, is part of what helps you stay yourself through Hell.  The way in which hereditary nobles seem to end up as higher devils after their death, despite what Ferrer Maillol would privately term some severe deficits of other competence, would seem to bear this out; unless it's just the sort of unfairness in which the Tyrant so delights.

He answers, then, from textbook and catechism.  "It is, obviously, a god-concept, and not one which mortal concepts are very apt to describe.  It may help to remember that this is a Lawful Evil domain, and many things that mortals think of with the usual word 'pride' are neither Lawful nor Evil, to say nothing of Law-turned-to-Evil or Evil-that-upholds-Law.  The Lawful aspect of Asmodean pride is that it is bound up with having a place within Asmodeus's tyranny and which that tyranny has assigned to you.  The Evil aspect of it is that it is yours and you defend it and you will crush others to defend it.  By doing this, you enforce the structures of the tyranny and keep others in their place below you, it is Evil turned to the purposes of Law.  One seeks to climb the ranks of the tyranny, but within the tyranny, and by this the strong rise and the tyranny itself is strengthened."

"Those with deep Asmodean senses of pride have a felt sense of the order of the universe itself being disrupted, when somebody fails to give them their due, or when people weaker than themselves seem to be raised above them.  They are not simply defending themselves from insult, or seizing an opportunity to take somebody else's position.  They are restoring the order of the tyranny itself, in face of the disorder that is a weak unworthy person occupying a position of power or esteem."

"Do you just want to be prettier, Carissa?  Or do you have a sense that there is an order within the universe that is offended if people weaker than you, less deserving than you, get to be pretty and you don't be?"

Pride is the aspect of Asmodeus that Ferrer Maillol understands the least well, himself.  Which is unfortunate for him, because the greater devils all seem to possess pride in abundance; and it's a good guess that having that much feeling about yourself and your place, for Hell's tortures to perfect into precisely Asmodean pride, is part of what helps you stay yourself through Hell.  The way in which hereditary nobles seem to end up as higher devils after their death, despite what Ferrer Maillol would privately term some severe deficits of other competence, would seem to bear this out; unless it's just the sort of unfairness in which the Tyrant so delights.

He answers, then, from textbook and catechism.  "It is, obviously, a god-concept, and not one which mortal concepts are very apt to describe.  It may help to remember that this is a Lawful Evil domain, and many things that mortals think of with the usual word 'pride' are neither Lawful nor Evil, to say nothing of Law-that-does-Evil or Evil-that-upholds-Law.  The Lawful aspect of Asmodean pride is that it is bound up with having a place within Asmodeus's tyranny and which that tyranny has assigned to you.  The Evil aspect of it is that it is yours and you defend it and you will crush others to defend it.  By doing this, you enforce the structures of the tyranny and keep others in their place below you, it is Evil turned to the purposes of Law.  One seeks to climb the ranks of the tyranny, but within the tyranny, and by this the strong rise and the tyranny itself is strengthened."

"Those with deep Asmodean senses of pride have a felt sense of the order of the universe itself being disrupted, when somebody fails to give them their due, or when people weaker than themselves seem to be raised above them.  They are not simply defending themselves from insult, or seizing an opportunity to take somebody else's position.  They are restoring the order of the tyranny itself, in face of the disorder that is a weak unworthy person occupying a position of power or esteem."

"Do you just want to be prettier, Carissa?  Or do you have a sense that there is an order within the universe that is offended if people weaker than you, less deserving than you, get to be pretty and you don't be?"

Pride is the aspect of Asmodeus that Ferrer Maillol understands the least well, himself.  Which is unfortunate for him, because the greater devils all seem to possess pride in abundance; and it's a good guess that having that much feeling about yourself and your place, for Hell's tortures to perfect into precisely Asmodean pride, is part of what helps you stay yourself through Hell.  The way in which hereditary nobles seem to end up as higher devils after their death, despite what Ferrer Maillol would privately term some severe deficits of other competence, would seem to bear this out; unless it's just the sort of unfairness in which the Tyrant so delights.

He answers, then, from textbook and catechism.  "It is, obviously, a god-concept, and not one which mortal concepts are very apt to describe.  It may help to remember that this is a Lawful Evil domain, and many things that mortals think of with the usual word 'pride' are neither Lawful nor Evil, to say nothing of Law-that-does-Evil or Evil-that-upholds-Law.  The Lawful aspect of Asmodean pride is that it is bound up with having a place within Asmodeus's tyranny and which that tyranny has assigned to you.  The Evil aspect of it is that it is yours and you defend it and you will crush others to defend it.  By doing this, you enforce the structures of the tyranny and keep others in their place below you, it is Evil turned to the purposes of Law.  One seeks to climb the ranks of the tyranny, but within the tyranny, and by this the strong rise and the tyranny itself is strengthened."

"Those with deep Asmodean senses of pride have a felt sense of the order of the universe itself being disrupted, when somebody fails to give them their due, or when people weaker than themselves seem to be raised above them.  They are not simply defending themselves from insult, or seizing an opportunity to take somebody else's position.  They are restoring the order of the tyranny itself, in face of the disorder that is a weak unworthy person occupying a position of power or esteem."

"Do you just want to be prettier, Carissa?  Or do you have a sense that there is an order within the universe that is offended if people weaker than you, less deserving than you, get to be pretty and you don't?"

Pride is the aspect of Asmodeus that Ferrer Maillol understands the least well, himself.  Which is unfortunate for him, because the greater devils all seem to possess pride in abundance; and it's a good guess that having that much feeling about yourself and your place, for Hell's tortures to perfect into precisely Asmodean pride, is part of what helps you stay yourself through Hell.  The way in which hereditary nobles seem to end up as higher devils after their death, despite what Ferrer Maillol would privately term some severe deficits of other competence, would seem to bear this out; unless it's just the sort of unfairness in which the Tyrant so delights.

He answers, then, from textbook and catechism.  "It is, obviously, a god-concept, and not one which mortal concepts are very apt to describe.  It may help to remember that this is a Lawful Evil domain, and many things that mortals think of with the usual word 'pride' are neither Lawful nor Evil, to say nothing of Law-that-does-Evil or Evil-that-upholds-Law.  The Lawful aspect of Asmodean pride is that it is bound up with having a place within Asmodeus's tyranny and which that tyranny has assigned to you.  The Evil aspect of it is that it is yours and you defend it and you will crush others to defend it.  By doing this, you enforce the structures of the tyranny and keep others in their place below you, it is Evil turned to the purposes of Law.  One seeks to climb the ranks of the tyranny, but within the tyranny, and by this the strong rise and the tyranny itself is strengthened."

"Those with deep Asmodean senses of pride have a felt sense of the order of the universe itself being disrupted, when somebody fails to give them their due, or when people weaker than themselves seem to be raised above them.  They are not simply defending themselves from insult, or seizing an opportunity to take somebody else's position.  They are restoring the order of the tyranny itself, in face of the disorder that is a weak unworthy person occupying a position of power or esteem."

"Do you just want to be prettier, Carissa?  Or do you have a sense that there is an order within the universe that is offended if people weaker than you, less deserving than you, get to be pretty and you don't?"