Opinion Quotes:
Minor Superiors in In Nomine

Fleurity: You can't make a deal if your users can't find you, but you can't hand your prime goods over to just anyone, either. You have to keep your deals out of the hands of the narcs. Alaemon has his place in the scheme of things. (Drugs are hidden. You hide them from your parents, from your friends, from the law. You sit back in a dark corner and hide them from everyone. You hide them from the judgment of others. You hide them from yourself. Few things promote Secrets like them. And addicts are so easy to blackmail …)

Furfur: I don't trust that sneaky mother-fucker, always skulkin' around and talkin' shit behind your back. But I ain't afraid of him -- I'm straight-up in your face, jack! So he can take his secrets and shove 'em where Lucifer himself don't look. (The loudest braggart has the most to hide. Let him posture in public; I know what it takes to put him in his place.)

Magog: Hoarded secrets are useless. Alaemon knows how to hurt people, but he's too passive, often sitting quietly in the background instead of using what he knows for maximum effect. (His secret tomb should have stayed buried. His servants are useless for intrigue, and they simply try to kill anyone who blackmails them.)

Mammon: Alaemon knows how to create a demand where there was none before -- by keeping information scarce, and making it valuable. And he hungers for more, always more, and hoards what he has. (Where would Mammon be without Secrets? He's always looking for inside information … and selling it as well. We can do business together.)

Christopher: Always tell the truth, know who to trust, and don't hide things from those you love. If we teach children these things, Alaemon will lose his sway. (A child's mind is fertile ground for destructive little secrets. Plant something vile there, make the child promise not to tell, and watch the poisonous fruit grow.)

Khalid: The Quran says that no two people can conspire without God being present. He knows all things, and will reveal all on Judgment Day. Alaemon collects petty little secrets that will ultimately be useless to him. (Keep believers uncertain, obscure the facts behind the prophecies, confuse the truth with conflicting gospels. That's the way to keep Khalid and his followers at odds with the rest of the Host.)

Litheroy: My antithesis, my poor Fallen servant. He thinks he's my greatest enemy, but he can do little to damage my Word, while every day, with every revelation, we erode his. (I know he wants to destroy me. So self-righteous, so meddlesome, Litheroy thinks he knows everything about me. But I know things he's never discovered, and someday, I will use those secrets to destroy him!)

Zadkiel: Sometimes there is safety in secrecy, and sometimes secrets are things people need to be protected against. Make sure you know which is which, and don't let Alaemon peddle his brand of deception. (Use their need to protect people against them. Collect harmful secrets, and use blackmail to accomplish what force of arms cannot.)

FLEURITY

Alaemon: Drugs are hidden. You hide them from your parents, from your friends, from the law. You sit back in a dark corner and hide them from everyone. You hide them from the judgment of others. You hide them from yourself. Few things promote Secrets like them. And addicts are so easy to blackmail … (You can't make a deal if your users can't find you, but you can't hand your prime goods over to just anyone, either. You have to keep your deals out of the hands of the narcs. Alaemon has his place in the scheme of things. )

Furfur: Fleurity's great! What's a rave without drugs? What's a rock concert without drugs? Hell, most people need drugs to get really hardcore. (One of my best customers. Hardcore parties are practically a drug bazaar.)

Magog: Drugs make people do unspeakable things, but they also provide an escape. Withdrawal is fun to watch, though. (Completely lacking in discretion or class. Some of Magog's demons use drugs to fuel their rage, but they'd kill off my market if they could.)

Mammon: A petty relic of a bygone era, but he's too useful to ignore. (Many dealers are my servants, if he only knew. Fleurity has the sense to keep the supply restricted and the profit margin high.)

Christopher: One of the most loathsome of all the Demon Princes! Fleurity specifically targets the young, hoping to turn them into lifelong addicts. Why doesn't Heaven treat him as the deadly threat he is? (Christopher is wrong; I love children. I just want to make them happy. Happy children make good customers.)

Khalid: All drugs are forbidden to the faithful. Fleurity is anathema. He openly defies God, and he should die. (Who is this religious fanatic to claim to speak for God, and deny me access to his flock? He should allow people the freedom to choose!)

Litheroy: The most destructive thing about drugs is that people keep them secret. I'm not saying drug use should be encouraged, but trying to suppress drugs clearly does more harm than good. (An open drug culture would suit me fine. Until that happens, though, Litheroy is an annoying pest, exposing users and revealing my dealers and supply networks.)

Zadkiel: People turn to drugs when they have nothing else. Shield them from despair and loneliness, and you shield them from Fleurity. (It's nice when we can get Zadkiel's angels to protect our customers, and even better, our dealers. But they're also prone to trying to "cure" addicts.)

FURFUR

Alaemon: The loudest braggart has the most to hide. Let him posture in public; I know what it takes to put him in his place. (I don't trust that sneaky mother-fucker, always skulkin' around and talkin' shit behind your back. But I ain't afraid of him -- I'm straight-up in your face, jack! So he can take his secrets and shove 'em where Lucifer himself don't look.)

Fleurity: One of my best customers. Hardcore parties are practically a drug bazaar. (Fleurity's great! What's a rave without drugs? What's a rock concert without drugs? Hell, most people need drugs to get really hardcore.)

Magog: A vicious upstart, with a suitable taste for violence. The pup is useful to me. (Fuckin' A! This is what a Demon Prince should be! When his Servitors and mine party, there ain't nothin' left standing afterwards!)

Mammon: Hmph. Not very interesting. He doesn't really want anything, except to break everything in sight. (You get people who want something bad enough, and are willing to do anything to get it, they can get pretty hardcore. But Mammon is a fossil…who needs him?)

Christopher: Your basic schoolyard bully, made into a Demon Prince. He's a bad influence; keep him away from children. (Spoiled, whiny, little brats playing with toys…..booooring! Spoiled, whiny, little brats playing with guns….now that's hardcore fun for all ages!)

Khalid: Clearly, he has chosen the wrong side and revels in his choice. Let him caper about, until his final judgment. The erstwhile "Demon Prince of Rock and Roll" is a small threat. (Towelhead Archangel ain't got no style, but the Hezballah, they're hardcore!)

Litheroy: He and his followers aren't hard to find, I'll say that for him. He's just another violent Prince; one wonders why Lucifer felt a need for him. (Hey Litheroy, I gotcher revelation right here! Don't go nosin' 'round in my business or I'm gonna spank you like your daddy!)

Zadkiel: Like any base coward, he beats his chest and makes threats, but targets the weak. Deal with his servants as you would with any other demons. (Don't let her fool you. She's like a momma bear; mess with her people, and she'll mess you up.)

MAGOG

Alaemon: His secret tomb should have stayed buried. His servants are useless for intrigue, and they simply try to kill anyone who blackmails them. (Hoarded secrets are useless. Alaemon knows how to hurt people, but he's too passive, often sitting quietly in the background instead of using what he knows for maximum effect.)

Fleurity: Completely lacking in discretion or class. Some of Magog's demons use drugs to fuel their rage, but they'd kill off my market if they could. (Drugs make people do unspeakable things, but they also provide an escape. Withdrawal is fun to watch, though.)

Furfur: Fuckin' A! This is what a Demon Prince should be! When his Servitors and mine party, there ain't nothin' left standing afterwards! (A vicious upstart, with a suitable taste for violence. The pup is useful to me.)

Mammon: He's a bloodthirsty lunatic, albeit smarter than Saminga. But he's also poor, and weak, and that means I may be able to use him. (Mammon himself is useless, but his riches could be useful, and some of his demons are the sort of cold-blooded bastards I like. He's not the only one capable of a hostile takeover…)

Christopher: Magog is just plain evil. He scares me, frankly. (Children are meat to be slaughtered, like everyone else. They are particularly satisfying because they're such easy prey.)

Khalid: The Archangel of Stone and I buried Magog in the desert, and he'd be there still if I had not been weak. Magog is my sin, for which I must atone. Let him be an example of what horrors you can unleash if you allow your faith to waver. (He trapped me beneath the sands for millennia! He did that to me! First I will spark unspeakable violence among his followers, and then I…will…..DESTROY…HIM!)

Litheroy: Because his burial place was a secret, Malphas was able to find him and set him free. Had we known where Magog was buried, we could have put a guard over him, or destroyed him. (All those centuries, no one unearthed me. Did Litheroy really not know where I was? I think he's a liar and a hypocrite, but he'll die like all the rest.)

Zadkiel: We must protect people from cruelty. In Magog's case, the best protection would probably be elimination. (Be as protective as you like, that just tells us who we should target first.)

MAMMON

Alaemon: Where would Mammon be without Secrets? He's always looking for inside information … and selling it as well. We can do business together. (Alaemon knows how to create a demand where there was none before -- by keeping information scarce, and making it valuable. And he hungers for more, always more, and hoards what he has.)

Fleurity: Many dealers are my servants, if he only knew. Fleurity has the sense to keep the supply restricted and the profit margin high. (A petty relic of a bygone era, but he's too useful to ignore.)

Furfur: You get people who want something bad enough, and are willing to do anything to get it, they can get pretty hardcore. But Mammon is a fossil…who needs him? (Hmph. Not very interesting. He doesn't really want anything, except to break everything in sight.)

Magog: Mammon himself is useless, but his riches could be useful, and some of his demons are the sort of cold-blooded bastards I like. He's not the only one capable of a hostile takeover… (He's a bloodthirsty lunatic, albeit smarter than Saminga. But he's also poor, and weak, and that means I may be able to use him.)

Christopher: If children don't learn early how to share, they become easy prey for Mammon later in life. He often teaches them their first lesson in selfishness. ("I want one!" "Mommy, buy me that!" Ah, the sweet sound of greedy children is music to my ears. All too often, their pure, desperate selfishness is spoiled by tawdry morality, but some of them never grow up, and never stop wanting.)

Khalid: Every religion teaches the evils of greed, and encourages charity. What better evidence is there that Mammon is the enemy of God? He is one of our most ancient foes, and his eradication will be one of our greatest victories. (I love the faithful…they are sheep who thank God for the privilege of being sheared. As for Khalid and his pious claims of Islamic virtues….who rules the Middle East? It's a three-letter word and it's not spelled G-O-D, it's spelled O-I-L.)

Litheroy: Greed only flourishes when people are able to keep their wealth and their financial dealings hidden. If everyone did business in an environment of complete openness, no one could be cheated, and greed would not be so tempting. (An irritating pest who's always trying to expose my dealings. My books are closed, and will remain so.)

Zadkiel: He's despicable. The wolf-and-sheep metaphor is all his fault; he teaches people to be wolves, and I have to protect the sheep. (If you can't hold onto it, you don't deserve to have it. And if it's worth having, it's worth wanting. Zadkiel is a persistent thorn in my side.)

CHRISTOPHER

Khalid: It is good to look after the children, but they should also be taught faith, and obedience to God. Christopher is generous and kind, but perhaps a bit too lax for my liking. (Children need faith, and Khalid's ways are subtle and entirely appropriate for dealing with children. He needs to be less narrow-minded, though -- they need faith, not religion.)

Litheroy: Children want to know things. Satisfy their curiosity, don't stifle it. Christopher understands that. (Litheroy doesn't talk down to children. If a child asks a question, he wants a serious answer, and Litheroy doesn't hide the truth from them.)

Zadkiel: Christopher takes care of the most vulnerable souls of all, and I'm happy to lend a hand when he needs help protecting them. (I like Zadkiel. She makes me feel safe. I'm glad her angels are around.)

Alaemon: A child's mind is fertile ground for destructive little secrets. Plant something vile there, make the child promise not to tell, and watch the poisonous fruit grow. (Always tell the truth, know who to trust, and don't hide things from those you love. If we teach children these things, Alaemon will lose his sway.)

Fleurity: Christopher is wrong; I love children. I just want to make them happy. Happy children make good customers. (One of the most loathsome of all the Demon Princes! Fleurity specifically targets the young, hoping to turn them into lifelong addicts. Why doesn't Heaven treat him as the deadly threat he is?)

Furfur: Spoiled, whiny, little brats playing with toys…..booooring! Spoiled, whiny, little brats playing with guns….now that's hardcore fun for all ages! (Your basic schoolyard bully, made into a Demon Prince. He's a bad influence; keep him away from children.)

Magog: Children are meat to be slaughtered, like everyone else. They are particularly satisfying because they're such easy prey. (Magog is just plain evil. He scares me, frankly.)

Mammon: "I want one!" "Mommy, buy me that!" Ah, the sweet sound of greedy children is music to my ears. All too often, their pure, desperate selfishness is spoiled by tawdry morality, but some of them never grow up, and never stop wanting. (If children don't learn early how to share, they become easy prey for Mammon later in life. He often teaches them their first lesson in selfishness.)

KHALID

Christopher: Children need faith, and Khalid's ways are subtle and entirely appropriate for dealing with children. He needs to be less narrow-minded, though -- they need faith, not religion. (It is good to look after the children, but they should also be taught faith, and obedience to God. Christopher is generous and kind, but perhaps a bit too lax for my liking.)

Litheroy: I understand why he forbids his angels to reveal their true natures, but our work is nearly the opposite of one another. He inspires faith without evidence, and I reveal evidence to inspire faith. We are complementary, in an odd way, but our Servitors don't work well together. (Revealing the truth is valuable work, but a mortal's faith is often stronger when he has only that to rely on. Litheroy serves God well, but I prefer that his servants stay out of the way of mine.)

Zadkiel: I admire his tenaciousness in defending his people and his faith, but he should expand his scope. Muslims aren't the only people worth protecting. (One could ask for no one better to help defend the faithful. Blessed be Zadkiel, for she is unflinching in the face of evil.)

Alaemon: Keep believers uncertain, obscure the facts behind the prophecies, confuse the truth with conflicting gospels. That's the way to keep Khalid and his followers at odds with the rest of the Host. (The Quran says that no two people can conspire without God being present. He knows all things, and will reveal all on Judgment Day. Alaemon collects petty little secrets that will ultimately be useless to him.)

Fleurity: Who is this religious fanatic to claim to speak for God, and deny me access to his flock? He should allow people the freedom to choose! (All drugs are forbidden to the faithful. Fleurity is anathema. He openly defies God, and he should die.)

Furfur: Towelhead Archangel ain't got no style, but the Hezballah, they're hardcore! (Clearly, he has chosen the wrong side and revels in his choice. Let him caper about, until his final judgment. The erstwhile "Demon Prince of Rock and Roll" is a small threat.)

Magog: He trapped me beneath the sands for millennia! He did that to me! First I will spark unspeakable violence among his followers, and then I…will…..DESTROY…HIM! (The Archangel of Stone and I buried Magog in the desert, and he'd be there still if I had not been weak. Magog is my sin, for which I must atone. Let him be an example of what horrors you can unleash if you allow your faith to waver.)

Mammon: I love the faithful…they are sheep who thank God for the privilege of being sheared. As for Khalid and his pious claims of Islamic virtues….who rules the Middle East? It's a three-letter word and it's not spelled G-O-D, it's spelled O-I-L. (Every religion teaches the evils of greed, and encourages charity. What better evidence is there that Mammon is the enemy of God? He is one of our most ancient foes, and his eradication will be one of our greatest victories.)

LITHEROY

Christopher: Litheroy doesn't talk down to children. If a child asks a question, he wants a serious answer, and Litheroy doesn't hide the truth from them. (Children want to know things. Satisfy their curiosity, don't stifle it. Christopher understands that.)

Khalid: Revealing the truth is valuable work, but a mortal's faith is often stronger when he has only that to rely on. Litheroy serves God well, but I prefer that his servants stay out of the way of mine. (I understand why he forbids his angels to reveal their true natures, but our work is nearly the opposite of one another. He inspires faith without evidence, and I reveal evidence to inspire faith. We are complementary, in an odd way, but our Servitors don't work well together.)

Zadkiel: It's hard to protect against the unknown. Litheroy exposes threats. Sometimes his angels are a little careless in revealing things that will endanger others, but it's not intentional. (A valiant Archangel, providing an oasis of stability in a troubled world.)

Alaemon: I know he wants to destroy me. So self-righteous, so meddlesome, Litheroy thinks he knows everything about me. But I know things he's never discovered, and someday, I will use those secrets to destroy him! (My antithesis, my poor Fallen servant. He thinks he's my greatest enemy, but he can do little to damage my Word, while every day, with every revelation, we erode his.)

Fleurity: An open drug culture would suit me fine. Until that happens, though, Litheroy is an annoying pest, exposing users and revealing my dealers and supply networks. (The most destructive thing about drugs is that people keep them secret. I'm not saying drug use should be encouraged, but trying to suppress drugs clearly does more harm than good.)

Furfur: Hey Litheroy, I gotcher revelation right here! Don't go nosin' 'round in my business or I'm gonna spank you like your daddy! (He and his followers aren't hard to find, I'll say that for him. He's just another violent Prince; one wonders why Lucifer felt a need for him.)

Magog: All those centuries, no one unearthed me. Did Litheroy really not know where I was? I think he's a liar and a hypocrite, but he'll die like all the rest. (Because his burial place was a secret, Malphas was able to find him and set him free. Had we known where Magog was buried, we could have put a guard over him, or destroyed him.)

Mammon: An irritating pest who's always trying to expose my dealings. My books are closed, and will remain so. (Greed only flourishes when people are able to keep their wealth and their financial dealings hidden. If everyone did business in an environment of complete openness, no one could be cheated, and greed would not be so tempting.)

ZADKIEL

Christopher: I like Zadkiel. She makes me feel safe. I'm glad her angels are around. (Christopher takes care of the most vulnerable souls of all, and I'm happy to lend a hand when he needs help protecting them.)

Khalid: One could ask for no one better to help defend the faithful. Blessed be Zadkiel, for she is unflinching in the face of evil. (I admire his tenaciousness in defending his people and his faith, but he should expand his scope. Muslims aren't the only people worth protecting.)

Litheroy: A valiant Archangel, providing an oasis of stability in a troubled world. (It's hard to protect against the unknown. Litheroy exposes threats. Sometimes his angels are a little careless in revealing things that will endanger others, but it's not intentional.)

Alaemon: Use their need to protect people against them. Collect harmful secrets, and use blackmail to accomplish what force of arms cannot. (Sometimes there is safety in secrecy, and sometimes secrets are things people need to be protected against. Make sure you know which is which, and don't let Alaemon peddle his brand of deception.)

Fleurity: It's nice when we can get Zadkiel's angels to protect our customers, and even better, our dealers. But they're also prone to trying to "cure" addicts. (People turn to drugs when they have nothing else. Shield them from despair and loneliness, and you shield them from Fleurity.)

Furfur: Don't let her fool you. She's like a momma bear; mess with her people, and she'll mess you up. (Like any base coward, he beats his chest and makes threats, but targets the weak. Deal with his servants as you would with any other demons.)

Magog: Be as protective as you like, that just tells us who we should target first. (We must protect people from cruelty. In Magog's case, the best protection would probably be elimination.)

Mammon: If you can't hold onto it, you don't deserve to have it. And if it's worth having, it's worth wanting. Zadkiel is a persistent thorn in my side. (He's despicable. The wolf-and-sheep metaphor is all his fault; he teaches people to be wolves, and I have to protect the sheep.)