Role

Chapter 3

"You like giving orders then?" Very well. The words of the Emperor echoed
in Maugauth's mind as he left the throne room, freshly appointed the new
High Priest of the Empire. It had been a long journey, thinking back on
the road that led him here. It almost seemed in a distant life, the
journey. The massacre of the cult, swearing the bloodoath, learning the
ways of the Divine, the journey into the fires of the hell to stand
before the Prince of darkness. It was a well known fact that he was the
Empires strongest champion. Even the Emperor himself feared giving him
the seat of High Priest, and rightly so. But it was not because Maugauth
was plotting for the Throne. Far from it, actually. He had proven to be
able to overcome everything in his path. He had never fallen in battle,
and pulled his axe from the chest of countless foes he had left bloody
and broken in his wake. The throne would be his one day, as would the
entire imperial army. But Sivyh had proven useful for the time, and now
would be twice as watchful for betrayal. All things in time. There was
much work to be done in the pit of fire, for now. Much sculpting and
molding to do in the Empire as the High Priest. A king may rule an
Empire, but it is often his advisor that truly holds the power,
especially if trusted. It is in every intention to gain the complete
trust of Sivyh, then manipulate him to his own ends. It could prove far
more useful to play the puppeteer of the Emperor, rather than the Emperor
himself. Though it was important that the rest of the sect leaders fall
into line. Norrington was easy enough to use. He had made Maugauth rich,
and admires his strength, even fears it. He would be no bother. Oringus
on the other hand can prove to be an issue. If only he could find a way
to manipulate the Emperor into moving the Zaan into the seat of the War
Master. The muse had proven loyal and useful, and would be much easier to
manipulate than the stubborn duergar. As for the dread lord, it would not
matter. Both the necromancer and dark knight that could fill the position
no more than worship the ground his hooves stand on. And in his own sect,
none would dare oppose his power. He was the Horned Herald of the
Inferno, and their High Priest. Even the mightiest of Enlilths servants
trembled to his power. Invigorated with his new position of power, and
lusting for more, Maugauth begins laying his spider web of plans to
motion. The Prince of Darkness demanded souls to feed on, for his power
to be proclaimed. Maugauth would not disappoint his lord, each day, each
step coming closer to ruling the army that he would remain champion of.
The strong of the Empire may even be favored by his lord. The
weak....well, the weak would make great feasts for the Prince's hunger
for souls. Determined to bleed the Arch-Devils of the circles to prove
himself worthy of his own place of power in the Inferno upon his death,