Generator: Devils

Devils in Zarkany are firmly in the Hieronymus Bosch mode. They speak Zarkanian, but often have little to say. They delight in confounding humans. 

Devil hunters do brisk business trapping devils, then selling them to the Fabrication District barons—burning a devil provides bountiful energy. 

Devils congregate at places of power like flies to corpses. Most are no bigger than dogs or rats; but major places of power can coax bigger ones down from the Red Mountain. The largest devil on record was a  7 tonner, 24 years ago.

Devils serve a few purposes in VICIOUS PRINCES.

  • As chaos agents they make great sources for dispatches--their destabilization can be a problem or an opportunity in equal measure.
  • Catch a devil and you can sell it to the Fabrication District factories for scratch. Most
    devils are pocket change, good maybe to bring a prince from rank 1 to rank 2, or give a rank 2 prince some liquid coin. Any person-sized or bigger, though, are a great source of funds, enough to boost a prince from rank 2 to rank 3 or give rank 3 liquid coin.
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