Attraction: I believe we are on the same page in this topic.
Trust: Once, I would have trusted Paimon above all Hellions, and indeed above some members of the Heavenly Host, given certain events that have transpired. I trusted him personally a great deal, and because of that trusted him as much as one can be expected to trust his enemies, politically and militarily. I have seen my folly in that. The man I loved has been dead for a very long time.
Social Skills: Paimon is assuredly politically adept, skilled in maneuvering and dealing with the houses of Hell and their rulers. But he rarely gives the common people a second thought, a misstep that contributes to the peasantries growing ire against the noble houses, and he can often be a cold and standoffish man, one does not simply have a beer with the King of the Ars Goetia.
Fighting Skills: He is an adept mage, I would venture so far as to call him the authority on the fell magicks that the Goetia have at their disposal. That said, he has some skill with the mace, usually on horseback as noblemen are wont to do. A formidable foe, to be sure, there is a reason I sent one of my Centurions to fell him in the first place.
Education: Paimon is possessed of a naturally brilliant mind that he has supplemented with rigorous study in the most dedicated fashion. It is why I find some of the decisions he makes so baffling, for he is no fool, nothing even close.
Lifestyle: If there is a clear example of the corrupting power of sin, let Paimon be held up as a prime example. He fathers countless bastards, pursues married women without pause of consideration, lusts for and hoards power and wealth, seems to do little that does not consolidate the privileges that he enjoys in his position, all whilst denying that he does so for anything other than the kingdoms benefit and crushing any who might object. Lust, envy, greed, wrath, sloth, gluttony, and pride.
Positives: I think that, deep down, he knows what he is. I think that he knows that he is wrong. I think that there is some part of him, however small, that wants to right the ship and make Hell the place that he envisioned when he rebelled. He could be an honorable, selfless, and righteous man. He was, once.
Negatives: But I think he is far too fearful for all of that. Fearful of losing his power, his influence, his fortunes and sway. Fearful that if he did change course, then all of the horrible things that he has done would be for nothing. So he cloaks himself in his sin, shouting at the silent sky that he chose this. That he chose it, and so it is worth it.
What I want from you: I do not know. I want him to repent. I want him to convince the Sins that Hell can be better. I never want to see his face again. I want him to die screaming.
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