<strong>Haelen Del'Armgo</strong><br/><br/>Now things were getting interesting. He watched as Jevan moved about, completing what Haelen assumed was a nearly completed ritual and bringing forth a creature from the lower planes: a barbazu, or a 'bearded devil'. Interesting that when reaching into the lower planes to summon a creature, Master Jevan had chosen the Nine Hells, rather than the Abyss. Perhaps it was for the sake of safety. If a devil broke free of Jevan control, it would be easier to negotiate with than a demon. Demons were straight forward with what they wanted, and would simply destroy everything in their way to get it if such an option was presented to them. At least, many demons would. Devils, while certainly capable of such power, would often prefer a deal. That way, they could try to get more out of it. Demons were certainly master of unbridled destruction, but when it came to negotiations and words within words, making one sided deals and the like, devils were, supposedly, unmatched. Obviously, a summoning like this was beyond Haelen's own skill to reproduce. For now, at least. But summoning a demon or devil was certainly something he had long ago planned on learning to accomplish himself.<br/><br/>He sat back and watched the creature, finding its apparent recognition of Master Jevan to be interesting. If Jevan had specifically summoned<em>this</em>barbazu... then he may well have known its True Name. If that were the case, the bearded devil likely didn't enjoy Jevan's existence very much. In fact, it probably would kill him if given the chance. But of course, devils were supposed to be a bit more.... reasonable than demons were. If Jevan was indeed planning on making an offering to the devil, as it had asked, then it would probably listen. Devils loved making deals... mostly because they generally got the better end of the deal.<br/><br/>Haelen was truly fascinated by this. He was still watching carefully though. If the devil broke free and decided to start killing things, he wanted to be prepared to cast invisibility and make an exit. Fortunately, as far as Haelen was aware, bearded devils weren't a particularly powerful breed of devils, not by comparison to, say, a pit lord, at least. He'd probably be able to escape. That, and Jevan would probably be able to control it. But when beings from the lower planes got involved, things could get out of hand, quickly...