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Originally Posted by DBloch2012
It says in the Core Rules that Lucifer is a Balseraph. And he may have had a Word before his Fall. After that, everything is a guessing game. However, I believe the way he is presented is meant to be the leader of Hell's forces in the same way that God leads Heaven.
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This is one of the more interesting things about Lucifer, to me (which gets touched upon a bit in the Game Master's Guide). Lucifer doesn't quite lead hell, and God doesn't quite lead Heaven. Lucifer is actually a discrete character, and he's reserved for himself an "advisory role" in Hell, plus the honor of getting to bestow Words. And God hasn't really said anything audible in centuries, so it really is the Seraphim Council that leads things in Heaven. (If God were really taking an active lead in Heaven, there wouldn't be so much disagreement among Archangels, particularly in the Michael-Yves and Dominic-Gabriel conflicts.)
This fact -- that Lucifer is "just" another demon -- is why several other Princes see themselves as potential usurpers to Lucifer's "throne," as it were, or at least able to act beyond his plans (as described in some of the expanded Superiors supplements). How could any Word be higher than The Game, which describes what the whole Symphony is about? Or perhaps The War, which describes the situation that frames all of celestials' existence? Or even Fate, which refers not just to the Fate of humanity, but the entire universe? And being Prince of Factions means not really giving a damn what anybody else wants, so long as the end result is complete and utter isolation for
everyone...