#as you can see in aus sonno's whole schtick often turns to something cult-ish
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Oh please do elaborate what crimes Mesphisto got up to in the Royal court.
so glad you asked! now first, as always when establishing mephisto's crimes in other universes, i must first establish sonno's crimes
okay so a while back sam (@/whensam, pioneer of the dragon au) proposed that diavolo is half dragon on sonno's side, so i was thinking about that. here's my idea: sonno is an enlightened dragon - his words - i.e. one who has taken human form. now, this is going to start sounding a little catholic, BUT
sonno believes that dragonkind is inherently sinful and that humankind is inherently weak, and thus the ideal society must be place them in the protection of the enlightened - so the unenligthened, who are threats to life, must be hunted down. which is why there's a precedent for the hunting of dragons; in a way, it's out of a very twisted love for humanity
barbatos and mephisto are also enlightened dragons, BUT while barbatos did that on his own - being the dragon ouroboros, hence him being the only one aware of the world's time loop - mephisto was enlightened by sonno, and thus initially follows his beliefs devoutly
mephisto was sonno's preferred instrument of punishment; being imperfect, since he was unable to achieve this humanhood on his own, he still has access to certain aspects of draconic power. hence, his job is to identify and 'eat' those who rebel
sometimes this involves pursuit, sometimes espionage, and sometimes he just poisons em in the middle of a banquet. he's an executioner in all but name, though the unwary in the court mostly think of him as some kind of jester
when he does defect, at first he does it very badly and gets the absolute stuffing beat out of him - he manages to escape and drag himself a good few miles, and then promptly gets mugged, hence why the gang finds him half-dead in a ditch somewhere
i don't think he'd tell any of them what he really is until near the very end of his journey, and yknow it feels like the natural end to his story here would be to die for the greater good (i.e. diavolo's cause) but. let's not think too hard about that for now. i need to define diavolo's cause properly first
#as you can see in aus sonno's whole schtick often turns to something cult-ish#idk i think it's just the most apt thing for his particular brand of righteous insanity to funnel into#he's fairly restrained in jtta tbh#answering asks#anon asks#something i've noted... quite frequently when i contemplate him in these aus#mephisto becomes disillusioned and tries to get out on his own#which is the opposite of what happens to his original self in classic jtta where he only snaps out of it after sonno left#quite frequently all of this has something to do with solomon which hmmm. i should have a think about that as well#dragon au
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