The Furies

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"The Kindly Ones"
Pantheon: Greek
AoC: Justice
Symbol: Three scourges
Home P/L/R: The Gray Waste/
Pluton/Hades

Following the multiversal Rule of Threes, the Furies are three aspects of the force of divine vengeance, at the same time separate but whole. Their individual names are Alecto, Tisiphone, and Megarea, but the Furies are the original Erinyes (and they're usually called the Kindly Ones, anyway, to keep from offending them). It's said the baatezu stole their original name because the fiends so admired the function of the Furies.

They appear as crones with wings and scourges, which they use mercilessly on those who've earned their wrath. As the proxies of the powers, will, the Furies have no allies among the gods - they're simply sent to avenge horrible crimes committed against (and by) the pantheon. Truth is, the Olympian powers are scared of the Furies, for the Kindly Ones have the might to take down deities even greater than themselves. See, when on a mission that's justified by their charter, they're supported by the collective belief and respect of the entire pantheon. Zeus himself'd have reason to fear if he ever sinned so badly as to draw their gaze.

The Furies have no realm to call their own. They just flap about the gloom of the Underworld, dispensing harsh justice on the poor deaders of Hades' land, until they're called to right a wrong on another plane.