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* In Hideaway by [[Dean Koontz]], the [[Serial Killer]] antagonist calls himself Vassago, believing he is the human incarnation of one of the demon princes of Hell and that by hideously murdering enough people, will be allowed to return to Hell at Satan's right hand. After killing them, he arranges their corpses in ways that symbolically/artistically represent the sins he fancies they committed, but truly knows the reason for doing this has [[For the Evulz|nothing to do]] with punishing the guilty. Its also hinted at that {{spoiler|his beliefs of demon heritage may not be so delusional after all}}

* Hattie Durham is one briefly in the [[Left Behind]] series, after deciding that she does believe in God and the Bible, but doesn't believe she deserves to go to Heaven. She comes around eventually.

* Alma from ''Suffer the Little Children'' attempts to sell her soul to the Devil - she's from a very abusive family who are all convinced they are going to heaven, and she wants more than anything to escape from them. ([[Author Appeal|It's a story by Aleister Crowley, who went through pretty much the same experience in his childhood.]])

* Mapleshade from ''[[Warrior Cats]]'' was this when alive: she hated StarClan and wanted to go to the Dark Forest.

== Tabletop Games ==

* Many of the Nephandi (fallen mages) in ''[[Mage: The Ascension]]''. By the time they Descend they are already twisted enough to actually enjoy it in there.

** It is said, however, that when bargaining with devils, powerful enough characters can bargain for early or even immediate promotion to higher ranks.

 

 

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