| Lyle Petersen | |
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| Once bitten by Charm Monster, twice shy. | |
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| Nicknames: "the demon man," "that diabolist," "that malconvoker," "fiend-summoner" |
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| Race: Human | |
| Gender: Male | |
| Born: Yes | |
| Age: Adult | |
| Class: Archivist/Malconvoker | |
| Eye color: Green | |
| Hair color: Red | |
| Affiliation: Leaden Mace Society (Archivist) |
A native of Resca, Lyle Petersen is a scholar of the planes. A devout Boccobite and consummate seeker of knowledge, the concept of academic neutrality is near and dear to his heart. (A little down and left of the habitual packet of cigarettes, to be precise.) Author of several articles on planar ecology and outsider psychology, graduate of the academy of Manna, and soft-spoken, canny, and dutiful archivist, it's somewhat surprising his presence is rarely very well-received.
Well, until you remember that his particular area of interest is the Lower Planes, and the psychology of fiends.
Lyle is a malconvoker, a specialized summoner trafficking in fiends, but instead of using them for vile purposes, binding and tricking them into serving more benevolent causes. He has been noted to particularly enjoy turning demons against devils, and vice-versa — the "sheer amount of cattiness" that results from setting a succubus and erinyes against each other, for example, amuses him.
Naturally, this put a big fat target on his back when the Yoriver crisis came to a head.