Everything was for the sake of souls.
In fact, whether it was the lofty deities, the demons of the Abyss, or the devils of Baator, the ultimate wealth they all valued most was souls.
Over the long passage of time, the souls that either Baator or the Abyss managed to obtain from the River Styx were extremely limited. The vast majority of high-quality souls were carved up by the deities; after all, the Faithless made up only a very small portion. The remaining souls were all damaged goods of little use even if taken, which was why special entities like soul thieves existed in the Lower Planes. Successive Gods of Death strictly guarded against Baator and the Abyss because the responsibility of the death pantheon was to maintain the operation of the River Styx and uphold the destination of souls after death, so the most common opponents of the attendants of the god of death were soul thieves from the Lower Planes.
And now it seemed Naram and the devils had colluded.
The netherworld had largely fallen under Naram's control, and some undead monarchs had also reached their hands deep into the netherworld. After the netherworld lost Kelemvor's control, there was no doubt the devils had also gotten a share of the spoils.
Naram betrayed the interests of the River Styx.
Making the devils take action required offering them visible benefits, ideally ones they could obtain right before their eyes, and now that an army of devils was escorting Naram's ascension, the deities could be certain that a part of the River Styx had already been pilfered by the devils.
This discovery made the deities somewhat furious and uneasy!
Because all deities followed a basic principle: unless they were the souls of exceptionally outstanding worshippers—such as those close to the