In a sense, Demogorgon and Obox-ob were very alike: equally arrogant, equally manic, equally unpredictable. One moment, they might be cold and calculating conspirators; the next, they could turn into brainless brutes with brawn for limbs. They were extremely difficult to predict or judge.
The same was true in how they dealt with Pale Night. Just when Solam thought the two might charge headfirst into the tough bone that was Pale Night, only to be beaten bloody by Graz'zt and Pale Night working together, events once again taught Solam what it meant to be a Demon Prince.
To Solam's surprise, neither of them went looking for trouble with Pale Night. At some point, the two had turned on each other instead, paying no attention at all to Pale Night or Graz'zt... When Solam received the news, all he could do was lament how young he still was. Trying to guess the thought processes of two lunatics—he really had to be crazy himself.
Demogorgon and Obox-ob had long-standing grudges against each other. Obox-ob in particular, the haughty Prince of Insects, had never thought much of Miska the Wolf-Spider, a Demon Prince who had risen through nepotism. He had never acknowledged Miska as a Demon Prince. But toward Demogorgon, Obox-ob truly regarded him as his greatest enemy. In a sense, Obox-ob acknowledged Demogorgon's title as Demon Prince, and repeatedly swore that he would kill Demogorgon and truly reclaim the title of Demon Prince.
For many years, he had constantly launched assassinations and attacks against Demogorgon, and several times had nearly taken Demogorgon's life. Because of this, Demogorgon loathed Obox-ob to the extreme and was exceedingly wary of him. This wariness even surpassed what he had once felt toward Graz'zt and Orcus.
When the four great powers had previously joined forces to attack