[OOC][PLOT][ARC 1] Planning for Season 1 - The Retcon

[robkelk]

Having multiple sets of ranks that almost correspond to each other would muddy the waters in the Lowerarchy... which I can see some demons accepting as a bonus, especially when dealing with mortals who don't and can't know the difference.

And having earls and jarls (include them both and muddy the waters even more) who aren't included in the Ars Goetia would give Hell a pool of demons that can't be summoned and bound by mortal sorcerers (like Adilicia Lenn Mathers from Rental Magica) because there's no formulae in the Ars Goetia for doing so. I can see the trusted demons - including Ciel - being made earls and jarls, while the less-trustworthy ones - including Hagall - getting the titles that leave them open to be summoned if a sorcerer discovers their names.

Of course, once somebody treats "summoning and binding demons" as a science and works out the first principles, all bets there are off... but how likely is it that somebody like Gil Graham would take up that sort of project?