Unlike their fellows, demons, personifying deadly sins, prefer our world. For centuries they have led people astray from the righteous path, and the one who succeeded in this more than others was precisely the demon of greed. He uplifts those who sold their souls to him by giving them wealth and power. In return, they must provide him with only one service, the timing of which he chooses. Like pieces on a chessboard, he places his pawns, and waits for the time to come to deal a crushing blow to the world of mortals. Angels have been trying to destroy it for centuries. But as long as there is demand, there is supply.