glad you updated...

The only one that comes to mind is Ezekiel Stone from Brimstone

Possible, but unlikely; the kind of Hell Stone went to doesn't fit my 'vision' of the afterlife structure I'm using here.

good chappie....

Merry Christmas to ME!!!!!

I said it once and I'll say it again, Kratos of God of War. Also I just finished playing Dante's Inferno, that Dante would be an interesting addition even it would get confusing between him and Dante from DMC.

The suggestion's something to think about, even if I'm ambiguous about bringing in a god-level combatant; maybe the Coven will find him in Hell when they get there...

Interesting team

Hmm, I have been following your series with interest from the beginning and I have liked it very much, but damn! you said character death not character annihilation... And yeah, while I agree that Satan probably wouldn't care about the age of the beings he killed, I do question two things: 1) Destroying so many strong beings of light at once must really wreck havoc on the balance and probably cause Heaven to act to restore it and/or giving so much spiritual power to the light by returning so many of it's strongest warriors to the essence of the light, so why take the chance ; and 2)as we learned from Kayser Soze, killing everything a person has to live for is not a good idea when they still are fighting you and I think Satan has probably realized this by now. I think it might have made more sense to leave more of them alive but for whatever reason(s) unable to in anyway connect to the battle being fought to participate or to lend aid. However, what's done is done, so onto possible members of the Coven; my first thoughts were Damon Hellstrom aka the Son of Satan and Coyote (from Eclipse Comics and interestingly enough Todd McFarland was involved with the book). Also interesting could be Bob or Thomas from the Dresden Files, or for that matter Harry himself. Also, you have the possibilities of InuYasha and/or Sesshomaru from InuYasha, and Deadman or the Phantom Stranger (one possible - and the most plausible --origin for whom was a fallen Angel) from DC comics. From Marvel comes Jack Russell, the Werewolf by Night and Brother/Doctor Voodoo, Jericho Drumm. There are also Belgarath or Polgara and Durnik from the Begariad. Lastly, I swear I would write a poem about you if you included Granny Weatherwax from Discworld!

Given the power he's packing as a result of gaining a foothold in this Earth, Satan's not that concerned about any 'disruption' to the balance as he now possesses so much raw power that there's comparitively little anyone else can do against him.

Still, glad you liked the drama of what happened, and I'll try and keep a few of your suggestions in mind; I've got some of the 'main' candidates for 'reserve Coven membership' planned out, but it's possible that I could use the Phantom Stranger to bring in some others (Although Granny Weatherwax isn't possible; she's too far-removed from all the others to get involved in this conflict).

Hope you enjoy the rest of this story,

Marcus

Awesome! And I have a suggestion for the team, Kratos from the 'God of War' trilogy, someone with ability to kill a Greek God would be a be a kick ass addition.

KICK his Ass!

I like your Coven a little better with each chapter and each re-reading.

OK I know you said character death here, but ALL of them except Paige, Red, and Faith? Not nice! You killed off babies for goodness sake!

True, he wouldn't... but still couldn't you have left a lil more help for the guys?

We're dealing with Satan himself; he's not exactly going to care about things like that

Loved the story... great birthday present!

Can't wait to read the next chapter. Hope Buffy knows fire is the only way to kill those things...

I don't know Hellboy to say anything, but Paige could orb back and Buffy is strong enough to throw a desk(which if this is an office as it seems she should have) I think. At the very least she slammed one into Xander way back in season 1.

So it's kind of a massive brain freeze here.