Originally Posted by
diplomancer
I think one thing in common with most warlocks is the adversarial (or at least neutral/indifferent) relationship with the Patron. This also thematically sets them apart from Clerics and Paladins.
So how do you do it with a being of the upper planes? By being a bad guy (or at least someone who did something terrible in the past), and is now being "redeemed", willy-nilly, by his Patron; the Celestial Warlock I'm playing with right now did something terrible that resulted in the accidental death of a childhood friend, long forsaken for more exciting, criminal friends; childhood friend's last words were wishing that I'd grow a conscience. Boom! Celestial Patron that's now interested in keeping me on the straight and narrow.