Quote Originally Posted by Shining Wrath View Post
Per WoDave she's part devil and that's how she can derive power from a contract. Since this setting already has vampires, werewolves, and a part-demon part-alien major character, adding devils is not a very big stretch.

So the question becomes "How would devilish powers work in 21st Century America" and the answer seems to be "A contract is valid until it isn't". In the real world, a landlord can put a clause into a contract making the tenant responsible for normal wear and tear. That's not legal, but that doesn't mean you don't have to pay your rent on time. So HW derives power from a contract until someone with the authority to do so rules it invalid. It would be interesting if Arianna had, e.g., only canceled clauses 2, 7, and 18 (i.e., part but not all of the contract). What happens to her powers? Do they diminish by 1/6?
I would imagine she keeps the powers in full unless those clauses are included. If all she loses are some of the protections against losing them, like say, the one where she is basically the only one allowed to dissolve it, then she still has the powers till whoever now has the authority says otherwise. Also, dabbler confirmed devils were a thing back when trying to explain to teenage succubus that they arent born evil and damned to be monsters. So at least that was already established lore, even if it could have been assumed to be true as far back as learning what dabbler was. I mean, she is a succubus, so its hardly a stretch to assume that devils also exist even without her explicit confirmation before all this happened.