Hell and Demons
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I couldn’t have a post about Heaven without a follow-up about Hell, so here we are! For this world-building post, I’ll be discussing how Pride & Justice’s version of Hell functions and how demon powers work.
The Structure of Hell
When Lucifer and his fellow revolutionaries were cast from Heaven, with their wings torn from them and their halos broken, a river of fire awaited them. As the first fallen angels screamed and burned and boiled alive, the strength of Lucifer’s rage alone was enough to transform them all, and the realm God doomed them to wander. Using the last of the power Heaven granted him, the former archangel molded himself to the fabric of the wasteland dimension, bent it to his will, and proclaimed a new kingdom—the Kingdom of Hell. And proclaimed himself its new God.
Empowered from the fresh spring of energy, Lucifer granted his followers gifts that compared to God’s blessings. He preached a new way of life, away from the tyranny they’d all risen up against. No more would they be abandoned for the fleeting affection of a new creation. Any who were unworthy in Heaven would be welcomed with open arms in Hell—to be among their true siblings, where all were powerful, and all were heard.
In time, however, Lucifer’s grand promises were proven less than the sum of their parts. Festering in pain and anger and pride, he encouraged other fallen angels—demons—do the same. To let the anger for Heaven and God fuel them the same way he’d done to create their new home, and to take the name of their sin. He taught them to show no mercy, accept no compromises, and always, always fight when slighted. Under his rule, the Kingdom of Hell had only one law: survival of the fittest. The demons within became ruthlessly cutthroat and transactional. Whereas Heaven is a well-oiled machine, Hell is an army of gears with nothing to power but their own fury.
The one thing all demons could agree on was that they had all been abandoned, and one day their rage would be so great that God Himself would tremble.
