H E L L ' S A N G E L S
God has forsaken them. The humans ... left to burn at the hands of our unsacred enemy. Truth, they are not without fault. The give into temptation, mortal desires, and violent tendencies. They are far from sacred, but the mortal sins of the few do not condemn the many. So we fall. So we fight. ‘Till our last breath we stand ready to do what the Great Creator refuses: protect and defend the innocent.
-- Archangel Vincent
Our world is at war. Us who know of this are but few. The immortals come to do battle in our realm of existence. Angels and demons clash in the shadows out of sight. The armies of Hell march in the dead of night. The few from above stand against the many from below. And we who have seen ... we stand at their shoulder against the fiery foe. For our brothers and sisters in unknowing bliss, we do battle in the dark to preserve the light.
-- Paladin Kallistus
They call to us. Their creator has cast them aside as a failure. Precious few among them seek the ancient ways. They beckon us to cleanse their realm of nonbelievers; to grant them the knowledge they seek. Some will resist us. Some from God’s holy ranks will not stand aside. Let them. Our legions will smother the land and blot out the sun. The basest urges of the humans fuel our strength. Lucifer’s reign comes.
-- Lord Mulogxath
The very being which created the world and all things has laid that creation to rest. The legions of divine beings once tasked with protecting, influencing, and guiding the world God built are now told to leave it lie. The hounds of Hell bark at the gates, waiting for the opportune moment to sweep over the land and sea like a fiery plague. Armageddon is nigh. Advance parties of Hell’s demons stalk the shadows, razing towns and sowing chaos ahead of the coming apocalypse.
Dutiful few among Heaven’s holy warriors have abandoned their posts to uphold their charge: protect the humans. Few among said humans have bore witness to the truth of demons. Among them come the bravest warriors ever to grace mankind who stand strong in the face of Hell’s eldritch forms. Beings of two different realms stand shoulder to shoulder against the coming evil: Hell’s seemingly infinite armies. Defeat seems inevitable. Failure is not an option.
WELCOME!
Magic will be expanded upon in time. The fundamentals are that each immortal realm (Heaven and Hell) have their respective arcane powers. The magic of Heaven is the magic of Light. Those imbued with it appear brilliantly radiant. When wielded in its simplest form (e.g. by a mortal acolyte) it manifests as lightning. The magic of Hell is the magic of Dark. Its wielders appear as smoky, unnerving apparitions barely held within this plane of existence. Its most basic form appears as raging fire.
This thread serves primarily as a preliminary interest gauge while I further develop materials in preparation for proper recruitment. If this concept speaks to you on a spiritual level, then please shout it out at me to give me motivation as I prepare detailed materials. Formal recruitment will likely being after the holiday break in order to avoid losing all interested parties for many days and killing the momentum.
The basic realm structure of Earth and Heaven and Hell is primarily drawn from christian-judean writings, mostly as a matter of simplicity. As a disclaimer, this is a work of fiction regardless of any real-world religious influences and references thereto are not expressed endorsement or belief.