Hell

Hell is the Domain of the Current Devil in Teneta. Lorded over by King and Queen Lucifer and Lilith Morningstar respectively. Originally used to torment the souls of the damned, after Michael came to power and locked Heaven, Lucifer opened Hell up to all who have passed. Making Heaven into a form of.. Resort. Originally, only those. Contrary to popular belief, Purgatory is not part of Lucifer's domain. 
==Overview==
Hell is described as the most terrifying, horrible plane of existence where the wicked and sinful are punished for eternity (or at least for immensely long periods of time) for their sins and often in the most horrific of ways. Hell, in reality is not so horrible. Not after Lucifer changed it completely in the wake of the closing of Heaven by Michael.
Hell is a realm that is far larger than the human world, and that houses different regions, kingdoms and layers where various demon lords, demonic nobles and rulers rule much like the global hierarchy of Earth. 
Hell is similar to Purgatory but differs in the fact that Hell is usually seen as a permanent state opposed to Purgatory, which is traditionally seen as a place of temporary punishment before being admitted into Paradise. Purgatory, however, is also known to be another form of Hell for the monsters of Earth.
==Description==
Hell looks incredibly different in different sections. To quantify it into one description would do it a disservice.
=Circles of Hell=
Unlike the Seven Heavens, Hell is a homogeneous dimension. Its inhabitants divided the dimension into different realms, called "Rings", namely:
== Gates of Hell ==
Pre-Renovation
The Gates of Hell, as obvious by its name, is one of the gateways to Hell itself. It is where the souls of the damned are lead during their time in Purgatory and when they have committed sins during their life in the human world. It is made up of thousands of demon bodies and moving flesh, it stretches off infinitely. It is guarded by thousands of various kinds of demon and other creatures who reside in Hell. The gate is also guarded by a high ranking demon and some Hellhounds, so that no lesser demons could ever escape it and only damned souls and spirits could enter it.
Post-Renovation
The Gates of Hell, are one of the gateways to Hell itself. Is it where the soul is picked up by other souls, or demons. It is made up of thousands of demon bodies and moving flesh, it stretches off infinitely. The gate is also guarded by the demon gatekeeper. Many have held the title. Most have been high ranking demons.
==Limbo==
Pre-Renovation:
Limbo was the First Ring of Hell along with being the edge of Hell. It was the place that those who died without sinning, or those who died in the original sin without being assigned to the Hell of the Damned would end up. It is also connected to one of the doors of Heaven along with being connected to the other realms of Teneta.
At the end of Limbo was where the souls of the damned find the Judge and Jury who would decide your ring. Afterwards, stands the Hellmouth which acts like a torturous gate for the rest of Hell.
Post-Renovation
Limbo is the First Ring of Hell and the home of the Bright Palace. Being the closest to the surface, Limbo is not subjected to lower ring temperatures. The largest city resides in Limbo, the city of Dis. The other primary feature of Limbo is the Labyrinth of Lies. A seemingly endless maze that does not follow the bounds of reality. The mind traps the soul, and the mind can release it. Limbo is also connected to one of the doors of Heaven along with being connected to the Underworlds of other mythologies and religions.
At the end of Limbo was where the souls of the damned find the Judge and Jury. The Hellmouth which acted as a torturous gate for the rest of Hell in times before the renovation. The gate is open for all to use now.
== Lust ==
Pre-Renovation
Lust was the Second Ring of Hell where lies the souls of those that let their desire override reason. These "carnal malefactors" are condemned for allowing their appetites to sway their reason. These souls were buffeted back and forth by the terrible winds of a violent hurricane that constantly rages across the Ring, without rest.
Post-Renovation
Perhaps ONE of the most modified ring of Hell, the ring of lust is a single Ecumenopoli. An entire layer dedicated to nightclubs, stripclubs and brothels. Many powerful figures in the shadow of Hell call this layer their home.
== Gluttony ==
Pre-Renovation
Gluttony is the Third Ring of Hell where lies the souls of those that devoted themselves to self-indulgence. The gluttonous would wallow in a vile, putrid slush produced by a ceaseless, foul, icy rain – "a great storm of putrefaction" – as punishment for subjecting their reason to a voracious appetite.
The Great Worm, the monstrous double-headed beast of Hell, ravenously guards the gluttons lying in the freezing mire, mauling and flaying them with his claws as they howl like dogs. The gluttons grovel in the mud by themselves, sightless and heedless of their neighbors. 
In the time between the gluttonous and post-renovation, this Ring also resided sinners with environment-related crimes and had polluted the environment. The souls of drug-dealers and drug-addicts are also often sent here to be punished.
Post-Renovation
Gluttony has not changed much since the renovation as it still holds much of Hell's "food". What has changed is the termination of torturing souls. Currently, Gluttony is the Ring that produces almost all of Hell's produce. Including livestock and farming. Gluttony is also home to many smaller towns and cities.
== Greed ==
Pre-Renovation
Greed is the Fourth Ring of Hell where lies the souls of those that either horded possessions, or squandered them. Those whose attitude toward material goods deviated from the appropriate mean are punished in the fourth Ring. They include the avaricious or miserly (including many "clergymen, and popes and cardinals"), who hoarded possessions, and the prodigal, who squandered them. The hoarders and spendthrifts joust, using great weights as weapons that they push with their chests. In this Ring, there are seas of molten gold, where the souls of the damned can be seen screaming.
The main punishment for this Ring is to be boiled alive in the molten gold below as they are condemned for hoarding too closely or spending too freely with the riches, with every time a new golden statue being created, the damned soul would be resurrected so that they have to endure the suffering over and over again.
Echoing throughout the endless caverns is the line "Pape Satàn, pape Satàn aleppe", which reinforces the sinners' belief in this being the home of The Devil and his minions, and that was his worshippers praising him in some strange demonic tongue.
Post-Renovation
Used as a storage realm for Lucifer and other royals, Greed has become overfilled with items, gold, trinkets and valuables. That being said, beside Limbo, Greed is the most populated ring. Whether it be the royal demons ranging from Overlord to Archdemons or the plague that is the imps. Small lesser demons that hide in the oceans of gold.
== Wrath ==
Pre-Renovation
Anger, also known as Hatred or Wrath, is the Fifth Ring of Hell where lies the souls of those who let anger rule their lives. In the middle of the Ring is the Stygian Marsh, where the lost souls of rage are trapped in it's presence.
The entire Ring resembles an endless sea of swampy and filthy black water, which is noted to be polluted by the abandoned hopes and unfulfilled dreams of the deceased. The water is noted to be boiling hot, yet is freezing cold to touch and could "restore the body and the mind at a terrible cost". Underneath the black water are dangerous demonic sea monsters of all shapes and forms, all having jet-black scales and gleaming blood-red eyes.
In Anger, the damned are cursed to drown in the marshes in the swampy, stinking waters of the Black River, where actively wrathful fight each other viciously on the surface of the slime, while the sullen lie beneath the water, withdrawn.
The main punishment for this place is to be forever stuck underneath the Black River, never to be released. The exact information about what waiting for the sinners under the water is only known to the wardens of the Marsh themselves, as "anger is one the most unpredictable and flickering emotions" and most punishments here are "easy to change based on the Angels' current moods".
Post-Renovation
Wrath has become all but abandoned by most civilized demons. The marsh remains center, and still. Small pockets of lesser demon marauders survive by scavenging and killing. Most people speed through Wrath on their way to the lower layers.
== Heresy ==
Pre-Renovation
Heresy, also known as the Ring of the Devil-lovers, was the Sixth Ring of Hell where lies the souls of every heretic and follower of every demonic cult. In the sixth Ring, heretics are trapped in flaming tombs. 
This ring resembles a colossal temple of an unknown deity, with images and statues of famous pagan deities, all demonized and/or modified to become twisted and disgusting. Underneath the temple is a giant tomb, both endless and bottomless, contained within are countless numbers of sinners being punished for their sins.
In this Ring, the heretics such as Epicureans (those who believe that "the soul died with the body") are trapped alongside those who denied the existence of the Abrahamic God and his Angels. It was also the hellish afterlife of those who worshipped the false idols and gods, as well as those who committed crimes for their cults.
Those who made deals and/or connections with Demons will all ended here, no matter how little their interactions and sins are.
Post-Renovation
The extremely high levels of faith power and souls have combined into the Hellstone of the Ring of Heresy. This allows Hell to use power without torturing people. The estimated deposit could last multiple millions of years. The Layer of Heresy is completely swamped with factories and workers, all are paid fairly and equally.
== Violence ==
Pre-Renovation
Violence is the Seventh Ring of Hell where lies the souls of those that were violent against others, against self, and against God. 
The Outer layer holds those violent against people and property, and the souls here are immersed in Phlegethon, a river of boiling blood and fire. Lilim patrol here, and shoot the souls with arrows should they try to get out of the river.
The Middle layer holds the Forest of Suicides, where the souls are turned into gnarled trees and shrubs, then fed upon by Harpies.
The Inner layer is where blasphemers, sodomites, and usurers reside in a desert of flaming sand and fiery flakes rain from the skies.
Post-Renovation
Violence is the ring of entertainment for the masses. Gladiator fights, circuses, theme park rides and other sorts of entertainment are common in this ring. Only a handful of families live in Violence.
== Fraud ==
Pre-Renovation
Fraud is the Eighth Circle of Hell where lies the souls of the Fraudulent and Malicious and those that manipulated others for their own goals.
The Eighth Circle was a large funnel of stone shaped like an amphitheater around which ran a series of ten deep, narrow, concentric ditches called Trenches. Within these ditches are punished those guilty of Simple Fraud. From the foot of the Great Cliff to the Well (which forms the neck of the funnel) are large spurs of rock, like umbrella ribs or spokes, which serve as bridges over the ten ditches. 
Malebolge is divided into ten trenches. Each Trench holds a different kind of fraudulent souls:
Trench 1: Panderers and seducers would march in separate lines in opposite directions, whipped by demons.
Trench 2: Flatterers were steeped in human excrement, which represents the words they produced.
Trench 3: Those who committed simony were placed head-first in holes in the rock with flames burning on the soles of their feet.
Trench 4: Sorcerers, astrologers, and false prophets here had their heads twisted around on their bodies backward, referring primarily to attempts to see into the future by forbidden means.
Trench 5: Corrupt politicians were immersed in a lake of boiling pitch, which represents the sticky fingers and dark secrets of their corrupt deals.
Trench 6: Hypocrites listlessly walked along wearing gilded lead cloaks, which represent the falsity behind the surface appearance of their actions.
Trench 7: Thieves were pursued and bitten by snakes and lizards. Just as they stole other people's substance in life, their very identity becomes subject to theft here, and the snake bites make them undergo various transformations.
Trench 8: Fraudulent advisers or evil counselors were concealed within individual flames. These were not people who gave false advice, but people who used their position to advise others to engage in fraud.
Trench 9: A sword-wielding demon would hack at the Sowers of Discord, dividing parts of their bodies as in life they divided others. As they make their rounds the wounds heal, only to have the demon tear apart their bodies again.
Trench 10: Various sorts of falsifiers (fake alchemists, counterfeiters, perjurers, and impostors), who are a "disease" on society, were themselves afflicted with different types of diseases.
Central Well of Fraud
By the end of the Fraud is the Central Well, at the bottom of which lies the Ninth and final Ring of Hell. The classical and biblical Giants – who perhaps symbolize pride and other spiritual flaws lying behind acts of treachery – stand perpetual guard inside the well-pit, their legs embedded in the banks of the Ninth Circle while their upper halves rise above the rim and can be visible from the eight circle.
Post-Renovation
Without a doubt the most improved ring, Fraud's old trenches are still seen on the outskirts of Vru’taie, the main city. Fraud has become a business hotspot for powerful demons and their lesser demon subordinates. A mob also runs a large part of Fraud due to the hands of nature off Belphegor.
== Treachery ==
Pre-Renovation
Treachery, also known as Cocytus, is the Ninth Circle of Hell where lies the souls of those who betrayed that which matters most. The Circle of Betrayal is an incredibly frozen realm. 
There were four concentric zones, or "rounds", to Treachery, each in descending order of seriousness, from betrayal of family ties, to betrayal of community ties, betrayal of guests, and betrayal of liege lords.
* Round 1: Named Caïna, after Cain, who killed his brother. Traitors to kindred are here immersed in the ice up to their chins.
* Round 2: Named Antenora, after Antenor of Troy, who according to medieval tradition, betrayed his city to the Greeks. Traitors to political entities, such as parties, cities, or countries, are located here and imprisoned in the same way as the traitors in Caïna.
* Round 3: Named Ptolomaea, after Ptolemy, son of Abubus, who invited Simon Maccabaeus and his sons to a banquet and then killed them. Traitors to their guests are punished here, lying supine in the ice, which covers them, except for their faces. They are punished more severely than the previous traitors, since the relationship to guests is an entirely voluntary one.
* Round 4: Named Judecca, after Judas Iscariot, Biblical betrayer of Christ. Here are the traitors to their lords and benefactors. All of the sinners punished within are completely encapsulated in ice, distorted in all conceivable positions. In the middle of Hell is a Khaos god known as Mephistopheles frozen in ice, chewing on three of the worst human beings.
This is the circle that Pandemonium is located.
Post-Renovation
The final primary layer of Hell. Treachery has been the only ring that has not become mild or even friendly. Treachery is for the sinners of the world who believe themselves worthy of remaining in the torturous state of Hell. The ice lake has a new addition, a large area of fire and brimstone. The entire layer is split into two 4 parts. Fire and Brimstone, Ice, Inky Void and swamps. In the center of the 4 quadrants of Treachery is a palace known as the Inferni-Specula or the Guard Tower. In the Inferni-Specula are the stairs to the Carcere. See below for more details.
== Carcere ==
Carcere
The Prisons of Hell are home to the worst of humanity. Trapped in their own Hell echo. They are forced to relive their lives forever.
== A few other sectors of Hell that are not primary Rings. ==
Other sectors
Dudael - A separate layer used to hold Azazel. A Fallen Angel who could threaten the power of Lucifer
Sheol - The outskirts of Limbo. The threshold between Hell and Teneta's neverending embrace. 
Tophet - A location in Treachery that was designed for people who committed sin of any kind on children. They would be emerged in the "The Fires of Perdition", A pain, even Lucifer fears.
Jahannam - Is the bottom most layer, beyond all other layers. It is quiet, eerily quiet. Below it is simple bedrock, void stone. Nothing. Nothing is below it.
Jannah - The renovation was not the first time Lucifer tried to make Hell less.. infernal. He created Jannah as a surrogate Garden of Eden for Lilith, who spends her time in the pocket realm. It has now been opened to most demonkind.
Sijjin - Is the layer that holds the Khaos Gods trapped in Hell. Unlike Carcere, no humans will be found here.
Jinnestan - Is a sublayer, as a parallel to Limbo, given to the Jinn of Flames and Light after their realm was destroyed by Unknown means,
== Inhabitants ==
Hell is full of a immense number of beings, races, species and cultures. To make things easier, I will be branching them into their own page.
* Demonkind
**Lilim
**Neverborn
** Nameless ones
**Ska'Vin
**Mazzikin
**Shayatin
**Imps
**Se'irim
**Masterma
**Qliphoth
**Succubus
**Cecaelia
**Incubus
**Ala
**Ravingus 
**Lilifa
* Khaoskin
* Fallen Angels
Category:Realms
Category:Teneta