New Violence

New Violence is the second half of New Heresy, accessible by taking a floating boat at the end of the Bridge.
==Overview==
New Violence is a blood-colored, fog-laden world, ensnared in a perpetual night-time. The sun seen in New Heresy is glowing a deep red, implying that the player arrived in the level at dusk or dawn (possibly the former given that New Heresy is in daytime). According to the pavillion book in New Violence, the area is known as the Breathing Forest.
There are three major regions of New Violence. First, the player arrives on a large floor that appears to be a terminal or cargo deck, as the boat from before is perched upon several large cargo containers. The second portion, directly after the intro area, is a large vertical park that stretches to a forest. The park has a single pathway with a gazebo in the center, depicting a hand-shrine. Around it are the dead trees with mild prominence in New Heresy and a foggy environment. Signs depicting various memetic individuals are strewn about with no clear rhyme or reason, and the area between the pathway and the grass is walled off by fencing.
The forest is more lax with it's restrictions, being entirely traversable without the need to vault over railings, though there is a single path that leads to the currently-upcoming Palace of the Earth Spirits level. There is a small divergence from the main dirt path that leads to an area with a few benches, and of which players can "relax" by sitting down on a few railings.
== Lore ==
Prior to it's reformation, the Violence layer can be inferred to have been roughly the same as it is described in the Divine Comedy: a three-tiered ring of Hell that punished sinners for crimes against their fellow man. The emphasis of trees and wildlife hint that the area the player reaches is the Second Ring, which punished sinners for "violence against themselves" (or, in layman's terms, people who committed suicide).
New Violence was the endgoal of the New Violence Project, an abandoned effort to revitalize the Violence layer of Hell the same way that the Heresy layer was turned into a flourishing underworld metropolis. The general architecture of New Violence hints at an environmentalist (for Hell standards) focus, such as still-breathing trees forged from the bodies of sinnersNew Violence intro book and the presence of an insectoid species with an exotic reputation.Bloodbush Koishi Festivals and park management were among the things planned for New Violence's cultural reformationViolence Attendant Koishi, etc. and the layer was set for a 2667 opening.
It is unclear what happened to the project that forced it's closure, but it is known that in the period of time since it's disappearance, Yuuma Toutetsu had ordered a blockade of the region that trapped leftover employees within it's confines,Book found beside a parkbench which while giving no further indication does suggest New Violence has become lawless.
==Gallery==
File:Newviolenceskyline.png|The silhouette of New Heresy, located to the right-hand side of the level
File:THE FOG.png|The intensive fog of the forest, in action.
==Trivia==
*The initial plan for New Violence was to set it on a cargo ship sailing in the lava seas of the underworld, though this was scrapped in favor of what it is now. The oldest known teaser for the level reaffirmed this, as it consisted of only the New Heresy skyline and the aforementioned ocean of magma.
*The name is a reference to the seventh layer of Hell in Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, which punished it's residents for the sin of violence, and may be a "natural upgrade" of the fact that New Heresy references the sixth and prior layer that related to sinners atoning for apostasy.
**The entire level has discomforting undertones if one has read the poem. If one goes by the writing's rules, then the trees here are forged from the bodies of sinners who have committed suicide, or "violence against the self".
*There is a Special Tree from the analog horror series The Monument Mythos located among the forest. It blends in well with the general scenery, although it sticks out due to being slightly taller than the neighboring flora.
*The actual Statue of Liberty is visible in the smoggy void, which may be a visual nod to it's absence in Ancient Koigypt.
*The area in the forest consisting of nothing but a trio of benches was added solely for players to have a nice view of New Violence's scenery, although early in development it was planned to be the site of a gardening shed.
*New Violence is currently one of two sublocations in Find the Koishis II to allow the player to return to the previous location, with the Necropolitan in Ancient Koigypt allowing the player to return to the rest of the level if they want.
*The iris of the sun in New Violence is angled slightly to the left, so it directly faces the player upon first arriving in the level.
== References ==
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