Devildom of Helmuth

**Helmuth** is the treacherous homeland of the Demon Race and its various sub races.

## Helmuth

### Inhabitants

* Demon King of Destruction
* Demon King of Incarceration
* ~~Demon King of Fury~~
* ~~Demon King of Cruelty~~
* ~~Demon King of Carnage~~
* Noir Giabella
* Gavid Lindman
* ~~Raizakia~~
* ~~Belial~~
* Kamash
* Sein
* ~~Oberon~~
* Iris
* Incarceration's Shield

300 years ago Helmuth was a lawless and dangerous place for all beings except Demons who are ruled by Demon Kings. But after the war between the Five Great Heroes and Demon Kings ended with a oath between Vermouth and the Demon King of Incarceration, an age of peace ushered in. And that fact has deeply changed the political landscape of Helmuth from a dangerous place for human beings to a human-friendly country. In current Helmuth, the citizens are guaranteed a minimum standard of living even if they didn’t do any work. Vast numbers of demonic beasts had been bound as familiars to the Demon Kings and performed any difficult labor in place of the country’s citizens. And it isn’t just demonic beasts either. There are also the undead which had been raised by high-ranking demonfolk and Black Wizards. These non-human monsters would do all the work in place of the humans, or at least in place of the humans who would otherwise be engaged in agriculture, so the vast land of Helmuth is usually covered with the golden color of wheat, regardless of the season. The citizens of Helmuth don't have to pay their taxes with money. The taxes that they were made to pay each month came in the form of their easily recoverable lifeforce, and they are far from onerous. And if they wished, citizens could even enjoy quite a luxurious life in Helmuth by mortgaging their souls. As long as they paid off the mortgage before they died, it was even possible for them to reclaim their mortgaged souls. And if they weren't able to reclaim their souls, then the price of the luxury they had enjoyed in life would have to be repaid after they had died. In other words, they would be transformed into undead slaves upon their deaths. Ten years, that is all that the Demon King of Incarceration asked in return from citizens of his country who couldn't pay their mortgage before their death; their post-mortem period of labor would be restricted to ten years at the very most. Because of these reasons, Helmuth is regarded highly in this era by people who want to have an easy life in luxury. For these people, although the cost of immigrating to Helmuth is quite high, it isn’t so much that those desperate to do so were unable to afford it. Also, even though these people had sold their souls to the demonfolk and their Demon Kings, as long as they possessed a firm faith, they would be able to ascend to heaven, even if it was only after they had finished their period of labor.

## Rulers

Helmuth is ruled by the Five Demon Kings. However, since three of them are dead and the Demon King of Destruction is not active, the nation is almost entirely under the control of the Demon King of Incarceration. However, there are some Dukes that hold a lot of authority as well:

* Queen of the Night Demons, Noir Giabella
* Incarceration’s Blade, Gavid Lindman
* Black Dragon, Raizakia

Its been stated that after the deaths of the three Demon Kings, some of their former subordinates and servants had become prominent rulers within Helmuth despite their original leader’s deaths and others were slowly removed from power by the three Dukes of the Demon King of Incarceration. This is shown where Fury’s adoptive daughter Iris became a prominent figure in Helmuth as Ruler of the Dark Elves prior to being defeated by Noir Giabella and his adoptive son Oberon had similar authority prior to being killed and usurped by his own son.

The former subordinates of the Demon Kings of Carnage and Cruelty also once held some authority over Helmuth, but they were slowly removed from power by Noir Giabella as well.

Due to three of the original five Demon Kings are deceased, there are currently three empty seats available in Helmuth's overall government and power structure. Due to this, a number of the Higher Ranked Demon Folk of Helmuth is aiming to gather power, be it political, martial or magical power, in order to become powerful enough to be recognized as a new Demon King and take one of the three empty seats. As shown where Iris has been trying to consolidate political power in Helmuth by growing her faction, the Dark Elves and increasing her number of subordinates for the last 300 years while at the same time training in order to increase her own strength in order to be acknowledge as a new Demon King and fill her adoptive father's empty seat.

## Locations

### **Past**

#### Demon King of Incarceration's palace

300 Years ago, The Demon King of Incarceration’s castle is a place that Eugene described as torturous and dimly lit. It is the place where he died in his past life as Hamel after throwing himself in the way of Belial's attack to protect Vermouth.

300 Years after the War’s end, the Castle of the Demon King of Incarceration was stated to have been transformed into its current sleak, black skyscrapper and the tallest building in the modern city of Pandemonium.

#### Demon King of Carnage’s Castle

300 Years ago, the Demon King of Carnage had his own castle in Helmuth. It was here that the Five Great Heroes and their allies made their first major offense against the Demons and began their crusade to kill the Demon Kings.

During the battle against Carnage, a majority of the castle was destroyed during the cross fire and was left as a ruin after the Demon King’s death.

Later, after the “Promise” and the ceasefire of the war between Humanity and Demon folk, the Castle was rebuilt under orders of the Demon King of Incarceration, who then turned it into a tourist spot to remember the war 300 years ago.

Silent Darkness Ore Mines. Within the vicinity of the castle and within Carnage’s territory, there was a large mine where the Silent Darkness Ore, a unique ore found only in the Demon King of Carnage’s territory, is found and mined. During the war 300 years ago, the Demon King of Carnage mined this ore and used it to empower his subordinates using his unique powers.

#### Demon King of Cruelty’s Castle

The base and home of the Demon King of Cruelty. 300 years ago, the Five Great Heroes successfully raided this castle and killed the Demon King of Cruelty in his own castle. Like the castle of the Demon King of Carnage’s, Cruelty’s own castle was likely destroyed during the raid.

Per the Demon King of Incarceration’s orders, the Castle of Cruelty was restored and turned into a tourist destination in the modern day.

#### Demon King of Fury’s Castle

The base and home of the Demon King of Fury. 300 years ago, the Five Great Heroes raided and fought the Demon King of Fury and his adoptive children in this castle, alongside his armies. Here, Fury would be killed and his surviving childre, Iris and Oberon, where forced to abandon this castle to survive.

Per the Demon King of Incarceration’s orders, the Castle was restored and turned into a tourist destination in the modern day.

### **Present**

#### Pandemonium

**The Capital of the Helmuth Empire, Pandemonium**, also known as the City of Skyscrapers and the Land of Oppertunity, is the capital city of Helmuth and the Empire’s largest metropolis and the most technologically advanced known city in the world. Due to its importance, many of the highest ranking Demons reside in the capital, with the Demon King of Incarceration and Gavid Lindman knowing to reside in it.

300 years ago, the Pandemonium was vastly different to how it was in current day. The castle of the Demon King of Incarceration was stated to have been located in the **Centapid Mountain**, a highly dangerous mountain range that was stated to be shaped into the form of huge centipedes and incredibly difficult to navigate and was stated to actually change and move daily, almost as if it was a living being. If one where to successfully overcome and get throuh the mountain, they would then see The Castle of Incarceration in the **Red Plains**, the territory where the barracks of the Black Fog is located, where the corpses of their defeated foes, humans armies, demonfolk and demon beasts, littered the plains.

As described, after 300 years under the “Promise”, the city of Pandemonium has become the most “modern” city in the world, with the city being known as the City of Skyscrapers, with a majority of the building being tall skyscrapers reaching for the sky. And among those skyscrapers, is a sleek, black building standing tall at the very center of Pandemonium, **Babel** Tower, the center of Helmuth’s government and the residence of the Demon King of Incarceration and the building where Gavid Lindman works and carries out his duties as one of Helmuth’s Archdukes.

The buildings in Helmuth are tall enough that additional security is required to maintain public order.The Air-Fish is a unique species used to accomplish this. They were placed all over the skies of Helmuth’s skyscrapers and swam through the skies of Pandemonium in order to act as part of the security system that kept the crime rate of Pandemonium under perfect control. The Air-Fishes are able to monitor the entire city of skyscrapers without any blindspots while transmitting all that they observed to Babel’s Control Centre.

The Control Center, dozens of floors below the city, there are thousands of souls that had contracted themselves into post-mortem labor, and the hundreds of demonfolk, who controlled these souls, are working hard to protect the city’s security by digging through the monitoring images sent by the Air-Fish.

The Entirety of the Capital was stated to be singlehandedly powered by the Demon King of Incarceration. In his residence of Babel, the tallest skyscraper in the City that also acts as a transmission tower, the Demon King’s Dark Mana is harvested and transmitted to the Black Towers, which served as landmarks in the sectors of Helmuth, receive and amplify the dark power sent to them by Babel, and relayed it throughout the entire city via magic cables buried underground. Which in turn power all the buildings in Pandemonium.

The Dark Power harvested from the Demon King are also used in transportation. Where the Dark Power from the Demon King can also be transmitted via Dark Power Rods equipped into automobiles, where unlike in other countries thar require magic engine to run, completely removes it and allows anyone, even humans that cannot use magic or mana, to drive and use automobiles, provided that it is only used within the capital.

#### Dreamea

**Dreamea** was Noir Giabella’s original territory of Helmuth and was her original base of operations and the territory she governed prior to her acquiring Iris’s former territory. Given that it was Noir Giabella’s original land, this territory is likely where he Night Demons original based themselves in and was Noir’s main seat of power before building Giabella city.

#### Giabella City (Formerly Forest of Black Shadows)

Prior to be evicted from Helmuth, Iris and her Dark Elves resided in a large forest area reserved for her and her Dark Elves to live in. Iris herself would reside in this territory for over 300 years until she would be thrown out after Noir Giabella successfully defeat her in a offical match for territory, with Noir Giabella winning the forest and taking ownership from Iris.

After expelling the Dark Elves, Noir Giabella ordered that the forest be cleared out and construction for a new entertainment district be build for Noir Giabella’s pleasure. Noir Gaibella herself plans to build numerous status of herself in her new land, along with numerous casinos, hotels, a museum of her exploits and a gigantic tourist facility that will serve as her official base of operation to attain even further revenue and have her Night Demons become the staff.

As noted, the project and its scale only continued to expand, to the point that Noir Giabella now plans to create a entirely new metropolis and urban area named after herself.

#### Demon-Dragon Castle

A floating fortress that acted as the Black Dragon, Raizakia’s residence and main power base as a Archduke of Helmuth. The floating castle itself was designed and built by the Dwarves enslaved by Raizakai and using the design and esthetics from a ancient, forgotten civilization and was further reinforced by the Black Dragon’s magic. The fortress itself mainly floats around and fly’s within Raizakia’s designated territory in Helmuth.

## References

1. ↑  Chapter 206:Babel (1)
2. ↑  Chapter 251:Alcarte (3)