Angel-Demon War

## History

### Before the War

In the past, approximately over 4000 years ago, Demon's lived on the surface along with all other toons in peace with the other races. According to The Devil of the times journal he appeared to be a beloved ruler and Demon Culture as a whole was much calmer compared to the modern day culture (Ch 151). In fact, many dark creatures at his time were less violent and dangerous then their current counterparts. For example, Gorgons of the time were not cursed to turn any who met their eyes to stone so they could freely interact with the other races without fear (Ch 288). After Ink Illness began causing havoc and death across all races the Micco people, whose effort was seemingly headed by General Vicerion, send out a call to the Dishes, Demons and Angels to come together to find a solution to the plague. This led to all four races working together in the largest known combined project, the creation of the Ink Machine and it's Parts. For a while after the completion of the machine all seemed well as the machine allowed all of the races to heal their sick (Ch 216).

But then one night General Vicerion walked in on what appeared to be the Devil (though the actual identity of this individual is up for debate) attempting to take the Ink Machine for himself. General Vicerion fought to protect the machine and, while he died in this fight, he managed to curse his opponent as his final act to prevent them from ever being able to use the Ink Machine themselves. Moments after the general's death his daughter Ventis and a couple Angels burst into the room, seemingly catching "The Devil" in the act before he used his magic to escape them. General Vicerion's death was the inciting incident for the Angel-Demon War as The Devil claimed he was being framed and refused to turn himself in as he knew that, instead of a fair trial, he would simply be killed for his supposed crime. The Demons also refused to hand The Devil over, saying that the other races were planning their destruction. It is important to note that, despite the fact that it physically appears to be The Devil who killed the General, both The Devil's personal journals and the assessment of one of General Vicerions own daughter, Lukahd, who used her mastery of soul magic to check The Devil's soul to see if he was lying about his guilt attests to the fact that The Devil is actually being framed (Ch 217)

Inky Extra's Chapter 75 gives us some insight into the Angel's point of view at this time. According to Isaac the Angels believed that the Demons betrayed the other races due to their own greed and were attempting to plunge the world into darkness, never doubting The Devil's guilt.

### During the War

It seems that, along with the fighting between the races themselves, much of the War was about the Angel's side keeping the Ink Machine out of the Demon's side hands (Ch 217). This was evidently warranted since, early on in the War, the Demon's forces laid siege to the city of Arcadia which was protected by a powerful barrier. While the majority of the forces, including The Devil, fought the Angel's forces out in the open on the front lines as a distraction a small team led by the Demon King Metz snuck into the city via a series of tunnels to steal the Ink Machine. The hope seemed to be that, with the Ink Machine in hand, they could force the Angels to come to the table to negotiate and end the war. The battle was difficult and created many injured and dead on both sides, though since this was the early days of the war things had thankfully not escalated to brutal practices, like eating souls, that later battles in the war would. The infiltration team did eventually report that their mission was a success, which ended the battle as the Demon's force immediately retreated under the cover of The Devil (Ch 288). Later, The Devil was able to meet back up with the infiltration team as they were transporting the Ink Machine away from the Angel-protected territory. As they walked The Devil was discussing ways to destroy the Ink Machine as he now claimed that the destruction of the machine would bring an end to the war. However, as they were discussing these matters the Ink Machine vanished and they were ambushed by a number of Angel, Dish and Micco warriors. An intense battle was fought and, though lives were lost on both sides, key members of the Demon army such as Lukahd, King Metz and The Devil were able to escape (Ch 289).

The Demon's base during the War was protected not only by the Demons themselves but also by various magical barricades. For example, there was one barricade that was a thick wall of thorns. Another barricade was an air defense against the Angels in the form of tall towers with diamond-shaped heads and purple gems in them (Ch 221) When activated these diamond-headed towers would flash purple, filling the air with lightning and preventing the Angels from flying safely (Ch 214) Enormous spider webs covered many of these barricades. There also seems to have been some for of spatial magic protection around these barriers as Lukahd was not able to teleport as she usually would until she was passed the wall of thorns (Ch 221)

The various battles waged during the War destroyed many cities, both those controlled by the Demons and by the Angels. Eventually, the conflict grew to the point where an extermination order on all Demon's was issued (Ch 151)

During the War Demons started devouring enemies souls on the battlefield, leaving the physical soulless husks of what was left of the individuals behind. The Angels also seemed to have gotten more brutal during the War as Lukahd implies that any Demon unlucky enough to get captured suffered terrible agony during their imprisonment. She also mentions that what happened to the Demons at the hand of the Laputan Micco was particularly viscous (Ch 217) The Devil also mentions that many of the Demons during this time sustained damage not just to their bodies but also to their souls that left scars on them (Ch 221)

Despite the general viciousness of the War the Demons still committed to certain War etiquette rules. For example, one such rule was that whoever captured an enemy got to keep them as their prize until that person releases said enemy (Ch 221)

At one point Lukahd, who had sided with the Demons, sent a message that she wished to meet with her sister Ventis, who had sided with the Angels, in order to discuss a truce. Ventis agreed to the meeting, all though she was forced to bring a small group of glamoured Angels with her for her own protection despite the fact that Lukahd had specifically requested she come alone. The Angel's terms for truce were that they wished for The Devil to renounce his title and step down as king but it turned out that Lukahd was not actually interested in negotiating peace. Lukahd tried to warn her sister that something bad was coming and to leave the War behind, but Ventis refused to step down. The argument between the sisters escalated, causing both sisters respective hidden Angel and Demon protectors to reveal themselves. Ventis tried to get her sister to come with her by force but Lukahd used her magic to rip the Angel guards souls (including that of archangel Michael) out of their bodies, whose soulless bodies she then puppeteered along with more of her own magic in an attempt to capture her sister by force for "her own good". Ventis was eventually able to escape with a powerful magic attack of her own and fled the meeting place (Ch 217)

After the attempt to kidnap her sister Lukahd began to become more viscous in her contributions to the War, so much so that she became known as "The Lady of Despair". She would go on to the battlefield to use her magic to mess with the minds of the enemy side, causing allies to turn on each other and kill one another. This was often announced by a song about the Lady Despair, which her victims would sing as they slaughtered their allies. She would also rip the souls of enemy combatants out of their bodies to take for herself, in particular targeting Dishes for this cruel fate. Over the course of the War Lukahd stole over ten thousand souls, the majority seeming to be Angels, Micco and Dishes. She also murdered hundred of thousands of Angels, Dishes and Micco. Lukahd also would remove her own soul from her body and used it to possess others. She even went to the terrifying extremes of consuming an archangels soul and performing experimentations on the individuals and souls she stole, particularly her Dish captives. Her experiments were extremely painful and inhumane to her captives. In these experiments she would harm both the physical body of the victim as well as their souls. When those experimented on were found there was evidence of, "signs of maltreatment on basic needs, dissections, experiments of poisons, medicines, and questionable potions, several curse circles, and other enchantments. The damages to souls were . . .Extensive. Several had been stripped of parts, dissected, sewn together, and injected with different potions. The number of experiments on souls reach into the thousands.” While there was evidence that others helped her in these experiments Lukahd seemed to be the one in charge of them as many of her captives attested following the War. Not all of those experimented on were soldiers in the War as Angel healers and messengers were also among those tested on (Ch 221)

As well as experimenting on captured Angel allies Lukahd also would puppeteer their bodies in order to lead their allies into traps set by the Demons. One of the most notable instances of this was the fall of the City of Cirrus. Lukahd used one of her puppeted victims, archangel Michael, to infiltrated the city and help orchestrate the destruction of the entire city and all those in it (Ch 221)

Lukahd also used her experience with strategy, learned from her father General Vicerion, to make plans of attack for the Demon forces. She also helped in creating plans to specifically counter her sister Ventis, who was the only other one who would know of their father's battle strategies like she did. In the beginning the strategies Lukahd employed were tailored towards efficiency, fast victories with few causalities. Later on her strategies, much like the woman herself, become more deadly and involved the committing of various war crimes. As her sister Ventis described them these later strategies involved, "Murder and ill-treatment of occupied territories toward civilian populations and prisoners of war. Plundering of public and private property, needless destruction of cities, towns, and villages and unjustified devastation." (Ch 221)

On the other side of the War Ventis not only was involved in strategy planning to combat her sister but also fought on the front lines of many battles. She also worked to recover hostages and prisoners of war, freeing many people from awful conditions over the course of the War. She was among those helping to free her sisters victims. It is also mentioned that Ventis acted as a physician on occasion (Ch 221)

At some point near the end of the War the last of the Demon's barriers fell and a genocide occurred. Many Demons rushed to hide evidence of the various crimes they had committed, such as killing the captives they were experimenting on. Many of these poor test subjects were successfully killed before their Angel allies could get through to save them. Those captives that survived this mass killing were able to eventually recover their souls thanks to the work of the Dish knights, who used a combination of their magic and the Demon's own notes to return the souls. However, it was only a small number of victims whose souls were able to be restored and it is unknown what happened to the other captives (Ch 221)

According to a scroll found by Black Hat in the current Devil's office it was a Dish that defeated The Devil of the time using the Lost Super. While the Dish who defeated The Devil died due to using the Lost Super this attack weakened The Devil enough for the Angels to capture him (Ch 150)

### Aftermath

After losing the War Demons were captured in magic cages by the Angels forces and then imprisoned in Hell as punishment. The Demons were literally dropped into the pit of hell, still in their cages, while the Angels executed several Demon leaders on a nearby stage in their line of sight. Many Demons did not survive the fall and those that did either had to hope that the cage was destroyed enough to allow them to escape or that another Demon would come to unlock their cage. The Devil himself was the last to be pushed into the pit after being forced to watch all the other Demons being dropped in. Following this imprisonment Angels would hunt down and kill any Demons that managed to make it back to the Surface. At some point after the Demons were imprisoned in Hell The Devil from the War was replaced by the current Devil (Ch 151)

Several of the Demons allies were also put on trial by the Angels following the War and the Demons subsequent imprisonment in Hell. One of the most notable of these was that of the Lady of Despair, Lukahd of the Demons. Lukahd was trialed in a higher Angel court of nature. During the trial, which was ruled over by three different judges and viewed by a vast audience, the vast amount of evidence against Lukahd was presented. Documents she had wrote about her experiments were showcased and many of her surviving victims, such as archangel Michael, and even her sister Ventis testified against her. Lukahd did not speak anything in her own defense during the trial. With the overwhelming evidence against her Lukahd was unsurprisingly found guilty and sentenced to execution along with her soul being sealed so she "may never again walk about this or any other earth.” Only moments after her sentencing Lukahd used her magic to escape her bonds, burning the document evidence and taking archangel Michael as a hostage. While holding Michael she announced a curse she was placing on all of the Micco, Angels and Dishes, "From this day forward, the three great nations will suffer as the demons suffer. With each passing generation, your blood will grow weaker, hunted for your talents, abused for your eccentricities, your people shall fade until your nations are but a pale memory and your grandchildren’s grandchildren’s grandchildren live to see the last of your race die out in bitter agony.” Soon after placing her curse Lukahd was re-captured by the Angels, her ultimate fate at this time remaining unknown (Ch 221)

All the races who sided with the Demons were either killed or cursed after the war as punishment (Ch 151) Felix has also noted that the War was the biggest loss of Angel life in known history (Ch 80)

In modern times Demons are only allowed back on the Surface after agreeing to certain rules and obtaining the Angels approval. These rules were negotiated in the Treaty between Angels and Demons, a document which the current Devil helped write (Ch 155) alongside the Council of Seven of the time. Apparently, the Treaty is meant to give some Demon's the chance to prove they can live peacefully on the Surface once more (Inky Extra's Ch 75). Still, many Demons and Angels have not forgotten how bad the war was and still see each other as enemies. There are some individuals on both sides who are just waiting for a chance to start up another war (Ch 246).

## Races involved in the War

### Angel Side

* Dishes
* Micco (Majority)
* Unicorns
* Griffins
* Dragons

### Demon Side

* Gorgons
* Giants
* Cyclops
* Dwarves
* Gremlins
* Gargoyles
* Harpies
* Vampires
* Trolls
* Serpents
* Hydra's
* Werewolves
* Giant Wolves
* Micco (Minority)

## Important Characters involved in the War

* The Devil (past)
* General Vicerion
* Ventis
* Lukahd
* Archangel Michael (past)
* Archangel Barachiel

## Trivia and Notes

### Trivia

* The Grand Canyon was created as a result of one of the battles fought during the War (Ch 151)
* At some point during the war one of The Devil's closest friends killed Archangel Barachiel and took his wings as a prize, which can still be found displayed in Hell's museum to this day (Ch 151)
* Some other events set up by the Demons during the War are ambushes in the Tikuia Mountains, traps at the Thousand Lakes and the overnight destruction of Pangea (Ch 217)

### Notes

* Chaos again. You know, I was there. The absolute madness of it all. It was at the height of magical technology. Flying cities, magical creatures and beings left and right. It was more wild back then too. The lines between nature and civilization were more blurred. Better fit for each other. It was both more Orderly and more Chaotic. So much has changed. Balance completely tossed out the window. Not that it bother ME much but I do admit, I rather miss the Demons on the Surface. Such a war to leave so much lost. It’s amazing how much they’ve forgotten. Well, that wasn’t completely on accident either. Many like to pretend bad things don’t happen.

## Links and References

* See Also- Angel Culture, Demon Culture, Dish Culture, Calix Animi, MIcco