Dice Pieces

Alex's 24 Unused Dice Pieces given as a birthday gift.

The **Dice Pieces**, also known as the **24 Dices Of Life**, are a set of 24 dices given to High-class Devils to increase their ranks by reincarnating other beings into Devils.

## Summary

The Dice Pieces were created by Ajuka Beelzebub sometime during the 16th century using the crystals available in the Agreas Island to help replenish the number of Devils after the Great War which had caused the death of countless Devils. The creation of the Dice Pieces eventually lead to the creation of the Rating Game.

Dice Pieces are commonly given to Pure-blooded High-class Devils, so that they can gather servants of their own. Reincarnated Devils are also given the chance to receive Evil Pieces should they rise in rank and become a High-class or Ultimate-class Devil like Tannin and Rudiger Rosenkreutz.

When a Devil receives the right to obtain the Dice Pieces they are required to go to the Satan's territory and touch a monument which functions as a replacement King Piece to register themselves as King.

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If a King wishes to trade a Piece with another King, a ritual must be performed. A trading-purpose magic circle must be drawn. The Kings stand at the side of the magic circle while their pieces stand in the centre of it. The Kings increase their auras while putting their hands forward and activate the written Devil symbols to circulate. The auras of everyone around them begin to glow and synchronize, bypassing the magic circle. With that, the ritual will end and the trade is completed in a simple manner. A trade can still occur even if one of the pieces of the other party has not been used. It is also possible to trade multiple pieces simultaneously, even if they come from different peerages.

## Appearance

The Evil Pieces are identical to normal chess pieces in terms of appearance but will glow in accordance to the aura color of its users when in use.

## Abilities

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There are a total of 24 dice pieces (1 Queen ♛, 4 Berserkers ♜, 5 Knights ♞, 3 Healers ♝ and 11 Pawns ♟) that are given to High-class Devils (King ♚) with a household. These pieces are used to reincarnate other beings into Devils and become servants of the High-class Devil.

The reincarnation abilities of the Evil Pieces, however, are not absolute as they cannot reincarnate any type of God into Devils even with a Mutation Piece. The recipients they're used on still retains features and abilities exclusive from their previous race, making them hybrids, yet are still classified as Devils.

The Dice Pieces can reincarnate those who died recently,or anyone still living who chooses to be reincarnated willingly.

## Pieces

The strengths, talents, and skills of the being to be reincarnated plays a large role in determining how many pieces will be used for reincarnation. Different Evil Pieces cannot be used together. Evil Pieces can also be exchanged between high-class Devils with peerages.

### Queen

**Queens** (Kanji, Kuīn) more known as the Twelfth Dice. Queens possess all the characteristics of Berserkers, Knights, and Healers, making them the most balanced piece as well as the most powerful. Within individual peerages, Queens typically act as their master's second-in-command, overseeing the rest of the household.

### Berserker

**Berserkers** (Kanji, *Rōmaji*) more known as the Eighth Dice. Rooks gain superhuman strength, leading to high offense and defense. However, they are not very quick, and can get beaten easily by a high-speed opponent. It was mentioned in Volume 2 and shown by Rias in Volume 4 that the King can perform Castling with a Rook piece. In later Rating Games, it is demonstrated that Castling can be performed with people who hold Rook pieces.

### Knight

**Knights** (Kanji, Naito) more known as the first Fourth Dice. Knights gain increased speed and mobility, enabling them to perform high-speed attacks and maneuvers. However, their main weakness is their low defense, making them vulnerable to powerful attacks if they are not careful. Another weakness among knights are their legs; if their legs are injured, their mobility is greatly reduced.

### Healer

**Healer****s** (Kanji, *Rōmaji*) more known as the second Fourth Dice. Bishops gain enhanced demonic power and magical abilities which they can use to conjure up a multitude of spells (offensive, healing, etc.). However, more powerful spells consume most of their demonic and magical powers, which takes a long time to regain, forcing them to use their power carefully or risk becoming vulnerable to physical attacks.

### Pawn

**Pawns** (Kanji, Pōn) more known as the Second Dice. The traits of Pawns is the ability to promote into a Queen, Rook, Knight, or Bishop in enemy territory (as seen in the anime when Issei enters the church to save Asia) or with the permission of their King (as seen when Issei asked Rias for permission to promote before fighting Riser to break off the engagement).

## Variations

### Mutation Pieces

A **Mutation Pieces** (Template:Ruby, Myūtēshon Pīsu) are special combined Dices. If reviving a person requires more than one piece, then using one Mutation Piece would be sufficient in reincarnating that person instead of having to use several pieces. Mutation Pieces can be a Queen, Rook, Knight, Bishop, or Pawn. They are said to be very rare, and only 1 out of 10 Devils possess the Piece.

### Unused Dices

The **Unused Dices**, are the Dices which the King have not used to reincarnating anyone into a Devil.

### King Piece

**King** (Template:Ruby, Kingu) pieces are unique and special made pieces more rare than Mutation Pieces, was created in the beginning of Rule. Unlike the other pieces which grant special abilities, the King Piece simply boosts a person's power to unbeliveble strength that are still unknown. There are only six King Pieces in existence, one who has one is Yūsaku Vermilion. There are also restrictions to its use.

* One, if the user is too strong already they can potentially bisect their lifespan or even die as it is a cursed piece, but some have been able use it nonetheless by pure willpower and live as long as normal, not getting cursed.
* Two, the King Piece cancel out the other Dice you had in you and replace it.

## Trivia

* Ajuka Beelzebub has stated that there are many hidden secrets to the Evil Pieces but that he prefers to let the users figure them out for themselves.
* The Evil Pieces can reincarnate the spirits of God's Artifacts if they manifest themselves.
* The oldest known reincarnated devil in the series is Zeoticus's Bishop, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, who historically lived during the first half of the 16th century, having 'died' 18th February 1535. He is likely also one of the oldest reincarnated devils in history, as Ajuka created the Evil Pieces sometime after he became a Satan after the end of the Devil Civil War that started around 500 years before Issei Hyoudou became a Devil.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Light Novel Volume 1, Life 2
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Light Novel Volume 22, Life 2
3. ↑ Light Novel Volume 2, Life 2
4. ↑ Light Novel Volume 15, *Episode Azazel.1*
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Light Novel Volume 1, New Life
6. ↑ Light Novel Volume 4, Life 4
7. ↑ Light Novel Volume 2, Life ∞ vs Power ∞
8. ↑ Light Novel Volume 8, Extra Life