The Void

The Void Plane, also known as The Void, was created after the ascension of Oasis and DC. Them ascending to Godhood and releasing vast amounts of Magic onto the world had many unintended side effects, one of which being the creation of the Void itself. Oasis’ domain is that of Blue Magic. DC’s is that of red. The Void is a plane created by Green Magic. It’s inherently weaker than the Afterlife or the Underworld.

The weaker Magic holding the realm together, paired with its lack of God, makes the Void a vast empty world. Nothing exists here. The Void’s terrain is made entirely of rock. Some say it’s a world made only of infinite caves and caverns that twist and turn endlessly, although this isn’t necessarily true. Many mountain ranges can be found here, and the climate varies drastically. It can be anywhere from freezing to boiling and then some. A lot of areas are simply uninhabitable because of this.

Like the Afterlife, the Void is a resting place for souls. Souls that have been infected with Red Magic who somehow got lucky enough not to be destroyed permanently. Red Magic eats away at the Blue Magic that makes up a creature's soul, damaging and distorting it. If a creature happens to die before the infection kills them entirely, they’ll still have a soul. That soul has to go somewhere, but Red Magic prevents them from entering the Afterlife. These souls wind up in the Void and turn into Demons.

Once a soul has entered the Void it can begin to heal itself. A Demon’s “soul”, if you can even call it that at this point, is made up of powerful Green Magic. Depending on how long the soul was infected will determine how broken and distorted it is. Sometimes a Mortal is infected with Red Magic until their entire body is literally eaten away, while others are killed off immediately in order to be assimilated into the hivemind that DC controls. The longer the soul was infected, the more Red Magic makes it up. That being said, no soul is made of Red Magic entirely. Red Magic is the Magic of death. It cannot create a living being.

The more damaged the soul, the more distorted the Demon’s appearance will be. A Demon's appearance can be that of almost anything. Many of them still closely resemble their Mortal counterparts, making it difficult to differentiate the two at times. Demons like this are those whose souls haven't been heavily damaged. Those who’ve been more badly damaged will appear more monstrous and distorted. These Demons also act more irrationally and evil because of the amount of Red Magic still in their system. Because of how diverse the fauna of Mirror Domain is, it can be hard to tell if a Demon’s appearance has been heavily distorted or not. Some species already look Demonic in their natural state.

All Void inhabitants have one goal: escape. Nothing exists in this place besides rocks and Demons. Nothing. No precious metals, no building materials, no plants. It's a vast, empty, endless realm where Demons are doomed to wander for eternity. The complete lack of mental stimulation causes many Demons to go insane, as most exist for thousands of years before getting lucky enough to be summoned somewhere else.

The lucky few that don’t lose their minds completely often band together in groups or cliques to do various things. Terf wars are commonplace, but not because they have anything to protect. It’s more because fighting is more entertaining than doing nothing. Violence is extremely commonplace in The Void. Some cliques will find any excuse at all to beat someone up. This, paired with the general insanity caused by living in the Void, causes many Demons to become “evil”, but that’s not to say every Demon is evil. Like all living things, each Demon is different.

Those who don’t take part in violence will find entertainment in other ways. A lot of upper class Demons tend to be sexually deviant in some way. Many will form odd obsessions with certain things, be it an object or idea, and spend their time collecting these things. Others will devote all of their time searching for a way out; summoning circles or otherwise.

## **Reincarnation**

Much like normal souls, Demons can be reincarnated. Because their souls are so heavily damaged, they aren’t given new bodies upon exiting the Void. Instead they retain their current appearance, for better or for worse. They’ll also keep this form upon death, essentially making a Demon immortal. A Demon can be re-summoned upon its death.

That being said, the Void has lingering effects from the Afterlife. When a Demon is pulled from the Void, all previous memories of its life are temporarily forgotten. Just like how a Mortal cannot remember their time in the Afterlife, a Demon cannot remember their time in the Void. Unlike Mortals, however, Demons do retain some information. Personality will remain the same. They’ll be able to remember their name, and they’ll be able to recognise Demons they knew in the Void, although they won’t be able to remember the details of their relationship.

It’s unknown whether a Demon retains it’s memories of the Mortal realm if it’s summoned twice. There’s so many Demons. Summoning the same once more than once is almost impossible, so there isn’t any recorded information on the subject. On top of that, if a Demon did retain it’s memories of the living world, it’d still forget the Void. As far as it’d be concerned, it just blacked out and woke up somewhere else rather than being killed.

As stated previously, there’s no God inhabiting the Void. Because of this, there’s no one to channel Demons out of it like how souls are channeled out of the Afterlife. The only way for a Demon to leave the Void is for them to be summoned by someone outside of it. If a Demon is never summoned, it’ll be trapped in the Void forever.

Demons are only able to leave the Void with the help of a Magic Circle. Summoning circles make use of Red Magic, using it to temporarily rip a hole between planes and allowing a singular individual to pass through. Different summoning circles have different effects, and not all Demons can access all portals. It’s up to the discretion of the summoner to decide what Demon is allowed through.

## **Death**

Unlike souls in the Afterlife, Demons can be killed off permanently. Their souls are already weakened and damaged, so destroying them is relatively simple. Blue Magic is the easiest way to kill a Demon. Blue Magic is naturally inclined to heal, and as such it’ll try to remove the Red Magic from a Demon’s soul. In doing so, a large part of the soul is destroyed, and the remnants are unable to hold themselves together. The soul will be destroyed, leaving nothing behind but a small amount of Blue Magic energy. It does take a considerable amount of Blue Magic to accomplish this, though.

Red Magic is also able to kill a Demon, although it’s much more difficult. Their weaker souls actually prove to be beneficial in the case of Red Magic. It doesn’t always target them as living beings, allowing them to avoid infection at a much higher rate than Mortals. It can still kill them, especially if DC himself gets involved, but it takes far more time and energy to do so.

That being said, Mortals are unaware of the existence of the Void. They have no reason to take the precautions to kill a Demon permanently like this. As far as they’re aware what they do *does* kill them off permanently. Why waste rare and valuable types of Magic on killing off a Demon? It’s not worth it; not unless a Demon is particularly dangerous.