Sinner

**Sinners** are a class of demonic inhabitants that were all once humans who have committed sins before they died, which results in them arriving in Hell as their punishment in the afterlife.

## Appearance

There is no true extent to a Sinner's appearance. The shape and form that sinners assume when they are damned is said to be connected to the inner darkness and malice in their souls; essentially they allow themselves to be consumed by their impulses and vices which dehumanizes them. Sometimes, the form is influenced by the human's death such as Mephisto's entire being made of black smoke after dying in a burning car.

In addition, during their transfer to either Purgatory or Hell, the souls are seen wearing masks usually worn during a masquerade ball with these masks being modeled after the "shape of their soul". The souls in the Macabre Orient that are marked for Hell transform into whatever the mask is modeled after, and after entering Charon's ship they undergo a painful transformation into their demonic forms they will remain for the rest of their torment.

## Description

Sinners are a large group of damned souls whose appearance and abilities vary widely due to their demonic forms corresponding to their human self's aspects. They are in the lower-middle levels of Hell's hierarchy, being above the three lowest tiers. Sinners are also biologically immortal, and will not die from the aging process.

Sinners have known limitations that separate them from the natural Hellborn demons. For instance, sinners are bound to the respective Circles concerning the sin they committed in life, and they cannot travel to other Circles as well. However, it is actually possible for a sinner to enter another Circle but to do so they require special permission from Minos, the Judge of the Dead. The sinner would plead their case and reasoning for entering a Circle, Minos would evaluate the documentation with the other judges, then see if they are eligible to be permitted to enter a Circle. In the events that their request is granted, the sinner will have a limited time while inside the Circle.

Sinners are also shown to be able to enter the human world, but compared to hellborn demons, their stay on Earth is very limited. It is revealed that all sinners are spiritually shackled and collared to Hell which may explain as to why they cannot enter other Circles and cannot stay on Earth for very long. When their time expires they are forcibly dragged back into Hell.

Despite these setbacks, sinners have the rare privilege to change their social status by gaining power, either by making deals with stronger demons and/or taking power by force. Those who have accumulated enough power through these deals can rise in social status and rise to the next class in the hierarchy, the Overlords.

## Trivia

* It is shown that sinners cannot physically interact with saints such as when Angel grabbed his sister Molly's hand it burned at the touch.
* When sinners arrive at Hell, they make up their own name that they are known for as demons. However there are several that keep their original names.
* Sinners are shown to experience night terrors whenever they sleep. The night terrors themselves consist of their most traumatic and painful experience before they died.
* It is revealed when sinners perform virtuous acts towards others glimpses of their original human forms briefly manifest. This is shown when Husk saved Angel Dust from Valentino and comforted him, and another case was when Alva confessed her feelings towards Hector.