Koga Clan

#### **The Koga Clan:**

The Koga Clan is the third draconian group. They are the boatmen between life and death. They are the caregivers of the afterlife, the crossover of souls once they are deceased, and the judges of the dead. This group's existence is for informational purposes only and to answer a single question: What happens to all creatures once they die? Where do they go? Who balances Good against Evil? Technically, that was three questions, lol. Those of this clan deal with transporting souls who died during the day and night to the bridge of the afterlife. They guide souls to the afterlife and then judge them at their final destination. That's it.

This group can be mentioned and referenced in your RP. Not recruiting.

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#### **Reproduction Life**

The reproduction life of a Koga is similar to that of other clans. A pregnancy lasts for 1 year of RP time, which is 10 weeks of RL time. A child at 10 years old in RP time is 1 month old in RL time. A Koga reaches adulthood at 30 years RP time, which is 3 months RL time.

Anything between 10 - 30 years is adolescent.

***(10 years of RP time = 1 month of RL time)***

***(30 years of RP time = 3 months of RL time)***

**Note:** Your OC(s) will not interact with a Koga unless they have died. This includes family backgrounds. You will not have half-breed mothers, fathers, etc. Your OC(s) will not be half-breeds, nor will you be born full-blooded. They stay invisible and can only be seen by deceased souls. Mixed breeds are absolutely impossible and will not be approved. This group is extremely antisocial. They do not interact with the living. At all.

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#### **Judges**

There are 10 judges. 9 of them each oversee the circles of hell. The 10th Judge rules over Elysium, a paradise for all good souls and heroes. They do not inhabit anywhere on Ertha and are very antisocial.

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* **Judge Lilith rules over Elysium.**
* **Judge Minos rules over the 1st Circle of Hell.**
* **Judge Asmodeus rules over the 2nd Circle of Hell.**
* **Judge Abubu rules over the 3rd Circle of Hell.**
* **Judge Mammon rules over the 4th Circle of Hell.**
* **Judge Satan rules over the 5th Circle of Hell.**
* **Judge Diavolo rules over the 6th Circle of Hell.**
* **Judge Ptolemy rules over the 7th Circle of Hell.**
* **Judge Mephistopheles rules over the 8th Circle of Hell.**
* **Judge Lucifer rules over the 9th Circle of Hell.**

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#### **How Does a Soul Get Judged?**

The judges will review a soul's entire life. From birth, childhood, adult life, and finally when they take their last breath. They take all sins and good deeds and decide which one plays a stronger role. If every good deed conquers the sins committed, then the soul goes to Elysium. If every sin conquers every good deed, they will take a closer look and find a common thread between them. Pay attention to the patterns. They will pull out the common thread and use that to make a judgment. What do all these sins have in common?

In some cases, there are souls who might have more good deeds than sins, but those few sins were severe enough to override every good deed. For example, someone might have been a charitable person who gave back to their community but secretly raped children (judges really don't like this, btw). Or maybe that soul became a powerful leader but killed their own kin to get it. In this case, treachery trumps leadership, and pedophilia trumps charity. It just really depends, and the judges are experts at this. They never disagree on a soul.

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#### **Who Goes to Elysium?**

*"Here the blessed will live untouched by sorrow, in the islands of the blessed, under my warm embrace. Rest my beautiful ones, for I bear you much grain-giving love and honey-sweet fruit, flourishing eternally..."* - Judge Lilith

Judge Lilith's home, Elysium, is a beautiful meadow home where the favored enjoy perfect happiness.

Elysium is a paradise for all the good and the heroic. Those who've lived well in life and those who've sacrificed for their families and nations, rest in the abode of the blessed after death. Here, they are eternally rewarded for their good deeds.

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#### **What Happens in Each Circle of Hell?**

**Level 1: Limbo**

*“Here suffer those who did not sin, yet did not have the required portal of our faith. Their punishment is the denial of Paradise…”* - Judge Minos

Limbo is the First Circle of Hell. It is the residence of virtuous pagan and Unbaptized Souls. The term derives from the Latin term "Limbus," which translates to "Edge" or "Boundary". It is believed to be the outermost region of Hell, to which the condemned souls who were not sinful yet lacked the proper faith to enter Elysium or those who never received baptism are placed. This is the first location where Charon's Ferryboat goes to unload all of the souls.

**Level 2: Lust**

*“To this torment are condemned the carnal damned. Those for whom desire conquered reason…”*- Judge Asmodeus

Below Limbo was the Second Circle of Hell, Lust. The Circle of Lust was comprised of a vast and rocky chasm, with the structural ends of a broken bridge residing on each side. The broken bridge looked like open legs, lined with gold statues of the lustful, separated at the left and right of the bridge with purple lightning arching between them.

The centerpiece and main section shooting up between the bridge of legs is The Carnal Tower, a massive, phallic-shaped structure, which rises out of the chasm between the bridges.

The Tower itself had many floors, and its architecture and décor continued with the theme of sex and genitalia. For example, the pillars and columns resembled penises, the doors and arches are reminiscent of the vagina and the rooms resemble the womb. Statues of the lustful in intimate poses are also present.

Not all types of lust are included here. The only way it's considered a sin, is when your carnal desires are done in a way that either harms or puts other people's lives in danger. People who commit crimes of lust are morally bankrupt and do not care how their passions damage others. Read below for a deeper explanation.

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**Floor 1: Femme/Homme Fatale.**

These are your nymphomaniacs who use their frills and seductions in ways that get their lovers harmed or killed. They are known to be very attractive and seductive, likely to cause distress or disaster to anyone who becomes involved with them. Their charms ensnare their lovers, often leading them into compromising, deadly traps. The love between them can

Another way they cause harm is by exploiting and abusing their lovers' trust. They swindle their lovers for money, housing, resources, or other personal gains. They take full advantage of people's blind love and devotion towards them for their own personal gain. The love between them is usually very one-sided.

Their punishment is to forever push a large and heavy boulder up a hill. Just when they reach the top, the boulder suddenly rolls all the way down to the bottom of the hill, starting them over at square one.

**Floor 2: Incest.**

Sexual activity between family members or close relatives. Brother sleeping with sister, sister sleeping with her father, mother sleeping with her son, etc. It's a sin because these people are classified as being too closely related to marry each other.

Their punishment is to lay in venomous beds on their backs with their legs open, and hands tied behind their heads. Snakes will scorch their genitals with flames, while they are unable to move. Their breast and abs, eternally feasted on by sharp teeth and venomous tongues. The souls are gagged with iron hot ball sacks so their screams will not be heard.

**Floor 3: Cheaters and Adulterers.**

Voluntary sexual intercourse between a married/domestic person and a person who is not his or her spouse. Cheaters destroy marriages and families, shatter their lovers' ability to trust future partners, hurt their kids, and even lead to depression and anxiety. They also cause long-term pain to any children created from these extramarital affairs, because these offspring are very often robbed of knowing what healthy love looks like, and the true definition of meaningful love and connections. Francesca fell in love with Paolo, the younger brother of her old and deformed husband. When the husband discovered the adultery, he had the lovers killed. This group has broken the very foundations of love and sacred trust. As a result, they receive no love here.

Their punishment is to drown in an endless pool of boiling semen and sweat. When they try to gasp for air, they are immediately smacked down by iron paddles.

**Floor 4: Pedophiles and Rapists*.***

Those who force themselves unto their victims without consent. Sexual assault against unwilling partners and rape against minors are acts of violence. Every partner has the right to consent, and children cannot legally consent, nor make informed decisions. This floor is also for those who deceptively hide their sexual/health status. If you have an incurable disease or present yourself as one way when you were/are biologically another, and intentionally do not tell your lovers. You're essentially taking away people's freedom of choice and therefore, their right to consent. It's cruel and wrong. Period.

Their punishment is to get bent over on a burning venomous bed and pressed down face first, while a pointy hot iron rod is repeatedly thrust inside of them. They are also gagged with iron hot ball sacks so their screams will not be heard.

**Floor 5: Rulers.**

These groups are leaders, who allowed their passions to dictate all reason. These people have either directly or indirectly started wars between kingdoms (some who may have once been allies), and caused empires to fall. Queen Cleopatra is among the damned souls. Helen of Troy is currently awaiting trial, as her judgment has not been made yet.

Their punishment is to be tossed and turned by the violent stormy winds around the Carnal Tower, forever. No hope of less pain, no hope of rest for these damned souls.

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**Level 3: Gluttony**

*“For the ruinous fault of Gluttony, so are these sad souls broken by the rain and the mud…”* - Judge Abubu

Below Lust is the Third Circle of Hell, Gluttony. The circle is populated mostly by gluttonous demons, great landscapes that are made of living organs, violent storms, mud, piles of waste, and giant gorger worms with insatiable appetites. In this circle are those who are punished for over-indulgence and addictions in the world above, placing such things above all things including their fellow man.

These Damned are forced to slosh around forever in the vile muck that made most of the circle up. There, souls will encounter Judge Abubu's companion, the "Great worm" Cerberus, a massive stomach with three worm-like heads protruding from an open maw.

Other damned souls that enter the Hall of Gluttons, an area where the high-status gluttons live, are eternally eaten by Judge Abubu's group. Imagine being in a toilet seat and your mouth and throat is the inside part where waste and secretions go.

They make sure to leave some for him when he takes his ~~very frequent~~ lunch breaks.

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**Level 4: Greed**

*“For the crime of Greed do these souls suffer. Those clerks asquint of mind made no measured spending in life. And by contrast, in these Popes and Cardinals, greed practiced its excess…”* - Judge Mammon

Below Gluttony is the Fourth Circle of Hell, Greed. Within the circle are the occupants who are boiled alive in the molten gold below and they are condemned for hoarding too closely or spending too freely with the riches.

To entertain himself, Judge Mammon and his lieutenants love to play with the wretched souls. In the "Wheel of Fortune", souls will be faced with horrendous puzzles, used to deliver punishment. If they don't solve each challenging puzzle (which always changes), they will be smashed and completely smothered by walls with golden spikes. On the other side of the Wheel of Fortune "prize" is a pile of heavenly gold, which souls could use to "buy" their way into Elysium. If one ever achieves it. See the symbolism?

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**Level 5: Anger**

*“I see the souls over whom anger prevailed. In the warm bath of the sun they were hateful, down here in the black sludge of the river Styx, do they wish they had never been born...”* - Judge Satan

Below Greed is the Fifth Circle of Hell, Wrath. Those who expressed anger (The wrathful) attacked each other on the swamp's surface while those who repressed anger (The sullen) eternally drowned beneath the marsh.

Anger is derived from the Latin word "Ira" and is defined as uncontrollable rage to the point of wishing or actually harming others. It is categorized as a Deadly Sin because it can lead to the physical and emotional injury or death of others and possibly the sinner. In addition, in a rage, people often could not distinguish friend from foe and may strike out unjustly at anyone within their reach.

**Phlegyas:** Judge Satan's companion and the Guardian of the River Styx. Only he may grant passage across the swamp to the city of darkness and the circles below.

**The River Styx***:* Phlegyas personal litter box, which is a toxic marsh. Those awash with anger drowned, again and again, choking on their own venom.

**The City of Dis:** Judge Satan's home. He is the Keeper of Hell's deepest secrets and the worst violent and treacherous sinners. Judge Satan's group guarded its walls and flaunted his kingdom.

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**Level 6: Violence**

*"The first ring is wholly for the violent. Because violence can be done to three persons, in three rounds it is divided: violence unto one's neighbor, unto one's self, and unto the Gods..."* - Judge Diavolo

Below Anger is the Sixth Circle of Hell, Violence. There are three rings in this circle: Violence against others, Violence against self, and Violence against Einhasad/Celestial Realm.

**Ring 1:** *Violence against others.* They are boiled in the river of blood (The Phlegethon). If anyone tries to leave the pool, they will be painfully shot at by pointy arrows. Koga lieutenants can see every soul that tries to leave.

**Ring 2:** *Violence against themselves.* They are hanged by the neck in the Wood of the Suicides and they are condemned to writhe in eternal pain as gnarled trees. Maggots grow from every part of their body and smell like shit.

**Ring 3:** *Violence against the Gods.* They are placed in the harsh region of the burning Abominable Sands. Grand Kain's minions wandered throughout the region, filled with the ruins of palaces and cities, while the smoldering fire rained from the sky. They must walk. They are not allowed to stop or sit down under any circumstances. Water break? Nope. They can drink hot sand.

**Fun fact: Rumor has it that Judges Diavolo and Satan are twin brothers. No one has lived to confirm it.**

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**Level 7: Heresy**

*“Here you will find the heretics and followers of every cult and pagan sect, all buried together, burning in eternal fire...”* - Judge Ptolemy

Below Violence is the Seventh Circle of Hell, Heresy. This lair is for those who either denied the existence of Einhasad and her children or the souls of those who worshiped false idols and devils.

Heresy is a conscious attack on religion or faith. Because they taught other people not to believe in the doctrines, they couldn't share in the Divinity or promise of eternal life after death, which is why they're burned.

The Heretics are given a more severe punishment in Hell than their more virtuous counterparts: The souls of Limbo. The other souls, unlike the Heretics, never got a chance to know Einhasad and the other Divine spirits and maintained virtuous and morally sound behavior in life. The Heretics in contrast not only had conscious awareness of them but also turned their backs on that knowledge, choosing instead to subvert or contradict the traditional divine teachings.

**They are sealed in blazing tombs, until the end of time. Forever.**

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**Level 8: Fraud**

*"Eight ditches leading down the final circle. Each filled with its crimes, its forms of punishment…"* - Judge Mephistopheles

Below Heresy is the Eighth Circle of Hell, Fraud. The Circle of Fraud is an extremely dark place that held those who are guilty of deliberate evil, and those who used lies and deception for personal gain. This circle was divided into eight ditches, each holding a different type of liar and each had a different, but fitting form of punishment.

The eight ditches of the Malebolge are described as followed:

**Ditch 1 - Simony:** Religious salesmen who commit crimes against the Church. They are trapped in baptismal baths, their feet eternally in flames.

**Ditch 2 - Diviners:** The fortune tellers should have known that they could not see with the eyes of Einhasad. They walked with their heads backward, with aching cramps in their necks. Their eyes are awash in tears.

**Ditch 3 - Grafters:** Great, winged Koga tended to the grafters who stole and embezzled in life. They are thrown into the deep and vile pits. The grafters were forced into large pits of burning tar, reminiscent of their "Sticky fingers" in life.

**Ditch 4 - Hypocrites:** The cloaks of the hypocrites appeared regal and noble and yet worn as punishment, each lined with crippling lead.

**Ditch 5 - Thieves:** The thieves are held and bitten by the serpents. The venom burns them to ash only so they may reform and suffer again.

***Ditch 6 - Evil Counselors:*** The evil advisers who used their forked tongues for counsel serving their ends. They stood ablaze.

**Ditch 7 - Sowers of Discord:** They held their heads and innards, the chaos that they caused in life, cast upon them in death. Here, they walk around through slashing swords, constantly regenerate, and then hacked to pieces all over again. The hacking symbolizes how these sinners divided people and nations.

***Ditch 8- Falsifiers:*** All thoughts of pain and suffering fell upon the falsifiers. While they flounder in sewers and waste, hear their wailing and be warned.

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**Level 9: Treachery**

*"My circle. The lowest, blackest, and farthest from Heaven. Every soul here truly disgusts me…"* - Judge Lucifer

Below Fraud is the Ninth and final Circle of Hell, Treachery. This last circle was dedicated to those people who betrayed their loved ones, friends, countries, cities, guests, and even their masters. The final circle's chilliest atmosphere symbolizes what it is: the cold-blooded nature of those who would dare commit an act of such utter cruelty.

There are four concentric zones (or "Rounds") in the Ninth Circle of Hell. Each is named after a notable traitor in history or mythology.

**Round 1 - Caina:**

Named after the Biblical Cain, the first murderer, who killed his younger brother Abel in a jealous rage and attempted to conceal his crime from the Gods. Remember the old and deformed husband who killed his wife Francesca and younger brother Paolo? He's here too. Here, those who betrayed their families are imprisoned. All of the sinners who are punished within are completely encased in ice and distorted in all inconceivable ways. For example, having a foot curled up and deeply punctured into their ass. Those that are condemned here lay supine in the ice, which covers everything except for their faces. The ice here reaches the base of the traitors' skulls, leaving them unable to bend their necks. When they cry, the tears freeze and seal up their eyes; even the comfort of tears is denied to them.

**Round 2 - Antenora:**

Named after the Trojan General, Antenor, who betrayed his homeland to the Greek army despite the Trojans' willingness to ransom him when Antenor was captured. King Arthur's illegitimate son Mordred, betrayed his father and lord by raising his sword in battle against him.

Here, those who betrayed their countries are imprisoned. Their punishment is to forever drown in electrocuted cold rivers, powered by excruciating high levels. They will never leave these cold, electrifying waters.

**Round 3 - Kazamaea:**

Named after Kazaryn Usuck, leader of the Yolo tribe. Kazaryn hosted a wedding ceremony and banquet under the disguise of a peace treaty. He wanted to be the only tribe leader and hated competition, so he invited a neighboring tribe (the Congo Tribe) to his wedding then murdered them, even stabbing a dagger into the Congo tribe leader's heart. Here, those who betrayed their guests are imprisoned, along with those who mistreated people who were sheltered in their homes.

Everything In Judge Lucifer's castle, even the interior walls, is made out of souls. Furniture, dining tables, couches, you name it. Anything that can be used for hospitality that hosts and serve guests. This includes Judge Lucifer's warm mattress and bed sheets. Those souls were sewn and weaved into his bed sheets. How pathetic do you have to be in life in order to be sewn into Judge Lucifer's underwear?

**Round 4 - Judecca:**

Named after Judas Iscariot, a Romani who betrayed Razuan and his own brethren. His actions of cruelty caused his descendants to suffer years of racism, prejudice, and discrimination; Started the Great War with Gran Kain, which lead to his creator's death. Not only did he betray his people, but he put everyone else in such devastating danger, nearly causing all clans to go extinct and traumatizing everyone involved. Judas Iscariot is considered the greatest traitor of all in the Aza'raak world. Once Judas realized what he had done, he hung himself, hoping he would get retribution in the afterlife.

Here, those who betrayed their creators, lords, masters, and benefactors are imprisoned. Those that are condemned here are frozen up and smeared face first into blocks of ice, except for their backside. Their back areas are exposed to deadly and sharp ice crystals, which are automated to literally stab them in the back hundreds of times repeatedly, without end. They can feel everything, but their throats are completely gagged with large ice shards so they can't scream out in pain.

The Koga Clan ensures the legacy is preserved.

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(Credits to SerabiAzaraak)