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Hel (afterlife)

The following information is based on events in *The Fallen Angel* and contain spoilers.

**Hel** or **Helheim** is, according to Norse mythology, the afterlife for humans who does not die honorably in battle. Hel is rules by the goddess of death by the same name and guarded by the hound Garm.

## Locations

The afterlife of Hel is located in a series of dark caves, and is found somewhere below the world tree of Yggdrasil, under one of its three roots that supports the ash tree. Hel is usually considered in the mythology, based on the Old Norse sources, to be a location within Niflheim, where the root leads to. It is usually believed that it lies beneath the Earth of this world.

### Cave of Nidhogg

The cave of Nidhogg is big and murky and made up of rough, slimy walls and grimy rock pillars, it is surrounded by gray shadows, the air is clammy smells rancid and musty. It gives the impression of standing inside of the rotting cadaver of an enormous animal. The ceiling is a tangle of Yggdrasil's thick tree roots, resembling snakes,
Above him the ceiling looked like a tangle of snakes, and between them hangs the dragon Nidhogg, with human corpses stuck between the wings, and gnaws on the roots.

### Hel's hall

In Nidhogg's cave there is a threshold (in the mythology called *Falling-Terror* or *falling to peril*, from Old Norse *Fallandaforað*), which leads into Hel's hall (in the mythology called Eljudnir, from Old Norse *Éljúðnir* "Sprayed with snowstorms" or "Damp with sleet or rain"), a cave which is even larger than the first cave. The hall is carved out of granite and is neither resplendent nor awe-inspiring, and yet it was strangely menacing in its subtlety. A rock throne, carved out of granite, stands directly ahead from the entrance, and close to a canopy bed (in the mythology called *Sickbed*, from Old Norse Kǫr), where Hel sleeps, and which has a veil (in the mythology called *Gleaming disaster*, from Old Norse *Blíkjandabǫl*) pulled in front of it in the form og an ash-gray cloth whose nuances changes constantly and forms patterns and strange pictures as if the fabric is alive. Next to the bed stands a little table with a clay dish (in the mythology called *Hunger*, from Old Norse ) and a rusty knife (in the mythology called *Famine*, from Old Norse *Sultr*). Lined up all around the rocky walls of the throne room stands thousands of naked, dead humans, most of whom are children and women. They are grayish-green and their bodies are decayed and worm-eaten, like long-forgotten corpses, which is why they appear as if they are one with the walls. They also stand still like shadows. Some of them ha e bones peeking through where their skin has split and their flesh is hollowed out, and here and there maggots can be seen turning and twisting. There is, however, one exception with the dead God Balder, as he is younger, more well and u touched by decay.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Fallen Angel*. (Publication House) Month #, 2020. (Original Danish version published September 15, 2015 by Høst & Søn)
Idun

**Idun** (pron. [ˈɪːθɑn(ː)]) (Old Norse: *Iðunn*, [iðɞn]) is a goddess in Norse mythology, associated with apples and youth. Idun is the guardian of the apples of youth, which have the ability to make whoever eats of them younger, and therefore the goddess is seen as the giver of eternal youth. The name Idun/Iðunn can either mean "ever young", "rejuvenator", or "the rejuvenating one". According to myth, the Asir ate of Idun's apples repeatedly to sustain their youth and vigor.

## References

1. ↑ Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Wrongful Death*. Høst & Søn, October 19, 2018 (English print-on-demand paperback) (Original Danish version published April 30, 2009 by Høst & Søn)
2. ↑ Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Angel of Evil*. (Publication House) October 20, 2019. (Original Danish version published April 29, 2010 by Høst & Søn)
Aziel Stofeles' father

**Aziel Stofeles****' unnamed father** is a human man and a condemned, who had Aziel with a devil woman. He is the first and only condemned to have escaped from Hell.. Aziel has never known his father, even though they have met. He only has hatred for the human man.

## Physical appearance

Aziel Stofeles' father's face was somewhat gaunt and partially covered by a full red beard. His eyes were a clear blue, and his hair, which is thick and red, is combed into a tussled side part.

## Appearances

* *The Devil's Apprentice* (mentioned - it is mentioned in *The Devil's Apprentice* that no one knows Aziel's father, not even Aziel himself, and it is mentioned that a condemned once succeeded in fleeing from Hell)
* *The Die of Death* (first appearance. In *The Die of Death* we learn that the escaped condemned is Aziel's father)

## Trivia

* Aziel Stofeles' far hed oprindeligt Hexter og var med i *Djævelens lærling*. Han var oprindeligt en djæveL og vidste intet omkring Aziel og hans kones plan om at styrte Lucifer. Kenneth Bøgh Andersen valgte at skrive Hexter ud af bogen og give Aziel en meneskefar i stedet, som tilmed er en fordømt. Thus, Aziel is half devil and half human, just as Philip Engel is in a way, and so Andersen made the change to introduce a new parallel between the protagonist Philip and the antagonist Aziel.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Die of Death*. Høst & Søn, October 19, 2018 (English print-on-demand paperback). Høst & Søn, October 11 2018 (English e-book). (Original Danish version published August 31, 2007 by Høst & Søn)
2. ↑ Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Devil's Apprentice*. Høst & Søn, October 19, 2018 (English print-on-demand paperback). Høst & Søn, October 11 2018 (English e-book). (Original Danish version published September 30, 2005 by Høst & Søn)
Sabrina

The following information is based on events in *The Devil's Apprentice*, *The Die of Death*, *The Wrongful Death*, *The Angel of Evil* and *The Fallen Angel* and contain spoilers.

**Sabrina** is a human girl from Philip Engel's city and a former girlfriend of Philip. Sabrina and Philip goes to the same school and is in the same grade.

## Appearances

### *The Great Devil War*

* *The Devil's Apprentice*
* *The Die of Death*
* *The Wrongful Death*
* *The Angel of Evil*
* *The Fallen Angel*

## References

1. ↑ Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Fallen Angel*. (Publication House) Month #, 2020. (Original Danish version published September 15, 2015 by Høst & Søn)

## See also

* Philip Engel's school
* Philip Engel's city
* Earth
Lethe

**Lethe** or the **River of Forgetfulness** (Danish: *Lethe* and *Erindringens flod*) is a river that flows through Hades, whose water has the supernatural property of erasing one's memories at ingestion. Lethe has a counterpart in the river Eunoe, the River of Memory, which flows through Hell and whose water has the opposite supernatural effect on its drinker.

## References

1. ↑ Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Wrongful Death*. Høst & Søn, October 19, 2018 (English print-on-demand paperback) (Original Danish version published April 30, 2009 by Høst & Søn)
2. ↑ Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Angel of Evil*. (Publication House) October 20, 2019. (Original Danish version published April 29, 2010 by Høst & Søn)
Globe of Evil

The **Globe of Evil** (Danish: *Ondskabsgloben*) is a black ball of glass in which one can view every evil deeds that have ever been commited, on Earth or in Hell, unless done by a condemned. As soon as an evil deed has been done, it is registered by the Globe, and the scene can be replayed through voice command. The Globe of Evil stands on a pillar of ivory in Lucifer's study in his castle. The Globe glows with an inner dark light.

The Globe glows with a dark bluish-black light and stands on top of a ivory pedestal in the middle of the study.

The Globe of Evil was broken into many pieces by Philip Engel when he threw it onto the ground after having witnessed Aziel Stofeles myrderier his mother in it.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Devil's Apprentice*. Høst & Søn, October 19, 2018 (English print-on-demand paperback). Høst & Søn, October 11 2018 (English e-book). (Original Danish version published September 30, 2005 by Høst & Søn)
2. ↑ Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Fallen Devil*. (Publication House) Month #, 2020. (Original Danish version published September 16, 2016 by Høst & Søn)
Soul

The **soul** is the spiritual essence of a human or living being. Although it is debated within different faiths, souls do have physical properties, with flesh and blood, but they have no need for eating or drinking like living beings, although they do feel hunger and thrist. Additionally, any injuries to them, including severing of limbs, will be completely and perfectly healed with incredible speed. The soul includes a living being's mental abilities, common sense, character, feeling, consciousness, memory, perception, thinking etc. For humankind there are many different afterlives depending on their beliefs, but commonly humankind goes to Paradise or Hell. Some believe in reincarnation, and are thus reborn. Depending on the philosophical system, a soul may be mortal or immortal, although in reality only the human souls of the condemned in Hell are immortal, as they require punishing in eternity. In Paradise and Heaven, God made the conscious decicion millenia ago to make the angels and saved human souls mortal, as an eternal existence in pain and despondancy was not good for the places' reputations. Though the saved age with an incredibly slow speed, so that even the first humans are still alive.

## Beliefs

The soul is a concept in many religious, philosophical and mythological traditions for the spiritual, sometimes incorporeal, essense of a human or living being. Soul or psyche (Ancient Greek: ψυχή *psykhḗ*, of ψύχειν *psýkhein*, "to breathe") includes a living being's mental abilities, common sense, character, feeling, consciousness, memory, perception, thinking etc.. In Judaism and Christianity it is only humans that have immortal souls, althoug this concept of immortality is disputed within Judaism and is thought to have possibly been influeced by, or originated from, the Greek philosopher Plato. The usage of the word in the original language of the Bible, Biblical Hebrew (נפש, *næ′fæsj*, Greek: ψυχή, *psychē*′; in Latin translations: *a′nima*), shwos that in a biblical understanding, a "soul" is a living being, or the life that a living being has. A living being is a soul, it does not have a soul, the soul – the living being – is mortal. The word is used about animals, humans and about God. A corpse is called a "dead soul", and the Bible distinguishes between soul and spirit. God can recreate the soul – the living being – by a resurrection to an earthly or heavenly life. Christians follow the teachings of Jesus Christ, which were in agreement with the Jewish tradition, that is it was monistic, and therefore Christians believe in the resurrection of the flesh. The Catholic theologian Thomas Aquinas attributed the "soul" (*a′nima*) to all living things, but argued that only human souls were immortal.

Some Budhist, Hindu, Daoist/Taoist and other Asian religious communities, believe that the souls of all living organisms are immortal, and that they are reincarnated - that is that they are reborn. What a being is reborn as depends on how they behaved in their life. They believe in a peretual reincarnation that happens after every death.
Jesus

Jesus of Nazareth
Son of Man
Son of God
God's Son or God's son (lower case "son")
The Messiah ("the annointed one")
Christ ("the annointed one")
The savior
Joshua (from יהשוה, *Yeshua*)

**Jesus of Nazareth** (Hebrew: יהשוה, translit. *Yeshua* or *Joshua*, born between 4 BCE to 2 BCE - died around 31 AD - the years are estimations based on historical events) also known as **Jesus Christ** or simply **Christ**, is God's only son.

## Background

Jesus is a central figure in the Christian faith and is considered by the majority of Christians to be the incarnation of God; and according to biblical scripture, Jesus was an independent person, who prayed to God, called himself "son" of God, "sent" by God and one who been with God "before the foundation of the world". (John 17,1-5). He is also an important figure in other religions, most Abrahamic. According to Christian theology, Jesus is part of the "Trinity" (Latin: Trinitas, lit. 'triad', from Latin: trinus "threefold"), which is a doctrine that holds that God is one God, but three coeternal consubstantial persons or hypostases — God the Father, God the Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit — as "one God in three Divine persons". The three persons are distinct, yet are one "substance, seense or nature" (homoousios). In this context, a "nature" is what one is, whereas a "person" is who one is. Coeternal implies that both God the Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit have existed since the beginning. There does, however, exist non-trinitarians and anti-trinitarians, who, although many of them believe in the Holy Spirit and Jesus as the son of God, and believe both to have divine, supernatural powers, reject the notion that God is both three beings and one single God. Most Jewish and Muslim believers reject the Trinity, as they deem it polytheistic, however in Islam, the existence of Jesus Christ is believed, but he is said to be a prophet.

## Appearances

### *The Great Devil War*

* *The Devil's Apprentice*
* *The Die of Death* (mentioned)
* *The Wrongful Death* (mentioned)
* *The Angel of Evil*

## References

1. ↑ Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Devil's Apprentice*. Høst & Søn, October 19, 2018 (English print-on-demand paperback). Høst & Søn, October 11 2018 (English e-book). (Original Danish version published September 30, 2005 by Høst & Søn)
Episode 119: DC's Massive Line Up! Sucide Squad, Wonder Woman & More!

Huge week for DC with new info on Batman v Superman, Justice League, Wonder Woman and a brand new Suicide Squad trailer! Plus we talk McG directing the He-Man movie, Star Wars 8 getting delayed, DC Comics getting rebooted (again) and great Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 news!

## Topics

* 1:00 Star Wars Ep 8 Delayed & Avatar 2
* 10:38 McG in talks for Masters Of The Universe
* 16:42 DC Comics Reboot
* 20:36 Stephen Moffat stepping down as Doctor Who showrunner
* 22:37 New Guardians of the Galaxy members! (#PacinoTheLivingPlanet)
* 25:28 Deadpool Australia Day ad
* **28:13 Warner Brothers/DC Line-Up Reveal**
* 32:00 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
* 32:38 Wonder Woman
* 38:50 Justice League
* 39:00 Aquaman
* 41:44 The Flash
* 43:30 Justice League VS Avengers
* 48:12 Cyborg
* 49:44 Green Lantern Corps
* 50:50 Suicide Squad Trailer
* 1:17:00 What We Reading/What We Gonna Read
* 1:23:52 Letters It's Time For Letters
Beelse

**Beelse** (pronounced /biːˈɛlsɪ/) is a female devil and a tempter, who goes to Satina Dargue's school.

## Trivia

* The name "Beelse" is derived from "Beelzebub", a name in turn derived from a Philistine god, formerly worshipped in Ekron, and later adopted by some Abrahamic religions as a major demon. The name Beelzebub is associated with the Canaanite god Baal. In some theological sources, predominantly Christian, "Beelzebub" appears as another name for the Devil, similar to "Satan". The Hebrew name of Beelzebub is בַּעַל זְבוּב *Baʿal Zəvûv*.
Jacob Sprenger

**Jacob Sprenger** (also Jacobus, Jakob, James) (born 1435 in Rheinfelden; dead December 6, 1495 in Strassburg) was a former German inquisitor, witch-hunter and Swizz priest. In death, Jacob came to Hell, where he was punished in eternity, for example in the Lake of Fire.

## References

1. ↑ Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Devil's Apprentice*. Høst & Søn, October 19, 2018 (English print-on-demand paperback). Høst & Søn, October 11 2018 (English e-book). (Original Danish version published September 30, 2005 by Høst & Søn)
Enoch

The following information is based on events in *The Angel of Evil* and contain spoilers.

Lilith (formerly)
Accursed

Absolute monarchy (formerly)

**Enoch** (Danish: *Hanok*) is a city of ruins in Outer Reach, which was built by Cain and his wife Lilith when they met one another after both having been banished there by Jehovah. It was here that Aziel Stofeles founded his New Hell.

## References

1. ↑ Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Angel of Evil*. (Publication House) October 20, 2019. (Original Danish version published April 29, 2010 by Høst & Søn)
Flaming sword

A **flaming sword** is a sword whose blade is a long, glowing flame, which is produced by a supernatural power. Flaming swords have existed in legends and myths for thousands of years, and can be traced all the way back to the Sumerian religion, but also appear in the Bible, in Genesis.

The flaming sword is a weapon wielded by the angels of God. God's angel army wielded flaming swords as they came to the rescue of Hell's army and attacked Aziel Stofeles' army at the final battle of the Great Devil War.

According to Genesis in the Hebrew Bible, the two cherubim that were placed to guard the entrance to the Garden of Eden and the Tree of Life after Adam and Eve were banished from it, were armed with whirling flaming swords. In the Hebrew text these swords are called להט החרב **lahat chereb** or literally "the flame of the whirling swords". This is also written as להט החרב המתהפכת *lahaṭ haḥereb hammithappeket*.

## Appearances

=== *The Great Devil War*

* *The Angel of Evil‘'*

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Flying practice

Devils go to **flying practice** to learn how to use their wings to fly. Practice takes place somewhere in the devil city.

## References

1. ↑ Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Devil's Apprentice*. Høst & Søn, October 19, 2018 (English print-on-demand paperback). Høst & Søn, October 11 2018 (English e-book). (Original Danish version published September 30, 2005 by Høst & Søn)
Rimmon

**Rimmon** is an elderly male devil and guard at the gates of Hell. He guards the gates of Hell with another devil at the side of the gate that is facing Hell.

## History

### *The Angel of Evil*

When Philip Engel tried to get past the black gate of Hell so that he could go to and save Satina Dargue from Aziel Stofele' New Hell in the city of Enoch, which lay in the darkness encircling Hell called Outer Reach, the boy was stopped by the guards, Rimmon and Rimmon's colleague. Philip lied to them, saying that he was going to get some of the late Grumblebeard's posessions from the gatehouse that he used to work. At this time, Philip had become a devil, and since this was at the beginning of the Great Devil War, too, when Aziel Stofeles had traitors and spies among the devils of Hell, Rimmon's colleague confirmed that it truly was Philip Engel and not a transformed devil by checking whether the boy's shadow was single or double. However Rimmon didn't know of Philip's recent becoming a devil and had only ever seen him as a human, and as such objected to the fact that it was him. Luckily, his colleague knew some parts of the story of how Philip had become a devil, including the part about Grum's murder of Grumblebeard, and he had recognized Philip at Grumblebeard's funeral some time earlier, and after whispering this information into Rimmon's ear, Rimmon agreed to let Philip pass through the gate.

## Physical appearance

Rimmon is a stocky older demon with a long goatee, hefty buffalo horns and a "scrutinizing gaze." While standing guard at the gates of Hell, he wields a spear.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Angel of Evil*. (Publication House) October 20, 2019. (Original Danish version published April 29, 2010 by Høst & Søn)
2. ↑ In the original Danish edition of *The Angel of Evil* (*Ondskabens engel*), Rimmon is said to have "kraftige bøffelhorn" meaning "hefty/powerful buffalo horns", however the fact that they were buffalo horns was omitted from the English edition of the book.
Diabolic

The following information is based on events in *The Devil's Apprentice* and contain spoilers.

**Diabolic** (Danish: *infernalsk*) is the language spoken and written in Hell. For anyone within Hell, Diabolic will sound and look like their own native tongue, so they will never notice that they are speaking it. Because of this, everyone within Hell can understand each other, both the devils and the condemned.

## References

1. ↑ Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Devil's Apprentice*. Høst & Søn, October 19, 2018 (English print-on-demand paperback). Høst & Søn, October 11 2018 (English e-book). (Original Danish version published September 30, 2005 by Høst & Søn)
Aziel Stofeles' ark

The term "Aziel Stofeles' ark" has not been confirmed by official sources and is merely conjecture or a fan invention.

Aziel's people only carried their ark around the walls of Hell once every night for four nights

To fell the walls of Hell or at least blow holes in it

Outside of the walls of Hell (formerly))
New Hell in Enoch in Outer Reach (formerly)

**Aziel Stofeles' ark** was a chest and a copy of the Ark of the Covenant, which Aziel Stofeles had be built in the time leading up to the Great Devil War and used to blow holes in the walls of Hell, after which his army entered Hell unhindered where the final battle of the war was subsequently fought.

## Referencer

1. ↑ Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Angel of Evil*. (Publication House) October 20, 2019. (Original Danish version published April 29, 2010 by Høst & Søn)
Cuisine in Hell

**Cusine** in Hell is different from most of the cuisine on Earth. Some of their dishes seem strange, but for devils they are quite normal.

## Cooking style

In Hell, a lot of meat is consumed, most often from animals such as wolves and bats. The meat is often roasted or grilled to the point of nearly being burned. Meat is also smoked. In Hell a number of a kind of fruit trees and vegetables are grown, such as apple trees, and corn for bread. One of the national dishes of Hell is blood sausage.

### Fruit

* **Apple** — Juicy, round fruit growing on trees. (Danish: *æble*)
* **Bat** — A winged nocturnal carnivore. (Danish: *flagermus*)
* **Rye** — A corn type. (Danish: *rug*)

### Dishes

* **Blood pudding** — A desert made of blood. (Danish: *blodbudding*)
* **Blood sausage** — A national dish in Hell. (Danish: *blodpølse*)
* **Bat** — (Danish: *flagermus*)
* **Sausage** — (Danish: *pølse*)
* **Rye bread** — Bread made from rye. (Danish: *rugbrød*)
* **Wolf roast** — A roast made from wolf. (Danish: *ulvesteg*)

### Beverages

* **Blood** — Thick, dark red beverage brewed from blood. (Danish: *blodøl*, lit. "blood ale")
* **Thistle tea** — Tea brewed from thistles. (Danish: *tidselte*)

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Devil's Apprentice*. Høst & Søn, October 19, 2018 (English print-on-demand paperback). Høst & Søn, October 11 2018 (English e-book). (Original Danish version published September 30, 2005 by Høst & Søn)
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Die of Death*. Høst & Søn, October 19, 2018 (English print-on-demand paperback). Høst & Søn, October 11 2018 (English e-book). (Original Danish version published August 31, 2007 by Høst & Søn)
3. ↑ Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Angel of Evil*. (Publication House) October 20, 2019. (Original Danish version published April 29, 2010 by Høst & Søn)
Noah

**Noah** (...) is a male Human. After his death, Noah chose Hell instead of Paradise.

In Abrahamic religions, Noah[a] (/ˈnoʊ.ə/ NOH-ə)[1][2] was the tenth and last of the pre-Flood patriarchs. His story is contained in the Hebrew Bible, in the Book of Genesis, chapters 5–9. The Genesis flood narrative is among the best-known stories of the Bible. Noah is also portrayed as "the first tiller of the soil" and the inventor of wine.

According to the Genesis account, Noah labored faithfully to build the Ark at God's command, ultimately saving not only his own family, but mankind itself and all land animals, from extinction during the Flood. Afterwards, God made a covenant with him and promised never again to destroy all the earth's creatures with a flood. The flood narrative is followed by the story of the Curse of Ham.

In addition to the Book of Genesis, Noah is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible in the First Book of Chronicles, and the books of Tobit, Wisdom, Sirach, Isaiah, Ezekiel, 2 Esdras, 4 Maccabees; in the New Testament, he is mentioned in the gospels of Matthew, and Luke, the Epistle to the Hebrews, 1st Peter and 2nd Peter. Noah was the subject of much elaboration in the literature of later Abrahamic religions, including the Quran (Surahs 71, 7, 1, and 21).
Ten plagues of Egypt

The **ten plagues of Egypt** (Hebrew: מכות מצרים, *Makot Mitzrayim*, literally "Plagues of Egypt"), is, in the story of the Israelites' exodus from Egypt in the Book of Exodus in the Hebrew Bible, ten disasters inflicted on Egypt by Jehovah, the God of Israel, to force the Pharaoh to allow the Israelites to be set free from enslavement and leave. They served as "signs and wonders" given by God, in response to the Pharaoh's mockery of not knowing Jehovah: "The Egyptians will know that I am the LORD."

However, it was said by the gragorn Bucklehorn S. Erpant that it was the vargar Belial who caused the ten plagues with his "chilling scream". This goes against what Philip Engel was told by Moses in Paradise, who claimed that it was God who sent the plagues, and that the death of all the first-borns of Egypt was caused by a angel. It is also said in the Bible that an angel of death took care of the first-borns' deaths, but there are different opinions and intepretations of these passages, some of which claim that it was God himself, because God told Moses that he would pass through Egypt and cause the deaths. It is possible that a vargar had a hand in the ten plagues, just like when God made the vargars send the Great Flood to Earth. The deaths of all the first-born of the Egyptians' during the tenth plague was taken care of by the devil Molok.

## The plagues

1. Water becomes blood. Moses and his brother Aaron turns all the water in Egypt's ponds, lakes, rivers and the Nile to blood for 7 days.
2. Frogs. Hordes of frogs come to Egypt.
3. Lice or gnats. Swams of lice and/or mosquitos attack the Egyptians.
4. Wild animals or flies.
5. Pestilence of livestock.
6. Boils.
7. Thunderstorm of hail and fire. A storm of hail, lightning and fireballs rain from the sky.
8. Locusts.
9. Darkness for three days.
10. Death. All the first-born in Egypt, from the Egyptians themselves to their animals, die.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Die of Death*. Høst & Søn, October 19, 2018 (English print-on-demand paperback). Høst & Søn, October 11 2018 (English e-book). (Original Danish version published August 31, 2007 by Høst & Søn)
2. ↑ Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Fallen Angel*. (Publication House) Month #, 2020. (Original Danish version published September 15, 2015 by Høst & Søn)
3. ↑ Book of Exodus 12, 12-13 - The Hebrew Bible
4. ↑ Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Angel of Evil*. (Publication House) October 20, 2019. (Original Danish version published April 29, 2010 by Høst & Søn)
Stairwells between underworlds

The term "Stairwells between underworlds" has not been confirmed by official sources and is merely conjecture or a fan invention.

**Trapperne mellem underverdener** er en verden mellem alle dødsriger, mytologiske verdener og steder, som består af tusinder hvis ikke millioner af trapper, som alle fører til hver sit efterliv eller verden. Der er en trappe for hvert dødsrige og mytologisk verden i en trosretning, og der er sågar trapper, som går til verdener, som engang var menneskenes, baseret på gamle, relativt glemte verdensopfattelser.

Der findes menneskenes almindelige verden, Jorden, eller de levendes verden, og under den er der såkaldte "underverdener," som alle er forbundet af trappesystemet. Når mennesker tror på, at en sådan verden eksisterer, så vil den eksistere, ligesom at guders natur bestemmes af menneskers tro. Det er sådan, at det er gået til, at efterliv fra gamle trosretninger, som der ikke er nogen, eller få, der tror på, eksisterer som underverdener, der kan tilgås via trapperne, og tidligere opfattelser af selve Jorden findes således også som underverdener. Midgård er et eksempel på dette.

## Baggrund

Det er muligt, at trapperne mellem underverdenerne, som synes at være et slags dimensional plan, adskilt fra det almindelige univers, er Kenneth Bøgh Andersens forsøg på at opfinde en form for "*axis mundi*". *Axis mundi*, også kaldet *kosmisk akse*, *verdensakse*, *verdenssøjle*, *verdens centrum* eller *verdenstræ*, er i nogle trosretninger eller filosofier, verdens centrum, eller en forbindelse mellem Himlen og Jorden. Wikipedia: Axis mundi, Den Store Danske: Verdenssøjle, Religion.dk: Axis mundi, Religion.dk: Axis mundi - verdens midte er mange steder.
Aziel Stofeles' army

**Aziel Stofeles' hær** fought in the Great Devil War against Lucifer's army from Hell, primarily in the final battle of Hell, but it also operated with espionage and smaller murders in the time leading up to the final battle. The army numbered tens of thousands of tempters, vargars and gragorns, as well as all of Outer Reach's accursed, which number just as many or more than the devils. Aziel Stofeles' army was also Aziel Stofeles' formal faction and the term "Aziel's army" was used for both Aziel's fighting forces in the war and his working force in New Hell, whose task it was to prepare for the war and more. Aziel Stofeles' army was headquartered in the city Enoch in Outer Reach, which Aziel had renamed "New Hell."

In the battle of Hell, Aziel's army almost defeated Lucifer's, but in the last moment God an his angel army came to Lucifer's rescue and defeated Aziel's army. The army was lead by Aziel Stofeles, whose motive was to usurp Lucifer from his throne so that he could take it over, because he believed that the Devil King had become soft and had betrayed the devils by taking their immortality away.

Before the beginning of the battle of Hell the army had sieged Hell's outer court, and hidden the majority of the army behind the stairwell to Hell, so that they were out of arrows' reach. Here they put up a war camp with tents. The majority of Aziel Stofeles' army was sent to Tartarus in Hades to become the god Hades' condemned. There were some who chose to lie about their affiliation and continued their lives in Hell after the war, without anyone knowing they had been in the army.

## Appearances

### *The Great Devil War*

* *The Die of Death*
* *The Wrongful Death*
* *The Angel of Evil*
* *The Fallen Angel*

## References

1. ↑ Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Angel of Evil*. (Publication House) October 20, 2019. (Original Danish version published April 29, 2010 by Høst & Søn)
Eunoe

**Eunoe**, or the **River of Memory** (Danish: *Eunoë* or *Erindringens flod*), is a river whose water can make those who drink of it remember things they have forgotten. Water from Eunoe can counteract the powers of the water from Lethe, the River of Forgetfulness.

A bottle of water from Eunoe existed in Hell museum, in the section marked "Other Underworlds". It sat in a glass cabinet with many other bottles of water from different underworlds, all in different colors. The bottle was in this seciton because it "belong together" with Lethe due to its power.

## Background

The river Eunoe does not come from Greek mythology, but is taken from Dante Alighieri's *The Divine Comedy*. It appears in the second part of the *Comedia*, *Purgatory*, or *Purgatorio* in Italian. In the original Danish edition of *The Angel of Evil*, the river is called Eunoë, with an "-ë" ending. Eunoe in Dante's *Divine Comedy* is however not to be confused with "Eunoë" from Greek mythology, with "-ë" ending, which is the name of a nymph in Greek mythology. The name/word "eunoe", without the "-ë" ending, comes from the Greek Εὐνοη, and is one of Dante's many neologies presumably derived from Greek "eu-", meaning "good" and "noe", meaning "mind".

Dante has allowed the river Eunoe to be one of the five rivers of the afterlife and placed it in his version of the Garden of Eden, which in his poem is at the top of the mountain of Purgatory, or Purgatorio. The remaining four rivers are taken from Greek underworld, Hades, because Dante liked to merge together characters, locations and creatures from Roman and Greek mythology and Christian lore, especially when it comes to his version of Hell, which two of the rivers run through. Hell is also called "the underworld" in the poem. Cocytus, a sixth river from the Greek underworld, also appears in *The Divine Comedy*, but is changed to a lake by Dante, in the ninth and final circle of Hell. With Eunoe, Dante have created a prallel to Lethe, the River of Forgetfulness, which is mentioned in the first part of the *Comedy*, *Hell*, in Italian *Inferno*, but does not appear physically until the second part, *Purgatory*. Like Eunoe, Dante has placed Lethe in the Garden of Eden on the top of Purgatory, where they are next to one another. In Greek mythology the water of Lethe erases the memories of one's mortal life from whoever drinks of it while Dante's Lethe removes the memories of their deadly sins from repenting souls who arrive at the top of the Purgatory mountain, after having bathed in it. All of the repenters that reach the top have to either drink of or bathe in Lethe in order to strengthen their memories of their good deeds before they can enter Paradise. Dante does this before entering Paradise, in the third part of the *Comedy*, *paradise*, or *Paradiso* in Italian.

## Appearances

### *The Great Devil War*

* *The Angel of Evil* (water from Eunoe appears)

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Angel of Evil*. (Publication House) October 20, 2019. (Original Danish version published April 29, 2010 by Høst & Søn)
Kamos

**Kamos** is a he-devil and a tempter who joined Aziel Stofeles' army during the Great Devil War.

## Background

The name of the character Kamos is inspired by **Chemosh** (/ˈkiːmɒʃ/ Moabite: 𐤊𐤌𐤔 *Kamāš*; Hebrew: כְּמוֹשׁ‎ *Kəmōš* [keˈmoʃ]; Eblaite: 𒅗𒈪𒅖 *Kamiš*), the national god and god of war of the Moabites. He is most notably attested in the Masha Stele and the Hebrew Bible. The etymology of "Kamos" or "Chemosh" is unknown. He is also known from the kingdom of Ebla as *Kamish*.

## References to *The Great Devil War*

1. ↑ Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Angel of Evil*. (Publication House) October 20, 2019. (Original Danish version published April 29, 2010 by Høst & Søn)

## References to the Bible

1. ↑ Numbers 21:29; 1 Kings 11:7; Book of Jeremiah 48:7, 13, 46

## References to other literature

1. ↑ George Foot Moore (1901). Encyclopaedia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary, Political, and Religious History, the Archaeology, Geography, and Natural History of the Bible. The Macmillan Company.
2. ↑ Zondervan Illustrated Bible Dictionary. Harper Collins (3 May 2011).
3. ↑ DeVries, LeMoine F. (2006). Cities of the Biblical World: An Introduction to the Archaeology, Geography, and History of Biblical Sites. Wipf & Stock.
Mare

A **mare** is a supernatural, usually female creature who plagues sleeping humans and animals, especially horses, by pressing down on their chest or by riding on their breasts, and so instills uneasiness and bad dreams in the victim. This is the reason that bad dreams are called "night*mares*". The mare is one of the accursed from Outer Reach.

## Anatomy

A mare is the size of a big dog and its body, which is humanlike, is covered in a thin, grimy coat. Its body is arched like a cat on the prowl and it has bony hands with unnaturally long fingers. The mare has a ghastly woman's face with a toothless mouth and eyes as black "as sin". Although a mare resembles a human, it walks on all four like an ape. The mare has a pair of ragged wings on its back which it uses to fly with. The wings can be folded on its back.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Die of Death*. Høst & Søn, October 19, 2018 (English print-on-demand paperback). Høst & Søn, October 11 2018 (English e-book). (Original Danish version published August 31, 2007 by Høst & Søn)

## Notes

1. ↑ In the original Danish edition of *The Die of Death*, the wings of the mare are desribed as being "slidte", which means "ragged" in English. This detail was omitted in the English translation of the book.
Demeona Dargue

The following information is based on events in *The Fallen Angel* and contain spoilers.

**Demeona Dargue** (pronounced [ˈdimi.oʊːnə 'dɑɹg]) (Danish: *Demeona Mørch*) is a female devil and a tempter. She is Blackhorn Dargue's wife and the mother of Satina Dargue, Blackhorn Junior and Philip.

## Appearances

### *The Great Devil War*

* *The Devil's Apprentice*
* *The Die of Death*
* *The Wrongful Death*
* *The Angel of Evil*
* *The Fallen Angel*

## Trivia

* The last name "Dargue" is pronounced as "darg" and is a play on the word "dark". The devil family's name in the original Danish editions of the books were likewise, *Mørch*, which is a real Danish last name that is pronounced is pronounced "*Mørk*", meaning "dark".

## References

1. ↑ Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Wrongful Death*. Høst & Søn, October 19, 2018 (English print-on-demand paperback) (Original Danish version published April 30, 2009 by Høst & Søn)
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Fallen Angel*. (Publication House) Month #, 2020. (Original Danish version published September 15, 2015 by Høst & Søn)
3. ↑ Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Devil's Apprentice*. Høst & Søn, October 19, 2018 (English print-on-demand paperback). Høst & Søn, October 11 2018 (English e-book). (Original Danish version published September 30, 2005 by Høst & Søn)
Condemned

The **condemned** (Danish: *de fordømte*) are humans who are punished eternally in Hell after their passing. The condemned live forever and are punished in eternity. Their bodies heal extremely fast, removing any wounds, so that they never wear out and are able to be tortured always. They are usually bound in chains and naked.

The condemned may also be referred to as "damned".
Fate

**Fate**, also known as **destiny**, the **grand design**, **everything** and the **card house**, is a primordial, mystical, universal force that predetermines the course of events of the universe, including the actions of individual lviving beings. Fate, also known as "the big picture" or "the balance", is a fundamental element of the structure of the universe. It is possible to change the course of fate, although it is extremely dangerous to intervene in it, as fate itself is fragile and if it is changed too far, it can even lead to the collapse of reality and the end of all things. For this reason it is of the greatest important that fate is restored if it has been too distorted. The true nature of fate, the origin of the force, and who or what controls it, if anyone or anything does, is unknown.

One way of changing or potentially distorting fate is to cause a living being, such as a human, to die before their time, for instance by using a summoning pill.

It is possible to learn parts of a living being's fate, including one's own. For instance, one may see the future death of any human, angel or devil by looking into the lower halves of the hourglasses located in the basement of Death's house.

## References

1. ↑ Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Devil's Apprentice*. Høst & Søn, October 19, 2018 (English print-on-demand paperback). Høst & Søn, October 11 2018 (English e-book). (Original Danish version published September 30, 2005 by Høst & Søn)
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Die of Death*. Høst & Søn, October 19, 2018 (English print-on-demand paperback). Høst & Søn, October 11 2018 (English e-book). (Original Danish version published August 31, 2007 by Høst & Søn)
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Wrongful Death*. Høst & Søn, October 19, 2018 (English print-on-demand paperback) (Original Danish version published April 30, 2009 by Høst & Søn)
Bucklehorn S. Erpant

The following information is based on events in *The Devil's Apprentice*, *The Die of Death* and *The Angel of Evil* and contain spoilers.

**Bucklehorn S. Erpant** (Danish: *Hughorn S. Lange*) is an older gragorn who served as the gatekeeper of Hell before Grumblebeard. He resided for hundreds of years at Restless Retirement Home until Grumblebeard was assassinated by Grum and Bucklehorn returned to his old job. Bucklehorn was killed during the Great Devil War. Bucklehorn held the position as Hell's gatekeeper for about 150 years including the year he returnd to the position before his murder.

## Appearances

### *The Great Devil War*

* *The Devil's Apprentice* (mentioned)
* *The Die of Death*
* *The Angel of Evil*

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Die of Death*. Høst & Søn, October 19, 2018 (English print-on-demand paperback). Høst & Søn, October 11 2018 (English e-book). (Original Danish version published August 31, 2007 by Høst & Søn)
2. ↑ Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Devil's Apprentice*. Høst & Søn, October 19, 2018 (English print-on-demand paperback). Høst & Søn, October 11 2018 (English e-book). (Original Danish version published September 30, 2005 by Høst & Søn)
3. ↑ Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Angel of Evil*. (Publication House) October 20, 2019. (Original Danish version published April 29, 2010 by Høst & Søn)
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Blackhorn Dargue

The following information contain spoilers.

**Blackhorn Dargue** (pronounced [ˈblækˌhɔːn 'dɑɹg]) (Danish: *Sortehorn Mørch*) is a male demon and a gragorn. He is the husband of Demeona Dargue and the father of Satina Dargue, Blackhorn Junior and Philip.

## Appearances

### *The Great Devil War*

* *The Devil's Apprentice*
* *The Die of Death*
* *The Wrongful Death*
* *The Angel of Evil*
* *The Fallen Angel*

## Trivia

* The last name "Dargue" is pronounced as "darg" and is a play on the word "dark". The devil family's name in the original Danish editions of the books were likewise, *Mørch*, which is a real Danish last name that is pronounced is pronounced "*Mørk*", meaning "dark".

## References

1. ↑ Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Wrongful Death*. Høst & Søn, October 19, 2018 (English print-on-demand paperback) (Original Danish version published April 30, 2009 by Høst & Søn)
2. ↑ Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Devil's Apprentice*. Høst & Søn, October 19, 2018 (English print-on-demand paperback). Høst & Søn, October 11 2018 (English e-book). (Original Danish version published September 30, 2005 by Høst & Søn)
3. ↑ Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Fallen Angel*. (Publication House) Month #, 2020. (Original Danish version published September 15, 2015 by Høst & Søn)
Loki

**Loki** (\ˈlō-kē\, or /ˈləʊki/ (US) pr /ˈloʊki/ (UK), Old Norse: /ˈlo.kɪ/) was one of the Aesir and as such a god according to Norse mythology. He was considered one of the Aesir, being Odin's blood brother, despite being of jotunn deacent. Loki was to blame for Baldur being shot down and killed, and as punishment, one of Loki's sons, the Midgard Serpent, was hurled out into the ocean and Loki himself tied up in a cave, where he had to lie under the head of a poisonous snake whose venom would drip into his face. Here he was to remain until Ragnarok. In addition, Loki is the father of the Fenrir Wolf and the goddess of death [[Hel (goddess)|Hel], and Odin’s eight-legged horse Sleipnir]. Loki was killed by Asgard's guard, Heimdall, during Ragnarok's last battle on the plain of Vigrid.

According to Norse mythology, Loki was the son of Farbauti and Laufey.

## Physical appearance

Loki was old and deformed from the venom of the snake that had hung above him while was bound. He had long, gray hair that hung in tatters. His face looked like melted wax, the nose was nearly gone, the lips chapped and his teeth were rotten. One of Loki's eyes were green, the other fiery red.

## References to books of *The Great Devil War* series

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Fallen Devil*. (Publication House) Month #, 2020. (Original Danish version published September 16, 2016 by Høst & Søn)

### References other literature

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Midgard

**Midgard** (Old Norse: Miðgarðr [ˈmiðˌɡɑrðz̠]) is one of the nine worlds according to Norse mythology and cosmology, and sits somewhere on the world tree Yggdrasil. Midgard was once the world of humans, but because reality conforms to what people believe in and the Old Norse religion has been almost forgotten, Midgard today lies desolate and the Earth has become the home of humanity. However, Midgard as a concept can be interpreted as being the Norse people's name for the Earth, even though they had some ideas about it that did not fit the real world, for example that it was flat and encircled by a high wall. Midgard still exists, but as a plane separated from the Earth, and can be reached through the stairwells between underworlds.
Grimthorn

The following information is based on events in *The Fallen Angel* and contain spoilers.

**Grimthorn** (Danish: *Grumtand*) is a gragorn that Philip Engel and Satina Dargue while he was expanding the fence for the Field of Envy. He did his work together with another gragorn.

## History

### *The Fallen Angel*

Grimthorn, along with some other gragorns, were asked to expand the Field of Envy, as there were more condemned on their way to the place of punishment.

One night, as Grimthorn and his colleague were doing their work, expanding the fence of the field, Satina Dargue and Philip Engel came to see the body of Cain. After the Great Devil War was fought, Cain's corpse had been hung on an upside-down cross at the entrance to the Field of Envy, but the Satina and Philip found the body gone. Satina asked Grimthorn's colleague where Cain were, and the colleague told her that it had been moved two nights prior. The colleague asked Grimthorn where Cain was moved to, and he answered that it now was at the Valley of Gallows.

## Trivia

* In the book, *The Fallen Angel*, there is more focus on Grimthorn's colleague, who also have more lines of dialogue, despite him not being named.
* Grimthorn was named by Lukas Sprehn in a competition held by Kenneth B. Andersen on his various social media where he asked fans of him and *The Great Devil War* to suggest names for a gragorn in the English translation of *Den faldne engel* (*The Fallen Angel*).

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Fallen Angel*. (Publication House) Month #, 2020. (Original Danish version published September 15, 2015 by Høst & Søn)
2. ↑ Lukas Sprehn, winner of gragorn naming contest.
Engel family

**Engel** (danish: *Engell*) is the surname of a human family consisting of the man Victor Engel, an unnamed woman, and their son Philip Engel. Victor Engel died before Philip was born, and dwells in Paradise, as one of the saved, in a house by a beach. The family's former German Shepherd Dog, Scamp, lives with him. The name Engel is Danish for "angel", although in the original Danish versions of the series, the last name is given as Engell with an additional L at the end, which makes it the German word for angel. interestingly, Engell is not that uncommon of a surname in Denmark, nor are many other German last mames.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Devil's Apprentice*. Høst & Søn, October 19, 2018 (English print-on-demand paperback). Høst & Søn, October 11 2018 (English e-book). (Original Danish version published September 30, 2005 by Høst & Søn)
2. ↑ Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Wrongful Death*. Høst & Søn, October 19, 2018 (English print-on-demand paperback) (Original Danish version published April 30, 2009 by Høst & Søn)
Saved

The **saved** are humans who have come to dwell in Paradise after their passing, to rest and live a good and long afterlife. Once the saved souls were immortal, however things are different now. There is possibly an afterlife after Paradise.

Despite what most human people believe about Heaven, the saved do not lie around and rest in eternity without doing any work, since that would quickly lead the saved to commit many of the seven deadly sins, which would not be very consistent with Paradise. According to Lucifer, life in Paradise is very hard, but it is nothing compared to the conditions of Hell.

## References

1. ↑ Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Wrongful Death*. Høst & Søn, October 19, 2018 (English print-on-demand paperback) (Original Danish version published April 30, 2009 by Høst & Søn)