Wrath

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## Wrath

### Aliases

Samael (true name)
General of War and Justice
The Devil
Prince of Darkness
King of Hell
King of Demons
King of the Wicked

### Relatives

Pride (brother)
Envy (brother)
Greed (brother)
Lust (brother)
Gluttony (brother)
Sloth (brother)
Emilia (wife)

### Affiliation

House Wrath
The Wicked

### Occupation

King of Hell
Prince of Wrath

## Appearances

### Appears in

*Kingdom of the Wicked*
*Kingdom of the Cursed*
*Kingdom of the Feared*

**Wrath** is one of seven princes of Hell, and the ruler of House Wrath. His true name, **Samael**, is a closely guarded secret. Wrath is not merely a demon prince, but is also the devil, king of demons, and King of the Wicked.

## Biography

### Early Life

Like his brothers, Wrath is one of the Wicked, or Malvagi. He is the General of War. In the Kingdom of the Cursed, he is revealed to be the king of the Seven Circles.

His relationship with his brothers seems to be strenuous at best. In *Kingdom of the Wicked,* Emilia unwittingly calls him Samael after a Roman prince and the angel of death, not knowing that Wrath is Samael.

Like his six brothers, Wrath was cursed by the First Witch. It's revealed in *Kingdom of the Cursed* that this was the repercussion of him refusing to help her. The Horn of Hades, which Emilia and Vittoria had been wearing as their amulets, was actually his wings which the First Witch cursed and hid from him.

### *Kingdom of the Wicked*

Wrath is first introduced when Emilia performs a spell to summon a demon to help her break the dark magic that sealed Vittoria's diary. He wants Emilia to form a blood bond with him. He tells her it will alert other demons that she is a temporary member of House Wrath and thus under his protection. It will also allow him to sense when she's in danger.

Wrath remains trapped in the protection circle for three days. During this time, Emilia continues trying to solve the mystery of her sister's murder. When Wrath gets out, it's just in time to save her from dying of a bite from the Viperidae. He forms something of an alliance with Emilia. He claims he is searching for a bride for his brother Pride, and that their interests align in that they both need the witches alive.

He and Emilia then work together to find the culprit, and along the way, are introduced to a number of his brothers, including Greed, Envy, and Lust, as well as one of the members of Wrath's House, Anir. As Wrath and Emilia prepare to determine if anyone tried summoning Pride in the monastery, he tells her that he was tasting Vittoria’s blood to test it for any hints of a demon House she may have aligned herself with, and Vittoria hadn’t. They discover that the murderer was Antonio, who was being used by someone claiming to be an "angel" with a mission for him.

Wrath betrays Emilia in the end, when it is revealed that he "needed one more soul" to take back to Hell. After Emilia accepts being the witch bride Pride seeks, she meets Wrath in the cave by the ocean where she originally summoned him. Wrath gives her the contract that signs away her soul, and Emilia signs it in her blood. Wrath then uses *transvenio* to bring her to the Wicked Kingdom. At this point, Emilia believes she has sold her soul and her hand in marriage to Pride.

### *Kingdom of the Cursed*

Once reaching Hell, Wrath goads Emilia into pledging herself to the devil. She believes this is inconsequential, as she she believes she has *already* signed herself to the devil. In reality, her vow negates her contract and binds her to Wrath instead.

Wrath tells Emilia they must travel through the Sin Corridor in order to reach the Seven Circles. He warns her the Sin Corridor will poke at her mind and influence her emotions in order to test her House affinity. The frigid weather of the Sin Corridor causes Emilia to develop hypothermia, and Wrath nurses he back to health at his House. Later, Emilia forces a confession out of him, Pride is not her husband to be, and instead it is Wrath.

Wrath trains Emilia in building an affinity against the powers of him and his brothers, helping her to identify the Wicked's influences and be able to withstand them. At one of their training sessions, Wrath forces Emilia to feel vengeance and makes her stab him repeatedly. Emilia is traumatized and furious at what he made her do. During this time, his and Emilia's relationship further develops, but the two of them never cross the line of consummating their marriage. During the Feast of the Wolf at House Gluttony, Wrath is pulled away by Lust for a secret conversation. Out of all of his brothers, Wrath seems to be the most cordial with Lust, and the least with Greed. Wrath wins the hunt at the Feast. He uses his prize to save Emilia from sacrificing her biggest fear by offering to sacrifice a secret of his heart. It's something he is willing to do for her despite the great cost to himself. Pride, however, does not accept, and instead traps Wrath and Emilia into moving one step closer to completing their marriage bond.

Wrath keeps many secrets from her, just as Emilia does him, and it's not revealed until nearly the end of the book that this is because he is physically unable to speak of some things. A curse that keeps him from telling anyone, even Emilia, the truth. At this point, it is also revealed that Wrath's true name is Samael, and that he is the true King of the Wicked and the devil. Emilia realizes that she loves Wrath and decides to complete their marriage bond. After learning that Vittoria is in fact alive, and had purposely kept her in the dark, Emilia seeks out Wrath to consummate their bond.

### *Kingdom of the Feared*

Wrath and Emilia are once again interrupted when she is pulled into the Spirit Realm by Vittoria and Domenico. Later, when they return to House Wrath, Emilia's power erupts while she is in the bath, clearly growing as she becomes more powerful.

The pair are called to House Greed following the murder of Greed's third, where Wrath is then pushed to declare Vittoria an enemy of the Houses, as his brothers believe her to be behind the killing. He is careful with his wording, however, leaving Emilia open to assisting her sister should she wish. The two then orchestrate a ploy so the members of House Greed won't suspect she has gone anywhere, causing a scene in the gambling room as a result of Emilia playing Wrath's possessive and angry nature. Back in their room, they consummate their marriage, and Wrath uses his power to help her remember parts of who she is: the Goddess of Fury.

Wrath crowns Emilia in the Sin Corridor in front of his brothers, Vittoria, and Domenico. She is now Queen of the Seven Circles, princess of House Wrath, and the goddess of the underworld and the Shadow Realm.

## Appearance

Wrath is the physical embodiment of a nightmare. He is six foot two, and powerfully built, "like a statue of a Roman warrior." He has sculpted, tattooed arms, a muscular back, and his hard, broad chest and torso are chiseled from fighting. He has smooth, golden skin. His hands are calloused from weapons. Wrath's hair is a "shade close to onyx, almost iridescent like the wings of a raven catching sunlight." His eyes have dark gold irises with flecks of black, and his lips are soft. Wrath radiates a vast and ancient power. Heat also radiates off of him. His steps are fluid and graceful.

His *luccicare*, or aura, is a shimmering, multi-toned black with specks of gold, reminiscent of titanium quartz. His voice is deep, rough, and elegant at once. He wears the clothes and boots of a fine gentleman, preferably in black. He also wears his House dagger, which has a gold snake with lavender eyes and fangs bared twined around the gold hilt. It's beautiful, iced, and deadly, just like Wrath. The blade glows when it comes in contact with blood; it glories in its offerings. He wears different types of crowns at various moments. He has silver-tipped wings of white flame. They're unusual, and create a fierce, white-hot heat. He can summon them at will. They are his favorite weapon, and he loves them. As part of the curse, his wings are taken from him.

A breathtaking, metallic gold tattoo of a fearsome snake starts on top of his right hand and coils up and around his arm and shoulder. It's a masterpiece. Each scale shimmers. It's more than gold, there are bits of silver and charcoal causing shadows and light. On his back, across his shoulders, he has lines of Latin that read "*Astra inclinant, sed non obligant*" tattooed in shimmering gold and charcoal. It translates to "The stars incline us; they do not bind us," His left thigh has a tattoo of a dagger pointing downward. It spans from his hip to he knee. The blade looks like it has a close-up of roses on its surface, while geometric patterns are etched onto its hilt. The tattoo has been done in grayscale. "Acta non verba," meaning "actions not words" and Wrath's personal motto, is faintly tattooed in silver ink under his left clavicle. After Emilia summons him, a pale tattoo appears on his left forearm of double crescent moons laying in a circle of stars. It's identical to Emilia's. After Emilia meets Envy, snakes now twine around the crescent moons, forming a larger circle around it. On the third day of Wrath's summoning, their tattoo changes to include wildflowers winding around the serpents, and the snakes now have shimmering, even scales. After Wrath saves Emilia from the Viperidae venom, vibrant frangipani blossoms appear, and the next day the wildflowers now twist and tangle all the way up to his elbow.

## Personality

Wrath is the demon general of war. He's a tactician and a strategist on all levels. He is wrathful justice; pure, swift, and completely unforgiving. He tells Emilia, "I do not fear, I *am* fear." Everything he does is calculated and every move is strategic. He understands battle, war, and strategy. He is the living embodiment of wrath, and he excels in violence. He is hard, rough, and fueled by rage and fire. His namesake sin is rooted in passion. Wrath is impartial justice made flesh. He is feared because he "does not hesitate to carry out a sentence, and to mete out justice on those deserving punishment." Wrath "harbors no emotions one way or another about his true title." He views it as a duty and obligation.

He's arrogant, at one point saying, "I believe I'm powerful, therefore I am." He excuses confidence and emanates a quiet menace. There's a quiet assurance about him, a confidence in himself and the space he occupies. He looks like trouble and gives off the same aura of primal danger as a panther. He is a predator through and through. Wrath has an iron grip of self-control around himself, but his inner monster is never far. He's not very good at showing a wide range of emotions and is skilled at masking his true emotions. He is determined, intelligent, sly, and cunning. He tells Emilia that he craves power more than money, blood, or lust; and there's no greater power than choice. He'd lie, steal, cheat, maim, and murder for it. He says if he could, he'd sell his soul again for it. He is willing to do terrible things to choose his destiny, "cursed and wretched though it may be, it's *his*." Wrath can be a perfectionist, and his attention to detail is astounding. His personal motto is *acta non verba*, or "actions, not words," and he lives by this principle. Wrath is aloof at times, but he can also be charming and flirtatious when he wishes to be. He approaches everything strategically, even seduction. He values his secrets.

According to Envy, Wrath loves a good challenge because of the "war in him. It makes him want to conquer and win at any cost." There used to be rumors that he had no literal heart. Gluttony describes his brother as having "an unquenchable taste for fury, though he never overindulges in it much to everyone's dismay." He is the most serious of the princes. Pride explains that "he excels at war and justice, both serious matters." Wrath is why none of the other princes have "to bother with the messy bits of ruling. The realm would have ripped itself apart if he didn't terrify it into submission. Wrath is the balance." Emilia describes Wrath as someone whose entire being and presence screams authority and domination. He is designed to seduce and is "temptation made flesh." He has a keen wit, impeccable manners, and he is never rude. He likes fine clothing and exquisite fabrics, and takes pride in his appearance. He protects those under his care and chooses justice over revenge.

As he and Emilia journey through the Sin Corridor, Wrath tells Emilia her "anger is like his own personal aphrodisiac." When he and Emilia are alone, a lighter and more playful side of Wrath is revealed. He clearly loves being with her. The curse forced him to never love and only feel hatred. Because of the curse, he "stops noticing anything than the beauty of finely crafted weapons." When the curse breaks, Wrath is noticeably lighter now that he is truly free. He can be warm and kind, especially where Emilia is concerned. She doubts anyone else ever sees this side of Wrath.

## Abilities

Wrath controls his namesake sin others. He stokes feelings of anger and rage. He gains more power from others experiencing his affiliated sin. His power alters the very space around him effortlessly. Because of his influence and control over emotions, it's nearly impossible to fool him. He senses emotions and lies, but he can only detect a lie for certain when it's spoken aloud. He can also sense when others have used magic. He gets power by feeding others his namesake sin and then siphoning it back until a person doesn't know where they end and Wrath begins. Wraths' magic is ice cold, his anger is a glacier. He can physically freeze over anything. When he begins losing control of his anger, the space he's in begins becoming encased in ice. Centuries could pass and his anger would remain fresh. His court's anger likely nourishes and feeds his power in droves. He thrives one fury in every sense of the word.

As an immortal being, he is ageless and his wounds heal almost immediately. He is unable to be killed by anything except for the Blade of Ruination. He has supernatural senses, reflexes, strength, and speed. He can travel freely between realms using *transvenio* magic. He is able to rip through realms, as seen when he punches his way into the Spirit Realm. He can use magic to move the terrain in Hell. For example, while traveling through the Sin Corridor with Emilia he commands a mountain to move out of their way. He has the ability cloak himself with a type of glamour. He can steal and bargain for souls.

## Relationships

### Emilia di Carlo

At first, Emilia and Wrath hate and distrust each other. Wrath is incredibly secretive towards Emilia, and she repeatedly assumes the worst about him. They reluctantly become unlikely allies to solve the witch murders. They both want to solve the mystery and stop any future murders, but for different reasons. While Wrath is unable to lie to Emilia outright, he often works around this with half-truths and silence. As they continue spending increasing amounts of time together, they are increasingly physically attracted to one another. This attraction causes tension between them, and it’s kindled by shared danger and threats. Their relationship is fractured when Emilia learns Wrath didn’t tell her that the summoning spell she cast on him forged a magical betrothal between them. Their relationship further deteriorates when Emilia learns Wrath isn’t telling her the whole truth about his motives for helping her. To discover this truth, Emilia uses their mutual physical attraction by kissing Wrath to distract him and knock him off guard. This confirms that Wrath is only one soul away from gaining his freedom. Emilia decides her only option to protect the human realm and to continue learning more about Vittoria’s murder is to sign herself into a new betrothal with Pride. Wrath feels hurt by what he views as a betrayal and keeps to himself that Emilia’s betrothal with Pride is not superseded by theirs. By bringing her to Hell, Wrath collects his final soul.

While journeying through the Sin Corridor, Wrath tells Emilia her “anger is like his own personal aphrodisiac.” Despite telling her that he won’t help her, Wrath saves Emilia from hypothermia. While recovering, but still a bit delusional, Emilia tells Wrath that sometimes she thinks she wants to be his friend, despite his betrayal. Believing to be betrothed to his brother, Emilia battles her feelings towards Wrath against her belief that she must remain committed to her future husband. While staying in House Wrath, and despite their feelings of betrayal towards each other, their romance rekindles in the form of lustful passions. Emilia begins abandoning the propriety of the human realm. Emilia has never reacted to someone in such a carnal way. Their feelings for each other are “desire in its purest form.” Wrath and Emilia are repeatedly drawn together. She describes her longing for him as out of control. Anir says that Emilia fighting with Wrath is good for Wrath, as is his being challenged by her. Wrath battles feelings of jealousy when others express interest towards Emilia. Emilia enjoys their verbal sparring, and Wrath appears to share this enjoyment. She says she gets “a perverse sense of peace arguing with him.” Emilia continuingly gets frustrated at Wrath for keeping information and secrets from her. She also repeatedly finds herself thinking about how intriguing and attractive Wrath is, much to her annoyance. Her anger is a raging inferno, the matching opposite of Wrath’s ice-cold anger. As wrath and fury are his sins of choice, he likes her temper. Wrath is Emilia’s mirror. Wrath eventually reveals that their betrothal was not broken when she signed the contract between her and Pride, and thus she was never engaged to marry Pride. She and Wrath are still linked through the magic of her first summoning spell as well as by his Mark he placed on her, which is unbreakable even by death. Emilia begins to wonder if she could live with a marriage with someone who doesn’t love her but is at least physically attracted to her. Then Emilia learns from Fauna that Wrath is willing to give up the security of his House and the added power of having a co-ruler, and to suffer through the rumors in his court, all so Emilia can have the one thing he covets above all else: choice. Thus, he is unwilling to force her into their marriage bond. As Fauna says, “he must respect Emilia enough to damn his own court.” During the Feast of the Wolf, Emilia finally admits to herself that she wants Wrath, and in more than just a lust-fueled way. It’s clear that Wrath knows Emilia incredibly well. It appears as if he never got rid of any of her belongings after she was stolen from him, even after twenty years. Wrath begins to fear his growing emotions towards Emilia, as he can’t love as part of the curse. Emilia learns that part of the curse keeps Wrath from being able to tell her certain things, which helps her forgive some of his previous actions. Emilia realizes that she loves Wrath and wants to accept his proposal and complete their marriage. Upon telling him that she wants to accept their marriage bond, she says that she is choosing him as his husband. “There is no one she’d rather confront her demons with, no soul she’d travel through Hell with, and no one else she wants standing beside her.”

Wrath and Emilia consummate their marriage by having sex. They then freely give into their lust and physical attraction to each other. When they’re alone, a lighter and more playful side of Wrath is revealed. They love being together. Wrath uses his power to help Emilia remember who she really is and supports her when she frees herself from her mortal bonds and is once again the goddess of vengeance. When the curse breaks, Wrath is noticeably lighter now that he is truly free. They know each other’s bodies and hearts as well as their own. Emilia is the only person in Wrath’s existence that’s been unimpressed and undisturbed by his titles. They clearly love each other, and their love is more powerful than just about anything, even curses and death.

### Anir

Anir has known Wrath for decades. Wrath introduces him as his "most trusted associate." Wrath found him while he was traveling as a champion throughout South America in underground fighting rings. Afterwards, Anir joined House Wrath, and has been loyal to the prince ever since. Anir proves that he highly values Wrath's opinions, both as an employer and as his friend. He shows no fear of Wrath, and even feels comfortable enough to tease and taunt him. Wrath trusts Anir, and allows him significantly more leeway that any other member of his House. Anir remains loyal and supportive of Wrath, even when he disagrees with Wrath's methods.

## Trivia

* Wrath smells like mint and warm summer days.
* His favorite food is cannoli. Onyx and gold are his favorite colors. Demonberry wine is his favorite drink. It's like a merlot or chianti, but it's dark purple with silver demonberry seeds floating throughout it. Wrath's favorite thing about the Wicked Kingdom is the Crescent Shallows.
* Samael is a prince of Rome, an angel of death, and most humans consider Samael the devil.
* He's fond of a bit of knife-play, given his namesake sin this makes sense.
* The Sin Corridor is the only place Wrath can't sense Emilia.

## Gallery

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