Devil

A **Devil** is a powerful 5D god-like entity. They have powerful reality bending capabilities, which originate from Axiom. They influenced the timelines to a great extent, adding their own changes. Though, they lack the ability to influence other Devils.

Devils do not have souls, but rather sparks. Sparks are similar to souls, but are linked to Axiom instead of soul energy. Sparks have a much more direct connection with their power source.

In general, Devils are quite materialistic. They typically want the "most" of anything. For example, Reason wants the most knowledge, The Fool wants the most fun, and Dilemma wanted to be the most moral. Their specific goal is referred to as a "treasure."

There are two types of Devils: Contract Devils and Outlaw Devils.

Contract Devils contributed to the creation of The Judge, and are bound by law. Due to using some of their power to contribute to the creation of The Judge, Contract Devils are more limited in how they can use their abilities. They will typically create magical contacts with other entities in order to achieve their goals.

Meanwhile, Outlaw Devils did not assist in the creation of The Judge, instead keeping their powers for themselves.

## The Escalation Of Devils

Although the information is a bit obscure, it has been documented by other older entities that Devils were formerly 3D beings. Devils were a power seeking species that had a culture of pure personal strength and personal survival. Their current state can be traced back to the results of arm races taken to the absolute extreme. Devils forcefully evolved themselves again and again for the sake of strength and survival. It got to a point where any Devil who wasn't super eventually died out, unable to keep up with the strength competition.

The process for change for Devils was an extremely gradual process that did not occur in a single generation. Of particular note is the dimensional change from 3D to 5D in order to gain domination over other timelines. However, the dimensional change dwarfs in comparison to perhaps the most drastic change to Devils: The change from souls to sparks.

Some time along the line, Devils discovered how to access and tap into axiom pools. They figured that if they could change their souls to sparks - the axiom equivalent of souls - they would have access to much greater power. Although they could tap into the power of multiple pools, only one single pool was accessible and safe enough to consider linking themselves to. Thus, they started to experiment with both their own souls and the souls of other entities. The results of these experiments are often considered the prototype to modern Demons, though there have been attempts to find a different term for them. Most researchers would agree that referring to them as demon prototypes is oversimplifying things. The term "Protodevil" has started to gain usage.

Millions and perhaps billions of Devils died during this period, both due to failed experiments and battles; The deaths were so numerous that it is difficult to count. But when it was all done, Devils were left in their current state and fell into stagnancy. It was no longer possible for them to kill each other, at least without inconceivable cost. Devils would sometimes come within conflict, but such conflicts would quickly dissipate as the opponents got bored. Attempts to find ways to kill their bretherans failed over and over again.

Peace was finally within sight for this society of violent creatures. But as historians know, such peace was never achieved.

## The Devil War

The Devil War occurred approximately 500 000 years ago. Although the evolution to their modern forms forced their warring society to slowly drift into peace, the invention of something new created the perfect conditions for an extremely violent war to occur.

The sparks that started the war were ultimately created when Reason was looking into the case of Protodevils. Reason was intending to discover a method to create more Devils, mostly as a scientific curiosity. Lots of the knowledge about the process of evolution for Devils had been lost. Reason wasn't interested in sharing, either, as he had been one of the first Devils to successfully attain the soul conversion - perhaps even the first, as some may claim.

However, Reason was unable to find an effective method to create more Devils. What he *did* discover were Demons.

## The Devil Games

Run by The Fool, the games take place in a Colosseum. Each participating Outlaw devil has pawns working under them, which they empower and watch fight. The point of the games is for entertainment. It is a rather popular event for entities from all corners of the multiverse to take part.

## Outlaw Devils

### Chocolate

Chocolate is responsible for the creation of a powerful chocolate-like 5D metal. They also participate in the Games, and sponsored Andromeda. Connection to the Beast Monarchy, the most notable users of Chocolate metal, currently unknown.

### Oblivion

Oblivion was an outlaw Devil with the ability to control people via the usage of red flowers. They were killed by Arcturus after they attempted to kill him with their controlled pawns during the games. Then they were revealed to survive, but were then murdered by Scale.

### The Fool

Formerly known as Strange. Responsible for the games, The Fool was the leader of one opposing end of the Devil Wars. Despite his foolish jester-like appearance, he is extremely powerful. Is on one side of a cold war with The Judge and contract Devils, and it is widely known that any incident might cause a resumption of hostilities. All law abiding Devils fear the day when the Games are no longer fun for him. His treasure is fun.

### Destiny

An outlaw devil that is known for being rather difficult to work with. Known for giving "prophecies" of questionable accuracy.

### Noble

Noble is a rather popular Outlaw Devil, known for having some strong pawns under her name. Perhaps the highest power under the Outlaws under only the Fool himself, her influence is great. Motives unknown. Current treasure appears to be renown, both in her powerful personal state and her crowd favorite, extremely powerful pawns.

## Contract Devils

### The Judge

The Judge is an artificial devil, created by the contracts signed at the end of the war. Each contract devil donated part of their power in order to create him. As his name suggests, he serves as a judge of sorts for the devils. He enforces law. The purpose of his creation was to prevent events such as the Great Devil War from ever happening again.

Notably, he lacks true free will due to his state of being formed by contract; although he has great freedom in choosing how to accomplish his prime directives, he must follow them to the greatest efficiency. His goals are to prevent further wars, deaths and arms races, with enforcement of the law more a tool then a goal in itself. This means that, paradoxically, he has a quite unpredictable and chaotic nature and cares little for the laws he enforces.

The purpose in deriving him of free will is simple: this means he cannot have a treasure for himself, and must act in accordance with preventing conflict instead of any ulterior motive. The Judge, incapable of wanting things for himself, is therefore supposedly immune to corruption or abuse of power- though this is questionable given the lengths and methods used to accomplish his goals.

### Dilemma

Dilemma was a contract Devil had free reign over the Dilemma machine, as it was essentially his 3D form. He had the ability to reveal information through dreams, detailing his past to the entirety of TTN. Dilemma originally had the appearance of an angelic glowing gold human, with the looks of a young attractive man. As he granted more contracts, however, his appearance warped to the point of complete irreconcilability. He eventually became a floating mass in 5D sharpspace, wearing an evil grin, a mask that looked like a power outlet, gross purple flesh, tubes and wires all over his body, and the inability to properly talk. It is said that he looked so horrible that the mind of anyone who saw him would automatically purge the information learned by looking at him. Dilemma was generally quite helpful to the people of TTN.

He had the ability to grant wishes with his contracts, those these wishes always came with a cost. The granted had to pick from two downsides. An example of a wish from him is allowing someone to time travel with the perfect vessel, but at the downside of the person either being alone forever or becoming stranded in a horribly messed up timeline that is inescapable.

Eventually, Mr. Real would start to undo his contracts, gradually returning his form closer to its original. He was eventually found dead by Parsnip and Mezira floating in space, in his original form with a happy smile on his face. It is believed that he died protecting Squirt. The prime suspect for his death was Father, though it is unclear if he was responsible.

His treasure appears to be helping others, though recent developments have cast doubt on his true motives- especially the creation of Squirt, a powerful being who might open the next wave of evolution.

### Congress

Congress is known for assisting The Judge with the creation of the laws and covering any legal loopholes. He is rather young, at least when the average age of a Devil is considered. It was eventually revealed that the Judge created him as a counter to himself and a reminder of how dangerous The Fool is.

He appears as a four faced dark gray cube, with four heads on each end. He has four personalities, and rotates the appropriate face to whoever he is talking to.

### Insomnia

Not much is known about Insomnia, other than the fact they claim to be Dilemma. Dreams and sleep appear to be their portfolio.

### Rhyme

Not much is known about Rhyme, save for the fact she exists and lives with Reason.

### Reason

A contract devil who is obsessed with knowledge. He has a massive library, which contains loads of information about the multiverse. He only allows those who give him knowledge access. However, if one "gets a library card" by making a contract and dedicating their life to gathering knowledge, they can gain full access. His pacifist, non interference nature is the result of terrible trauma in his past. His treasure is knowledge.

### Mr. Real

A general threat to the residents of TTN, Mr. Real is a contract Devil that conspires to win the next Devil War for good, believing that if arms races continue he will soon be a 7D being- creatures he has a great hatred of. He carried out a search for the next "Phoenix," the prophesied weapon that in every conflict is used to escalate battle, and believed he found it in a reliable way to make Demons. However, the appearance of entities such as The Librarian and Squirt caused him to fear that another side would weaponize them as the Phoenix and the war- and therefore arms race- would continue unabated. He now conspires to capture or kill all possible weapons before they end up in other hands, so that he may wipe out all Outlaws using his Demon army and finally ensure eternal peace.

### BUSINESS

BUSINESS is rather hammy and likes to shout a lot. Motives and allegiances unknown, however it is known that he's a contract Devil with mysterious connections to both The Judge and Mr. Real. It can be assumed that, as is the nature of Devils, he is playing both sides for some personal goal. He has also been noted as frustrating to work with and has skirted or broken Devil law many times.