Malivore

**Malivore** is a dark metaphysical, purgatorial hell dimension. It was created from the Living Abyss, an eldritch substance that originated from the primordial void that existed before the multiverse existed, from which Malivore's ruler and primary manifestation, Knull, also arose. Malivore was designed to wipe the scourge of the supernatural off the face of the Earth. Its creation consumed the likes of all supernatural beings that were devoured and they were erased from the collective consciousness, effectively, all of history, of the world. It was considered a permanent death and they were left in the dark to perish.

## Description

Malivore was created several millennia ago as an endless expanse of darkness designed to trap beings and isolate them. While those trapped within can feel the presence of other trapped beings, they could not see or hear them. Time also moves differently within the dimension. The Necromancer describes that what feels like days is probably months out in the real world, but when Chance was trapped inside, he experienced what felt like a year in Malivore but was in fact only two months in the real world. While within the dimension, trapped beings do not experience the ravages of time nor do their bodies require sustenance; for example, Kurutta was consumed in 1308 and emerged in the modern world 720 years later.

Decades prior to 2028, Malivore was contained and returned to its natural state and three locks were created to seal it shut - a knife, an anubian urn, and a dagger.

Malivore can also create personalized prisons to torture specific monsters trapped within; such as recreating the Ice Dream Palace to punish the Necromancer. Malivore then forced him to serve the humans and creatures stuck within. He could also simulate the passage of time by making it appear as if there was daylight so that when night came and the shop was closed, he could spend the night dreading the next day. Malivore also recreated Ayomi's hut and forced Cleo to watch it burn down, all the while hearing the screams of presumably her family trapped within. For Chance, it usually took the form of an endless forest inhabited by countless monsters which actively hunted him during his 'year' inside the realm, but it also took other forms in order to torture him whenever it felt like it.

## History

Sometime in the mid-third millennium, BC, an alliance of three supernatural beings was formed. A witch, a werewolf, and a vampire came together and combined their blood in a spell that fashioned the realm that would eventually become known as Malivore from a portion of the Living Abyss. They used to absorb and erase the existence of innumerable supernatural threats, establishing a secret society called the Triad, who would guide and control Malivore in its quest to devour the paranormal.

However, to the Triad's surprise, Malivore developed a sentient will, eventually manifesting in the form of a being that called itself Knull, the embodiment of Malivore's consciousness. Knull attempted to escape Malivore and through him, consume every living being it could get its hands on, expanding Malivore's sphere of influence. Unfortunately, gaining a corporeal form outside of Malivore proved to be nigh-impossible for the dark god. He resolved to create a perfect host by conducting a series of 'breeding experiments', combining different sets of monster DNA and inadvertently creating a race of unnatural hybrid abominations. As Triad became corrupted and fell under the control of humans, ordinary mortals were soon thrown into the pit, allowing him to produce half-human, half-creature lifeforms. The first of these was Ryan Clarke, a Nephilim, who would become his spy in the Triad.

At some point in the 10th Century, Knull came close to escaping, forcing the Triad to bind Malivore and create three mystical locks to keep it under their control. In the early 2010s, Seylah Chelon, an agent of Triad was thrown into the Pit, and Knull used this as an opportunity to create another child, this time taking the essence of a captive Phoenix and impregnating the woman with its energy before returning her to earth, where she gave birth to Landon Kirby and Edythe Crane nine months later.