Gremory Clan

## Gremory

The **Gremory Clan** is one of the 72 Pillars of the Netherworld. Ranked at the fifty-sixth of the pentagram, the house holds the title of [Archduke] in the infernal hierarchy.

## Summary

The Gremory Clan is one of the original 72 Pillars of the Netherworld. They are descendants of the original Gremory, the fifty-sixth demon summoned by Solomon and was bestowed the title of [Archduke] by the wise prophet-king. The house is responsible for being the inspiration of some of the Netherworld's most famous love stories, many of which are based on the relationships between the Gremorys with their respective spouses.

After the Great War had ended and the Netherworld finally settled in the Realm of the Dead, the house got into a scandal when Chysis Gremory broke off her engagement with Morys Astaroth to elope with Velstoire Lucifer, the second heir of the Lucifer Clan. This accidentally set up a chain of events that indirectly led to the Extra Demons leaving the Netherworld to establish their own settlement in the Inferno.

Another scandal broke out several centuries later, in the 10th century, when another pureblood heir decided to break off their engagement to be with a Gremory. In this case, it was Chysis and Velstoire's son Zeoticus who captured the heart of Venelana Bael, the heiress of the Bael Clan. This caused Venelana Bael to break off her engagement to Aerion Sitri and eloped with Zeoticus, passing the position of heir down to Venelana's younger sister Elenei.

In the 14th century, after recognizing the civil unrest between the devils, largely due to the Second Satans' tyranny, Sirzechs Gremory decided to rise up and rebel against the Satanic houses. At first, his revolution was faced with disbelief, but after seeing his Power of Destruction - dubbed the most powerful since the original Bael himself - he gathered an immense amount of followers for himself.

Soon, in the early 15th century, the Devil Civil War finally ended in the Anti-Satan Faction's favor, and Sirzechs and the other three rebel leaders - Ajuka Astaroth, Serafall Sitri, and Falbium Glasya-Labolas - were crowned as the new Third-Generation Four Great Satans. As the new Satan Lucifer, as well as the defeater of the Second Lucifer, he gained the surname [Lucifer] but gave up the position as heir of the Gremory Clan.

## Physical Traits

Members of the Gremory Clan are known for their fair skin, crimson-colored hair, and blue eyes in a variety of shades. Young members of the house, especially male members, are also known for their androgyneous looks, which they would eventually grow out of in their mid-300s.

## Emblem

The Gremory Clan's royal emblem is a stylized gold-horned camel wearing a duchess' crown with a garland of crimson roses around its neck. On formal documents, a wax emblem of the noble house features the stylized head of a camel with red roses in place where their eyes are located, typically in dark-colored waxes like black or dark-blue.

## Hereditary Abilities

### Eye of Providence

**Eye of Providence**, also called the **False Prophetic Eye**, is the Gremory Clan's signature housecarl, which grants them the power to copy almost all non-celestial attacks they see, as well as memorizing all martial art techniques and weapon mastery skills. However, unlike most housecarls, a Gremory can only unlock it once they experience an intense emotion with regards to a person precious to them.

### Power of Destruction

**Power of Destruction**, also called the **Demon King's Breath**, is the Bael Clan's signature housecarl, which allows them to summon forth an immensely destructive aura of infernal energy capable of disintegrating all matter, both living and inanimate, upon physical contact. Following Venelana's marriage into the house, this has become the prominent housecarl among her children, Sirzechs, Alanys, and Rias, with her only grandchild, Millicas, also inherited this from his father Sirzechs.

## Locations

### Ancestral Seat

**Gremory Palace**, also called the **Crimson Garden**, is the ancestral seat of the Gremory Clan and is located in the capital region of the Gremory Clan's Territory. It is placed on a broad verdant hill overlooking the Ruby River - the largest river within the Gremory Clan's Territory. The palace is surrounded by three rings of white stone whose crenelated curtain walls increase in height. Between the outer and middle walls is a famous briar labyrinth which serves to entertain as well as slow invaders.

The palatial keep is decorated with statues and colonnades, and within its walls are groves, fountains, and courtyards. The palace's structures are covered in ivy, grapes, and climbing roses. There are fields of crimson roses that stretch as far as the eye can see. In the heart of their garden is a circle of weirwood trees, all shaped and molded in the form of the current and former lords. There is also a small port with camel-headed pleasure boats to sail along the Ruby River.

### Ruins of Connection

**Ruins of Connection**, also called the **Ruined Temple of Affection**, is a ruin located north of the Gremory Castle, deep inside a great forest of weirwood trees. The place was originally a church built by the Second Lord Gremory for his human lover, who was recorded to be a devoted Christian and had never known the truth about her husband until her death, after which Lord Gremory committed suicide, passing the position as heir down to Chysis. Since then, it has been a tradition where a Gremory confesses their true feelings to their partner and marries them there, often with a priest's blessing.

### Gremory Territory

**Gremory Clan's Territory**, also called the **Blood Meadows** by the Netherworld natives, is located north from the Old Satan Faction's capital of Lucifaad and is considered one of the most idyllic places in the realm. Despite its relatively small size, roughly the size of Honshu (227,960 km²), it contains many high-end resorts catering to the need of the High-class devils and celebrities, as well as many scenic views that served as inspirations for many famous pictures, poems, and songs in the Netherworld's culture.

## Businesses

### Gremory Large Enterprise

The **Gremory Large Enterprise** is a business enterprise owned by the Gremory Clan which operates various business ventures in the Netherworld as well as the mortal world. In the mortal world, the Gremory Large Enterprise operates several travel agencies and five-stars hotels in various countries and large cities all across the world, though in recent years, they have also been involved in the film industry.

The current president of the enterprise is Zeoticus Gremory; the current head of the Gremory Clan. Members of the Gremory Clan's peerages are able to receive a job at one of the companies owned by the Gremory Large Enterprise, and the rewards for their summoned jobs are also treated as part of the enterprise's ventures. High-ranked peerage members are also made branch managers of one of the enterprise's numerous subsidiary companies.

## Trivia

* One of the characteristics of the Gremory Clan is that they are good at hiding riches. It is also said that the clan excels at granting requests related to love.
* It is tradition for members of the Gremory Clan to ride a three-hump camel during ceremonies.
* Members of the Gremory Clan have a reputation among the pureblood devils as hedonists and exhibitionists.
* They are known for being unnaturally affectionate and close to their servants.
* Those who are married into the Gremory often retain their maiden name.
* Those married into the Gremory Clan seem to have the habit of pinching their partner's cheek whenever they do something embarrassing or silly.
* The mascot of the Gremory clan is Gomorin, which is based on a camel.