Dis

A fortification along a road in Dis.

"*The only way there is through the ancient city of Dis.*" -The Seraphim, explaining a route to reach the Icon of Sin's Stronghold.

## Description

Dis is an industrial urban center within the Wrath region of Hell. It is the unofficial capital of the region, as it was the first city constructed there. It is home to hundreds of thousands of demons, most of which serve in the many factories throughout the city. There are two argent towers that provide power for the city, which release high amounts of raw argent emissions, causing a permanent turquoise smog within the city. The city has survived through countless disasters and still remains as the Order of Wrath's primary production zone.

Throughout the city is a winding system of roads with a waste tunnel system beneath them. Fortifications lie along many roads and demonic AA/M turrets are placed on various key structures. The city has been deemed by the Aperture Science intelligence department as "virtually impenetrable by conventional means" as the tight street layout creates many difficulties for ground forces, and the thick smog renders long range airstrikes inaccurate and ineffective.

Other key locations within the city include the steel waste lake, the Spiderdemon arena, the Scrapyard, and Abaddon's Palace.

## History

Dis was the first town commissioned by the Icon of Sin, which he used primarily as a headquarters until his death in 2022. Shortly before the Phobos Incident, which initiated the 15-year long war against Hell, the Icon of Sin commissioned massive production facilities to fuel the upcoming war that he predicted.

In early 2022, days before the Phobos incident, the Icon of Sin placed the Spiderdemon Mastermind in command of Dis and Hell's operations on the moons of Mars.

After the Slayer fought his way through Deimos and Hell, he arrived in Dis at the Spiderdemon arena and killed the Spiderdemon Mastermind.

Less than a year later, the Slayer returned to Dis through underground caves from the Spirit World. There, he faced the Icon of Sin, who was undergoing repairs from infrastructural damage due to the Spiderdemon arena's collapse. The Slayer killed the Icon of Sin and returned to Earth, ending the first Hell invasion. The Icon of Sin's death released a massive explosion that destroyed the rest of the city. Vice, under Mephisto's command until the Icon of Sin was resurrected, formed an alliance with the Khan Maykr and moved the capital of the Wrath region to Nekravol.

in 2036, after the Khan Maykr's death and the destruction of Nekravol, Vice moved the capital back to the reconstructed city of Dis.

With Dis reconstructed, Vice appointed Brutus the Maniacal in command of Dis, who ordered a palace built for his residence.

Before the palace had been completed, Aperture Science strike operatives Inosuke Hashibira, Master Chief, the Slayer, and Soundwave infiltrated the city. The Slayer split off from the group and the remaining 3 operatives faced Brutus in combat, resulting in the destruction of his incomplete palace. Brutus, enraged, drove them out of the city.

Brutus ordered his palace rebuilt, in which it was completed without interruption.

Many incursions by individuals such as Veriks, Cyrus, Inosuke, and Ghost occurred with minor outcomes.

A nearby cavern infested with Agony demons was disrupted by an explosion, causing the Agonies to relocate and infest Dis. An unknown archon demon was used to clear out the infestation.

During the United States and Union Aerospace Corporation's joint campaign on hell, elite operatives such as Ghost and Tom Cooper entered the city to assassinate high profile targets, primarily ancient Arch-Vile lorekeepers and commanders. During one of these missions, Ghost tracked Wrath Order member Anari through the streets after she had left watching a gladiator battle at a nearby arena. Anari, unarmored, engaged in vicious combat with Ghost, which lasted for over an hour. The two fought in the Dis scrapyard until Caleb, who also happened to be hunting around Dis, encountered Ghost and distracted him, allowing for the nearly-dead Anari to flee.

One week later, the marine assault force breached the city gates and entered in a long slog of urban combat, eventually capturing the city.

While securing the city, marine sergeant Lee Buckley Jackson's squad along with corporal James Carver's squad entered a firefight with Anari, who was firing from the window of a ruined house. The two squads suffered minor injuries until breaching the house. Anari killed the marine Rex and injured Crash, Shelby Archer, and Levi Archer.

Once the marines cleared the city, the only remaining bastion was Brutus' palace. The marine team entered the palace with assistance from Ghost, Master Chief, Veriks, and Deadpool. Once reaching the top, the four operatives were locked in combat with Brutus in his room. Master Chief, Veriks, and Deadpool were driven out of the palace and only Ghost remained. Ghost grappled onto Jethro's A-10 Warthog, which dropped several unguided heavy bombs on the already unstable and damaged argent core of the palace. While Jethro and Ghost escaped, the palace's core entered an extreme meltdown, causing a detonation with a 12 megaton blast that vaporized Brutus and left Dis in cracked ruins. The blast awakened Red, who was lying dormant deep underneath the land the city was built upon.

Several months later, Dis was rebuilt and still remained as the production center of Hell.

Near the end of 2036, Abaddon ordered a new palace constructed in the same location that Brutus' palace once sat.

Since Abaddon's death in 2037, a new commander of Dis has yet to be appointed, leaving many Baron, Infernus, and Archon lords to fight over who should lead next.

## Trivia

* The construction of Dis was originally based on the level from Sgt. Mark IV's Extermination Day mod for ZDoom.