98th Floor of the Obelisk

**The 98th Floor of the Tower** is the antepenultimate floor of the Tower that is where the Highest Gods and the High Class Demons reside and live in and observe the going on's of the Tower in.

The floor also once served as the home of the Giants and Dragon Species prior to them being banished to the lower floors and having their status as "supernaturals" removed.

## Description

The 98th Floor of the Tower is the third highest Floor within the Tower that is the home and main residence of the High Class Demons and the Higher Level Gods and their various societies reside in and make their home at.

Although unknown to the exact number of residences and the overall population within the Floor, its been stated that the 98th Floor is gigantic, with the territories being split up between the Demons and the Gods that are then further split up upon the various Pantheon, Godly Societies and Demonic Societies living within the Tower.

Due to this the overall peace and balance of Power within the Floor is stated to be fragile, and the smallest incident can completely alter and flip over the power structure of the Floor.

### Godly/Demonic Societies

Within the 98th Floor, there are stated to be numerous Godly Societies that consisted of numerous Superior Beings, whether they be High class Demons or Gods. In fact it was stated that there was so many high beings that not all of their names where all that well known and only the name of their specific organization is known or the Higher God that rules and leads them is known.

## Territories

The Heavenly Territories that consists the 98th Floor where the Gods resided was described as physically resembling as ocean of white clouds with numerous "islands" described to be as large as continents. Each island was stated to look different and distinct from each other. One island was stated to look uninhabited, covered in grass, and another island had a single temple in the middle of a desert. There were also islands full of buildings, and some islands with castles and plants like Machu Picchu. The various environments and styles didn’t suggest any unity. The overall appearance was described to be unrealistic and described as something looking like a broad world in a Video game.

The territories that the Demons of the various Demonic Societies was stated to appear different from the Islands of the Heavenly Societies.

The Territories are split up between the Gods and Demons are;

### Gods

#### **Olympus**

Home to the Olympian Gods. Its been stated that the territory of Olympus is much larger than the other Pantheons due to the large number of powerful Gods that can be found in their society. Olympus itself is stated to be one of the four largest Godly Societies within the 98th Floor and is tied with Asgard, Deva, Malak and the Chan Sect in terms of territorial size.

Its Resident Gods are Hermes, Athena, Ares, Dionysus, Poseidon, Zeus, Hades, Persephone, Demeter, Hera, Ceto, Artemis, Apollo, Orion, Triton, Charybis, Antaes, Nereus, Doris, Limos, Nike, Eunomia, Nemesis, Nike, Thanatos, Ker,Momus,Potnia

##### Locations

* **Hermes Residence:** Home of Hermes.
* **Omphalos:** The Center of Olympus and originally Zeus's Holy Territory and the main seat of power of Olympus. **Directional Tower:** A location within the Western sector of Olympus.
* **Fields of Oneiroi:** A location within the Eastern Sector of Olympus.
* **Earth of Thanatos:**

#### **Deva**

Home to the Hindu Gods. This society was noted to be one of the four major godly societies, with thousands of lesser Gods working under them, eight sub leaders and three leaders of their society. Due to their size, the Deva Society was stated to have the one of the four largest territory's within the 98th Floor and is tied with Asgard, Olympus, Malak and the Chan Sect.

Its Resident Gods are Shiva, Agni, Ksitigarbha,Vayu

Brahma was once the founding Chief God of Veda before abandoning his identity and seat as their Supreme God once her incarnated as Brahm.

#### **Asgard**

Home to the Asgardian Nordic Gods. Asgard was stated to be one of the largest godly societies within the 98th floor and as such was stated to have one of the largest territories within the floor alongside Olympus, Deva, Malak and Chan Sect.

Its Resident Gods are Odin, Heimdall, Thor, Freya

#### **Eden**

Eden is the home and territory of the Gods and Transcendent beings of the Malak Society. Malak itself is one of the largest Godly Societies within the 98th Floor and is tied with Olympus, Deva, Asgard and the Chan Sect in terms of size and number of members.

Eden is also known as Mount Eden. The four rivers of Pishon, Gihon, Hiddeckel, and Euphrates flowed throughout the land, and luxurious trees had grown with the water’s nourishment. The Tree of Life and the tree that bore the Fruit of Good was also there.

Its Resident are Azrael,Gabriel, Metatron,Michael

#### **Dilmun**

The Home to the Gods of Mesopatamia.

Its Residents are Nergal,Marduk, Nabu

#### **Chan Sect**

The home and residence of the Chinese Gods. The Chan Sect itself is one of the largest Godly Societies within the 98th Floor and is tied with Olympus, Asgard, Malak and the Deva Societies in terms of size and number of members.

The Chan Sect itself is parallel to the Demonic Jie Sect and is their main rivals within the 98th Floor.

Its Residents are Jade Emperor, Hou Yi, Erlang Shen, Prince Nezha, Leizhenzi, West Empress Dowager, Daode Tianzun,Lingbao Tianzun, Sanhuang Wudi, Snapping Turtle, Kiku, Ji, Li Ju

#### **Memphis**

Home of the Egyptian Gods

Its Residents are Ra, Anubis, Sebek

#### **Boh**

A lesser known Godly Society that is much smaller than the other societies within the 98th Floor.

Its residents are Les

### Demons

#### **Le Infernal**

The Territory of the 72 Pillars of the Demonic Society of "Le Infernal" that similarly to Olympus is chopped up into multiple territories for the numerous demons that reside there.

Its Residents are Baal, Agares, Dantelion, Halphas, Gamgin

#### **Nifilhiem**

The Territory of the Demons of Nordic Myth and parallel to the Asgardians.

Its Residents are Jormungander, Hel, Fenrir, Loki

#### **Jei Sect**

The Jie Sect is the Demonic Society of Chinese Myth and is parallel to the Chan Sect, their main Godly Rivals since the beginning of their societies.

Its Residents are Tongtian Jiaozhu, Ling Guan, Buchi

### Other Societies

The Gods, Demons, Giants and Dragons were all stated to be the four main Transcendent Races within the Tower and the Universe and as such a majority of the 98th Floor's resident typically fall into one of their races. However it has been stated that there are several lesser known societies within the Obelisk that didn't fall under the same categories of the four and was not associated with either of them.

#### **Algonquin**

A lesser known society that was not associated with neither the Gods or Demons of the 98th Floor. This society was stated to be very small in comparison to the other residences in the 98th Floor and the society itself isn't all that well known.

Its Residents are Wendigo

## Former Residents

As revealed, there have been numerous godly beings and even entire societies and races banished from the 98th Floor.

### Titans

The Titans were stated to have been the original rulers of the territory of Olympus prior to being banished to Tartarus by the current Olympian Gods.

### Gigantes

Another group of divine beings banished from the 98th Floor is the Giants, who were kicked out of Olympus after trying to take it from the Olympian Gods and thrown to Tartarus alongside the Titans.

The Gigantes would temporarily take over the Godly Territory of Olympus after ambushing and pushing the Olympian Gods in Tartarus. After the deaths of Persephone and Typhon and the sealing of the Great Mother, the Gigantes would be permanently removed from Olympus after Athena and her forces took back their territory.

### Dragons

The Dragons were also one of the four main transcendent races trapped within the 98th Floor during the early days of the Tower. However, the Dragons would soon be exiled from the Floor and banished to the Lower Floors by All-For-One and later become the ruling race within the Tower, before being massacred by All-For-One when they attempted to force their way back to the 98th Floor.

### Elohim

The Ancestors of Elohim was stated to have once been a tribe of Transcendent Gods who resided within the 98th Floor, but later they would be banished from the floor and into the Lower Floors and their position as Transcendents stripped from them.

## Structure

The Overall Structure of the 98th Floor was stated to be primarily dominated by the largest and most powerful societies, while the smaller, less powerful groups being subservient to them. The societies themselves are stated to have numerous agreements and truces in place among all societies in order to properly divide up territory and settle disagreements in order to avoid full scale war. This is primarily to safe guard the 98th Floor itself due to the extremely limited and delicate space of the floor and avoid destroying it.

### Malak & Le'Infernal

It would later be revealed that that both the societies of "*Absolute Good*" and "*Absolute Evil*", Malak and Le'Infernal, act as mediators between both the Godly and Demonic Societies and mitigate the possible damage any disagreements or conflicts the societies have with each other.

This is seen where both societies would lend assistance in negotiating agreements between two conflicting transcendent societies and keeping the delicate peace of the 98th Floor. Due to their positions, both Malak and Le'Infernal are universally trusted by all the other Gods and Demons within the 98th Floor and typically seek them out for aid should they require it.

## Restraints

After having each of their worlds bound and contained within the Obelisk, the System of the Tower has also tightly restrained the transcendent beings within the 98th Floor. This is seen where the Gods and Demons within are prevented from leaving the Tower itself and they cannot leave the 98th Floor and go to the Lower Floors without some specific conditions being met.

* **Summoning:** As shown during Brahm's fight with Kindred, a being from the 98th Floor can be summoned to the lower floors using magic ritual and a suitable sacrifice of energy. This is seen where Brahm managed to summon Agares by sacrificing the Demonic Energy he had hoarded and grown within the 21st Floor and his remaining Holy Power within his Book of Mercury. When successfully done, the magic circle then conjured a demon gate in order to bring Agares to the Lower Floors. However, this type of descend is very limited and has a set time limit on it depending on the sacrifice used to summon the Demon and the depending on how powerful the Demon is, as seen where after a time, Agares was eventually forced back into the 98th floor after exceeding the time limit of his summoning. Causing the gate to reappear and suck him in and chains to manifest from the gate and drag him back to his territory in the 98th Floor. As shown during Hermes’s descent, Gods work under the same rules as Demons when summoned to the Lower Floors.

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