Purgatory

## History

### Creation

When the Big Bang occured, the sub-reality known as Purgatory was brought into fruition as an infinite nothingness. Only small fragments of the core reality was brought into the dimension, bringing in several kinds of molecules and soon some solid objects. Then, as the universe progressed millions of years into the future, sapient life had begun to form - and die. The souls of the dead reawaken in this Purgatory, formless and mindless, wandering while the nothingness shrouding their puny essence bites down on them relentlessly.

There was a steady stream of dead life coming into the dimension and soon, some natural gateways in the form of spacetime punctures begun manifesting around the observable universe, with them being the size of the head of a thumbtack. More things were added to the nothingness as well, though these objects were too big to fit through the gateways. It was instead brought forth from nothingness by an unfathomable entity that some consider to be the real ruler and creator of the realm. Purgatory, rather than being nothing, was soon accomponied by doors that were dotted around the realm, stretching on forever as more and more popped out. Inside these doors contained nothing of importance, often without anything on the otherside, but there will be doors that do lead into something - a space that will feel familiar to the person venturing into it, and will begin feeling a sense of dread.

### Entities

More and more things began to die and soon, other entities began forming from the nothingness. These are known as Hellspawns - creatures of no form and a seemingly connected consciousness, but all the more cruel and indifferent to everything around them. They were torturers to the souls that were unfortunate enough to find their way into the infinite Purgatory, breaking them further and further for eternity. Gateways that appeared soon grew bigger and thus, these Hellspawn began climbing out of their domain and manifesting physical forms that came in all shapes and sizes. These demons terrorized communities of spaient life throughout the unvierse for what little time they have outside the gateway before inevitably returning, further cementing their place and becoming engraved into many stories told around the cosmos of unspeakable evils that the creatures had brought down to poor souls.

Suddenly, most of the universe's life had faded away. Hellspawn can't go out anymore because there is no life in closs proximity that they could torture. Hence after some thousands of years later in their realm, the first Superdemons have begun to form into reality. Bolder, stronger, and could exist outside of Purgatory for as long as they want while exhibiting many kinds of extraordinary abnormalities and powers. These Superdemons were perfect for wrecking further havoc into the universe and on whatever life had survived from the purge. These kind of entities were further known throughout the cultures, with Earth also having a Superdemon in their own mythology known as the red Devil.

Purgatory continues to thrive off of the endless despair of the trillions of souls still trapped in the dimension, with more doors appearing to more familiar and painful places.

## Notes

* The version of hell, if not made apparent already, is very different to more mainstream depictions of the underworld.
* Gateways are notoriously hard to find because of their small size and random generation - only a few had opened on the surface of Earth in the span of a million years. Even if someone wanted to venture into Purgatory, they would find nothingness and doors.