Tyracole Ritual

The **"Tyracole Ritual"** is an event that took place hundreds of thousands of years ago down in the Underworld. It is most commonly known as the ritual that awakened Hylax. It also refers to the ritual by the same name.

## Information

### Characters Involved

**Hanayome****Hylax**

**Citizens of Gisei**

## **General Overview**

While not many know the history of the ritual or what it is used to achieve, many are familiar with the idea of one that can summon a great and dangerous being capable of consuming realities.

It is said that the ritual was created by an unnamed fallen angel who wanted to play tricks on the devil race and was aware of the being named Hylax, who was capable of devouring entire realities. On a trip to the underworld, the fallen angel—who was given the name of Damasu—spread the word of a ritual that could save the city of Gisei, a place that was filled with hunger and poverty.

Due to the incredible amount of magic or sacrifice that is used to fulfill the ritual, it has only been used a few times—by the citizens of Gisei, and by Hanayome— in order to summon Hylax. In order to complete the ritual, one must gather all of their pain and suffering—whether physically or mentally—into one spot and use all of their magic in order to beg Hylax to come.

## **History**

Believing that the ritual was their only hope, as a result of propaganda spread by Damasu, the citizens of Gisei turned on each other in order to produce seven victims and the blood of the city's chief. By the end of the process, nearly one-quarter of the devils in the city had died as a result of the battle; however, the remaining ones soon united to fulfill the ritual.

In the center of town, the devils gathered nearly all of their wealth in the form of gold coins, as well as a good portion of their livestock, before drawing a magical ring around them. Then, by pouring the blood of the victims they had brought onto their wealth and livestock, the citizens were able to gather up all of their magical power into the magical ring they had drawn, before getting onto their knees and praying.

After a couple of minutes, red lightning struck the livestock and gold, instantly turning them into dust. Confused, the citizens stood up and looked around with a sense of guilt, until they turned up to the sky and noticed a large blue hand with electric-red veins sticking out of a portal; from behind the hand, presumably, came a deep voice that asked the citizens if they had summoned him on purposed.

Admitting to having fulfilled the ritual on purpose, the citizens begged the being—who claimed to be named Hylax—for prosperity and resources, as they had used up all of it in summoning him. In response, the large hand reached out and touched the blood that was spilled all over the ground around the citizens of Gisei, before explaining that he could grant their wish at one more cost.

Explaining that they would do anything, the citizens of Gisei were asked if they would betray the Underworld's King and lure him out to the city, where Hylax could consume him and give them their prosperity. Though hesitant at first, the citizens agreed and Hylax said that he would return once he felt the presence of Lucifer nearby.

The next day, the then-Lucifer would arrive in Gisei in order to investigate the rise in magical power, as well as the poverty in the city. Watching in terror, the citizens awaited for Hylax to appear; however, the godly being never arrived. Later, the citizens would find out that one of the children in the city had ran to a nearby city to warn the citizens there of the ritual, which then alerted Lucifer.

Though the ritual failed in the eyes of the citizens of Gisei, who then all passed away days later, it had actually succeeded, as Hylax had been awakened and given access to Dimension-173. As a result, his presence began to awaken the Three Dragon-Gods as well.

### **Pre-Series**

The second and only other known usage of the Tyracole Ritual was by Hanayome, who used it to once again awaken Hylax after Caloris Azathoth had preformed the Dragacole Ritual to seal him and the Three Dragon-Gods away. As opposed to the citizens of Gisei, who used their wealth and livestock to summon Hylax, Hanayome used her pain and suffering in order to do so.