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Seven Princes of Hell

The Seven Princes are a group of powerful demons embodying the major sources of human misery.

The Seven Princes are viewed as the aristocracy of Hell in certain sects of modern occultism- those who manage the infernal plane while The Beast exists in constant, churning agony. Within themselves is a loose hierarchy based mostly on seniority and scope of domain. This increments in groups of two until the seventh prince, who has loose dominion over the rest.

The princes are as follows.

The Societal Duo

Injustice - The misery of karmic failure. Gains power from crime and wrongful conviction. Every time one says "it's not fair," you're giving power to them. Ironically lives in torment due to a love for justice of all forms. Said to venerate vigilantism and enforce punishment on the wicked in Hell.

Conquest - The misery of losing autonomy. A rather enigmatic and violent entity. Despite its rage, it's more defined by sheer persistence and insidious scheming. Venerates fallen soldiers in name only, but holds true affection for the greedy in positions of power or with the means to take them. Enforces order in Hell, tormented by the Sisyphean task this poses.

The Internal Duo

Disease - The misery of declining physicality. Obtains power from the dying and ill of the world. A very solitary entity, it venerates the germaphobes and clean of the world, though only out of envy for the lifestyle it can never have. In times of relative health, it becomes catatonic for the point of immobility. Maintains the constitution of Hell's denizens from the comfort of a withered old cot.
Disorder - The misery of declining mentality. Obtains power from the tormented and traumatized. Just as solitary as Disease, they venerate inconsistently between abusers and victims, with warped logic justifying any given decision. Extraordinarily unstable, but fanatical in whatever beliefs they hold at that moment. Tormented by themselves, they give Hell the ability to grant madness to man.

The Physical Duo

Fate - The misery of predestination. Obtains power from the trapped and those born to die. Perhaps the most enigmatic of the princes. Claimed to be something of a cruel trickster who often goes against the hierarchy who is left powerless to stop him. Even the seventh prince cannot void his actions. Some sources claim him to be a dark angel of sorts, while others say he is something else entirely. Said to shape objects like clay and place them in the perfect position for tragedy to occur.
Insignificance - The misery of worthlessness. Obtains power from the death and injury of those to inexplicable natural events. Natural disasters are the fruit of this entity. It feels little, but venerates the misfortunate out of a vague sense of kinship. After all, as tiny as they are, they are all part of a larger whole, just as it is. It believes that it accepts its own place, but it does not. This is its torment.

The Abyssal Prince

Abyss - The misery of darkness. This entity is cloaked in mystery but holds great power. Just as all things came from nothingness, so too can they return to it. The Abyssal Prince's domain is said to be so strong that it is the root cause for the instinctual fear of the dark. When one fears the unknown in the shadow of their open closet- when one is stabbed in the streets on a clouded midnight- that is the command of the final prince. One can never know who it venerates, but to pursue contact is assuredly playing with the reflection that fire casts.

The princes are known to have names beyond their titles, but the exact names of them are supposedly kept unknowable by the angelic forces in order to keep the effect of their sigils to a minimum. If one could summon them, the effects could be disastrous. This has not stopped countless from attempting such, though, and certain names have been claimed to belong to certain princes. The most commonly accepted name is that of Fate, though he is said to not answer summons.

Last Edited by Webmaster A. on October 20, 2008.