Demon Arch

The Demon Arch, once the magnificent United States National Historic Landmark known as the Gateway Arch, overlooking beautiful downtown St. Louis, today stands as pristine as the day it was built over 400 years ago, however, it now overlooks the decimated ruins of what once was St. Louis. It remains a monument, not of the old world and their ingenuity but to what the world has become, a place where monsters roam the earth and humankind is on the brink of extinction.

The arch is a literal gateway to realms unknown, dimensions, times, and spaces beyond the confines of earth, having become a symbol not of the gateway to the west, but rather, a gateway for literal demons and monsters, a place to be avoided. Periodically, the gateway opens spewing forth unearthly beings.

Purpose / Function

Conceived of by the rumored occultist, Luther Ely Smith, and purportedly constructed to revive the St. Louis riverfront and stimulate the local economy, amid the economic disarray of the Great Depression, which it did. However, it served a far more nefarious purpose, the pinnacle, a tourist attraction by day, a site for ritual sacrifice by night, situated atop a site of powerful energies, a nexus of converging lines of energy from all around the world. The reality of its construction as a gateway to the unknown only becoming public knowledge after the events that nearly wiped-out humanity and left the earth in shambles.

Randomly and without warning, the Demon Arch activates, and any number of abominations, demons, or creatures’ step through. There is even a rumor that an entire military regiment came through, only to vanish into the countryside without a trace.

Architecture

Embedded in concrete each leg spans 16 m (54 ft) per side of an equilateral triangle, narrowing to 5.2 m (17 feet) per side at the peak, the walls are skinned in a specially manufactured and etched stainless steel skin. The arch is hollow to accommodate a tram system taking passenger to the top with ease.

Demon Arch from the Old World

St. Louis on the Mississippi river by night by Daniel Schwen

Coordinates

38.62452°N 90.18471°W

Founding Date

Construction Started – February 12, 1963
Construction Completed – October 28, 1965
Inauguration (opened to public) – June 10, 1967

Alternative Names

Gateway Arch
Gateway to the West
St. Louis Arch
Demon Gate

Parent Location

Old United States

Dimensions

Height: 192 m (630 ft)
Width: 192 m (630 ft)