The Realm of Death
The Realm of Death – Lucifer’s Dominion (The Cycle of the Dead)
“He alone understands the burden of eternity.” – Elder Necromancer Orvax
The balance between life and death must remain unbroken. The Domain of Death is governed by Lucifer, the First Martyr, entrusted with the solemn responsibility of guiding souls through the eternal cycle.
Power Ranking of Death Primordials
- Lucifer, Keeper of Souls – The first being granted dominion over death, tasked with guiding souls from life to the afterlife and maintaining the sanctity of the cycle.
- The Reapers – Enforcers of the natural order, these ethereal beings are charged with ensuring the passage of souls, maintaining the equilibrium between life and death.
- The Necromantic – Lesser entities bound to the cycle of life, these beings weigh the fate of souls, determining their place in the afterlife or whether they must remain in limbo.
- The Lost Souls – Souls who reject the cycle, wandering the void between realms, lost and consumed by their refusal to accept their fate.
The Reapers
Bound by the sacred and often burdensome task of maintaining the balance between life and death, the Reapers are six ancient and powerful beings, each representing one of the cosmic domains. They transcend mortal concerns, their existence solely devoted to ensuring the flow of existence remains unbroken. To become a Reaper is to surrender oneself completely to the greater cosmic order, losing identity and autonomy in exchange for an eternal, unyielding duty.
- Aurelia – Reaper of the Holy Domain
Aurelia embodies purity and divine justice, guiding virtuous souls to eternal peace and ensuring balance in the realm of the holy. - Sorin – Reaper of the Nature Domain
Sorin oversees the cycle of life, growth, and decay, ensuring the rebirth of souls into the natural world, his form tied to earth and forest. - Valen – Reaper of the Order Domain
Valen enforces the laws of the universe and time, ensuring the balance of order remains intact. Stoic and precise, he represents inevitability. - Vespera – Reaper of the Shadow Domain
Vespera guides souls between light and darkness, existing in the twilight. She is the keeper of souls that do not belong to either life or pure death. - Azrael – Reaper of the Death Domain
Azrael, the Keeper of Souls, is the master of death. He ensures the final passage of souls, maintaining the cycle of death and afterlife. - Kaos – Reaper of the Disorder Domain
Kaos embodies chaos, mutation, and change. His unpredictable nature ensures constant evolution, bringing destruction for the sake of renewal.
The Necromantic
The Necromantic are cursed souls, eternally bound to the task of deciding the fates of others in the afterlife. These individuals were once horrific figures in life—criminals, tyrants, and abusers of power—condemned to serve as a form of eternal penance. Stripped of their former identity, they are now the unyielding arbiters who decide whether a soul’s fate in death is truly deserved. Their own torment is their punishment: forced to witness the suffering they inflicted in life, all while remaining trapped in a never-ending cycle of judgment. They are not evil, but neither are they compassionate; they are bound to a brutal, unrelenting task.
- Jack the Ripper – The Unforgiven Executioner
A notorious murderer, Jack now serves as a detached judge, passing verdicts while tormented by his past crimes. - Elizabeth Bathory – The Blood Countess
Famed for her cruelty, Bathory must endure eternal remorse as she condemns the wicked to their fate. - Joseph Mengele – The Angel of Death
Once a Nazi doctor, Mengele’s punishment is to witness endless suffering, judging both the innocent and the guilty. - Gilles de Rais – The Bluebeard of Hell
A knight turned child murderer, Gilles is cursed to confront the death he dealt, judging others as punishment. - Countess Cagliostro – The Sorceress of Manipulation
A manipulator in life, Cagliostro now faces endless judgment, haunted by the lives she ruined with her magic. - The Butcher of Blaviken – The Bloody Judge
A brutal warrior, the Butcher relives every killing he committed, now forced to judge the dead for eternity.
These cursed souls, the Necromantic, now serve as the very embodiment of karmic balance, forced to judge the dead. Their punishment is as cruel as their crimes: endless judgment, no respite, and the overwhelming weight of guilt and remorse, bound forever to the balance they have disrupted.
The Lost Souls
The Lost Souls are infamous, malevolent spirits that were once living beings, but their horrific deeds and twisted actions have bound them to an existence of torment. These souls seek vengeance, suffering, and power, with their spirits manifesting in the mortal realm to haunt, deceive, and destroy. Each is a ghost of an ancient evil, condemned to walk the world until their wrath is sated.
- The Hollow Wraith – A disembodied spirit that haunts cursed forests, disorienting travelers and causing them to lose their way, leading them into peril.
- The Mourning Wraith – A grieving figure who drowned her children, now wandering riverbanks, seeking to replace the souls she lost with those who wander too close.
- The Headless Avenger – A decapitated figure from a brutal past, seeking vengeance upon those who dare trespass, throwing his severed head as a warning.
- The Lamenting Lady – A noblewoman who ended her life in despair, haunting ancient ruins and seeking retribution against those who are undeserving of love or honor.
- The Widow's Wraith – A grieving widow, her sorrow so strong it manifests as a ghostly apparition, appearing before those who mourn, seeking to share her eternal sorrow.
- The Faceless Horror – A disfigured spirit that wanders in search of vengeance, asking those who encounter her if they find her beautiful—and punishing them for answering incorrectly.
The Eternal Struggle: Core Conflict
Lucifer, the Keeper of Souls, stands as the unwavering guardian of death’s sacred cycle, entrusted with the monumental task of guiding the souls of the departed through the veil and ensuring that death remains a natural, unyielding force. However, his role is under constant siege by forces that seek to disrupt the balance of life and death for their own ends.
Power-hungry mortals, corrupt gods, and ambitious demigods plot to manipulate death’s power, seeking to raise armies of the dead, extend their lifespans unnaturally, or even enslave souls for their own dark purposes. These beings view death not as a natural conclusion, but as a tool to be wielded in their endless pursuit of control and dominion.
At the same time, chaotic forces—ancient, primordial, or newly risen—aim to destroy the cycle itself, viewing death as an enemy to be obliterated in the name of eternal chaos. They seek to upend the natural order, bringing an age of immortality and infinite suffering, where the line between life and death is blurred beyond recognition.
As Lucifer battles these existential threats, he finds himself at odds with both the forces of destruction and those who seek to bend death to their will. The very essence of eternity is at risk, for if death is distorted, the afterlife itself becomes uncertain, and the cycles of existence may collapse entirely. The realms of the living and the dead could become one, with souls trapped in limbo or consumed by powers beyond reckoning.
In this dark struggle, the nature of existence itself is called into question: What is life without death? What is eternity without the natural flow of time? Lucifer, though steadfast in his purpose, must contend not only with those who would seek to control death but with the unraveling of the very fabric of reality. The stakes are nothing short of the future of existence itself, and Lucifer’s fight is not just for death’s sanctity—but for the preservation of life as it is meant to be.
