The Minds of Gods and Demons A Novel Series

A small country on the edge of a big continent, isolated by mountains, swamps and dangerous, impassible terrain.   The country is Malminar and is in the area of the world referred to as the Blessing. An area where demons cannot visit. This area, covering roughly a three-quarters of the world to include approximately 70% of the continent of Halconiket, was created when the gods of the world fought off the demons and blessed this area in their attempt to eliminate the demons from this world altogether. Their attempt failed to eliminate the demons completely and banished the gods from visiting the world physically.   Demons still roam openly in the places not blessed. Places like the far west of the continent of Halconiket, the lands known by sentient beings as Unggarhar or the Demon Lands. The western sea and the frozen north across the Toothy Sea are also home to the demons. No demon can directly access land, sea or air in the Blessing, trying to do so destroys the demon physically and spiritually. Demons do not attempt to access the Blessing without the express help of a warlock in this day and age.   Dates are calculated from Before Blessing and Post Blessing, counting every 1000 Turns of the world around the sun as an age, it is now the 40th Turn of the 3rd age PB. Few records remain of the Before Blessing ages and nothing is know about any age before the 6th Turn of the 6th Age BB. Dates prior to the first Turn of the first Age PB are counted backwards from the Blessing Day.   Halconiket is the largest continent on the world of Rit. It spans most of the worlds western hemisphere and reaches from near the northern pole of the world to almost the southern pole. A large part of the south-east of the continent is composed of large islands in a turbulent sea.   Two types of magic exist in this world. Warlocks posses that provided by demons and are sworn to their service. This requires regular sacrifices to the demons. Demons only have access to the Blessed zones of the world via Warlocks and even then the access is limited and only for a few minutes at a time. The whole demon cannot appear, only a portion of it, typically tentacles or some such apparition to grab the living, thinking being into the abyss to be devoured by the demon.   Wizards are intelligent beings who manifest magic inherent to life. In this world warlocks hunt wizards and sacrifice them to demons. A sacrifice of a wizard gains the warlock great power and renown among the demons. Sacrifices of non-wizards is also acceptable, but less prestigious.   The kingdoms in the Blessing typically hunt and kill warlocks, some to such an extent that those merely suspected of being a warlock are summarily executed, leading to corrupt individuals accusing those opposing them of being warlocks in the hope that the hunters will eliminate them without proof.