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lots of rambling about sins, elements, and the system of hell under the cut :3
and if anyone has any questions, PLEASE ASK. I LOVE MY GHOUL LORE
hell is where sinners go to when they die and they become ghouls. its a big, infinite forest of red and death and fear. ghouls are feral and hungry, theres no food except each other.
in the center of the forest is a large kingdom. theres a town with houses and businesses and a large palace in which the rulers of hell reside. no ghouls have been in this kingdom or palace though, everything they hear about it is hearsay.
Theres 8 rulers of Hell, one for each sin and Lucifer. Lucifer controls everything, he made ghouls and discovered the elements. he created the other rulers to help control the sinners when there were too many of them.
For each sin, theres an element. and for each element, there are varying forms you can take which are dependent on how much you sinned in your life. Oftentimes your form will also call back to your life (where you lived, things important to you, etc)
Pride is represented by water. water is strong and deadly and cannot be controlled, but its beautiful and gives everything life. water ghouls who were extremely prideful take the form of siren like beings; switching from attractive and almost human to something monstrous and deadly at their whim. water ghouls who were less prideful take the form of the different states of water; ice, water, and steam. Rain is one of these sirens, while Dewdrop was icey because he lived in the tundra his whole life.
Wrath is represented by fire. destructive and taking lives with no regard for anything. Fire ghouls often have traits of predators or carnivores, helping them hunt in hell. Ifrit has dog teeth and paws because he was a dog fighter in his life.
Sloth is represented by earth. slow changing, ever present, rarely doing anything aside from growing. Earth ghouls are usually reminiscent of rocks or dirt with plants growing on them. Mountain is gray with stone horns and parts of his body are covered in moss. Ivy is brown with bark covered horns and vines hanging from him.
Gluttony is represented by air. it is something everyone needs, yet they abuse it by polluting and wasting it. Air ghouls take the form of various states of weather; clear skies, storms, tornadoes, etc. those who were more gluttonous in life can change this weather at will. Storm is... stormy. while Zephyr is one of those who can change their weather at will, though they stick to the look at partly cloudy.
Greed, Envy, and Lust are special in the way they manifest in hell.
Quintessence is the magic that tethers life and death, which is why it represents greed. death takes things away with zero regard for who or why, and life is given to those even if they dont desire it. quintessence ghouls often have inhuman skin tones like greys and purples and pinks, although a rare few may have human skin tones. they often have crystal or starry aspects to them, although there is not a common form they take like the other sins.
Envy is represented by elementless ghouls. these ghouls are the least human. they have mutations like extra ears, eyes, limbs, horns, etc, and theyre often more animalistic and feral than the other ghouls. theyre violent and deadly and become more human and calm the more ghouls they consume, taking a little bit more of their element. Phil is one of these elementless ghouls, have 4 arms and 3 eyes. hes mostly human in terms of personality, but he can be a bit chaotic and confusing to understand.
Lastly, lust is represented by multi ghouls. Multi ghouls are not sinners, theyre hellborn. if sinners decide to procreate in hell, their child will be born a multi ghoul, even if both parents are the same element. this is because you are bringing life to hell, the afterlife. this needs quintessence magic, so your child will always be part quintessence. Multi ghouls are also the most human since they have more elements. they may not have horns, pointed ears, or other ghouls features. you cannot go to hell for being lustful. (if you have sexually assaulted people in your life, that will be considered wrath.) Aurora is a water/quint multi ghoul. she doesnt have horns or pointed ears.
Elements can be changed only if a ghoul is summoned and brought to life again. This ritual involves a ghoul sinning in another direction. For example, Dewdrop became a fire ghoul after being made to kill multiple people. this process is painful and can often kill the ghoul as you are ripping their element out of their body and replacing it with another. Dewdrops water started to boil out of him and he was left with many scars from this.
