Seven gifts given to man by angels become corrupt and turn into evil gods called The Seven Faces of Evil. The only way to stop these beings was to separate their faces from their bodies. The faces turned into masks of great power, and their bodies turned into trees that were banished to seven realms in the netherworld.
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Long ago when the era of man had just begun, mighty angels came to Earth and saw that people were primitive and uncivilized. To help them, the angels gave the humans seven gifts of salvation. They gave them valor, to help them win wars and fight for justice. They gave them pleasure, to enjoy the riches of life. They gave them festivity, to have fun and be merry during times of peace. They gave them wealth, so they would always have what they needed. They gave them relaxation, so they wouldn't always have to work hard. They gave them admiration, so that those who did great things would be respected. And last, they gave them pride. So that they could learn to love themselves.
For many centuries, the humans lived in peace and worshipped the angels with their prayers. The prayers were the life source of the angels, and they needed them to survive. Thus, the symbiotic nature between man and angel grew.
But as time went on, the humans learned of one thing that would change them forever. Fear.
The humans knew the angels had great power. They began to fear the power of the angels. And in time, they began to want great power as well. Their fears and desires corrupted the gifts of salvation and turned them into the deadly sins. The sins became so strong, that they manifested into powerful creatures: The Seven Faces of Evil. Neither angel, nor man. Neither living, nor dead.
The first was Primos the Prideful. The love of one’s self turned to the hatred of all others. Primos believed he was better than man and angels alike. And that all should fear and worship him. He is adorned with five long black horns on his head with a crown of light inside of them. He is capable of flight, even without his large black wings. He uses them if only to mock the angels. He is able to summon thunderstorms to display his power.
From him he brought forth his brothers of darkness.
Avari the Greedy. The love of wealth became an obsession with money. Stealing, lying, and betrayal are his tools to get what he wants. Avari loves to wear gold. And uses gold and gems against his enemies. He enjoys spewing molten gold upon them so they burn and turn into statues that display the pain of their final moments. He can make it rain blood rubies and turn his skin into gold to increase his resilience. His Midas touch condemns his victims to slowly turn into statues, losing the ability to use what part of their bodies he touches.
Gulo the Glutton. The love of festivities make Gulo endlessly hungry and thirsty. He will consume everything around him, even if it means others must starve. He holds the power of the Cerberus within his body. A three headed beast that violently consumes everything laid before it. He can open portals that let the beast seep through into our world. His body is incredibly fat and gel like, allowing him to absorb blows easily. He is able to release a swarm of locusts from his mouth, another means to consume everything.
Lecher the Lustful. The love of pleasure makes Lecher enjoy himself even if it hurts others. And hurting others is something that gives him pleasure. He is able to create black vines from his body that emit red thorns. These vines then become roses that shoot a deadly pollen. The roses then emit the heads of serpents with venomous fangs. When a head is decapitated, two more take its place. This creature is the Rose Hydra.
Soco the Sloth. The love of relaxing turned into the neglect of others. Soco despises helping others and is disgusted by friendships and matters of the heart. He enjoys making people sick with plagues. He spews black sludge onto his enemies to make them sickly and weak. He is able to summon swarms of rats to strip the flesh off his enemies and infect them. His hundreds of ravens descend from grey skies to viciously claw and peck at his victims.
Invidius the Envious. Admiration of another’s gifts perverted into jealousy. The only one of his brothers who has a third eye, he can see the desires of others. He has the ability to see what his brothers see and deliver their visions to each other. Invidius enjoys using spiders he hides inside his body to spy on his enemies, as well as use them to sew shut the eyes of his victims. He can spin a web from within his throat and snare his enemies. He can also grow giant needle-like spider limbs to impale his victims.
Ira the Wrathful. Valor turned into wrath. Void of a sense of justice or peace, Ira is filled with intense rage. It is rumored that he is incapable of reason and rational thinking, all he knows is destruction and violence. Ira can emit burning rage from his body, resulting in apocalyptic meteors and fiery tornadoes to destroy all around him. His violent bloodlust is so great, that he will endure immense pain and damage to himself in order to kill his target.
These seven evils tore down all monuments and cities that the angels brought to the earth. They fed off the fears and desires of man, and knew that it was through prayer that gave the angels eternal life. As a result, the Faces demanded that the people fear and pray to them in order to starve the angels and give them everlasting life. They would not stop until they, and they alone, enslaved mankind.
The problem with their rise to power was that each one wanted to rule on their own. They hated each other, yet they were a part of each other. Each one fueled by fear and desire, each one incapable of killing another permanently. Their greatest power was also their greatest weakness, in that none of them could kill each other. However, since they came from Primos, he was recognized as their leader. But only one did not see it that way.
The Faces had an understanding. They could not kill each other, nor could they wipe out the humans. They were beings that came from the fears and wants that laid deep within man’s own heart, and needed the fear of the humans in order to survive. But Ira could not comprehend such a thing. He tried to kill all. He tried to destroy all. Including his own brothers. He threatened not only his own existence, but theirs as well.
Because of his brutality and destructive ways, the people fed Ira their fear more than any other Evil, increasing his power. Primos and the other Faces took notice on his overindulgence, and devised a plan to stop him before he obliterated everything. A great battle between them ensued, shaking the heavens and the earth. With no clear victor in sight, it seemed as though they would only feed Ira’s anger and their battle would destroy the very world they wished to rule. Their only hope was to bind Ira and strip him of his power. He was bound with Primos’s chains of oppression, Lecher’s thorny vines, and Invidius’s webbing. He was weakened with Soco’s Plague and Avari’s Midas touch. And his flames were consumed by Gulo and the Cerberus. With all their combined power, Primos was finally able to rip off Ira’s face and rob him of his power. His body, void of the evils it once inhabited, turned into a tree.
The six remaining Faces then set out to rule the world, until they realized that the battle had drained their powers severely since Ira had fed off of the most fear. The angels heard the prayers of the people, watched how Ira was defeated, and set out to do the same to the remaining Evils. Their faces, turned to masks, house all their wicked powers and all but Ira’s were locked in the underworld. Ira’s mask is still yet to be found.
In order to keep The Seven Faces of Evil from returning to their bodies, the masks and trees must be separated. The trees binds their life force, while the masks binds their power. The underworld was then divided into 7 circles, one inside another.
The first circle was Gula, what seems to be an endless dark cave and in it sleeps Gulo’s tree. It is guarded by the very Cerberus that was locked inside of Gulo’s dark magic, completely unaware that it guards its own master’s body.
Beneath its roots leads to the next circle, Luxuria, home of Lecher’s tree. Amongst an ocean of black vines and red thorns, Lecher’s tree is hidden amongst them. Also amongst the vines is the Rose Hydra, awaiting to poison anyone who goes near.
Beneath the roots of the tree leads to Avaritia, where Avari’s tree lies. The tree is among an infinite room of riches and gold. Anyone who dares to touch the treasure around them will instantly feel it melt in their hands and beneath their feet until they are consumed by the molten metal.
Beneath its roots leads to Socoria, home to Soco’s tree. A giant boggy swamp in an endless night, one will either be consumed by the rats on the ground or the ravens in the sky. The black water is the only thing to drink, but causes madness to those who do.
Beneath its roots leads to Invidius, for who’s tree it is named. The tree is suspended above the ground and held upside down by the webs of millions of spiders. A single spider has a body consisting of one eye with legs growing from it, and will attempt to sew shut the eyes of anyone who goes near.
Within its roots leads to the land of Ira. A vast burning wasteland with fiery whirlwinds and rain of brimstone. Ira’s tree is locked here, and beneath its roots leads to the final circle: Superbia.
Home of Primos’s tree, Superbia is a frozen endless mountain range. Among the highest mountain is a chest guarded by a horned beast. Within the chest are 6 of the masks, and when worn will grant the wearer great power. The cost of which is losing yourself to its evil magic.
Two demons who get into wild shenanigans causing mischief.
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