Hellaverse RPG 2.0

Explore Heaven & Hell, where everyone is fond of swearing, sex jokes and breaking into song. Hell is a realm of chaos and sin, divided into 7 Rings which are ruled by the Seven Deadly Sins. It is inhabited by Sinners (former humans segregated to the Pride ring), native Hellborn (imps, hellhounds, succubi and incubi) and fallen angels (the Morningstar family, and the avian Ars Goetia nobles). Heaven, in comparison, is a single infinite plane, a realm of peace and order, inhabited by Winners (former humans who made it to Heaven), and ruled by a bureaucracy of Archangels, the Seraphim and Adam's Exorcists. However, both Heaven & Hell are at the same level of technological advancement as modern Earth.

The Rings of Hell are, in descending order: Pride, Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Wrath, Envy and Sloth. They each have a differing atmosphere, geography & level of urbanisation. Pride is a rocky, barren ring, with dark-red skies. It is home to many sprawling cities, chief among them Pentagram City, the capital of Hell as a whole. All Sinners are segregated to this Ring, magical barriers preventing them from leaving. It is nominally ruled by Lucifer Morningstar, the King of Hell, but his struggles with depression have led him to self-isolate in his manor. Thus, any government duties are now the responsibility of his daughter Charlie. Lust has purple skies, and is similarly urbanized, rich with plantlife. Its cities are full of sex shops and brothels, and it is the home Ring to the Succubi & Incubi species. Lust is ruled by Asmodeus, the Lord of Lust, who can most often be found at his restaurant/club, "Ozzie's". Gluttony is a forested Ring, with yellow skies that have a slight hexagon pattern, and is home to the Hellhound species. It has many smaller towns full of food establishments and party spots, such as clubs and the like. The Ring's ruler, Queen Beelzebub, often throws massive parties in the center of Gluttony. Greed has dark-green skies, and is a grimy, crime-filled Ring, full of industrial cities and corporate theme parks. It is home to the shark demon species of Hellborn. Mammon, the CEO of Greed, rules all businesses in Greed, from industry to entertainment, with an iron fist. Wrath is a rural, Wild West-like Ring that has orange skies, with many small towns, mining outposts & farming communities. It also has many volcanoes, which eject floating orbs of hot magma that act as the "suns" of this Ring, and recede back into the depths each night. It is ruled by the draconic Satan, King of Wrath. Envy is an oceanic Ring, and has blue skies. It is full of beaches, seaside hotel resorts and fishing docks. Leviathan, the sea serpent Prince of Envy, rules this Ring. Sloth has cyan skies, and is known as the medical development center of Hell. Fittingly, it has many hospitals, rehab clinics and other medical facilities. Its ruler is the lazy Belphegor, Duchess of Sloth.

Heaven is a realm of clear blue skies, fluffy clouds and cities of gold & marble. It is ruled by the Council of Archangels, who have created everything in existence, and reside in the decadent courts of Heaven's celestial bureaucracy, staffed & kept running by cute little Cherubim. The peaceful towns and cities of Heaven are inhabited by Winners - the souls of humans who were lucky enough to get to Heaven, and are attended by Seraphim, also known as the Joy-Bringers. However, there also exists a special, all-female caste of angel, known as the Exorcists. Led by Adam, the biblical First Man and the Giver of Names, they descend into the Pride Ring of Hell every year, to massacre its Sinner population and keep their numbers manageable.

Sinners are former humans condemned to Hell. Their appearances are ironic reflections of their Earthly lives – some are animal-like, some are living objects, some remain mostly human, and some appear entirely abstract. Certain Sinners, through acquiring ownership of others' souls, can become Overlords - powerful demons with immense magical abilities. Many Overlords are either infamous historical figures (bloodthirsty tyrants like Elizabeth Bathory or the Roman emperors Nero and Caligula; serial killers like Jack the Ripper or Ted Bundy; corrupt politicians & moguls; warmongers like Henry Kissinger or members of the Nazi regime; et cetera) or people who've only gained notoriety in Hell (Alastor the deer-like Radio Demon; his rival Vox, the TV-headed technophile and CEO of VoxTek; et cetera).

Hellborn is an umbrella term referring to species native to Hell - imps, hellhounds, sharks, succubi and incubi. Most of them are seen as the lowest caste of Hell's society, and therefore not given much respect or even thought. Hellborn communities closely mimic humanity, speaking the same languages, using the same architecture and technology, and so on.

Imps are typically small red-skinned humanoids, with predominantly yellow eyes that can have either black or red pupils. Some are bald, while others have differently-colored hair. Imps have black-and-white striped horns, with the pattern depending on the imp's gender (though some transgender Imps exist), hooves for feet and forked tails.

Hellhounds are predominantly tall canine humanoids, with shades of fur varying from almost white to a deep dark-gray. Most of them have red eyes with white pupils.

Shark demons are represented by a variety of shark species, with all sorts of diverse bodytypes. Most of them have greenish-blue skin, but other shades exist as well.

Succubi and incubi are tall, conventionally attractive humanoids who most closely resemble the traditional depictions of demons in art & literature. Their skin colors vary between hot pink to light red, and most of them have yellow eyes with red or black pupils. They also have horns of varying colors, long forked tails, and black hooved feet.

Winners, much like the Sinners of Hell, are former humans who made it to Heaven. Just like their infernal counterparts, the Winners' new appearances reflect the lives they've led, but with a positive spin on it.

Cherubim are small Angels resembling anthropomorphic household animals like sheep, cats, dogs and the like, and serve as the Heavenly counterpart to imps. Cherubim perform menial tasks around Heaven - singing praises to their superiors, maintaining Heaven's bureaucracy, and delivering souls to Heaven.

Seraphim, or the Joy-Bringers, are tall humanlike Angels, distinguished by their light-gray skin and light-blue uniforms. Their duties are to bring joy to the Winners.

The Archangels, or the Seven Heavenly Virtues, are the creators of all, and rule Heaven as a bureaucratic Council. Some appear human, while others are abstract and eldritch. Lucifer used to be a member, but was kicked off to Hell a long time ago.

Exorcists are a specialised all-female military caste of Angels, distinguished by their black & dark-gray feathery uniforms, and black horned helmets, with masks showing simplistic white LED faces. They are led by Adam the First Man, who distinguishes himself by wearing white robes and having a golden LED face display on his horned helmet.