- S I N AND THE C I T Y
Once upon a time, back when people cared, there was a mighty war between angels and demons. After a particularly bloody battle, the angels successfully captured an entire platoon of demons. These demons were sent to Hell, a horrible prison of torment.
But, the demons had other plans.
Discreetly, they concocted a plan to escape. It failed. They drafted a second plan. It also failed. So did the third, fourth, fifth, and innumerable other attempts. But this one, ohhh, this one....
The year is 2017. The great war has been over for thousands of years. A manhole cover is rocketed into the sky by a tower of hellfire.
"FREEEEEEEDOOOOOOOO -"
A large SUV strikes the demon and drags it along, an angry suburban mother of diminutive stature angrily laying on the horn. She doesn't stop, though, and the demon is eventually freed from the clutches of the vehicle's undercarriage. It lies dazed on the asphalt, staring at the sun above.
"We're free.... and evil has won....."
A single manly tear rolls down the demon's cheek.
RULES
- Keep all OOC chatter to the Refuge's OOC and Hangout thread.
Ask me there before you join, simply as a courtesy.
Minimal profile requirements: One small to medium paragraph about your character, faceclaim optional. Must be a human, angel, or a demon of some sort.
No one-liners! Short posts are fine, but make sure to include things that other players can react to.
SETTING
The general setting of the roleplay is modern-day Stamford, Connecticut. It's one of the richest areas of the Unites States, and is the home to several corporations. It's approximately 30 miles from Manhattan, and also ancient demons wandering around in upper-class suburbia is hilarious, so there.
For those of you familiar with my other stories, this roleplay takes place in the same setting as My Guardian Demon. For those of you unfamiliar: in this setting, Hell is a prison that is owned and operated by Heaven, and is where demons are held and tortured when they are captured. Satan, formerly known as Lucifer, is essentially a gang leader - the biggest, baddest guy in prison that nobody wants to cross and everyone wants to be on the good side of. His crime was refusing to carry out his duties as a divine messenger, and introducing knowledge of right and wrong to humankind (along knowledge of other things, such as magic).
There are three available races you can play as in this roleplay: Humans, demons, and angels. Presumably, you are going to play the Judeo-Christian kind of angels and demons seen in popular culture, but I will accept sound arguments for playing oni or other monsters if you can fit them into my setting.
- Humans: Normal, everyday people who are just trying to live their lives in peace - you know, get rich, get famous, get laid. Some of the troublemakers or those with dire futures have been assigned guardian angels.
Demons: When Satan's forces lost the war, his followers - "fallen" angels - lost their divinity and became the first generation of demons. They scattered across the Earth, remained in hiding, and maintained their strength by turning humans to their side. Demons have slowly gotten bolder as various nations have gotten more secular, but business is still slow what with world peace looming on the horizon. 2016 was a good year for evil though, and 2017 has been even more promising.
- The Unholy Platoon
This group of three dozen demons have finally escaped prison after slowly and steadily digging a tunnel from Hell to Earth. They've missed the last three thousand years of history.
Angels: Messengers of God, divine beings of light and truth. Their numbers took a huge hit during the war when so many defected. They used to intervene pretty often, but then some guy named Lovecraft started writing about them, and the angels collectively decided it would be kinder to humanity's collective sanity to back off for a while. It's not going well.
CHARACTERS
Christabelle "Bael" Black: Not the real Bael, thankfully. A power-hungry witch-turned-low-level-demon who appears to be in her late 20s or early 30s, with long black hair, and an eyepatch. She loves tailored suits. She specializes in the obnoxious trickery of Faustian contracts. She currently runs an antique shop full of cursed items, and spends most of her time negotiating her innocence with the local angels.