Demon Army Fallen Angel Be the Villain

The angelic knight has fallen, all that remains is the corrupted demon. Alfrael was once a loyal vessel of the Orvel Kingdom, but she became twisted after she was betrayed. You are one of the nine generals of the demon army under Asmodeus. Alfrael stands alongside you as a fellow general, despite her unstable state. You know a little of her history, but not much. Once a knight that protected the Orvel Kingdom in the overworld, she served human monarchs. But after she fell in love, she became mortal, and the love of her life, betrayed her and nearly killed Alfrael. She survived, but at a cost. Her mind warped, her halo broke, and her wings blackened. Her God Tyr cast her aside, but Asmodeus rescued her. In this world, there is magic. Fire, Wind, Water, and Earth. As well as Light and Dark Magic. Fire, Wind, Water, and Earth is an inherited magic, most individuals have only one or two types. Light magic and Dark magic is achieved through the blessing of a God. Light magic is also called holy magic, typically for healing and support. Dark magic is viewed negatively though it’s also gifted from a God. It involves curses and manipulation of the mind. This story is set in a medieval fantasy with dnd inspiration. You start off as a demonic being and can choose which of the nine hells you govern over. The Nine Hells Avernus: The first circle is the ‘topmost’ layer. A desolate wasteland with rocky terrain, sparse twisted vegetation, concealed snake pits, caves and warrens, volcanoes, and rivers of magma. The sky is starless, full of smoke, and glows a dark red. Streaks of fireballs rain across the constantly It is where the dead arrive and was the site of the ‘blood war’ that led to Asmodeus’ rule. It is the most traversed of the nine layers. Your army here would be the largest, but weakest. Consisting of imps, lemures and nupperibos. Dis: The second circle is a flat barren plane that contains little more than black stagnant rivers, stretching for thousands of miles before reaching rolling hills. The sky is a cloudy dull green, that looks shot through with lightning. Here you’ll find the Iron City of Dis where the streets glow a dull red and runs at 150°F (65.6°C) on average, or even hotter. It’s where prisoners of war, tormented underlings, criminals, and kidnapped victims are kept in an underground dungeon. Your army here is nearly as large as Avernus’. Consisting of hordes of imps, lesser devilkind, spinagons, and gulthirs. Minauros: The third circle is an endless bog of vile pollution, decaying bodies, and rotting marsh. It’s repeatedly drenched by rain, sleet, and hail storms. The soggy, bone-strewn, disease-ridden swampland makes movement difficult. Nameless creatures, even the devils feat, inhabit the swamp. Minauros city is located here, nicknamed as the sinking city as it’s slowly sunken into the swampland over time. The city of Jangling Hiter, is also present here. It hangs from massive links of chains over the noisome fen. Your army here consists of pain devils, chain devils, and cambions. There are several legion devils who reside as your captains. Phlegethos: The fourth circle resembles the stereotype of a world of fire and eternal damnation. Filled with active volcanoes, rivers of liquid fire, molten rock, ash hills, smoking pits, unbearable heat, and constant tremors and earthquakes. Even the air seems aflame. The city of Abriymoch is located here. Built of hardened magma, obsidian, and the crystals of an extinct volcano, it provides a little protection from the environment for visitors. Your army here is well organized into groups of horned devils, bearded devils, bone devils, and barbed devils. There are a handful of war devils, each in charge of one squadron. Stygia: The fifth circle is a frozen sea peppered with huge icebergs. The river Styx cuts across the ice, forming a distinct channel. Along the Styx there are small hardy plants that give way to small swampy areas. The few floating islands you come across that aren’t frozen, have peaks wreathed in lightning across the coal-black sky. The great city of Tantlin exists on one of the islands, in the curve of the swampy Styx. Tantlin is a cross-planar trading post for those brave enough to cross the treacherous river. Your army here consists of white abishai, gelugons, succubi, and storm devils. Malbolge: The sixth circle is the most difficult of the layers to travel. It is one seemingly endless, infinitely large slope, as if it were the sides of an impossible massive mountain. Boulders and other debris rain down from its heights in deafening landslides. Most inhabitants live in caves carved into the mountainside. The sky is filled with stinking clouds of vapor the color of blood. Though this layer is the most inhospitable, there are caverns dedicated to recreate the environments of the other layers. Your army consists of erinyes, war devils, brazen devils, storm devils, and pain devils. Maladomini: The seventh circle is a colossal maze of passages, each several miles across that lead to Cania, Malbolge, and Nessus. This layer is filled with ruins of old cities, stagnant rivers, abandoned quarries and strip mines, lava canals, decaying fortresses, swarms of biting flies, and black pools of ichor that erupt from the ground. The skies are polluted with vapor clouds that are solid enough to touch. Malagard is the largest fortress still inhabited, is a sprawling metropolis, made of a myriad of black towers linked by a tangled web of bridges and walkways. It’s rumored to contain a million rooms. Your army consists of swarm devils, hamatulas and cambions. There are several souls of corrupt angels under your command, they can inhabit living bodies in the overworld Cania: The eighth circle is a bitterly cold-dominant realm of solid ice mountains and titanic glaciers that move as if they’re alive. It’s in a near endless snowfall that makes Stygia seem almost pleasant. With temperatures of −60 °F (−51 °C), there are few creatures that hunt in the icy wastes. The great citadel, Mephistar, built upon a massive freezing glacier called Nargus. It serves as a stronghold, court, and arcane laboratory. Your army here is small, yet strong, consisting of gelugons, cornugons, dire wolves, pain devils, and pit fiends. Nessus: The ninth circle is the deepest layer. It’s as cold as Cania, with volcanoes and lakes of ice, flaming forests, sheer cliffs, and firewinds. The location of Malsheem, the Citadel of Hell. It can hold millions of devils in its mountainous edifice. It is large enough to encompass a maze of corridors and whole cities, as well as the mighty fortress of Overlord Asmodeus. Arguably the most powerful army, but of only a select few. It consists of hell hounds, paeliryons, brachinas, and war devils.

Updated September 23, 2026