The demonic realm is a dark and twisted place, the stuff of nightmares. Mayhaps this is what humans call hell, it goes by many names. The demons themselves lead brutal lives, only the strongest are respected and the weak are crushed. The strong dominate the weak and the weak are subservient to the strong, this is the way it always has being in Demonic culture. The screams of the tortured and dying are common place and the streets are often awash with blood, even at the fast breeding rate the Demonic race was slowly driving itself to extinction. The demons had no moral barriers with who they killed; in fact it was demonic custom that most demonic children that displayed weaknesses would be killed by their own parents.. but that was a merciful fate. Another demonic belief was the ideal that the offspring belonged to their parents and could be treated however the parents wished, a cruel fate. A demon's fate, though immortal (unable to die of old age) was to be killed in a painful manner by a stronger demon. Though the Demon king Arakan enforced many laws and orders he could not stop the demonic taint all together, and this concerned him. Every demon that was killed, tortured and raped concerned him.. he needed something to create unity or at least a façade of it, so he assigned his eldest son.. the cruel prince Gladius to seek out a way of unity, and seek out he did.
When the Fallen Angels fell from grace and the Pure Angels came down into the demon world to see what became of them, Gladius sensed opportunity knocking upon the demonic doors of his mind. Gladius quickly formed the first group of Angel hunters known as the Hand, in later years they would be the elite Angel hunting and tracking force. Appointing himself as the head of the hunters Gladius captured all the Angels in question and then opened up the first Slave market known as the Soul trade, the demons flocked to it like moths drawn to a flame. Soon it was the 'in' thing for high ranking Demons to have Angelic pets and it did indeed ease the death toll on the demonic race, of course there were still Demon related deaths but that was not avoidable. All in all Gladius's idea was a success, and demons greedily horded their Angels-whom they refer to as 'toys'- the same way little children would horde their own toys. But of course, most Angels never lasted long in the hands of a demon. The luckiest ones were the ones that died, the unluckiest ones would eventually become shells of their former selves.. a term that was coined by prince Melkya as 'Twisted Angels' these were Angels that were mentally and physically crushed by their demon masters to the point that they (the twisted Angels) forgot heaven and the things they represent, they became totally devoted to their master or mistress and most developed Stockholm syndrome. This was only one of the events that Gladius did not foresee; the third event had the most detrimental effect.
The second event was the Demonic kind finding out about humans, and enslaving them as well. An event that some humans would later claim was Alien abduction, how wrong they were. Though humans were not as prized as Angels, there are more of them. For ever Angel born, about fifty humans are born according to the statistics of prince Lancier. Humans were also sold more cheaply then Angels and so were often brought by the middle and lower class Demons as a quick and inexpensive way to have fun; it is very rare a high ranking Demon would buy a human. This second event was overlooked by Gladius as 'not important' but his father, king Arakan, was not overjoyed with this turn events.. and he became even less happy with the third event.
It was only a matter of time before the first half Demon, half Angel was born. The demons were unsure what to think of this development, and the Angel expert Prince Melkya was called in. Melkya was shocked by this new species and brought in his brother, the Genetic expert Lancier to evaluate the situation before them. they were both at a loss, torn between keeping it alive for experimentation or killing it. the only thing that stopped them from killing it was the fact that the child was the son of Gladius, their brother. It was eventually decided that the Halfling-a term coined by the commander of the Demonic army, prince Redux- would be kept alive and (as Gladius demanded) would be subjected to torture and agony more so than any other demonic offspring. Gladius himself would administrate the pain to the 'Failure' that his concubine, the Angel Luna, called Sepiroth. However Arakan was enraged, he silently seethed because the balance had being broken.. but he had no right to interfere, he had his reasons not to. Eventually more of these 'Halflings' were born, but to different unions.. humans and Demons, Angels and humans also begain to sire offspring.. till one day Arakan ordered a mass killing of most 'mutts' and left only a few alive, since then Halflings have become the rarest and most expensive toys of all and only a few demons may be able to obtain one.
The demon realm today isn't much different, it's still brutal and unforgiving.. There are still clear lines between the strong and the weak, the master and the slaves, and the dominant and subservient. It doesn't look like things will be changing soon, but the demon realm is on the slow march to democratic progress..and it only takes one person to stand up and rebel, or to suppress change and fight it..what will you do?
