Hell
The hierarchy, the seven field classes, and the three deaths.
Hell declares fourteen million demons in legions. The Inquisition’s real count is four hundred to nine hundred thousand. It declares twenty times what it can put in the field — and the legions are not a lie: they are a memory of what existed before the Theomachy.
Because demons do not breed. They fell once, in a fixed number, and that number only drops. Everything follows: they cannot spend troops, the Limbus has been defensive since 1786, and the strategy is to corrupt rather than exterminate. Not out of theology — out of arithmetic.
The seven field classes
A corporal of the Limes knows all seven by heart.
| Class | What it is | Frequency | What kills it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class I Menor de Enxame | What it is pure monster, with no readable intent | Frequency constante | What kills it 3 to 5 consecrated cartridges |
| Class II Menor Nomeado | What it is drude, mara, ghoul — it has method | Frequency mensal | What kills it Blessed Iron and the procedure |
| Class III Folkloric | What it is strigoi, werewolf — they were human | Frequency seasonal | What kills it a long procedure, and missing one step starts it over |
| Class IV Possessor | What it is no body of its own, five degrees | Frequency 3-5 por thousand people/year | What kills it it is expelled, not killed |
| Class V Middle Incarnate | What it is 200-400 kg. The danger is that it talks | Frequency on raids | What kills it one well-placed squadron |
| Class VI Rei Infernal | What it is 72. Almost human, beautiful past bearing | Frequency once a generation | What kills it costs 300 to 1,200 men |
| Class VII Príncipe do Vício | What it is unbearable beauty, and horns | Frequency 7× em 110 years | What kills it not one has ever been killed |
The three deaths
This is why the weapon is the faith, and not the bullet.
| Outcome | How it happens | The demon |
|---|---|---|
| Outcome Expulsion | How it happens killing the possessed carrier | The demon it returns to Hell intact |
| Outcome Discarnation | How it happens destroying the body without a consecrated weapon | The demon it returns in years. The commonest case |
| Outcome True death | How it happens consecrated mineral by someone of genuine faith | The demon over. Permanent |
The seven Princes of Vice
| Prince | Vice | Seal | City | Standard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prince Luzhar | Vice Pride | Seal I | City Karzhar | Standard The Mirror |
| Prince Asmoteth | Vice Lust | Seal II | City Asmotheri | Standard A Seda |
| Prince Belzebar | Vice Gluttony | Seal III | City Belkar | Standard O Fardo |
| Prince Leviath | Vice Envy | Seal IV | City Leviakol | Standard A Cópia |
| Prince Belifor | Vice Sloth | Seal V | City Belikatra | Standard O Estendido |
| Prince Mammen | Vice Greed | Seal VI | City Mammon-Ur | Standard O Documento |
| Prince Sathnar | Vice Wrath | Seal VII | City Sathkar | Standard The Iron |
The full texts
The almanac gives you the figure. Here is the reason behind it — contradictions included, and everything the Curia would rather not explain.