Bit of History from Makai

I think I might have scared everyone a bit too much in the last post. You know what will cheer you up?

History! But not of humans; this is the story of how demons and devils came to be separate from one another.

It all started a long time ago, some records say 4000 years, others say 9,800,000,000 years, and still others are even more varied than that.

Back then, there were only two distinguishable types of Dead: the Spirits and the Devils. The Spirits dwelt within Heaven, which was manipulated by the God or gods at the time to resemble Earth. The Devils lived in Hell, an inhospitable land of fire, lava, and ash.

The Devils fought among themselves, some breaching the portals between Hell and Heaven, where the Spirits fought them back through. Those early days were rough on the Spirits, and many took their vacation leave on earth, where they appeared in some form or another to mess with the native humans.

One day, one Devil, Bathilu, vowed not to die at the hands of his brothers and sisters, and, when they continued to fight him, he left to explore the infinite vastness of Hell. Bathilu wandered for decades, feeding only on the flames and brimstone that were as infinite as Hell itself.

During the final day of his life, Bathilu found the Core of Hell, a massive sphere that reached beyond the red and black clouds. Bathilu touched it with his magic and hand, and became one with the Core. A vast surge of power swept across Hell, and some of the fallen Devils, those dead, got back up and started fighting with a vengeance.

Only about a quarter of the Devils existing at that time were changed by the magic, and the others, when they say how hopeless it was to fight against that menace alone, banded together, proclaiming themselves to be Demons. They war they waged was later known as the War of Hell.

The Demons lost.

However, those few thousand Demons that were left stayed together because of a very powerful dragon Demon known as Chathulm'st. He declared them to be Dead unless they went with him to create a new Home, where they could live in peace from the Devils.

All went with him, and they called him Shepherd of the Dead. The small group of nearly 6000 Demons forced their way through the nearest portal, which Chathulm'st had changed to lead them to a nearly empty pocket dimension.

Chathulm'st went in first, having told his Flock to stay behind for a single minute. After that minute, the Flock went through the portal, and saw the wonders that awaited them. It was a veritable paradise for each type of Demon; all of the different animal Clans were each able to make their own home within the world.

The Flock had no idea how the Shepherd had managed to create the splendor that he did, but no one was able to find him to ask him. It was rumored that Chathulm'st had sacrificed himself to make the world; indeed, the sun of Makai is known as the Heart of the Shepherd, blazing down on his chosen.

The world was named Makai, the Demon word for "home".