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Helvete, otherwise known as The Underworld or simply Hell, is a horrid place of fire and eternal suffering.

History
In the time before time, the One Being created everything. They created the multiverse and wove the fabric of reality. They created Himlen – a place of eternal peace where those with good in their hearts go to when their time comes. It is also where the Cosmic Protector and Keepers of Reality reside. Then, there was Helvete – the place of eternal suffering and damnation. Helvete is where those with evil in their hearts are condemned to.

When Lucifer attempted to overthrow the One Being they cast Lucifer out of Himlen and into Helvete for all eternity. Lucifer proclaimed that he would rise again and be just as, if not more powerful than a Cosmic Protector. When the One Being cast Lucifer into Helvete, they put some rules in place. Lucifer could collect as many evil souls as he wanted, but could not do it directly nor right away. Lucifer found soldiers known as Reapers to do it for him. Souls have the chance to redeem themselves via reincarnation portals placed in certain parts of Helvete. The One Being then stated that if enough souls have successfully redeemed themselves and are able to pass into Himlen, they would shut down Helvete entirely.

When a soul escapes through a reincarnation portal, Lucifer notifies one of his Reapers to hunt down the reincarnate. However, the Reaper assigned with the task at hand must find an evil act the reincarnate has committed before they can be brought back to Helvete.

Many demons have also escaped from Helvete, but not in the way souls do. A demon is physically incapable of going through a reincarnation portal and must use either their own dark magic or sneak through other portals before they fully close. When a demon escapes, a Reaper is notified and ordered to hunt them down.

There are exactly nine levels or "circles" of Helvete. The First Circle is referred to as "Limbo." In Limbo resides those who are not sinful, yet rejected the side of good, or even the concept of it altogether. Those in Limbo have not necessarily turned to the side of evil in the living realm.

The Second Level is for the lustful. Reapers of Helvete say that it is there where the punishments truly begin. Those overcome by lust in the mortal realm are condemned to end up here. Souls in this Circle face terrible winds of violent storms. Some Reapers say that the punishments in this Circle are the tamest.

The Third Circle is for the gluttonous. Here, resides those who have subjected their reasoning to a voracious appetite. Most in this Circle are overweight, referencing their gluttony, and a minority have lost their sense of sight.

The Fourth Circle houses the avaricious. There, are those who have devoted their lives to wealth or other worldly materials. Some souls in this circle sometimes duel. They use weapons they may have had while they were alive, or large weights. Some in this circle have lost many distinguishing features, becoming “unrecognizable” as some Reapers put it.

The Fifth Circle is home of the wrathful. There, in the foul, swampy waters, the wrathful fight each other. While those who were actively wrathful fight on the surface of the slime, those who were more passively wrathful lie sullen beneath the waters.

The Sixth Circle is home of the heretics. There, the Reapers trap the souls of heretics in flaming tombs for all eternity. Only a handful of the souls trapped here have ever escaped through a reincarnation portal, and some have been able to redeem themselves and move on into Himlen, much to Lucifer’s anger.

The Seventh Circle is home of the violent. This circle is divided into three rings. The first ring is a river of boiling blood and fire. There, lie the murderers, war-makers, plunderers and tyrants. Some Reapers patrol the ring, and even fire arrows at any soul who emerges higher out of the boiling blood than they are permitted. The second ring is a dead forest. There, those who have committed suicide are transformed into gnarled, thorny trees and then fed upon by hideous bird-like beasts. The trees are only permitted to speak when broken and bleeding. The third ring is a plain of burning sand scorched by fires slowly falling from the sky. Those who have committed crimes against nature are stretched lying upwards on the burning sands. Those who have committed crimes against art crouch huddled and weeping.

The Eighth Circle houses the fraudulent and the malicious. It is shaped like a large stone amphitheater where a series of ten deep narrow trenches run. Some Reapers call this Circle, "The City of Corruption".

Lastly, the Ninth Circle is home of the traitors. This level is cold and icy. There are four sections of this circle. The first is those who have betrayed their kindred. Those in this section are literally buried up to their neckline in ice. The second section is home to those who have betrayed their country, having committed treason. For them, only their heads remain above the ice. The third section is home to those who have betrayed their guests. There, souls lie supine in the ice while their tears freeze in their eye sockets, sealing them with small visors of frozen crystal and denying them the comfort of weeping. Reapers have been told that a soul can come here before they physically die, while a demon takes the body. Finally, the fourth circle contains those who have betrayed their lords and benefactors. There, the traitors lie fully encased in ice, twisted and contorted into every conceivable position. The fact that it is completely silent and that the positions those in this section makes even some of the Reapers uncomfortable.

Finally, in the very center of Helvete, lies a spectacle that breaks the laws of physics: the ice turns into lava. There, lies Lucifer's castle. His castle contains rather advanced technology. It is through here that he can see what is going on in Helvete and the mortal realm.

Landscape
Helvete is a land mostly of flame. The heat of Helvete is so high, even the most powerful Toa of Fire would feel uncomfortable. There are ruined monuments all over Helvete. Along with the ruined monuments, are reincarnation portals. There are more reincarnation portals in Limbo than anywhere else in Helvete.

In Limbo, the landscape is rather barren, having very few significant features. In the Second Circle, the ground is uneven and there are violent winds. The ground in the Third Circle is muddy, cold, and putrid. This is caused by the endless and foul icy rain. The rest of Helvete has been described above.

Residents

 * Countless damned souls
 * Lucifer
 * Reapers

Trivia

 * Helvete is based directly off of Hell in most religions, more specifically, it is modeled after Dante's Inferno.
 * Helvete is Swedish for Hell.