It all started in Gehenna.
The first sets of explosions were somewhat minor: the
next batch weren't (apparently, Baal is - was - a
nuclear power). Things quickly turned messy after
that, as various weapons were wrested away from their
demonic owners and turned on them. A breakout from
the Principality soon followed, in pretty much every
direction at once. The mob simply bowled over
everything in its way, horrifically unconcerned with
the casualties that they took.
Just as the confusion in one Principality was at its
height, the destruction in another started. Whoever
was behind this one was grimly aware of just who was a
threat to the revolt: their nuking of Asmodeus' main
bureaucratic centers (how the _Hell_ did they get
these things?) guaranteed the attention of the Prince
of the Game for just long enough to make the rest of
Hades a free-fire zone. The holding pens full of
confused souls just added to the mayhem.
The third organized strikes were in Sheol: no nukes
here, but the suicide waves of damned souls were
almost as bad. The damned in Sheol were the most
organized, overrunning those demons set to watch over
them and plunging en masse into the Lake of Fire,
where somehow (and the Princes would very much like to
know how this was done) wholesale smashing of Hearts
began. This was true in all three Principalities,
actually, but Sheol was the place where it first
became obvious.
Everything just got messy from there.
Now, the important thing to remember is that all of
this happened about, oh, five minutes ago (from the
point of view of your players). Most demons won't
realize anything's wrong until the Tethers start
exploding, or they find themselves suddenly
Discordant. It'll take longer for most angels to find
out what's going on.
So, what's going on?
At the moment, half of Hell's in the middle of a good
old-fashioned slave revolt. Three Principalities are
in various degrees of shambles: the demons may be more
potent, but the souls have nothing to lose - _and_
they drastically outnumber their opponents. It's an
open question whether or not the uprising has had
enough momentum to keep going in the face of
bloodthirsty suppression methods, but nobody in Hell
is going to have a good day today, period.
Those Princes in areas not yet affected are doing
their Damndest to keep it that way: those who are are
finding themselves being nibbled to death by ducks.
There are billions of souls in Hell: not everyone's
joined in, yet, but if they do, then there will be
vacancies in a lot of organizations before it's all
over.
Baal and Asmodeus are especially infuriated: this may
be bad for Hell, but it's humiliating for them. It
has to be an internal job: there was no way for mere
humans to get their hands on the equipment or
intelligence needed to pull this revolt off. Just who
is responsible hasn't been determined yet (the only
demons that have a shot at ferreting it out - Kronos'
Balseraph-seraphim - seem to be a favorite target for
the mob, oddly enough), but when they do find out,
there will literally be Hell to pay.
And, no, Heaven had nothing to do with this one
(although Michael hasn't stopped laughing and Dominic
reportedly chuckled when he heard the news). Let's
just say that Hell brought it upon itself, all things
considered.
(to be continued...)
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