Devils
The sub-plane known as the Nezherealm is comprised of an endless procession of hells. In many you'll find the horrors known as devils. These worker-fiends have an innate talent for extracting mana from their victims using the most exquisite forms of torture. They enjoy it so much that if they didn't make a living from it they'd do it on a voluntary basis.
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| Devil by Zuza Gruzlewska |
Masochists often say that devils are to nipple torture what classical painters are to high art. They don't say this out loud, however. If a devil finds out a person enjoys being agonised in the most inventive ways imaginable, they'll simply switch to something less creative.
The devils of the Nezherealm work for Uvoomu - an all-powerful unofiend who refers to himself as The Devil. Once upon a time, Uvoomu acquired mortals to torture by striking deals with people who lacked familiarity with the implications of the phrase 'deal with the devil'. In the information era - when people are marginally more clued up - he's struck several lucrative contracts with governments.
One contract sees devils torturing benefits claimants on behalf of the Pundlian government. Officially this is to ensure that the immiserated aren't lying about the ailments they claim to have. Unofficially, torturing the unfortunate makes it easier to force everyone else in to poorly-paid hell-jobs. It turns out people will literally work for peanuts when they know the safety net is made of razor wire.
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Devil Facts
- Devils come in a range of shapes, sizes, colours, fragrances, and flavours.
- A group of devils are collectively known as a 'torment'.
- Devils actually have notably refined accents. Given their notable poshness (and love of agonising the poor), many have wondered if the aristocracy also have a little fiend in them.
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Creation Notes
Anyone familiar with the UK benefits system will recognise the description of the devils. Over the past decade, the government and the hell-companies it outsources to have gone out of their way to make life as difficult as possible for disabled people (presumably why attempted suicide rates doubled).
Now obviously I don't want to compare the Department of Work and Pensions and its employees to literal devils. That would be ridiculous. Mainly because an actual devil would have an excuse - being an entity comprised of pure malevolence. I don't know what excuse actual people have to drive disabled people to suicide. Presumably they're just c***s?
Fascist, soulless c***s.
But anyway, I based the design on this older style of devil from the 1500s
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| This particular image was actually anti-Catholic propaganda. You don't really see much anti-Catholic propaganda these days - possibly because the church has made it look itself look worse than anyone else could |
I like these old school devils because they have feathers - something which you don't really associate with the forces of darkness anymore!
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