A young man named Jason Hiro is depressed and feels as if his life is aimless, thus he volunteers to enter a cryogenics program so his body will at least be useful for science. He wakes up 100,000 years in the future, only to discover that humanity has gone nearly extinct, the humans who remain are all slaves, and the slave masters are the Demons. Humans are nothing more than chattel for their new overlords.
Demons now rule the galaxy, but Jason discovers he has a unique power called Wordsmithing, a magic which descends from the legends of King Arthur and Solomon, one that can rewrite the fabric of reality based on his imagination and cast by speaking a single Word of Power. Will Jason be able to uplift and save humanity? Or will the forces of evil prove too powerful to overcome?
At the ‘Horned Maître,’ located inside the Fortress of Retribution, a stone’s throw from the Lazarus Tower. Jason Hiro sits inside a private booth at the largest restaurant on Tarus II. Owned by his family’s chef, Yamir, this place is mostly managed by Yamir’s extended bloodline, those minotaurs who have immigrated from Hell in the…
On the western side of the Fortress of Retribution’s plateau, a brand new hospital, reconstructed from the ground-up after the attack by Yama during Stormbringer, glimmers like a breath of fresh air. While it was once a fairly simple and utilitarian square brick structure in the past, now it is a heavily reinforced crystalline building…
"I am Beelzebub. The sinner who hurt this world." After speaking these words, the former Duke of Inferno falls silent and gazes at Kiari meaningfully, waiting for her reaction. However, aside from a brief pause, the Duke of Locusts doesn’t give Beelzebub’s reply much more than a slightly awkward glance. "Ah… hahaha. Oh, geez. This…
In the basement of a cabin, tucked away near the northern edge of the Fortress of Retribution. The former Duke of Inferno, Beelzebub, now a pale-skinned, dead-eyed human, lays face-up on a large but simple bed. His arms rest above his head, chained to the bedpost in the same position they’ve been for several weeks….
After Hope leaves the room, the remaining members of humanity’s leadership fall silent for a short period before continuing with their previous discussion. For his part, Jason wonders what Hope is up to, but he also has so much on his mind that he can’t pay Hope’s actions too much thought. "We’re going to start…
Inside the newly erected operational coordination structure known as Elysium, located just half a mile north of the Lazarus Tower on Tarus II. More than a dozen of humanity’s leaders and allies sit at a long, wide table. Among them are mostly humans, several monsters, and only a couple of demons. Notably, not a single…
Two weeks pass. In this time, Jason and the Seven Hells begin working together to rebuild Tarus II, relocate the refugees from the Hell of Isolation, and place the human refugees Jason personally teleported to Tarus II elsewhere on the planet. During this time, all manner of events occur. Hope returns from the Core with…
Some time earlier, back on Tarus II. The Mightiest Necromancer, Mephisto, watches as Ose and Jason trade barbs, with the demoness ready to pulverize him into mulch, while Jason merely summons forth his Black Hole Construct, Arthur. [Boss.] Zamiel transmits telepathically through his undead soul-link. [Are we gonna make a move? The Wordsmith’s got us…
A massive makeshift prison facility lays hidden somewhere in the distant reaches of the Labyrinth. Unlike Faith’s End, this prison is not ruled by Gressil, but his sister, Ose, who built it in secret. As part of her six-year plan to defeat humanity and take the Wordsmiths captive, a plan which ultimately failed, it stands…
Outside one of the four warpgates positioned at the ‘corners’ of Hell, a massive group of monster and demon refugees lays, sits, or stands in one of the dozens of alcoves, hallways, and other adjacent areas to that part of the Labyrinth. These beings, the survivors of the Kolvaxian invasion, scream and cry while lamenting…
