In the world of Universe 6, a foreign entity known as "God" creates the cosmos. God emerges as a metaphysical force born from the collective consciousness of mortal beings and their primal urge to survive. It's primary function is to cater to the needs and desires of the mortal realm. Grimlord's world is intricately divided into three realms: the origin world, where mortality thrives; and two parallel worlds that serve as reflections of the origin world.
Hell mirrors human negativity, while Heaven reflects human positivity. These realms are interconnected and exert mutual influence, necessitating a delicate balance to prevent any one realm from overpowering the others. Should imbalance occur, humanity faces dire consequences. Here's where demons and angels enter the fray.
Demons and angels embody the energies of negativity and positivity, respectively, each with the mission of influencing the origin world. Their perpetual struggle for dominance generates a flux of pure energy and miasma among mortals, a phenomenon referred to as the "world line."
Heaven serves as the abode of angels, acting as a celestial plane where all the positivity of mortality converges before being redirected back to the mortal realm. For heaven and its inhabitants to exist, mortals must emit pure energy. Within heaven, various levels exist for different types of angels, with lower levels indicating closer proximity to humanity.
Hell stands as the domain of demons, with the devil having taken up residence in recent centuries. Formed from the negative energies of mortals, hell has evolved into a potent source of miasma, which is then discharged back to Earth. Hell is segmented into several levels, with lower levels typically housing demons.
The mortal realm serves as the original world, reflecting all other realms. Here, mortal creatures, from animals to plants, possess individual wills that influence the functioning of the world. Mortals possess souls composed of equal parts miasma and pure energy. Fluctuations in soul energy influence how mortals interact with their environment, governed by the law of attraction.
Positive interactions yield blessings, while negative ones result in curses. The mortal realm further divides into the physical world and limbo. The physical body merely acts as a vessel for the soul. Upon the soul's departure, individuals become spirits, entering limbo where angels of death guide them to God for judgment. Spirits in limbo are particularly vulnerable and may, under demonic influence, transform into ghosts, impacting the physical realm.
In the current timeline of the series, the world line is thrown off of balance due a stronger force of miasma. This miasma fluctuation is caused by the increased populations of revenants and ethereals. By having revenants and ethereals existing in the mortal realms more miasma is emitted into the atmosphere.
This increase of miasma is preventing angels from entering the mortal realms. If the miasma completely takes over the world line the world will be destroyed. Due to the increase of miasma it has affected the behavior of humans.
There has been increased suicide rates, murders, and strange anomalies. This has led to an increase in deaths. With fewer angels being able to exist in the mortal realm many jobs have not been taken care of. More souls are being eaten and more spirits are turning into ghosts. Yuno and Takashi's job in the story is to find the sources and to end all of this.
Keinan City, is a cosmopolitan port city located on the peninsula of Haletesmuh, is an international hub for culture, commerce, industry, education, technology, and transportation. Its diverse population reflects the city’s long and storied past, including its historic role as a battlefield between demons and angels. This legacy lingers in its many churches, shrines, and monuments.
The city is divided into nine districts, each with its own unique character and landmarks.
CHARACTERS
CREATURES
Angels and demons are the personification of evil and good created by humans. They are concepts created by the beliefs of humans of what is good and evil. Good and evil is ever changing in human history and to the individual on one's morals. Thus angels and demons are two sides of the same coin. Neither one of them is truly evil or truly good; they are just influenced by the humans that believe them. As God is the collective belief of the one above all. God isn’t evil or good but is reflectection of what humans desire. Heavens and Hell are just two reflections of the human world.
Angel’s are spiritual messengers and servants of gods. Every angel is born from God with a purpose whether that is to become a guardian angel or to become an angel who fights demons. Once their purpose is done they cease to exist and the essence of them returns to god. Angels belong to a ranking system based on their influences between the human realm and heaven.
Demons are the personification of negative energy. They are created by Devils using the tainted souls of humans.
Most demons have a goat like appearance. Compare to their Devil counterparts, demons are more animalistic in nature. Most demons live in hordes commanded by devils.
Soul Shackle: is a cursed orb that every demon must carry, filled with the essence of their deepest sins.
It grows heavier with time, inflicting constant pain and serving as a relentless reminder of their eternal guilt and darkness.
Appearances: They tend to have swirl patterns and unique coloring. The unique colors are impure energy and every demon has unique type of color. They are visible throughout their body.
Awakenings: There are a few rare demons who are self aware and are able to speak. This is called awakening where a demon is able to overcome their instinct and achieve consciousness. This usually happens when a demon has an intense trigger that causes them to remember something about their past life causing them to be self aware.
Devils are also known as fallen angels. These angels went against God and were banished to hell for punishment. Devils are usually intelligent with being able to speak and think for themself. They also have a more humanoid appearance with lesser demon features. The Devils are technically the most powerful demons with corrupt powers of angels and a strong miasma that affects the human world. They are usually the leaders of the various layers of hell and govern over the lesser demons. Known Devils are Samayaza, Lucifer, satan, etc. The stronger the status of the angel was in heaven the stronger a devil is in hell. For example Lucifer was a Seraphim making him the strongest devil in hell.
An Demon or Devil who has consumed the soul of an ethereal and is inhabiting it's body.
Spirits are the lingering souls of humans, often resembling their mortal selves but translucent in form, glowing in various colors. A small wisp floats above their head, marking their incomplete passage. Most spirits require the guidance of a death angel or an exorcist to move on peacefully.
A ghost is a spirit consumed by negative emotion. Spirits naturally risk becoming ghosts if they linger in Limbo for too long, their forms warping as they begin to disrupt the mortal world through hauntings. Normally, angels and certain Ethereals trained as exorcists guide them across. But in recent years, demons have learned to corrupt spirits at will, sparking an epidemic of supernatural disturbances. The difference between ghost and humans is their grotesques appears.
CASE 1:
Unknown to the public a supernatural phenomenon is happening. In the recent years there has been a shift in the world line causing humans to awaken powers through their emotional energy. These humans are called ethereals. This plot point is especially important in the story Trust in the Lost Ones.
Known Ethereals,
Demi
Aaron
Azariah
Haruko
POWER SYSTEM:
The Soul:
The soul is created from two life force energies miasma and pure energy. Throughout life for a humans these energies tend to fluctuate. The more miasma a human has when dying compared to pure energy usually determines their fate in the cosmos. The soul contributes to the world line, by the collective energies of various souls. Human as also known as emitters.
Angels and demons:
Human miasma and pure energy is how angels and demons use their powers. The way they use energies is based on what type of class they are assigned to and how much influence they have in a given area. For example a death angels are ruled by the contentment class meaning their powers come from the contentment of souls. They aren't powerful angels and only influences individuals. This also why angels and demons are known as influencers.
The more influence an angel has on earth the more powerful they are, vice versa for demons. Their jobs included giving blessing and curses to humans. Once a human has accumulated enough positive energy they are given a blessing. If a human has accumulated a lot of negative energy they are given a curse.
Ethereals:
While Humans are emitters (Producing emotional energies) and angels are influencers (using that emotional energy to influence the world), ethereal are a blend of the two. They are humans that have awaken powers through their emotional energy meaning they can use their own emotional energy to create outcomes.
In the mortal realm, ethereal and humans are indistinguishable from each other. It is not until the ethereal dies once that they awaken some of their supernatural abilities.
The first ability is the ability to see ghosts and interact with creatures in limbo (the spiritual world and the human world overlapping.
The second is unlocking their emotional power. Humans naturally emit both negative (miasma) and positive emotional energy (pure energy).
Third, they can control their emotional powers and use creating outcomes that affect both the spirtual and physical world.
The emotion energies are split into two groups with 4 types each.
Another characteristics of ethereals is their eyes. Whenever using their powers their eyes glow.
Miasma Users: Ethereal users who use their negative energy. They can access their energy through a negative anchor point. The stronger the trauma the stronger they can emit.
Pure Users: Ethereal users who use their positive energy. They can access their energy through a positive anchor point. The stronger the bliss is, the stronger they can emit.
Outcomes: The effect of their emotional ability on the world.
Emotion users usually have a mix of two emotions creating combination classes.
Types:
MIASMA CLASS:
Anger: enhancing
Sad: inducement: a thing that persuades or influences someone to do something.
Fear: manifesting: an event, action, or object that clearly shows or embodies something, especially a theory or an abstract idea.
Disgust: protection and reduction
Reinforcement magic
PURE ENERGY CLASS:
Confidence: enhancing
Content: protection and reduction
Joy: inducement
Passionate: manifesting
For Ethereals, power is born from emotion, but that gift is also their greatest danger. Before they can fight, they must learn to face their own feelings, mastering both the light and the dark within. Training pushes them through trials of memory, control, and balance until they can wield their emotions without being consumed by them.
Battles aren’t just clashes of strength they’re wars of the heart and mind. Fighters exploit each other’s emotional weaknesses, overwhelm their opponents with raw energy, or combine powers in unpredictable ways. Some wield rare tools that can twist emotions themselves. In the end, the strongest Ethereal isn’t the one with the flashiest power, but the one who never loses control.