Chains of Iniquity

Chains of Iniquity
Villains	Agnon Heid Bongoli Lex Maud Grift Frauner Fanir Sireth Veil

Greetings to those who have the guts and will to enter the world of Bellorona.

The diary

Prologue: What comes after death?

The villains died and arrived in the River of Souls where they saw multiple souls without any features. They then continued going against their will. They had lost all senses except their sight and were unable to move. Floating along in this river they saw a hooded figure rowing a small boat above them, treating the souls as though they were water, whilst their memories seemed to fade. This hooded figure later seemed to make an old lady that was snatching souls disappear with a wave of their hand. The villains then kept floating for what could've been hours, days or months (they were unsure) until they arrived at a seemingly floating island in a sea of stars. On this island there were several smaller buildings all made out of smoothed stone, but the thing that stuck out the most was the large building seemingly at the top of a long staircase. This large building (also made out of smoothed stone) looked similar to a palace for royalty. On the streets there were only spirits and wisps that looked humanoid in shape but had no features and were almost see-through.

The villains then landed on this island and were able to move. As they regained their senses and features they all saw each other arriving at the same time. As they gained their composure a thought or a strong feeling came to their minds, they needed to get judged inside of the palace. As they went up the long staircase they opened the large stone doors and went inside, the doors shutting behind them. As they kept walking through a short empty hallway they entered a large circular shaped room with a large stone podium much taller than themselves. They entered the room and as they went to the middle they began floating upwards until they met eye to eye with a pale humanoid woman dressed in an all black dress sitting in a chair adorned with a single humanoid skull above her head. On the woman's head was a crown as black as the night sky. As she sat on her chair, looking at the villains, judging them, four spectral humanoids came up to her and they all began whispering to her. In the woman's hands was a parchment which she was studying closely. The villains tried to speak to her but they didn't seem to be able to get through to her so Grift Frauner threw a coin towards her and right before it would hit her it stopped and flew right back into the palm of his hand. He then did the same with one of his weapons leading to the same result.

Then the woman looked up at the villains and said with a look of disgust: "To the Abyss with you all", as the ceiling opened up they were launched up into the sky where they fell into yet another river which took them to a rocky world with dark stones and mountains as far as the eye could see. Their vision turned black as they found themselves standing in front of three stone thrones one fit for a small creature, one large and one medium. Lex advanced towards the medium sized throne as Bongoli went the other way. As Lex touched the throne he was launched back as he hit the ground he felt as all of the bones in his body cracked and broke and then the next second it was all gone. Then Sireth Veil tried approaching the same throne and as she took her first step everyone froze in place unable to move a muscle within their body a sense of extreme fear crept through them and at the same time thousand upon thousand of bugs came crawling on the ground underneath their feet and towards the thrones. The bugs formed three humanoid creatures in each of the thrones, then the large creature spoke telling the villains that they would make great entertainment fighting for their lives. Their vision then went black and when their eyes opened again they were in a dark room as the torches slowly got set aflame on one by one by an invisible force. They found themselves in a dark arena were small giggles could be heard echoing throughout the arena. A combat started and the villains defeated multiple small, chunky, demo-like creatures (Pusks according to Agnon Heids knowledge) which proved a difficult fight where some were on the brink of death. During the combat both Bongoli and Fanir opened chests that they found which were both empty and accompanied by laughter from all around. After the combat the party was snatched upwards in chains that held them by a single manacle around their throats. The villains then arrived back in front of the thrones where the three humanoid creatures formed by bugs sat. They were told they put on quite the performance and that they could use people like the villains and so everyone agreed to a deal to come back to life as long as they follow the orders they're given and that further detail might be discussed later. The villains were then interrupted by the large humanoid yanking the bundle of chains it held in it's hand which made the villains fly upwards at right before they were seemingly going to hit Bellorona their vision went black.