Devil

A Devil is a powerful 5D god-like entity. They have powerful reality bending capabilities, which originate from Axiom. They influenced the timelines to a great extent, adding their own changes. However, due to their lack of ability to influence other devils and their own desires, they often dabble in the affairs of "lesser" beings. Despite the somewhat religious and negative conitation of their name, the name of "Devil" is actually a self titled name that they gave themselves.

On Devil Morality
At their core, most devils are pulled by two forces: Their desire for material wealth and their desire for respect. Their material desires are often driven by wanting the "most" of anything. This object of desire is refereed to as their treasure. While it can be something that is material, is is more often than not a concept than any solid desire. It can even be defined as a good desire - for example, Dilemma desired to be the most heroic of Devils. Whatever it is, this desire fundamentally drives their actions. However, they will not just blindly seek them out. While devils do want to fulfill their hoarding tendencies, they are also heavily bound by how much respect they want from other entities. While they do care the most about respect from their peers, they still care vastly for the approval of what are otherwise lesser entities to them.

However, there are two philosophies that each devil seems to have embraced to achieve their goals. In fact, the two groups of Outlaws and Contract Devils shows this ideological divide very well. The Outlaws utilize sheer brute force to obtain respect and power. These guys are on the constant hunt for power and a way of getting a leg up on each other, often constantly competing to be the most menacing figures. Meanwhile, Contractors are the ones who like things such as complex schemes, not overpowering their opponents but rather out resourcing them with titles and gathered wealth.

Ancient Devil History
Although the information is a bit obscure, it has been documented that Devils were formerly 3D beings. The information about their previous state can vary by the source. There are typically two schools of thoughts on the matter. As there is evidence for each side, despite their contradictions both methods of thinking must hold some amount of truth to it.

Some scholars conclude that Devils were a power seeking species that had a culture of pure personal strength and personal survival. Their current state can be traced back to the results of arm races taken to the absolute extreme. Devils forcefully evolved themselves again and again for the sake of strength and survival. It got to a point where any Devil who wasn't super eventually died out, unable to keep up with the strength competition. This best lines up with their current philosophy and there are signs of this mentality present within their

Evidence may also lead people to conclude that Devils were an extremely close knit species with a striking ability to understand each other. Their views on others is said to have had a striking influence on them psychologically, sometimes bending their minds to the whims of other's opinions on them. It is sometimes said that because they were unable/unwilling to kill each other, their arguments and disagreements would escalate much beyond that of mortal entities who could just kill each other.

No matter what theory one belives to be better, there's a vauge understanding on the history of Devils. The process for change for Devils was an extremely gradual process that did not occur in a single generation. Of particular note is the dimensional change from 3D to 5D in order to gain domination over other timelines. However, the dimensional change dwarfs in comparison to perhaps the most drastic change to Devils: The change from souls to sparks.

Some time along the line, Devils discovered how to access and tap into axiom pools. They figured that if they could change their souls to sparks - the axiom equivalent of souls - they would have access to much greater power. Although they could tap into the power of multiple pools, only one single pool was accessible and safe enough to consider linking themselves to. Thus, they started to experiment with both their own souls and the souls of other entities. The results of these experiments are often considered the prototype to modern Demons, though there have been attempts to find a different term for them. Most researchers would agree that referring to them as demon prototypes is oversimplifying things. The term "Protodevil" has started to gain usage.

An unknown amount of devils who never managed to gain this technology died during the transition period, resulted in only the super-powered ones being the survivors. When it was all done, Devils were left in their current state and fell into stagnancy. The cost to kill each other had became so much so that no other entities could do the dirty work. Devils would sometimes come within conflict, but such conflicts would quickly dissipate as the opponents got bored. Attempts to find ways to kill their bretheran failed over and over again. This allowed them to start work on other things, such as creating some semblance of a society and various new inventions.

Peace was finally within sight for this society of violent creatures. But as historians know, this was merely the calm within the storm.

The Devil War
The Devil War ended approximately 15,000 years ago - and that's the most anyone has on the war, as when exactly it first started to occur is unclear due to the destruction of many records at the time. The war was extremely destructive and damaged several parts of the multiverse, causing the lost of many species. It's theorized that part of why timelines are often biased towards the weight of a single species in different areas of the multiverses is due to this destruction, allowing the multiverse to be repopulated by the survivors who had a head start. It's why that, for example, in the area near where TTN is situated in, the majority of timelines are biased towards the existence of humans.

It's not for sure clear what was the cause of the war, as information surrounding the events are highly unclear. But the result was the creation of the contract and The Judge.

List of Devils
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