Demons, angels, monsters. These creatures had faded into myth for centuries. Due to the supernatural beings hiding themselves away, either in undiscovered locations, different planes of existence, or blending in to the world around them, the humans thought that they had never existed in the first place. The humans were very wrong.
Deep underground in Iceland, there laid a coffin surrounded by runes and ancient writings. An archaeological dig discovered this tomb, and sent in a historian for translation. Reading the ancient script, he found a warning:
Whomsoever opens this coffin dooms the world
As all the evil sealed within shall be unfurled
Creatures of the past, fueled by malice and by hellfire
Shall be called forth and cause situations quite dire
The world will plunge into an unrelenting war
Fought between the legions of Hell and the Angel Corps
The team did not heed this warning, and opened the box. What followed was exactly what was described in the warning. They had freed Hel, the Norse Goddess of Death, and after killing those that had freed her, she got to work freeing the other imprisoned Gods and demons.
It has been over two millennia now, and the earth has, quite literally, gone to Hell. The demons have become comfortable, enjoying the many sinful pleasures of their world, but this comfort, this pride that they have due to winning the war for so long, may become their downfall.
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