Introduction (FL 1)

Lore behind the underworld: The underworld has 9 echelons and thanks to Dante, they’ve been known to be the 9 circles of hell. The circle of treachery is where the devil and his family reside and it is the biggest and deepest circle. The upper circles, also known as the circles of fraud, violence, heresy, anger, greed, gluttony, lust, and limbo, are led by powerful monsters (along with their families) who represent the devil.

The circle that is closest to the human world is the circle of limbo. It also serves as the bridge between the underworld and the mortal world.

Character Introduction:

Dragalia was born out of the union between the devil and a monster that was half-demon and half-human. When she turned 5, she was known among her tutors as a child with immense wisdom so she was crowned as the overseer of treachery at that age. Throughout her time as overseer, there was not a single monster that spoke ill of her and everyone respected her (except for her brother, Dragaux, and his followers). When she turned 13, her mother was mysteriously attacked by a powerful monster.

After her mother died, she was forcefully banished from her position as the overseer of treachery. She had no choice but to live under the cruel reign of her half-brother. He locked her up in his dungeon and was treated like a zoo animal by him and his supporters. All of her followers were either executed or exiled to the upper circles of hell. Her father no longer spoiled her like he used to and never visited her in the dungeon cell even once.

One day, she overheard that her brother planned on selling her to a powerful monster in order to help strengthen their connections. She had to marry the monster’s youngest son. At first, things did not seem so bad but the monster she was supposed to marry yearned to control her and to make her submissive to him. As one of the children of the devil, she did not allow this to occur. She had the last bit of her dignity to maintain but how could she even escape if she didn’t have the key to her enchanted chains? Luckily, the castle stewardess managed to deceive Dragaux into giving her the key so she managed to free Dragalia from her restraints.

“Run as fast as you can, be as sneaky as you can.” were the words she said. Dragalia was all on her own when it came to fleeing from the circle of treachery. Once she managed to make it to the circle of fraud, her exiled supporters helped her traverse through the upper circles and was able to flee to the mortal world via the circle of limbo.

It was the 16th century and she found herself stuck in the supposed land of the rising sun. She managed to conceal her monstrous traits and appeared like a regular human. A lot of people pointed out her red hair and green eyes, asking if she was one of the Hoshinomiyas. She did not know who they were but in order to fit in, she lied and said that she was a distant member of that family. The Hoshinomiya family were known for their red hair and green eyes.

After a few days, she started to feel hungry and learned about the concept of money. She had to get a job just so she could buy food. Due to her lacking any type of education, she resorted to joining a guild of thieves. The guild would assign her to steal things from Japanese families for a sum of money and as time went on, she became well-respected within the guild. She was known for being rather intelligent so she was nicknamed by her co-workers as “Kei”. Though, even with her conniving nature, she was really nice and treated her co-workers with care.

Despite being known as a rather clever thief, Kei was emotionally and socially unintelligent. She had a couple of friends whom she trusted over the years but was ultimately betrayed in the end.

“Heh, not so intelligent now, are you?” was the common phrase said whenever they mocked her. Despite all those betrayals, she manages to continue doing her job and continuously having a smile on her face.

In the 20th century, Kei grew tired of stealing things from other people. Even though she was a monster, she had a rather compassionate heart. After realizing that she could have a job that didn’t require her to do anything illegal, she left the guild and proceeded to work at multiple jobs in order to return everything she has stolen in the last 400-500 years. As the 20th century reached its end and a new century began, she grew exhausted and decided to settle on the streets for a good while.

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