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The Distress Factory is the place where Mephistopheles, the Demon Prince sends his signatories once the contract is due, and it’s where you’ve resided for some time (and for eternity), in the Depths of Hell. Whether you regret your choice or not, your soul now belongs to him, and there’s nothing you can do about it…

Or is there?

You can (but you probably shouldn't) join the Syndicate of Sinners, a criminal organization that aims to escape - or take over - Hell.


To sign up to this select group, please fill out this form:

Name:
Race:
Age:
Position:
Terms of Contract: (What you got from Mephistopheles, can serve as bio)
Time in the Syndicate:

Rules:
1. No rotation, post as much as you want
2. Ask me if you have any lore questions, but the idea is to build as we go
3. Have fun
 
Name: Jake. Rumors say it's more complicated, "Jakyrius Tirnagail Everarch III" or something like that, but who listens to rumors? They're probably wrong. His nametag says "Jake."

Race: A subject of some debate. If one took the skin of a bearded dragon and stretched it over a monkey's frame and lopped off the tail, you'd have something like Jake. He stands about 5' tall, if he stands up straight, which he almost never does. More often than not he capers on all fours, with long clawed fingers and similarly shaped feet and toes.

Age: Age? Jake doesn't know what age he is. He's an adult. Numbers are hard. He forgets them.

Position: Janitorial staff. Jake empties the bins. He likes emptying the bins. Sometimes there are good things in there to eat, like leftover lunches or bones or interesting rocks.

Terms of Contract: Jake got a place to stay and a job to do. He had to give up his tail, but he hopes he will find it in a bin some day. He keeps looking. He might have given up something else, but he forgets what that is.

Time in the Syndicate: Numbers are hard. Someone invited him not too long ago. Jake is bad at saying no, so now he is in the syndicate.
 
Name: Ludor Belloq
Race: Devil.
Age: Ageless, but young for a devil.
Position: Infernal publican (formerly). Factory foreman (currently).
Height: 6'0 (variable).
Weight: 160 lbs. (variable).
Sex: Male.
Hair Color: Black.
Eye Color: Red-gold.
General Description: A red-skinned young male devil with noble clothing and accoutrement. He has deep-set eyes and small horns which protrude from his forehead. Black bat-like wings lay on his back, often folded against his shoulder blades when not in use.
Time in the Syndicate: A recent addition.

Terms of Contract: Every devil aims to rise above their station. In caste-based Hell, the acquisition of mortal souls in the name of the corrupting devil was a surefire way to the top. Ambitious to a fault, Belloq tirelessly engaged in Faustian bargains with many a heroic mortal, claiming their eternal forms in the halls of an infernal manse, which he painstakingly grew into a veritable palace. Representing the pinnacle of Hellish efficiency, Belloq grew proud, and sought to further secure his advancement - entering into a misguided deal with Mephistophles, the archdevil, erroneously believing he could outfox the old master.

For a time, his power was greatly amplified. But now? Now he pays the price as one of several foremen at the Distress Factory, his wealth eradicated in one fell swoop, and his previous contracts with mortals now at risk of expiring. This embarassment will not stand - but for now, it must.

Personality: Belloq, like many devils, is a professional creature dedicated to ruthless efficiency, coupled with an innate predilection for lying and manipulation. There is no mortal that Belloq would not blink at sacrificing for even the most minor chance at promotion. The absolute egoism of devils is also isolating - just as any success can be achieved with the sweat of his brow and the will to exploit, so too are all failures personal failures, attacks on his ego which cause a torturous seething. Like other Hellish creatures, he is also proud, wrathful, avaricious, envious, gluttonous, lustful, and occasionally slothful - though his eye for efficiency somewhat mitigates the latter, and amplifies all the former. Like most residents of Hell, he has an almost automatic hatred for goodness and the divine.

Unlike some others in the Distress Factory, Belloq's punishment is primarily psychological - trapped in a menial job where he knows he can be so much more, he appears bound by the terms of an Infernal Contract to play out this role for eternity. The Syndicate of Sinners represents an escape, if he is willing to risk everything again.

Abilities: Like most devils, Belloq is capable of using magical abilities. His power has been greatly diminished following his installation at the Distress Factory, as has his influence. He possesses only a meager number of unfulfilled mortal contracts at risk of expiry - preferring to manipulate mortals to do his dirty work. In terms of his physical capabilities, he has the strength and resilience of an average low-level fiend deprived of souls. He can fly using the bat-like wings on his back and use magic to shapeshift, as well as conjure blasts of flame to attack foes - though of course, most residents of Hell are immune to fire, making this more of a way to threaten mortals in the material world than to achieve anything worthwhile in the abyss.

Belloq's true strength is in his mind. A relentless and pitiless planner, his schemes play out over the course of eons. Beaten for now, he puts his razor-sharp wits to use in service of the Distress Factory, and himself.
 
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Name: Dahlia Daeva
Race: Thiefling
Age: 27
Position: Supervisor

Terms of Contract: A tale of young love, a tiefling and a human prince. The deal offered by Mephistopheles would give Dahlia seven days to secure a marriage, and live a happy life with her husband until it was time to pay the price.

On the day of the wedding the groom didn't show up. Her horns and tail grew back and she was sent back to Hell, alone and betrayed. Dahlia had thought that would be the last deal she'd ever make, but after four years of servitude, the Syndicate was formed.

Time in the Syndicate: Seven years (since it's formation)
 
Name: Onyx Lén Ashford
Nickname: Nyx
Race: Human (One quarter Arae)
Age: 25
Position: Security guard
Terms of Contract: Freedom of Onyx and her brother, Obsidian's parents, Esther and Silas Ashford, who were imprisoned in hell after Silas made a deal with Mephistopheles. His contract was to have Esther be brought back from the dead, if Silas could beat him in a simple game of rummy. During the game, Silas became more and more desperate, until sometime during the game, he started discreetly marking a few cards so he'd know which ones to draw once the discard pile was re-shuffled into the draw stack.
Unfortunately, Mephistopheles noticed this eventually. Silas was cheating - which was in breach of Contract. Therefore, he imprisoned Silas in hell, punished with daily torture and infinitely regenerative limbs so he would return to health after each torment session.

This all happened when Onyx was nineteen, and she and her brother thought they could create their own contract with Mephistopheles to free Silas and bring Esther back. Mephistopheles agreed, recognizing their ambition but also their foolishness. They would agree to do anything - even the impossible - to get their parents back. The twins were assigned to hunting a copy of the Nemean Lion, and bring its body back to Mephistopheles within the night. Mephistopheles gave them the lion's location and sent them on their way. If they could defeat it, they would get Silas and Esther. If they failed, well, there goes their souls... Nyx and Danny spent the whole night fighting the Lion, but no matter what they did, its fur was unpiercable. Finally, just as the sunlight of the next day shone over them, Onyx lured the Lion to a crag in the mountain-like terrain, where Obsidian pushed a boulder down onto the Lion, shattering its neck. They thought they'd won, but as Mephistopheles smugly stated, it wasn't until after the night ended that the Lion had been killed. They'd failed.

Time in the Syndicate: 5 years
Parents: Esther and Silas Ashford
Siblings: Obsidian Fen Ashford (Nickname: Dan/Danny. Twin brother of Onyx)
 
Riverblade said:
Name: Onyx Lén Ashford
Nickname: Nyx
Race: Human (One quarter Arae)
Age: 25
Position: Security guard
Terms of Contract: Freedom of Onyx and her brother, Obsidian's parents, Esther and Silas Ashford, who were imprisoned in hell after Silas made a deal with Mephistopheles. His contract was to have Esther be brought back from the dead, if Silas could beat him in a simple game of rummy. During the game, Silas became more and more desperate, until sometime during the game, he started discreetly marking a few cards so he'd know which ones to draw once the discard pile was re-shuffled into the draw stack.
Unfortunately, Mephistopheles noticed this eventually. Silas was cheating - which was in breach of Contract. Therefore, he imprisoned Silas in hell, punished with daily torture and infinitely regenerative limbs so he would return to health after each torment session.

This all happened when Onyx was nineteen, and she and her brother thought they could create their own contract with Mephistopheles to free Silas and bring Esther back. Mephistopheles agreed, recognizing their ambition but also their foolishness. They would agree to do anything - even the impossible - to get their parents back. The twins were assigned to hunting a copy of the Nemean Lion, and bring its body back to Mephistopheles within the night. Mephistopheles gave them the lion's location and sent them on their way. If they could defeat it, they would get Silas and Esther. If they failed, well, there goes their souls... Nyx and Danny spent the whole night fighting the Lion, but no matter what they did, its fur was unpiercable. Finally, just as the sunlight of the next day shone over them, Onyx lured the Lion to a crag in the mountain-like terrain, where Obsidian pushed a boulder down onto the Lion, shattering its neck. They thought they'd won, but as Mephistopheles smugly stated, it wasn't until after the night ended that the Lion had been killed. They'd failed.

Time in the Syndicate: 5 years
Parents: Esther and Silas Ashford
Siblings: Obsidian Fen Ashford (Nickname: Dan/Danny. Twin brother of Onyx)
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Name: Golian Thunderfoot
Race: Dwarf
Age: 450 (Died around 300 years of age after a mining accident)
Position: Cafeteria Worker
Terms of Contract:
Golian was granted the knowledge of all things of the underground, a sense of understanding were good veins of ore and precious gems lay. He lived the rest of his life a very rich and well known Dwarven miner, but it had become an obsession too gather more and more riches as the boon granted by his contract drove him too seek the deepest of veins.

His final expedition into the deepest parts of the mines was his last, as he went too dig for a grouping of precious gem stones the tunnel collapsed on top of him. After his death he was spirited away into service of Mephistopheles as per his contract. He was given the position of a cafeteria worker, a job that is a source great humiliation for him. As the years ticked on, he has tried multiple times on his own too escape Hell but has failed at every turn. Because of his want to escape he was approached 4 years ago too join a group and has been working with them since.

Time in the Syndicate: 4 years
 
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