The Wicked Kingdom



The Wicked Kingdom comprises of the seven circles—the domains ruled over by the seven princes, Wrath, Pride, Gluttony, Envy, Sloth, Greed, and Lust, and the passages between them.

Entering The Kingdom of the Wicked
As Emilia and Wrath first enter Hell, he tells her three rules that she should always abide by.
 * 1) Don't ever reveal your true fears.
 * 2) Control your desires.
 * 3) Be cautious when making blood bargains with a Prince of Hell

Revealing fears would only make it easier for the world to hurt you, as it will always try to torture you while you're in its domain. Controlling your desires is important for similar reasons, as the world will taunt and confuse with illusions that can easily be mistaken for reality. According to Wrath, each and every desire one feels will be magnified tenfold while in the Seven Circles. His third rule comes too late, as Emilia has already made a blood bargain with Wrath, unaware of the consequences. Wrath warns her not to, under an circumstances, make a deal with the devil, as what's his is his and only a fool would challenge him.

The Void
After Wrath uses his "demon magick" to bring he and Emilia to Hell, the two of them appear in what he refers to as a void outside of the Seven Circles. It is absolutely silent, and cold enough that one could see their breath in front of their face. Emilia describes it as "winter in all of its harsh, unforgiving glory". It looks like a cave, much like the one in Palermo where Emilia first summoned Wrath. The ground is made up of scattered rocks coated in frost.

The gate to the Seven Circles is in the void. It's made of obsidian columns with carvings of torture and murder, bracketed by two doors fashioned from skulls from human, animal and demon alike. The handle is made of an elk skull, with two large protruding antlers. To open the gate, Wrath had to press his hand against one of the columns and whisper a word in language Emilia didn't know. As if opened, gold light pulsed from his hand and into the black stone.

Sin Corridor
Wrath warns Emilia that the Sin Corridor tests each new subject of the realm, looking for which dominant sin they align best with. This occurs through illusions and stimuli that poke at specific emotions, looking for which is more dominant over the others. It is the first place one enters upon passing through the gate from the void. It is described as a gleaming mountaintop tundra, with sharp frozen winds and no sun. A snow-coated trail leads the path out, cold and filled with bare-branched trees. Transvenio magic is forbidden there, and it can only be travelled by foot.

It tests people by influencing their emotions, pushing them to feel each of the sins and testing which they are most easily affected by.

The Seven Circles
In Kingdom of the Wicked, Hell is often used interchangeably with the term "the Seven Circles". It is to mean the Houses and territories of the seven princes of hell, Wrath and his brothers. Aptly named, they are as follows: House Lust, House Gluttony, House Sloth, House Envy, House Greed, House Pride and House Wrath.

In the first chapter of Kingdom of the Cursed, Wrath infers that they are organized so that the more powerful houses lie closest to the centre, referring to his own House and Pride' s. He also states that House Lust sits at the outermost part of the circles, closest to the Sin Corridor.

Lake of Fire
The Lake of Fire is visible from the House of Wrath windows. It is a large body of merlot-coloured water, with tendrils of smoke rising up from the surface. At one point, a branch falls into it's depths and immediately bursts into flames.

Bloodwood Forest
The Forest is close to Envy's territory, separated only by a stretch of the Black River. It is rightly named for the trees that fill it, which are covered in dark crimson bark. It is filled with bugs and critters that chirp so loudly, it is hard to hear anything else, as well as various beasts, such as Aper demons. It's here that Emilia finds the Curse Tree near the end of Kingdom of the Cursed. It is far bigger than the others and stands out in it's silver color; Emilia likens it to a sword coming out of the earth. The leaves of the tree are an ebony color with deep silver veins.

The Shifting Isles
The Shifting Isles is an island, or group of Islands, that exists away from the Seven Circles. According to Wrath, it's where most humans go after arriving in Hell, imprisoning themselves on the Island instead of venturing into the Seven Circles. He says there, they exist in a reality of their own making, most never leaving, and they live and die, and begin again.