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Workers of hell's civil service, or, as it was better known "the trade", spend their days hoping or scheming for promotion.{{Cite web/dsjuly2024|15, 16}} Draconian chains of command placed each devil in service to a higher authority - typically a more powerful devil. | Workers of hell's civil service, or, as it was better known "the trade", spend their days hoping or scheming for promotion.{{Cite web/dsjuly2024|15, 16}} Draconian chains of command placed each devil in service to a higher authority - typically a more powerful devil. | ||
While lawful, they were always looking for another way up the ladder, being able to twist every rule and take advantage of any loophole in order to gain power.{{Cite book/fm|64}} A quick path up was through the Exchange. | While lawful, they were always looking for another way up the ladder, being able to twist every rule and take advantage of any loophole in order to gain power.{{Cite book/fm|64}} A quick path up was through the Exchange program. | ||
=== Exchange === | === Exchange === | ||
Informally and previously known as "The Trade", the Exchange was funded by [[Sutekh]], the Archduke of [[Naraka]] at the time, with the founds obtained in the [[Kuyrallka|Kuyrallka Ploy]], making the buying and selling of souls an official government department in hell. {{Cite web/ds december 2024|308}} | |||
The creation of this department allowed mortals in the [[Orden|Mundane World]] to perform a ritual that could summon a devil (who signed up for the service ahead of time), who would then bargained with the supplicant on behalf of their [[archdevil]]. Archdevils could grant temporary worldly power in exchange for a supplicant's soul, with the summoned devil acting as a broker. {{Cite web/dsjuly2024|15, 16}} | |||
== Seven Cities == | == Seven Cities == | ||
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* Arzarach, merchant{{Cite book/illrigger|39}} | * Arzarach, merchant{{Cite book/illrigger|39}} | ||
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The dominant language in the Seven Cities of Hell.{{Cite web/dsjuly2024|88}} | The dominant language in the Seven Cities of Hell.{{Cite web/dsjuly2024|88}} | ||
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== Religion == | == Religion == | ||
Saints in the Seven Cities of Hell | Saints in the Seven Cities of Hell served the seven [[Archdevil|Archdukes]] of Hell, who were, effectively, the Gods of Hell. There were churches, rites and rituals, however devils tended to view attending church and performing the expected rituals at the appropriate times as akin to paying taxes. Annoying, but necessary. {{Cite web/gods and religion for draw steel}} | ||
=== Saints of Hell === | === Saints of Hell === | ||