Higanbana in the Red Moon

Disclaimer: I do not own any Disgaea game. They belong to Nippon Ichi. I only own the concept of who The One is in Disgaea, which his name is Prism. I also own any witch/sorcerer that works under Prism such as Raven, Alfred, Pop, K.K., Terror and Starlight. Chester, Alice, Heart, Eir, Yama and the other Witch Hunters are also mine.

Summary: While the good ending is achieved as long as everyone sticks with their morals, it doesn't stop The One from glancing at parallel universes in which the situation of the characters take a dark turn for the worse leading to what calls "bad endings"…some that even The One himself caused by his own flaws.

Pairing: Implication of canon or heavily implied pairings (Laharl/Flonne, Adell/Rozalin, Mao/Raspberyl, Almaz/Sapphire, Valvatorez/Fenrich and Valvatorez/Artina)

Rated: M (for mature)

Genre: Tragedy, Angst, Hurt/Comfort and Drama

Warning: Character death, extreme violence, dark themes, implications of rape, and OOC if the characters Grimified for the sake of going insane

These aren't happy endings for those who are interested to know. This is heavily inspired by Queen's Blade's: Vanquished Queens short novels where each Queen's Blade character is shown to have one or two bad endings that might be canon or could have happened in canon if they lost at any point in the Queen's Blade tournament. The Disgaea versions are either expanding on bad endings or what if scenarios that could screw the character over and might be OOC as a result. They're in order based on series but Disgaea and D2 are put in the same category. Enjoy…

Chapter 14: When the Military Might Falls

Sapphire: When the Military Might Falls

Almaz wasn't the only human who felt like he lost everything. Sapphire too felt like her declaration to kill Almaz was what ended any hopes of getting along with the Netherworld. Ever since she was a child, she convinced herself that she would train to fight off demons so they could never kidnap her and cause the death of brave heroes who would protect her. She honestly fell for Almaz despite falling into that stereotype because of his kindness and sympathy. He was the only one who called everyone out on his or her cruelty when Sapphire couldn't cry for her mother's death. She always noticed him afterward. Seeing him in the Netherworld cheered her up and she felt like she could do anything. During the final battle though, Mao was going to finish Aurum off. Almaz stopped Mao because he didn't want Mao to stain his hands with blood. Truly Almaz was a kind person and he was willing to duel Mao and save Aurum's life if it meant Mao not going down the path of revenge. The end result was Almaz being given the Overlord title.

Everything that Sapphire knew fell apart. Torn between her love between Almaz and the hatred of the patriarchy that forced princesses to be the stereotype damsel, she foolishly chose her pride and reputation over her love. Once she left the Netherworld, she made a vow that she would kill Almaz…even though she knew she made the wrong decision.

Choosing her reputation though didn't save it when she made it back to the human world. There were already rumors spreading around that she eloped with demons in the Netherworld and she wasn't "pure" anymore. She had no right to be on the throne if she already gave her body up to the sinful demons especially since she had no intention of baring a child. Her servants tried to persuade her to start searching for someone she loved but she sent them away every time it was brought up until it got to the point where it was a sore subject.

With the rumors though came hate and despair in Sapphire's heart. The demons she knew were just like humans…yet the more rumors that spread about her, the more she felt bitter toward them. She just wanted to protect herself and her kingdom and she comes back with nothing but scornful eyes. She would not win back the trust of her people if things kept up…but it scared her that an idea that came to mind was to invade the Netherworld and claim the head of the Overlord. The only problem was that she would have to face Almaz again and seeing how she shattered his heart in two with that declaration of murder, Sapphire couldn't bare turn her weapons against him. So if she were going to attack the Netherworld, she would have to find a way to not get Almaz or her friends involved.

That was another problem though. While invading the Netherworld should be top priority to get back in her people's grace, her neighboring kingdom ruled by her cousin wasn't making anything easier. Her cousin was a sexist, entitled brat that had everything given to her on a platter. She would always insult Sapphire for not being girly enough, doing manly things and being no different from the demons with her inability to cry over a family member's death. Because of the rumors, Sapphire heard that her cousin would attack her and dethrone the star eyed princess because she sided and had sex with an Overlord that would doom them all. Sapphire really was put between a rock and a hard place. In fact, Sapphire thought she would have enjoyed the idea of attacking her cousin over attacking the Netherworld if only to teach that brat a lesson.

She was getting news from her soldiers about what was happening to her kingdom. Apparently a demon was going around slaughtering humans in the middle of the night. The demon was described with having a red scarf.

"But that's…" Sapphire stopped herself. That matched Almaz's description of all the people who were left in the Netherworld.

"Princess Sapphire, do you know who it is?"

"…No I don't. No one matches that description when I went to the Netherworld." She frowned. "Please look into it."

The soldier eyed the blue princess suspiciously. If she was supporting a serial killer then she needed to be reported to the other kingdoms that were having similar attacks. As the soldier left the princess, Sapphire tried to figure out if Almaz was capable of such feats. Despite how badly she treated him, Almaz would never stoop so low as to murder. That was the only reason Super Hero Aurum was spared the consequences of either death by Mao's hands or being taken into captivity by her and be executed in her kingdom.

The only thing that came to mind again was that someone from her rival kingdom was doing it. Only two of her cousins would attack her for befriending Mao and the other demons. Her oldest cousin Onyx and that brat Topaz were racist toward demons. Topaz looked down on everyone and demons were no exception. Onyx in comparison just wanted to impress his other cousins with a "mature" vibe and that meant misinterpreting what they thought was considered reasonable. Ironically the oldest female cousin Amethyst despite her kingdom being based on worshipping God, Amethyst was not prejudice against demons. These two needed to take notes from her…

Suddenly, the room began to rumble causing Sapphire to return to reality. Grabbing her axe that was to the side of her throne she prepared to leave to handle whatever was going on outside of her castle doors. She wouldn't need to walk outside of the throne room though because a dark shadow appeared from the floor.

"Who's there? Show yourself!"

Sapphire, are you still going to talk like that after all we have done?

She gasped seeing a familiar knight appearing from the shadow. He was different now with his red eyes and dark clothing. She almost thought Almaz had an evil twin but she would recognize that scarf from anywhere.

"Almaz?"

"Dark Almaz, princess." The fallen hero corrected. "You need to remember my name before I end your life."

Was this really Almaz?

"…What happened to you?"

She immediately felt pain in her arm when Almaz didn't hesitate to stab her in the arm into the wall. The pain was immense as the sword went through her arm.

"GAHHHHHH!"

"What's wrong princess? You're normally quick to react in battle? Is it because I wear his face?" Dark Almaz taunted.

"A-Almaz…why…"

"Hmm? Want to know what happened? Well, the other demons for becoming the dean bullied me. Mao said I wasn't his friend anymore after I killed Super Hero Aurum. I decided to get serious with being the new dean and started killing people who stood in my way. I mean, those delinquents and Mr. Champloo were really annoying so I had to get rid of them."

Her eyes widened. "You…you killed them?!"

"I guess you could say that, but Beryl tried to stop me…and then her friends came along and tried to gang up on me as usual. I didn't mean to hurt Mao after I showed Aurum's head but they weren't listening to me. So I used the same sword to hurt you to silence them. Mr. Champloo wasn't giving any more food puns after he saw what happened. I don't know why he said I was in the wrong. I was only doing what a dean would do for the school. Mao won't stop me now after what I did, but…" Almaz frowned as he pulled his sword out of the princess. "I'm bored. After I won everyone over with my strength nothing happened in the Netherworld. So I decided to get your attention."

"And…killing my people…"

"There was that but they were just peasants."

"Almaz, what have you done?!" Sapphire cried out immediately pushing Almaz back attempting to grab her axe with her left arm and awkwardly clinging to it. "You killed our friends and you killed my people! How could you act like a demon?!"

"Princess, we're not friends anymore." Dark Almaz said as he glared at her bloody figure. "You all abandoned me when I needed you the most. I don't need any friends if I'm just going to be thrown away for getting a title I never wanted!"

He charged her again intending to stab her in the left arm. Sapphire used all of her strength to block one direct attack. Annoyed, Almaz just ended up kicking her into her thrown. He got her good with the surprise attack. If he attacked her after his introduction, she wouldn't have been in this situation.

"Sapphire, I'll ask you once, beg for mercy and I won't have to kill you too."

This dark persona was enjoying the pain Sapphire was in. When she didn't comply he didn't hesitate to jab her knee preventing her from escaping if she caught him off guard.

"ARGHH!"

"Come on! Beg for mercy! Apologize for calling me a demon!"

He stabbed her in the foot…and then in the other knee and finally in the chest, but even though she was coughing up blood now, she would not surrender.

"You must really enjoy being attacked like this. As expected from a monster."

"Al…maz…"

"What? You going to beg for mercy now? You know, once I'm done with you, I'll go after your other cousins. They aren't as battle ready as you are and you're looking pathetic now princess."

"You wouldn't…"

She hated most of them sure but this was her problem. Almaz didn't expect her to grab his sword and push it back when he attempted to stab her in the chest again. Stab wounds wouldn't kill her that easily but she lost so much blood.

"No…I won't let you."

"Oh?"

"They may be…racist jerks…but I won't let you touch my family…Almaz…" She stood up from her throne attempting to get into a brawler position, but her legs shook too much and gave up on her. "Uhh…no…not now…"

"Oh princess, what's the matter? I thought you were going to stop me."

Her vision was blurring. Was she going to die here? No! She had to cast a healing spell before that happened…but she was losing focus to even do a simple heal spell. Forcing her eyes open, she could hear someone's voice. The princess was probably hallucinating at this point but she swore she heard Almaz's voice calling out to her. Not the one in front her…the one that in his heart. She thought she could see his silhouette right next to Dark Almaz pleading her to run away and stay safe.

"Almaz…"

"You're not being fun princess. You're going to die unless you beg for mercy. Then I'll make sure to heal you and lock you up like an Overlord is supposed to do with a princess."

She would not let that happen…not if she could still save Almaz who was crying for help. Without warning, she stood up. All the pain that was running through her body was causing a negative reaction. Her body screamed to stay down, but she couldn't. She had to save Almaz. As she took a step forward, Dark Almaz was prepared to stab her but froze when he saw the look in her eyes. Why did she look ready to cry even when he hurt her and killed her friends?

"Almaz…you're hurting…aren't you. Is that why…you closed your heart? To avoid being hurt?"

At first her words meant nothing but then almost immediately, Dark Almaz jerked. The red eyed demon suddenly grabbed his ears. "Dammit, you need to stay back! This is my body now!"

"Almaz…I…I was so foolish…I…was so caught up in my problems I didn't…think about…"

She couldn't finish her sentence because she had to stop walking. Puking more blood when she attempted to catch her breathe, she knew she would die, so she had to let him know…

"Almaz…please…if you're in there…s-stop…this…"

"Shut up, Sapphire!" The fallen hero cried out as he backed up. "I won't let you hurt me again! I trusted you! You said that I was important! You told me that I was a hero! You declared you would murder me! I can't trust you!"

"…Sorry…I am…"

Getting up again, Sapphire used the remainder of her strength to throw her bloody self at her boyfriend. Tears fell down her eyes rather easily as she embraced him. His heart pounded by her familiar touch.

"Almaz…I…sorry…I'm so…"

"Get back…get back!"

"I'm s…s…sorry…I…"

"Don't say it…don't say it!"

"Lov…"

In a state of alarm Almaz grabbed his sword and made one clean swipe at the princess. He was aiming for her chest but he aimed too high and he could only cry out in horror seeing he accidentally decapitated the princess instead. Her body forced herself to hug him even after she lost her head but there was nothing supporting it when Almaz pushed the body off.

"Dammit…so much for having a fun hostage." Dark Almaz growled. "You weakling. You gave your body to me. You don't get to choose. I'm in control and I choose to kill everyone that hurt you. You don't want Mao dead, so I'll restrain myself from doing so, but your princess had to die or I wouldn't be able to satisfy my boredom."

Dark Almaz shut his loser self who was screaming and calling him a murderer amongst other insults. Stepping on her body, he went over to pick up her head. At least he would use this as a prize to remind him of what she could have done if he didn't kill her sooner. Looking at the body though, he probably had to remove it so it wasn't staining the blue carpet. Let it stain the throne instead…yeah…that would be a better place to find the body.

"Heh, war will begin once they come back in. I can't wait to see the despair that will come to Mao. Heh…hahaha!"

There were no explanations when the guards rushed into Sapphire's chambers and found a headless body left on the throne. The only conclusion they could draw was that it was a demon that assassinated their princess. To make matters worse, Sapphire trusted the demons enough that she would let them even in the kingdom and it resulted in her death. There was no point of negotiation at this point. This was war against the Netherworld.

As much as Mao was told to avoid attacking the humans, he couldn't do anything against the humans attacking his Netherworld. Almaz disappeared when the war began apparently fleeing to another portion of the galaxy to watch the bloodshed from a distant. Not ready to inherit the spot that should have been his, Mao could only order everyone who sided with him to protect themselves against the human army while he tried to figure out what to do.

His only allies now were Master Big Star and Salvatore. Everyone else was dead because of Almaz. The one person he could go to for advice…Mr. Champloo was killed trying to save the girls. Why was he still alive? Why couldn't he have died with them so he wouldn't have to deal with the worse possible scenario? As much as he demanded his father's spot, he was lost especially when the body count for demons were stacking up. He couldn't ignore it like he normally would because the demons needed to turn to someone when the humans were attacking.

This resulted in Mao using drastic actions and going to the front line to prevent the humans from ever reaching the academy grounds and he took Big Star and Salvatore with him. The demons would have been wiped out if it weren't for divine intervention from the heavens.

That was the last place Mao wanted help from though when an angel with light blue hair and green eyes came crashing down carrying a bomb of some sort. This apparently was supposed to be thrown at the demons but the angel messed up and threw it toward the humans who declared that the heavens betrayed them before retreating just when the bomb went off. Mao would not admit it but the angel was a life savior in what seemed like the end.

"Oh no, the Head Angel is going to kill me for that and I'm going to be banished to Hades!"

Once she started speaking, Mao knew things were going to be just fine. Immediately he seized the angel while she was still in a state of shock and dragged her back to his lab. Oh he was going to have fun interrogating her especially when he noticed that one wing was smaller than the other.

She put up a huge resistance and with enough persuasion (or threatening to spill her milk in a bottle) allowed Mao to get information from her. She went by the name Nanael (and she claimed she was an archangel but judging from the fact that not only did she have just two wings but by how clumsy she was, that was not the case) who was tasked to help the humans out in the conquest of the Netherworld. Of course she was a big screw up so she threw the bomb in the wrong direction. The bluenette convinced herself that it was all part of the plan stating she didn't understand what the Head Angel was planning and that something fishy was going on so she wanted to see what was happening in the battlefield.

"Well you came to the right place at the right time." Mao said with a smirk as he got a drill out. "Now you're going to explain to me why the angels think the demons are the ones that deserve to die when the humans declared war on us first!"

"Because you demons are evil! What other reason do we need?"

A scream could be heard as she Mao intended to drill one of the wings off of her body before she begged for mercy. Mao enjoyed hearing her screaming but he knew he needed more information from her.

The interrogation lasted three more hours before Nanael was left a sobbing wreck cursing at how evil demons were. Mao just chuckled as he finally had a way to stop the human world. If he could find a way to get to heaven, he would force the angels to command the angels to stop the humans. Then after they cleared up the misunderstanding, they would all hunt down Almaz who was hiding out in the galaxy somewhere. The idea in his mind was perfect. He would get stronger, prove to everyone he was capable of talking things out and then be able to avenge his allies…but at the same time he really didn't want to deal with Almaz at the end of the day. Almaz was still his friend who meant well…and Almaz rubbed it in about how it was his fault that he had fallen this much. Pushing that to the back of his mind, he grabbed Nanael's holy milk and continued to wave it in front of the crying girl.

"I'm going to be holding onto this. You're going to be coming with me and we're going to talk to your Head Angel."

"W-W-What? N-No! She's going to kill me if she sees me with a demon like you!"

"That's if she can kill me. I'm the son of the dean of the Netherworld Ronove! An angel who sits down and does nothing is a weakling and I'm going to prove that my pet!"

"Pet?! When I was your pet! I will never be your-wait please don't spill it! I'm your pet! I'll go with you, just PLEASE DON'T SPILL IT!"

Mao thought it was too easy to pull on the strings of this angel. What he didn't know was that Almaz was watching him from another planet. He had eyes all over the Netherworld academy even when gone. That's what happened when you have witch hunters as your allies who could give you a third eye.

"…How are Beliel's eyes doing for you my master?"

In a dark room that looked like a vampire's castle, a man with blond hair and red eyes appeared within the darkness. He wore glasses over his eyes and had a classy black tuxedo. Dark Almaz who was slouching in a chair with a wine glass of blood just chuckled.

"Perfect. I can keep track of my precious Mao no matter where he is. So he wants to go to the heavens? Let's give him hell before he can see those bird brains."

"As you wish. I will send a wanted poster of the Netherworld dean and that stupid angel. They will be caught by the witch hunters Julius and Alacryn."

"Oh, you're going to use your superiors to do the job? Fascinating. Well, get to work."

He chuckled as he disappeared into the nothingness of the night. Almaz continued to smile darkly as he placed the wine glass down only to rub something that was in his lap.

"Isn't that nice princess? We're going to get your killer soon. To think he sided with an angel too. Angels, demons, nobody wants to side with humans. Oh Sapphire, you should have listened to me when I said they couldn't be trusted…but I'm a demon too…but I'll protect you…forever and ever…"

While this story was similar to Sicily's chapter in which there was a huge book somewhere in Raven's library that could be read on how the protagonist Mao handled the situation with the humans alone without any familiar faces, Prism was more focused on a character who was mentioned near the end. His Furniture refused to speak his name but that was for the best.

"Acedia assists the fallen hero huh?"

"Master?" Heart spoke up since the other two weren't when they heard that name.

"…Chester?"

"Y-Yes?"

"…I'm sorry for not catching him."

Well that was unexpected. The normally tricky cat had no witty comeback the entire chapter. His scowl was very apparent at this point.

"No…it's fine…"

"It's not fine!" Prism suddenly shouted. "I can't kill him because I can't find him on my radar and even when I do find him, he's not breaking any rules that would allow me to kill him off on a whim!"

"You're the creator of the universe…"

"Heart, even I have to abide to some rules. I can't just break them. They have to do something within that rule book that fa…err…that man made."

Prism just didn't want to deal with a man name Acedia. He was a fan favorite to the witch hunter Zelda who was one of the seven Chosen of the witch hunters. Prism was certain that he didn't have the qualifications to become a witch hunter though but Zelda liked him so much (probably because he was good in bed for her) that she let him. He uses this authority to go around and mess directly with the Golden Land. Witch hunters cannot kill witches/sorcerers unless they have broken the rules. Only twelve witches/sorcerers could be attacked after the 2000 year war because they were declared as traitors…by Prism himself for whatever reason. This is why the witch hunt was so important, to protect the world from devastation. However witch hunters like Acedia abused this mission and went after innocent witches/sorcerers (specifically children) and killed them in a gruesome manner often laying their corpse out in full view of where the Golden Land can see.

That wasn't what angered Prism the most though. Acedia directly messing with him and playing ignorance that Prism was just a child blew his top. Prism was trapped in his game board with no exit. He was trapped in the game board for 100 years with no one but his Furniture for comfort. In this game, they had to survive a zombie apocalypse for three days in the mall. They all lost their powers (or at least incredibly handicapped that they had the strength of their appearance) and if Prism died, then the game must reset itself and continues to do so until Prism wins the game. This means that Prism was usually sent back a week before the zombie outbreak resulting in Prism wasting precious time trying to get out on his own. Constantly he died on the first day until he figured out how to win but even if he knows how to win, convincing the main character of the board map to help him wasn't his style. Prism could not get the best ending if his friends were killed or if the main character failed the objective. The objective was to not only save every candidate possible but to figure out the cause of the outbreak. It was to be noted that even though Prism and his Furniture were helpless children or teenagers by appearance, they were actually immune to being turned into a zombie simply because they did not belong in the game.

Prism never forgave that witch hunter because of this game though. 100 days of dying over and over again. Caring for the people that were in the mall during that week before the outbreak only to see them go insane and start their murderous rampage…over and over and over again. Alice had to watch a Vietnam warrior have flashbacks and was killed constantly because Frank never went in that area on time. Chester…he was the number one regret for the sorcerer of misfortune. The poor cat boy (and he lacked those cat features in the game board) lost an eye every single they started the game. No matter what Prism tried to do to prevent it, the game intended to take Chester's eye as the token fee to play, so even when Prism won the game, Chester still had no eye.

Chester never blamed his Master for the loss, but to Prism it was his biggest failure as the creator of the universe, and he would never be able to get back at Acedia unless Acedia messes up. Acedia was a calculating witch hunter who plans everything out in advance so he would avoid breaking any rules…if only Prism figured out which of the twelve witches/sorcerers he banished was the traitor 2000 years ago…then maybe this wouldn't have had happened.

"Prism, its okay." Chester mumbled. "He can't run from us forever." He smirked. "When he shows up on the radar, I will be the first to greet him."

Prism chuckled as he looked back at the book. "Yeah…I know you'll be fine…we'll be fine."

Alice and Heart glanced over to the cat boy in worry. He may have been the oldest of the group but he was still the most fragile despite his craftiness. Prism needed to tread water more carefully around him especially if Acedia was mentioned again but chances are he wouldn't. Prism was confident he wouldn't when they finally were able to move onto the current Disgaea cast. The cast that actually angered Prism to the point that he would directly influence many of these endings for his childish mentality.

Me: TBC with 6487 words.

Li: How many stories have a mega adventure to them?

Me: Technically four: Sicily, Sapphire, Desco and Emizel even though the upcoming Valvatorez chapter is combined with Fenrich's. Notes!

1. Sapphire has six cousins as mentioned in Raspberyl's chapter. She and her cousins rule the planet earth in Disgaea 3 and they're all without parents either dead, ran away or lost their power. All are color coded and themed after a certain motif.

Onyx is the oldest cousin and has the black color motif for his kingdom. His kingdom is identical to Athens focusing on the arts and education and in battles focuses on strategy rather than brute force. The city thrives on books and because Onyx thrives on logic instead of emotion, his battle strategy has a lot of casualties resulting in the kingdom not really liking him too much. Onyx is brought up to have a huge crush on his younger cousin Amethyst that the other cousins make fun of (but because this is the Middle Ages, cousins are fine) despite modern eras thinking how gross it is for the most part.

Amethyst is the second oldest cousin and has a purple color motif for her kingdom. Her kingdom's theme is a church that worships God. The only reason she hasn't married a rich man to take over is because she's a nun and has sworn to remain chastity to continue to please God. She's the nicest of the siblings and they all love her for her caring personality and is often left out of the squabbles between the others.

Ruby is the third oldest cousin and has a red color motif for his kingdom. His kingdom focuses on mining and forging (in other words he's the blacksmith). Ruby directly gets himself involved with his people when mining for minerals and his people love him for being so cheerful and understanding. Ruby clashes with Emerald, loathes Topaz and is close with Sapphire (given they have a 1 age difference).

Sapphire is the middle cousin and has a blue color motif for her kingdom. Her kingdom is similar to Sparta that focuses on military might. This is why I think Sapphire was able to adopt to be a powerful princess so easily and why so many people who attempt to court her fail. To win Sapphire's heart, they must do something to get an Amazon's attention. Almaz isn't from the blue kingdom but visits often (he's probably from the red kingdom in my headcanon). Sapphire is the most controversial of the siblings because of her failure to marry at her age and having no real excuse to do so and her contact with the demons from the Netherworld.

Emerald is the third youngest cousin and has a green color motif for his kingdom. His kingdom is the opposite of Ruby who focuses on mining. In other words he focuses on nature and agriculture (farming, ranching, etc.) Emerald has the worse luck of all the cousins because his parents literally ran off on him leaving him alone to take care of his dying kingdom. He's the poorest of them all but the hardship makes him close to every member that continues to live in the green kingdom. Emerald utterly loathes the other kingdoms (except Amethyst who actively helps him out) for keeping the riches to themselves.

Topaz is the second youngest cousin and has a yellow color motif for her kingdom. Her kingdom is the richest of them all hence her kingdom is labeled The Wealth Kingdom. What Topaz does for her kingdom is a mystery (but it probably has to do with foreign trade in all honesty) but whatever she does, her kingdom flourishes and only the wealthy can live there. If that's not bad enough, she hogs the money to herself and takes money from the other kingdoms constantly so she remains on top. Topaz was spoiled as a child and only got worse when her parents died and she inherited everything. She hates Sapphire the most because she's consider a barbaric animal who couldn't even cry when her mother died.

Diamond is the youngest cousin and has a white color motif for his/her kingdom. His/her kingdom focuses on the supernatural objects in the world (mainly connected to angels and demons) and is called The Magic Kingdom. Diamond's gender is unknown specifically to the other cousins. S/he has yet to inherit the title of ruler because his/her dad is still in control. The other cousins don't bring him/her into their conflict as much because they don't know enough about him/her to do anything (plus if it turns out that s/he gets a huge influence later, they have to be on his/her good side.)

2. Nanael is from Queen's Blade. Like how Airi showed up in Sicily's chapter, Nanael shows up in Mao's chapter and is implied to be his partner in a possible adventure. Nanael in this form is before she becomes an archangel and is just a normal angel who was given a huge task. Nanael is described as a female Pit: Incredibly arrogant and not the sharpest tool in the shed.

3. Acedia is a witch hunter who was created to show that Prism DOES have to abide to some rules of the universe even if Prism doesn't like them personally. Prism's powers reflect on karma and if Prism can't find you, he can't do anything. He can't send anyone else because if Zelda found out, she'll send a witch hunt against them and more importantly, Prism only met him once and that was when he got trapped in the game. The description is from what Prism can remember. Acedia has five other witch hunters under his belt making his group The Band of Six. And Acedia specifically goes after children so the other members go after other types of people.

It goes for the 12 Apostles brought up. I don't think they're all that important to any headcanon stories coming up but it's an important backstory to explain why the witch hunters were around to balance the power.

4. The game board concept is also from Umineko for similar reasons. While for Umineko it's used to relieve boredom and could become dangerous if you trapped yourself in a logic error, for the witches/sorcerers here, game boards are basically inserting yourself into a video game. The game boards usually consist of horror games (because that's the genre witches/sorcerers thrive on) or dark action/RPG games (but almost never shooters given how simple and dull they are). The only way to get out is to win the game with the best ending…otherwise you got to start over. In game boards, you tend to lose your powers completely so even the most powerful being like Prism is helpless given his childish appearance (but that doesn't mean he can't be smart but being smart still can't kill enemies that rely on brute force or are indestructible).

Prism and his Furniture were thrown into Dead Rising. I specifically chose this game because of how the timer is always set to 3 days and how anyone can play the game differently but the goal is still the same: Reveal the truth of the outbreak. However Prism has to specifically save everyone and reveal the truth. Of course Prism cannot participate in revealing the truth since he's not the protagonist. He's only an important NPC to Frank West.

The small backstory helps establish something about Prism though. He's a jerk but he knows he's powerful so for someone important to him to get hurt no matter what he does really hurts him. Chester doesn't hold any grudges toward him of course. The Logic Error did screw them all up except Heart who remains a proper lady (then again her battle prowess is more aggressive than most healers). Prism gets the idea to save people from game boards if they are met with death, Alice is more arrogant and dark compared to how innocent she was before the game and Chester while he seems cheerful really isn't and has other issues not brought up.

That's it. Reviews are appreciated and now the chapters will come in rather quickly since most of the Disgaea 4 cast is done. Ja ne!