I don't own the Royalties, only a copy of DMC4, while my sister owns most of the books. I do not own any recognisable characters, and any own characters are not created with the intention of copying existing persons or characters. Inspiration may, however, be taken from a variety of sources, and flattery through imitation is intended.
Shadowhunter May Cry
In the Beginning, there was Chaos. From that Chaos was born a desire for Change. With Change came the first beings. The Earth Mother, Gaia. The World Giant, Ymir. The Sky Father, An. The One Above, Yahweh. The Four of the Desert, Atum, Ptah, Thoth and Khnum. The One Within, Vishnu. The Creator Goddess, Woman Gua. The First, Amanominakanushi-no-kami. The One from the Mirror, Tiki. The First Gods and Goddesses of Creation each took a section of the newly formed planet as their own. They took to their task with gusto, filling the Earth with plants, animals and ideas. Soon, Man walked the Earth. In each area, Man took notice of the divine and began to worship the Gods. From there, countless religions were born, Pantheons rising and falling. The Gods chose their champions among the Men, to act as Envoys, Proxies and Voices. The Age of Heroes is recorded in every story told through history.
At the Turning of the Common Era, the Age of Heroes began to fall. Entire Pantheons, once with entire civilisations worshipping them, began to fade. Darkness was encroaching, and Earth was its goal.
Termed demons, these invaders wanted nothing more than to burn the beings of Earth, then use up all resources, mundane and magical, before moving onto the next Realm.
Over the next few Centuries, the various deities fought with everything they had to hold off the demons. Eventually, one of the Abrahamic Medium Tier deities, Sabriel, the Archangel of the Morning Star, Fell amongst the demons and cast aside his Authority. He took up the name Lucifer and sealed a large portion of the Demon Horde into a Realm that they had razed previously. Slaying, converting and aligning with Demons led him to forge the Realm into 9 Rings, with only the weakest demons in the 1st, outermost Ring – the Ring closest to our own Realm. With 6 others, he bound the Demon Horde to a Code that prevented them from conquering his home Realm without a majority Alliance.
Back on Earth, the humans went through a Dark Age, with most Gods having faded, or lost their power. In the East, only the Buddhist Pantheon, a consolidation of the Chinese and Shinto Pantheons, and the Hindu Pantheon stood. In the West, the Abrahamic Pantheon stood victorious; however, the Norse had withdrawn to Asgard to regain their strength.
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Towards the end of the Era known as Renaissance, there was a Holy War. The Demon Horde under the Pillars of Lust, Wrath, Envy and Gluttony raised the tower of Temen Ni Gru off the coast of Italy and made to overrun the Mortal Plane. It was potentially the worst time for Humanity to be the host of a Holy War- The Age of Heroes had died completely during the medieval years and gunpowder and its associated technologies had yet to be discovered.
The Heavenly Host, still recovering from losing one of the Seraphim Council, sent minimal aid to the Mortal Plane. Only Raziel, who had nearly been expelled from Heaven for creating artificial Nephilim, the Shadowhunters, aided Earth in person. Standing alongside his champions, the Shadowhunters, the Archangel tried to fend off the horde. While their efforts were indeed valiant, they could not do much beyond slow the demons' advance, until something changed.
Sparda, the Dark Knight. General in the Demon Horde, second only to Asmodeus, the General of the Dark Army and Pillar of Envy. He awoke to Justice and turned his back on the Horde. He forged a new sword, naming it the Yamato, using the Japanese Katana as its inspiration. Into this blade, he put all of his knowledge of seals, his precise technique in swordsmanship and the ability to channel energy in various forms.
He went to Raziel and brought with him a plan - A plan to force the Demons back to the 9 Rings and lock them there. To do this, power would be needed. The remaining Shadowhunters were not powerful enough, and no other angel would leave Heaven to aid Raziel.
Once more Sparda forged a sword, this time in the image of his first blade - Force Edge. Into this weapon, he channelled his raw power, his anger at what his fellow demon would bring to the world, and the potential of change. The rebellion was this blade's purpose, and Rebellion would be its name.
Sparda called upon the Demons who had sworn themselves, their souls to him: Nevan, a Lightning Succubus; Cerberus; a 3 headed Frozen Hellhound and the Oni twins, Agni and Rudra. Sparda posted these demons within the tower and charged them with 1 task:
Defend the tower from any who would enter it and reopen the portal.
Sparda and Raziel led the raid upon Temen Ni Gru along with the remaining Shadowhunters and Sparda's Demons. With Rebellion and Yamato in hand, Sparda felled demon after demon, their blood running down the stairs of the tower like a crimson river. Raziel flew outside, sniping demons from afar – preventing them from flanking the force. The Shadowhunters staged an assault on the front entrance alongside the Demon General.
Within the Tower, Sparda posted one of his Demons at each of the Fortified doors that he and his force took. At the final door, having no more Demons, he bound one of the defending demons to the door, Beowulf-an Ogre demon. Beowulf's cries of traitors and humans echoed throughout the tower.
At the summit where the 7 bells tolled, only 3 beings arrived: Sparda himself; Maria Robinstorm, a Shadowhunter Rune-Witch and Raziel. They were met with Agamemnon, the Pillar of Gluttony. While Sparda and Raziel rushed the Demon, Maria began to draw runes upon the stone floor, using a mix of her own blood and that spilt by the warring demons and angel.
When she had finished, Sparda and Raziel made one last push and threw the Pillar Demon from the Tower back into the Underworld.
Sparda plunged the Yamato into the centre of the rune circle, preparing to lock the Gates of Hell. Maria Robinstorm, the last of the Shadowhunters who had raided the Tower knew that if Sparda alone locked the Gate, a sufficiently powerful demon would be able to force the doors later. She plunged her sword through her heart, spilling her Nephilim lifeblood over the Yamato. Now the blood of a Shadowhunter would be needed to unlock the Tower and its Gate.
The Plan had succeeded but at an astronomical cost. Every Shadowhunter who had marched to the tower had fallen, with Maria sacrificing herself to finish the job. Sparda, in locking the Gate, had locked his own power in Hell reducing his power to that of a mere Warlock.
At the last Toll of the Seven Bells, Light shone down from the Heavens, the Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Azreal descended from the Gates, a complement of the 111 in formation around them. Raziel was apprehended by the Envoy of the Heavens and brought before the Council. Despite his actions in preventing a Holy War, the White Council condemned the Angel of Mysteries for interfering directly with the Mortal Plain once more, and for allying with a Demon Lord.
Raziel had his power bound to his Throne, forever tying his might to the Heavens. No more would the Archangel be able to interact with Earth of his own accord.
~City of Idris, Swiss Alps – 1st July 2013~
5 young adults waited outside the Idris Institute, all garbed in the typical black fitted gear of the Shadowhunters.
"So, what do you guys think the old bat wants?" the tall blond male asked.
"Yanno, Jace, one day the Consul will get you for all the name-calling. And then you will suffer," a dark-haired young man wearing a "Metallica" t-shirt replied.
"Oi, Simon, I want no snark from the new guy, yeah?" was Jace's witty retort.
A female with long raven hair in two braids interjected, "Ladies, you are both pretty. Now shut up, before Alec slaps you, or Clary stabs you."
The tall raven male, with a bow and quiver, slung over his shoulder smirked, while a petite redhead- with a grimoire in a pouch at her hip- grinned viciously and ran her hand over the handle of her sword. The arguing males shut up – the threat had been used and carried out before.
The door swung open, allowing them entrance to the office. The room was large; easily 20 square metres, and had a high arched ceiling. The eastern wall, opposite the entrance, was made up of floor to ceiling windows overlooking the City of Alicante. Bookshelves framed the fireplace on the South wall, a collection of comfortable chairs and couches arranged around the fire. On the North wall stood a filing cabinet. The rest of the wall was covered with portraits of past Consuls and heroes to the Shadowhunters. Certain portraits were rimmed in gold – marking persons who had made great strides in leading the Clave; while others had a red line slashed over them, marking traitors or worse.
Consul Jia Penhallow waited behind her desk, facing the window.
"Unofficial Squad Leader Clarissa Fairchild. Your team has grown from strength to strength since you solved our Morgenstern problem in New York."
The youth in question snapped to attention. "Thank you, ma'am."
"I have an assignment for you. On the Eastern Seaboard of the United States of America, there is a City that has an extremely high concentration of Demonic energies. According to the records left by previous Consuls, despite having zero Shadowhunter presence there, there has not been a single incident requiring intervention in the past 2 centuries, barring a brief period about 20 years ago. I want the five of you to travel there to determine who is keeping a thumb on the demons, and to hopefully tie them to the Enclave."
"Understood, ma'am. What is the name of this city?"
"Redgrave"
So this hasn't been done before.
Mortal Instruments wise, this is set after the Dark Artificers – I am about halfway through the Mortal Instruments, but my sister – who normally acts as a sounding board for my various crackpot ideas – has read almost all of the books, excluding only the most recent.
Devil May Cry, this is after DMC5, and completely ignores the Reboot. My knowledge here comes from watching the cut scene movies, the anime and the Wiki. I have access to DMC4 – when the Xbox decides to work, I will make an effort to play it through between work and studying.
I will probably reference a multitude of series, books, anime, movies and other sources, so if you see themes or characters popping up, don't be too surprised. It is easier to borrow characters that try creating an OC.
Angels and Gods:
Angels are ranked by the number of Wing Pairs.
An Angel with 5 Pairs+ is an Archangel and has an Aspect of Authority
The Seraphim Council is made up of Archangels (Not all Archangels are Seraphim). All Seraphim have an Authority, rather than an Aspect of Authority
"Authority" is the term I will use for Divine Power or the Power of a God/god.
A god (small "g") is a Minor to Medium Divinity (e.g. Minor = Nike, goddess of Victory; Medium = Athena, goddess of Wisdom)
A God (Capital "G") is a Major god e.g. Hestia, Goddess of the Hearth
A Chieftain God is the Major God in Command of their Pantheon e.g. Zeus, King of the Greek Gods
A Founding God is the First God to appear in a Mythos/Pantheon:
The Earth Mother, Gaia - Greek/Roman
The World Giant, Ymir – Scandinavian (Viking)
The Sky Father, An - Sumerian
The One Above, Yahweh - Abrahamic
The Four of the Desert, Atum, Ptah, Thoth and Khnum - Egyptian
The One Within, Vishnu - Hindu
The Creator Goddess, Woman Gua - Chinese
The First, Amanominakanushi-no-kami – Shinto (Japanese)
The One from the Mirror, Tiki – Oceanic (Pacific Islands)
There are other Founding Gods, but I figured this was more than enough to get the point across