There are a LOT of people who want to escape from Hell. If you don't have a
Vessel, the only convenient way out is through Beleth's Tower - not an ideal
choice. What makes it particularly unpleasant is the Hall of Screams.
Those caught trying to use the Tower Tether without permission are not
handed over to The Game - instead, they decorate this Hall. They aren't
actively tortured (often) - there's no need. Repeated use of Beleth's
Balseraph attunement and NC:Tongue have left the victims with hideous
amounts of Discord. There are no walls or shackles - the prisoners are too
afraid to leave. They're also afraid of staying, of course; just not quite
as afraid. They're incredibly afraid of demons of Nightmares, of angels, of
each other... Any change in the Hall - any at all - will result in the
prisoners going into screaming fits until the guards correct the situation.
There are angels in the Hall of Screams; every now and again an angel
attempts to sneak through and is caught. Most end up Falling, of course;
some Malakim and angels of Purity remain, twisted by dissonance and Discord.
Most have been reduced to one or two Forces; all Malakim have Fear(Demons)
at a high level.
Damned Souls also seek to escape through the Tether. As they cannot use it,
little needs to be done to make their eternal torment worse. Each is given
Fear(Hell)/5 and Fear(Demons of Nightmares)/6. They circle the Locus,
wailing desperate to pass; and then scatter when Beleth's Servitors wish to
pass. If anyone else seeks to use the Tether they will rush up, begging to
be taken through, and clinging onto their target with all their might. Each
Damned Soul clinging on gives a -1 penalty for using the Tether (normally
using the tether is automatic, of course, but dozens of the Damned can hang
on). Even if their target is successful, they cannot follow him through, and
are doomed to remain here.
The prisoners in the Hall are not wasted by Beleth, of course. She finds the
Hall a convenient way of storing Forces until needed, and the prisoners are
harvested for essence by her Impudites. They are also an excellent early
warning system.
Many of the demon(lings) in the Hall were hoping to seek Redemption, of
course. All though still theoretically possible, this is no longer
practical. With several hundred levels of Discord each, no Archangel would
look at Redeeming one of these demons; they'd Fall again almost immediately,
and no Archangel has the resources necessary to remove all of that Discord
while there is a War going on. These would-be penitents are well aware of
this, and weep to themselves in the corners of the Hall.
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