The forces of heaven and hell
wage a constant war over the souls of humanity. Neither side is superior –
morally, heaven represents dictatorial conformism, while hell fights for
anarchic, chaotic freedom. All human souls go to heaven or hell upon death –
however, in spite of what the agents of each side would have us believe, there
is no judgment involved, merely an alternation that sends one soul to heaven,
then one to hell, and so on, for all eternity – thus the balance between the two
sides is maintained.
A handful of souls join the Few of their side, when heaven or hell deems them
useful to their war. The Few of heaven are the angels, and foremost the
Archangels, who represent heaven's warrior elite. The Few of hell exist in
chaotic variety, but their champions are the Hellspawn. The vast majority of
souls, deemed unsuitable to fight in the endless war, join the Many, and pass
beyond the knowing of mortal beings.
Newly-recruited Few on both sides are indoctrinated into the ideals of their
masters, and taught that the opposing side in the war represents evil, and the
souls which join them do so because of this. Only the shadowy forces commanding
the great war know the truth, that a soul's nature has no bearing on which side
it is claimed by. If these powers fear anything, it is that the legions under
their command might one day learn that the enemy they have been taught to hate
and loathe are, in fact, no different than they themselves. Any who seem to
suspect this, or question the justness of their cause, are hunted down and
exterminated.