#satan soldier of fortune

[drondskaath]

Departure Chandelier | Satan Soldier of Fortune | 2024

International Black Metal

[apanthropydotorg]

Review 54: Departure Chandelier - Satan Soldier of Fortune

Departure ChandelierSatan Soldier of FortuneOccult Antiquities / Nuclear War Now! ProductionsReleased: 1/12/24 –1 – Intro (Napoleonic Battlefield Cleanup)2 – By Way of Torchlight from Parliament to Catacombs3 – Hard as a Coffin Nail4 – Accipitridae5 – Interlude (Graverobbers Profit Off the Fallen of Both Sides)6 – Hail Dark Forces7 – Satan Soldier of Fortune8 – Outro (Dragged Via Musket Straps…

[erotomechanixxx]

my favorite releases of 2024 (in no particular order)

1. american standard - uniform

2. impossible light - uboa

3. stigma - wage war

4. excessive guilt - thrown

5. half living things - alpha wolf

6. five dice, all threes - bright eyes

7. only the stars know of my misfortune - isleptonthemoon

8. devoured by the mouth of hell - heriot

9. maggot mass - pharmakon

10. accabadora - poolside at the flamingo

11. ai grijă - calinacho

12. all you embrace - one step closer

13. american motor sports - bilmuri

14. ancient hymns of apocalypse - marrow of man

15. artificial bouquet - frail body

16. artillery from heaven - contention

17. as spoken - knoll

18. aumicide - atrae bilis

19. banshee - abruction

20. bloom & decay - dawn treader

21. calico dreams - sugar wounds

22. candela - svdestada

23. ceremonia - blanket

24. chameleon - traum ray

25. chromakopia - tyler, the creator

26. chronic illness wish - genital shame

27. coma - gaerea

28. conjuration of unlight - black circle sorcery

29. cool world - chat pile

30. coup de grâce - seeyouspacecowboy

31. cure - erra

32. death is a little more - boundaries

33. death of a rabbit - your arms are my coccoon

34. deathcore is dead - brojob

35. deceivers - oracle spectre

36. deep sage - gouge away

37. degeneration - wristmeetrazor

38. devoid of love & light - extortionist

39. disaster trick - horse jumper of love

40. distortion - future palace

41. ecclesia gnostica - aoratos

42. eclipsing through the eternal night - sanguine wounds

43. enchantment - raat

44. every bridge burning - nails

45. everyone’s a murderer - to the grave

46. exhibition of prowess - kublai klan tx

47. an exit exists - blind girls

48. the forest of forgotten dreams - under the frost moon

49. the fragile silence - together to the stars

50. a gathering of forgotten dreams - hoarfrost sky

51. gospel of the claw - wolven daughter

52. here, hear iv - la dispute

53. hiraeth - the wind covenant

54. house of the black geminus - akhlys

55. how the beautiful decay - lightworker

56. hymn to a dismal starre - winter lantern

57. hysterical abyss - archurahl

58. i love you - sadness

59. iechyd da - bill ryder jones

60. ii - deafening

61. the imperious horizon - winterfylleth

62. in bloom - waste

63. in honorem mortis - ad mortis

64. in light - evergarden

65. in the twilight grey - necrophobic

66. íncst - ehtëk

67. infinite mortality - replicant

68. into the realm - castle rat

69. irreducible fear of the sublime - occulta veritas

70. it’s inside you - candy

71. janis - vestige

72. kaer morhen - hekseblad

73. king - immortal desfigurement

74. leap of death - left to suffer

75. les chants de l’aurore - alcest

76. a liminal heart paints the deepest shade of serenity - vampirska

77. living is easy - agriculture

78. lust hag - lust hag

79. make them suffer - make them suffer

80. manual manic procedures - 200 stab wounds

81. negative spaces - poppy

82. my anti aircraft friend - julie

83. nadir - groza

84. new order of mind - dealer

85. next time - bacchae

86. no name graves - the last ten seconds of life

87. nocturnal will - dodsrit

88. nothing - corroding soul

89. the nothing that is - fit for an autopsy

90. now i see light - toe

91. obsidian wreath - infant island

92. oath - mono

93. of mourning - psychonaut 4

94. only one mode - speed

95. paleobotany - botanist

96. passions laid to rest - all that heaven allows

97. the periapt of absence - mother of graves

98. the precipice of an endless dream - twisted horn

99. prepare to meet thy god - daedalus

100. pro xristou - rotting christ

101. the prophetic silence - gråt strigoi

102. saa morkt saa mektig - unholy craft

103. sacrifice - olhava

104. satan soldier of fortune - departure chandelier

105. seed of a seed - haley heynderickx

106. social grace - brat

107. solace - blood pact

108. songs of a lost world - the cure

109. songs of blood and mire - spectral wound

110. sparagmos - spectral voice

111. suffer & become - vitriol

112. summoning the beasts in the night of lycanthropic moon - wampyric rites

113. todbringerin - ellende

114. telltales and rituals - chained arcana & knights of rain

115. triumphant son of darkness - primordial serpent

116. umbilical - thou

117. vended - vended

118. upharsin - blaze of perdition

119. verses in oath - hulder

120. visual kill: the blossoming of psychotic depravity - saidan

121. the voluptuous fire of sin - deathless void

122. wavering - dawn brought saviour

123. what lies ahead of me - all under heaven

124. what’s left unsaid - foreign hands

125. who are you when no one is watching? - graphic nature

126. wormwitch - wormwitch

127. you could do it tonight - couch slut

128. you won’t go before you’re supposed to - knocked loose

129. the twilight robes - they came from visions

130. shining - swallow the sun

131. she reaches out she reaches out she - chelsea wolfe

132. tragedy as catharsis - drive your plow over the bones of the dead

[magick-knives]

Departure Chandelier: Satan Soldier Of Fortune

Smoky Vinyl w/ Red/White/Blue Splatter.

Includes a poster.

200 Copies.

Nuclear War Now! Productions.

[triste-guillotine]

DEPARTURE CHANDELIER "Satan Soldier of Fortune" LP 2024

1. Intro (Napoleonic Battlefield Cleanup) 2. By Way of Torchlight from Parliament to Catacombs 3. Hard as a Coffin Nail 4. Accipitridae 5. Interlude (Graverobbers Profit off the Fallen of Both Sides) 6. Hail Dark Forces 7. Satan Soldier of Fortune 8. Outro (Dragged Via Musket Straps and Set Upon Bivouac Fires)

"From dusty museums and armories arrived an equestrian sadist from the other side the last surviror of medieval Viking raids bringing haunted art to his heir with a message stamped in paraffin the imperial candle...

With your birthright study this last souvenir and when its time to die once upon the other side feel the knowledge of the elders

That loyalty is a mountain where the departed soar peaks in thin air illuminated by the departure chandelier join the candle's wild dance at the ferry's windy embarkation don't be afraid to leave your possessions behind and i'll be with you"

Satan Soldier Of Fortune | Departure Chandelier (bandcamp.com)

[maypoleman1]

25th December

Christmas Day

Merry Old Santa Claus by Thomas Nast. Sources: Harper’s Weekly (1881) and The German Way website

Today is Christmas Day, a day that held spiritual significance long before it was designated Jesus Christ’s birthday by the early Church. Christianity’s chief rival to become the official religion of the Roman Empire was Mithraism. The Persian sun-god Mithras, worshipped by large numbers of soldiers in the Roman army, was allegedly born of a virgin in lowly circumstances; rose from the dead; promoted fraternalism and good works amongst his devotees and was born on December 25th. Although the Church eventually decreed Mithraism to be a satanic cult, they first adopted many of the tenets of Mithras’ own character and rituals and incorporated them into their own, new, religion.

The modern Christmas also borrows from other, darker and northern roots. At the heart of this is the ambiguous figure of Father Christmas, who well over a century ago, became conflated with the Dutch gift-giving winter spirit, Santa Claus, who was himself a distant descendant of the Anatolian bishop, Saint Nicholas. Father Christmas was originally a character in the British Christmas medieval mumming plays, and with his crimson robe and long white beard, was the embodiment of a winter season that appeared completely dominant in late December. The parallel figure of Saint Nicholas (who via Dutch setters, also became established in North America) fused with a much older pagan tradition of sky-travelling beneficence associated with the Germanic god Wotan, who rode the night sky during the feast of Yule, on his six-legged steed Sleipnir, rewarding the deserving with gifts and good fortune and punishing the wicked. Followed by hordes of malevolent elves who visited ill on the bad, Wotan and St Nicholas eventually came together as the slightly sinister chimney-descending gift giver, Santa Claus, in Northern Europe. In Britain, the homegrown figure of Father Christmas joined with his European cousin, thus making all three characters almost indistinguishable. However, formative nineteenth century contributions such as A Visit From St Nicholas (which portrayed the saint as a nocturnal elfin visitor, riding a small sleigh pulled by reindeer and entering houses via their chimneys) by Clement Clarke Moore in 1823; the Bacchus-like Father Christmas figure of the Ghost of Christmas Present in Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, published in 1843, and the illustrations of Santa Claus in the 1860s by Thomas Nast all pulled together the essential elements of this rotund representation of seasonal jollity that we see today.

Festive greenery, originally a wish to remind people of the lost vegetation of summer, became ritualised within the Roman winter festival of Saturnalia. This household greenery later formed the basis of many Christmas decorations. These evergreens, who refused to die off in the winter, were thought to be endowed with magical powers, holly and ivy being viewed as particularly potent. Holly tended to be associated with male characteristics and ivy with the female: both were locked in timeless combat. The winter plant of greatest significance to the ancients was mistletoe, held by the Celts to hold the essence of the woodland gods in its berries. Mistletoe, unafraid of winter, was believed to be a cure-all, particularly if harvested at the time of the winter solstice. In the U.K., the most prevalent piece of greenery to be erected in family homes is the Christmas Tree - a relatively recent import from Germany thanks to Prince Albert, but which can probably trace its origins to the pagan Yule Log and the Norse Tree of Life, Yggdrasil.

[mcx7demonbros]

I’m having Obey Me NB x Power Rangers/Super Sentai brainrot.

Like I can imagine The Brothers bosses (Mammon on a bird, Satan in a cat bowl, etc.) being evil generals of some sorts and when the monster of the episode dies, they just run away, angry and cursing the Rangers lol.

Lucifer would be the most plain general. He doesn’t have his personal soldiers and he uses his own wings to keep himself mid-air. When attack, Lucifer sends out his poisoned apples which also serve as bombs. The Rangers must not let the apple bombs hit the ground and explode because they would leak poison all around the city/town. So they must try to catch all & diffuse all the bombs the moment Lucifer sends them out.

Mammon’s personal mount is his most trusted crow friend. His soldiers are mechanical birds he sends out. They are annoying because they usually attack one Ranger in a group. Like 1 Ranger has to fight 10 of them at the same time. Fortunately, they are easily to deal with since they are grunts.

Levi is untouchable because he’s always in a bubble, which is surprisingly durable and hard to destroy. The Admiral’s grunts are fishes, mostly goldfish & sharks. They look funny but deadly dangerous, especially in underwater fights.

Satan is a cat-loving general. Everything about his faction screams cat. His soldiers are cat balls, which are so cute that many refuse to fight them. Even if you are not a cat person and/or can still fight, beware of cat-hair which will trigger any allergy (including non-cat related).

Asmodeus is all about himself. His soldiers are dolls modeled after him. Like him, they have the power to charm people but are weaker. Asmo & his dolls can scream & the screams are enough to make your ears burst.

Beelzebub - the gluttonous general and his hamburger companion. His grunts are hamburgers that can and always try to eat the Rangers literally.

Belphegor - always sleeping but still attacks while hugging his pillow. He mainly relies on his rams. Be careful not to get hit or you will fall into a deep sleep 😴

Book, car, sheep ball, neon horse, etc., are like a transport methods or giant robots used when three generals (either the Brothers and/or the side generals) working together. Imagine the plan fails or the monster explodes and the sheep ball rolls away while one of the generals says “I will make you pay, Rangers!”

MC is the true evil who acts behind the scenes to accomplish their own mysterious personal goals XD

[affableboar-zero]

No one really asked for this but I went through the Major Arcana Tarot deck and basically assigned the cards to Between The Crayon Lines and here's my thought process (And maybe I'll draw these one day oop--)

(BY THE WAY THIS IS ONLY PART 1, I WILL POST A PART 2 SOON)

0-The Fool: Wesley

Perhaps one of the easier ones, The Fool is usually a card that means Innocence and New Beginnings and reversely those that are taken advantage of and recklessness. Innocence and Being Taken Advantage Of are perhaps two qualities that are very accurate towards Wesley in the story. Plus no one else in the story really fits this as well as Wesley does, other than maybe Creed.

1-The Magician: Crystal

Who else could this one be lol the mother who tricked Heaven and Hell in the first place. Much like the Reverse side of this card, Crystal is pretty much this series' main trickster, plus I feel like she has the most will power and desire in the show.

2-The High Priestess: Asmodeus (Modey)

Now this one took a bit of thinking, but I feel like as the Lord of Lust and Hell's biggest (and only) Singer and Star, they would have a pretty big internal and external voice. Plus, the Reverse of this card also means repressed feelings and...yeah I feel like they fit that

3-The Empress: Fae

Fae and Satan ended up being tied for Emperor but I thought Satan fit it slightly more than her. Mostly why she's this card is mostly because it's a cool Parallel to Satan, but I feel like it also works because Fae presents herself as the upright version of this card (nature, soft, caring, guiding like a parent to the Apocalypse Children) when she's more accurately the Reverse of this card (Emptiness, Nosiness, wanting to be involved in everything, etc.)

4-The Emperor: Satan

I almost ended up being boring and made Satan The Devil Card but The Emperor fits him much better; authority and control in upright and tyranny and coldness in reverse? Literally him. Plus, having him and Fae share Emperor/Empress is hella ironic and fits well with the story so

5-The Hierophant: Belphegor (Gore)

The Hierophant being all about tradition and conformity in the upright and rebellion in the reverse fits hella well for the Lord of Fraud that is a literal factory. It is a textbook definition for a wealthy owner of a factory, all about keeping "tradition" and wanting workers to conform while hating/dreading rebellion. Though in this case, rebellions are very swiftly taken care of.

6-The Lovers: Eve and Jo

Who else? Eve and Jo are practically the main couple of this show. It couldn't be anyone else. Plus the upright fits when their relationship is in good standing and the reverse fits when their relationship isn't.

7-The Chariot: Leviathan (Levi)

Levi is the Lord of Wrath, so of course he's going to be super in control and have a lot of will power, such as a commander of a fleet of ships should be. But, reversely, he also has a severe lack of control and has anger issues. Plus, I thought strength better fitted someone else.

8-Strength: War

The First Horseman of the Apocalypse. The first of her siblings to be cast out from Heaven and Hell. She represents the raging battlefield, and yet the loyalty and the bravery of soldiers. She fits every part of the Strength card, both upright and reversely. She's brave, compassionate, and yet she has self-doubt, insecurities. Perhaps the best fitting card for her.

9-The Hermit: Famine (Fami)

The Second Horseman of the Apocalypse. The first of his siblings to leave of his own accord. Fami in this story after completing his training in Heaven, practically disappears off the map. He fits the Reverse of this card really well, as he is almost completely isolated the entire story. He's on a search of self-discovery, of trying to find himself again after losing someone close to him, but he can't. At least, not until some drastic measures are taken.

10-The Wheel of Fortune: The Horsemen of the Apocalypse

I thought these guys fit because...well, all of them are constantly trying to break the cycle they believe is the problem. They all think it's different things, but in trying to break out of their cycle and make a change, they end up going down the path that continues the cycle. All of them are clinging to any sense of control they can have (War does this by refusing to listen to her family, Fami does it by leaving entirely, Pestle accepts his role, and Dea tries to prevent it) but then after it's all said and done you realize *none of them were in control anyways.* And that's what The Wheel of Fortune really is, a feeling of cycles and change and never being in control anyways

11-Justice: Archie

Basic as hell to have the Justice Angel be the Justice Card, but Archie really fits this card. On the upside of it, clarity and truth and cause and effect...all of those are pretty much Archie. Constantly seeking out the truth from everyone, wanting to know how he died, what happened, why things are the way they are and he *questions.* Now, obviously that leads down some dangerous roads as an angel, so the reverse of this card isn't really him, but rather what happens because of this path. He's going to be lied to and have to lie, the real villains won't be held accountable but he will for their mistakes, and everything about his fate in this story is just...unjust. How ironic is that?

(Part 2 coming tomorrow! Or sometime soon lol)

[dispatchesfromthegutter]

FAVORITE RELEASES Of 2024:

1.Soft Kill-Escape Forever

2.Uniform-American Standard

3.The Bug-Machine

4.Mildred Pierce-A Nightmare Etched in Stained Glass

5.Upon Stone-Dead Mother Moon

6.Angélica Garcia-Gemelo

7.Touché Amoré-Spiral In A Straight Line

8.The Cure-Songs of a Lost World

9.Kendrick Lamar-GNX

10.Punitive Damage-Hate Training

11.Full Of Hell-Coagulated Bliss

12.The Body & Dis Fig-Orchards of a Futile Heaven

13.LOCKSLIP-S/T

14.Blind Girls-An Exit Exists

15.Chelsea Wolfe-She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To SheR

16.Phantogram-Memory Of A Day

17.High Vis-Guided Tour

18.Thou-Umbilical

19.Gouge Away-Deep Sage

20.Full of Hell and Andrew Nolan-Scraping The Divine

21.DUHKHA-A Place You Can't Come Back From

22.The Body-The Crying Out of Things

23.Cold Gawd-I'll Drown On This Earth

24.40 Watt Sun-Little Weight

25.Midwife-No Depression in Heaven

26.Doechii-Alligator Bites Never Heal

27.Frail Body-Artificial Bouquet

28.GYLT-I WILL COMMIT A HOLY CRIME

29.Heavenly Blue-We Have The Answer

30.Waxahatchee-Tigers Blood

31.Departure Chandelier-Satan Soldier Of Fortune

32.Collapsed Skull-Father's Rage Evaporated In The Sun

33.Sara Landry-Spiritual Driveby

34.John Carpenter-Lost Themes IV: Noir

35.Sonagi-Everything Is Longing

36.Charli XCX-Brat

37. Concrete Winds-S/T

38. Nails-Every Bridge Burning

39. Infant Island-Obsidian Wreath

40. Green Day-Saviors

[nijjhar]

Enter the Fold of Christ Jesus and you will be protected by the MIGHTY H... Enter the Fold of Christ Jesus and you will be protected by the MIGHTY HAND OF GOD and survive. There would be PEACE among the tribal Semitic sons of Abraham. Fake circumcised people of Aryan and Negro https://youtu.be/2irZKSY-4nA Holy Gospel of our Supernatural Father Elohim, Allah, Parbrahm, etc., delivered by the First Anointed Christ, which in Punjabi we call Satguru Jesus of the highest living God Elohim that dwells within His Most Beautiful Living Temple of God created by the greatest artist demiurge Potter, the Lord of the Nature Yahweh, Brahma, Khudah, etc. and it is called Harmandir or “Emmanuel” according to Saint Luke 21,12-19. Jesus said to the crowd: “They will seize and persecute you, they will hand you over to the synagogues and to prisons, and they will have you led before kings and governors because of my name. So, was Saint Paul who exposed the corruption in their written Torah such as Gen 17 on circumcision, the tribal mark of Abraham to Isaac, his real son that stands for their covenant in flesh. No one else can have circumcision except born of the seed of Isaac. Angel Stephen told them that our father Abraham was a nobleman. Do not make fake sons of Isaac through circumcision. Today, the fake circumcised sons of Isaac will kill them. It will lead to your giving testimony. Remember, you are not to prepare your defense beforehand, for I myself, God within you shall give you wisdom in speaking that all your adversaries will be powerless to resist or refute because we will explain things logically such as not a single Jew, Hindu, Sikh, Muslim, etc. died during the sectarian riots but the tribal people in Adam that were born and died. You will even be handed over by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends, and they will put some of you to death. You will be hated by all the super bastard fanatic Jew, Hindu, Sikh, Muslim, etc. fanatic devils because of my name, but not a hair on your head will be destroyed because the MIGHTY HAND OF OUR SUPERNATURAL FATHER IS PROTECTING YOU. In 1947 Partition of India on a religious sectarian basis, 2000 strong Mohammedans of the Arian tribe came to attack our village in Pakistan that we are Sikhs and fortunately, my uncle was a friend of the attacking party head, who sent a messenger to our house to bring him out to explain why we had people gathered in our village? My father accompanied him and when he told the attacking party head, a Zaildar, that we tribal people are bor and will die in the fight and if there is any grudge against us of the Jatt tribe, let us settle now otherwise do not earn a bad name in the House of Allah. We were tribal friends and so, he told the 2000 his tribal people to look after us as their guests, which they did. This is an example of the Power of His Mighty Hand on his Apostles. By your perseverance, you will secure your lives. Even today, the tribal sons of Abraham have no enmity between them but these Fake sons of Abraham of the Aryan and Negro races are super bastard fanatic devils killing each other." SATPURAKH JINN JANAYIA; SATGURU TISS KAA NAO. Punjabi - Giani ooh jo aap vichare.Satpurakh Jinn janiya, Satguru = Christ tiss kaa Naao. So, First, know the first Satguru Jesus, then Satguru Nanak would be known to you. https://youtu.be/6ukA_9ZEie8 A Testimony by an American Soldier:- Youtube channel - Truthsoldier I served in the satanic Iraq war. I openly am shamed for that and I asked for forgiveness for taking part in that war. I actually had my awakening while over in Iraq. My eyes were opened to the injustice of that war. The Iraqi people loved Saddam; they had whole stories with nothing but Saddam’s face on everything. Since then I have been speaking out against the US and ISRAEL on my Youtube channel. Here is my contribution:- Holy spirit, common sense, shatters the fetters of the dead letters, the Holy Books. If we have One God, our Supernatural Father of our souls, then there should be one Faith. In Christianity, Jesus said One Fold called the Church of God headed by One Shepherd, our Bridegroom Christ Jesus/Christ = Satguru Nanak Dev Ji, the Second coming of Jesus. Greatest Blasphemers and Killers Blair and Bush:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qHdTpTXHvE&list=PL0C8AFaJhsWz7HtQEhV91eAKugUw73PW1 Sikhism is the continuation of Christianity. PAWANN (REVELATION) ARANBHH (BEGINNING) SATGUR (SAT = THE BOTTOM LINE GOSPEL TRUTH, THE ROCK OVER WHICH THE TEMPLE OF GOD STANDS AND GUR MEANS TARIKA = FORMULA, WHICH IS LOGICAL REASONING THAT YOU YOURSELF HAVE TO DO) MATT (WISDOM OR WAY OF LIFE) WAILA (TIME); SHABD (END PRODUCT = NECTAR OF THE LOGICAL REASONING CALLED LOGO = HIS WORD) GURU = TEACHER; SURAT (COMMON SENSE) DHUNN CHAELA (A DEVOTED STUDENT). Books:- ONE GOD ONE FAITH:- www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/bookfin.pdf and in Punjabi KAKHH OHLAE LAKHH:-  www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/pdbook.pdf Very informative Channel:- Punjab Siyan. John's baptism:- www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/johnsig.pdf Trinity:- www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/trinity.pdf

[baggebythesea]

Speaking of Entrapta, I said that she doesn't have a direct counterpart in the story of Hordak as Lucifer, and that's true. But she has a part in another possible religious reading of the show.

That of Hordak as the God reborn as Man.

While we don't know the exact circumstances of how Hordak was cut off from the hive mind and sent away from Prime (if it even happened outside of his fantasy, other than that he stumbled through a portal and was lost), we have seen it happen with another clone, bearing a mockery of his name

Wrong Hordak severed from the hive was not a raging warlord, nor a cunning soldier. He was a scared child, desperat for aproval (and fortunately finding different ways than global conquest to search for it).

We do not know if Hordak ever shared parts of his personality, or if he came out of the portal with the dignified, prideful rage we have come to know and love, but we do know that he shared Wrong Hordak's infantile quest to return to the metaphorical womb of his creator.

The new world Hordak found himself in was one of horrible imperfections. Blasphemous magic everywhere. Squabbling factions creating disorder. No connection to or even knowledge of Prime at all. So Hordak took it upon himself to impose order on chaos and spread the word of the God. He would open a path to heaven broad enough for EVERYONE talk walk, or so he thought.

But the imperfect, impure world he had found himself in kept compromising him, forcing him to compromise himself. He took Prime's name in vain and built himself up as a false God. He conquered in the name not of Prime but himself. He took in a magic wielder and leaned on her far more than he should. And his body kept falling to pieces, despite his best efforts to keep himself functional. And the portal came no closer to completion.

And that's when the tempter arrived.

"I can help you finish the portal," she said.

"I can give you weapons to fight your enemies," she said.

"I can see a beuty in you and your creations that's not a reflection of Prime," she said

"I can teach you love, I can teach you self respect, I can show you carnal sins the like you have never dared to dream of. I can make you happy, happy, without Prime. And all for the low, low price of staying here with me, of never returning to your God, ever again."

And Hordak concidered it, blasphemous as it was.

And when the time was right, he chose.

(Yes, Hordak as Jesus and Entrapta as Satan in the desert. To be fair, she was a much better tempter than the biblical Satan.)

Paradise Lost - Hordak as an Miltonian fallen angel

She-Ra is not devoid of religious imigary - especially when it comes to the galactical Horde - and I really love what that does with Hordak.

If Horde Prime is God and the clones are angles, then Hordak is a fallen angel and Despondos is the place he fell. Hell.

One specific concept of hell, when it's not used as "heaven's prison", is 'the place where God isn't. The place where God can't or won't reach.

That's where Hordak found himself, beyond the omnicognicent eyes of the deity who had created him and watched over his entire life, free to do something of his own.

And like an abused child, he took the clumsy tools available to him and did his best to recreate the only thing he had ever known in a desperate bid for the attention of the God who had cast him away. He even comitted the hubris of trying to match God's creation of life, with a twisted and imperfect results.

For decades he toiled in despair in the futile hope of redemption, until a certain science princess made him realise that he had something better than the graze of God right here, in this place where God would leave him alone.

It's something awfully Miltonian about this Hordak. If we for a moment indulge in his fantasies, he was heaven's top general before he fell, mirroring Arch Angel Lucifer in Paradise Lost.

Like Lucifer, Hordak's defining trait was pride. Like Lucifer, Hordak aspired to rule Hell when he couldn't serve in heaven. He created a brutal construct of machinery and darkness - in stark contrast to Horde Prime's alien "Ipod" heaven - but unlike Lucifer, Hordak came finally to realize that neither ruling nor serving would make him happy, but love would.

Of course, by then it was too late and the hevenly host came for him and for the paradise he had built in hell, the dimension of Despondos no longer safe from the prying eyes of God.

And despite him crawling back to heaven, despite him gaining what he thought he wanted for all these years of toil, he soon came to realize the true horror of the God he had returned to.

Only one thing to do! Go Nietzsche on his sorry ass!

[docgold13]

365 Marvel Comics Paper Cut-Out SuperHeroes - One Hero, Every Day, All Year…

December 10th - Devil Slayer

Eric Simon Payne had served in the United States Marine Corps before becoming a soldier of fortune and later an enforcer for organized crime syndicates.  The traumas he experienced both as a marine and a mercenary led Payne to seek out solace in an unlikely place and he ended up indoctrinated into The Cult of the Harvester of Eyes.  Although initially presented as an unconventional pathway to peace and salvation, the cult was actually in the service of demonic entities and regularly practice human blood sacrifices.

Payne discovered the truth about the cult and decided it needed to be destroyed.  During a ritual, Payne stole the mystical Shadow Cloak.  Doing so unlocked latent psychic power and he was suddenly able to use the cloak to teleport and manifest weapons.  Calling himself ‘The Devil Slayer’ Payne slaughtered the cult members, yet its leader, Vera Gemini escaped.  

Gemini was actually an agent of the satanic Six Fingered Hand.  The Demon Slayer hunted her and was aided by The Defenders in taking her and The Six Fingered Hand down.  Thereafter, The Devil Slayer was offered membership in the Defenders.  He accepted and served with the team for a time.  

The guilt Payne felt over the crimes he had committed in the past became to great for him and he suffered a nervous breakdown.  He was institutionalized in an asylum yet ventured out on an occasion to aide the monstrous hero, Man-Thing.

The troubled hero first appeared in Marvel Spotlight #33 (1977).    

[annebelle93]

OM - The demon brothers and their armies (2/7)

As being said a few times in the game, the brothers are part of the principality of hell, meaning each one have other demons under their control. And being someone who has studied some demonology I thought it would be fun to come up with some HC of their army’s.

TW: Terror Content; description of terror troupes; a lil bit of gore I guess(?)

Mammon

The Avatar of Avarice. A sin of desire. The greed desires to possess always more. And Mammon is going for it all. Some say Mammon came to be when the value of gold was learned, since his name can mean “money” in some languages, but he is so much older. The embodiment of greed roamed the earth under other names and many looks. He can present to you as an old beggar on the streets, as a wolf-like demon, devouring everything he lay eyes upon, or as a child bearing a cornucopia. The miser demon answered to different names since his fall, going as far as to be confused with Beelzebub, given their similar devouring nature. But make no mistake, Mammon would never stop at food. You can also find him as Plutus, the son of fortune, Tyche. As a ruler, the second brother reigns over the fourth circle, where the souls are condemn to battle one another for the treasures scattered around, until they become hollow shadows of the being they once were.

When it comes to Mammon’s army his soldiers are:

• Possession Demons: there is a moment in the forth circle when the battle is not enough for the hollow soul and they begin to wander. That’s when Mammon find his soldiers. It’s not common for them to actually scape from the circle, but when they do you will soon know. They are not smart and they do not think. They feel. And they act.

Possession demons are attracted by our own greediness. The more you hoard, the closer they get. The reason why Mammon disguises himself as an old bagger is to evaluate your soul. If you help him, well, shame for him, you’re not his yet. But, If you’re too concerned about your possession…. It begins with a feeling of uncertainty, you can feel something desiring your belongs, but you can’t quite grasp it. You have to hoard more, you have to show them you are superior. But they will get one think or two, things you wouldn’t even notice, but they are yours and how dare they? Condemned by God to always have their faces turned to the ground, you will feel when they get close enough to touch you, as the climb your body. It begins with so much exhaustion. Maybe you are working too much, right? Or is it just all this tension? They begin by you feet and bury their long sharp nails in you skin as they climb up. Now your back hurts. Your shoulders. You carry so much with you, don’t you? By the end, your neck. It just hurts so much, like something is hanging on it. Well, something does. And something is battling you over the only possession they actually crave: Your life. A heads up, by then is not really a battle, for you don’t stand a chance. They will posses you and its now your turn to become one of them. Dragging your face to the ground until is so distorted it hardly human…

• Crows: Once Noah though the water begun to subdue, he released a crow to check. The poor creature never returned. Why should the humans have such an interesting bird? Mammon took the crow for himself, deciding they would be his eyes. They look for possible demons for his army and search for the runaways hollows. For most of them, at least. Eh, What’s the big deal if a few get loose? It’s all good fun, ain’t it?

I definitely am enjoying making these, it is a very good reason for me to go back to my study of myths and I was a bit blow away by the response since this basically my first “serious” post! Thank you to everyone who interacted and I’ll be post Levi’s army on Friday! Can’t wait!

The Brothers Army’s HC Lucifer /  Mammon / Levi / Satan / Asmo / Beel / Belphie

[voidsentprinces]

For my European and Asian followers who don’t know why Americans are so fucking rabid for a weird sounding Holiday in October. Let me break it down for you: America is a melting pot of a variety of immigrated cultures. Despite what any conservative Republican will tell you, immigrates actually make our culture stronger by bringing their own culture in and influencing or transforming it to fit the United State’s culture. Sort of like climbing a tall mountain and leaving your flag on it. For example, did you know tomatoes were an Americas only plant? Meaning when Italians began immigrating here in the early 1900s, they suddenly had access to it as well as a huge plethora selections of richer meats. Transforming their pita into pizza by adding tomato sauce, pepperoni, sausage, and the like to their once mediterrean diet.

Now take that concept and consider Halloween. Now this is a very, VERY loose explanation but a somewhat lengthy one. You see, it really begins with the Church trying to bring pagans into Christianity (ironically) by taking their folklore and legends and putting a Christian color paint job over it. Like the Romans did to Greek Mythology. In Spring, there was a particular celebration of the dead call Lamora, which the Church decided to blunt the effects of what they saw was an “unholy” ritual by moving it to November 1st and dubbing it All Hallows’ Day. This also served the function of blunting any Samhain rituals around that time. As Samhain landed round abouts October 31st. And was transformed into All Hallow’s Evening and then All Hallow’s Eve and then just dropping it for the slurred sounding Halloween.

Next up, came England’s turn to leave their mark on it. It just so happens a Catholic Terrorist named Guy Fawkes decided that around this time a year (November 5th). He was going to blow up Parliament. But he failed and in the following years to mock his memory children took to the streets to mock him. Sometimes wearing masks and costumes to go along with Bonfire Night.

Okay, Void, thats a lot of European Traditions, what the fuck does this have to do with the land of eagles, cheeseburgers, and my gun and truck is a measurement of my dick? Good question, hypothetical reader.

Well, the Puritans were one of the first to immigrate to the Americas as they were ousted from the Church for their strange way of following through with their beliefs. Fortunately, despite the name, not all Puritans were hard on their values and some just came to find new opportunity in a new land. Bringing with them All Hallow’s Day and Guy Fawkes Day. There are a few tid bits here and there about Guy Fawkes celebrations not in the grand celebratory way but in a sort of kicking back and enjoying some drinks with your fellows.

Fast forward a little ways to in the aftermath of the Civil War and after experiencing a war that wasn’t on a distant shore but on their doorsteps. Americans began to bring in child during Autumn and tell ghost stories. The first few ghost stories told by Statesmen were about how soldiers who had gone unidentified or missing during the War. Had begun to come back home. This ignited the mind of folklorists and artists alike who began to print Halloween as a sort of even that mixed all things horror together. Taking ideas from the Witch Trials, medieval artistic representations of Satan, spiders, ghosts (corpses who float with the winding shroud), and many other iconic imagery and painting them in orange and black.

Around the turn of the 1900s, Irish immigrants began to move over to the States. Bringing with them stories of boogie men and Jack-o-Lantern. Jack-o-Lantern was an image of legend. One of the tellings spread speaks about how Jack was such a trickster and SO mischevious that he was going to get thrown out of Hell. To wander the Earth alone as a spirit for the rest of eternity as his punishment. However, Satan took pity on the soul and granted him a heated coal from the pits of Hell, to help light his way through the dark. Jack then took the coal and placed it in a carved out turnip. Before handing it from a shepherd’s cane. Thus was born Jack’s Lantern or Jack-o-Lantern. Naturally, the injection of this in a still industrializing and thus somewhat still an agricultural America found the States taking the idea of the carved turnip and replacing it with pumpkins. Which also grew around that time of year and were softer, still hardy and easier to carve. Thus was born the iconic symbol of Halloween, the Jack-o-Lantern.

But lets fastforward a bit more to the Great Depression, it is well documented that this economic collapse was so destructive. Families were forced to sell their children or send them away to afford the next meal. So we get this period of time, where a large group of children, unsupervised, forced into the world pre-maturely due to economic collapse. Are allowed to run rampant during spooky time. These rambunckous individuals decided to occupy their time by playing pranks. Throwing stones through windows, taking Jack-o-Lanterns putting them on sticks and putting a sheet over them to scare people by the window, stealing people’s stairs, and letting out livestock from their pens at night. Thus some dubbed this period of time as “Gate Night” or “Hell Night”. One recorded incident was called “Black Halloween” because some kids were said to of committed arson, lighting a number of buildings on fire.

At this point, however, things had begun to settle down and even out as the economy was limping along instead of crawling. Allowing civil groups, land/homeowners and neighborhoods to begin discussing ways to occupy kids and keep them from destroying property and letting livestock loose. Whereby a few crafty women decided to start bribing kids with treats such as popcorn balls and home made candies if they’d just take the sweets and go away. And, funnily enough, it actually worked. It worked so well, a magazine and newspaper published the idea and it was quickly adopted by many.

So, even kids who had not been kicked out of their homes began to show up to random houses and technically threaten the place. Give us candy or we’ll fuck up your yard. Or, more simply, “trick or treat”. To rein in even these individuals people began to start throwing costume parties to keep kids from even bothering other neighbors. Companies began to take notice and companies and like Hershey’s and Sear’s began to realize there was a market. Dennison’s (yes the Chili producer) figured it out earlier in the 1910s but Halloween didn’t really get going till later. Anyway, Hershey’s naturally began to manufacture candy, no need to prep and go to the store for items. You candy is prepacked and ready to be handed out so you can relax! And those Dennison flammable paper costumes? Thing of a past, some to Sear’s and get durable plastic and cotton outfits for your kid on All Hallow’s Eve! Capitalism even in the midsts of a depression and looming second world war, still going forward.

Fastforward a little further and in a Post-War Economic “miracle”. Charlie Brown has a Halloween special to bring Halloween back to the mainstream after hundreds of soldiers come back from War and are in no real mood for celebration after witnessing horrors. Halloween provides everyone with a means to relax and take their children around to households, mingle, and live it up a little. Even later, a man is approached by a studio. The man’s name? John Carpenter. How do you bring Halloween to a further market of not just kids, but teenagers and young adults? Make a slasher film with the same name. Thus schlocky horror films are brought into the main stream and the horror genre really starts exploding as the cinema booms from drive in movie theatres and so forth. And Halloween just goes from there.

So, like many things in the United States. The melting pot of cultures from the reconfigured beliefs of Ancient Greeks to Puritans bringing over Guy Fawkes, to Irish Settlers bringing over Samhain, an economic collapse, a Civil War, and a few other scenarios. Halloween just sort of cropped up here in the States through a series of coincidences that gave birth to our horror centric holiday.

This is still a very loose explanation, there was a number of other things involved but I am trying to explain not, like, write a fucking novel.

Anyway, thats why people here in the States tend to just go absolutely feral beginning at very least in September and the most extreme lovers of the holiday, direction on July 5th. Ghosts, Witches, Vampires, Werewolfs, Monsters in the night, spirits haunting fields, and Jack-o-Lanterns leading loan shark children/teenagers and adults alike to our doors in costumes. Some adults brought nostalgic people back into the fold by making haunted houses for adults to line up and get scared in elaboratedly made attractions meant to spook them all.

Anyway, Happy Halloween. We’re the only thing stopping you from hearing “All I Want For Christmas” after July 4th.