Locations

The human world. Site of invasions, collapsing public order, government experiments, Black Hand activity, artifact trade, and the Grand Compendium search.

Significance

Primary stage for civilian tragedy, institutional confusion, and dual-protagonist separation between Holy Knights training and Hell-touched missions.

Related Characters

• Soren Eyer
• Rush Cohen
• Amilia
• Az
• Nolan Bates
• Dr. Nadir
• Q
• Lieutenant Hightower
• Alder
• Black Hand
• Bardo

Related Events

• Star City invasion and public angelic reveal
• Government demon-energy weapons tests
• Black Hand confrontations
• Grand Compendium coordinate missions
• Soren vs Rush reunion

Main Earth city featured in the school-life contrast and hit by demonic invasion and supernatural conflict.

Significance

Shows the fall from ordinary teenage/school life into open apocalyptic war. Public order collapses; military/government response is confused.

Related Characters

• Soren Eyer
• Rush Cohen
• Amilia
• Civilian public

Related Events

• 2029 school-life contrast
• Worsening demonic invasions
• City-scale angel/demon battle and public angelic intervention

Demonic realm with nine floors. Lucifer is bound on the ninth floor. Rush trains and is tested here under Karner.

Significance

Source of invasions through Hell Gates; training ground and political center for Lucifer’s forces; prison for both Lucifer (historically) and later Michael.

Related Characters

• Rush Cohen
• Karner
• Lucifer
• Michael (captured/bound)
• Argaun
• Algolga / Rasiel
• Demonic combatants

Related Events

• Rush’s first combat test
• Michael capture reveal
• Dark Lord council / Algolga gate planning
• Journey toward Lust celebration

Dimensional space between worlds; floor zero between Earth and Hell.

Significance

Transit and threshold space. Karner uses Porta ad Limbo to move Rush through this between-worlds path.

Related Characters

• Rush Cohen
• Karner

Related Events

• Rush’s passage from Earth pursuit into Hell training path

First floor of Hell.

Significance

Destination after Rush’s first Hell combat test; Rush is taken there for a celebration.

Related Characters

• Rush Cohen
• Karner

Related Events

• Post-trial movement toward Lust

Ninth floor of Hell, where Lucifer is bound by Ethereal Chains.

Significance

Prison-depth of Hell and Dark Lord containment site; core of the “imprisoned for eternity” belief held by archangels.

Related Characters

• Lucifer

Related Events

• Lucifer’s imprisonment explained (archangel action; Rasiel is not the imprisoner)
• Broader Ethereal Chains mythology

Training grounds where Soren trains with Az. Includes a ravaged forest destroyed by Soren’s emotional Imperium torrent.

Significance

Place of discipline, grief processing, Aethernus caution, and Soren’s power awakening under Holy Knights philosophy.

Related Characters

• Soren Eyer
• Az

Related Events

• Imperium and Aethernus lessons
• Forest-destroying emotional outburst
• Solo training while Az watches

Hidden magical armament shop run by Bardo. Contains a hidden chamber opened via Aperta. Trades rare relics and uses Order of Babylon magical currency.

Significance

Supply point for holy/anti-demon armaments; site where Az obtains a Knights Templar blade with Leve, Critica, and Obice runes.

Related Characters

• Bardo
• Az
• Rush Cohen
• Demon customer seeking black rose potion for Helena

Related Events

• Chapter 14 swords-and-spells acquisition scene

Closest decoded coordinate from Nolan’s ancient tablet. Rush is sent there first while searching for relics, especially an odd-looking book linked to the Grand Compendium.

Significance

First Earth expedition node in the Grand Compendium hunt.

Related Characters

• Rush Cohen
• Black Hand escort
• Nolan Bates (assigner)
• Karner (overseer/enforcer)

Related Events

• Chapter 13 mission assignment and departure framing

One decoded coordinate location from Nolan’s tablet.

Significance

Future/unvisited (as of Chapter 15 notes) Grand Compendium search site.

Related Characters

• Rush Cohen (assigned explorer)
• Nolan Bates

Related Events

• Named as coordinate target in Chapter 13

One decoded coordinate location from Nolan’s tablet.

Significance

Future/unvisited (as of Chapter 15 notes) Grand Compendium search site.

Related Characters

• Rush Cohen (assigned explorer)
• Nolan Bates

Related Events

• Named as coordinate target in Chapter 13

Related Characters

• Michael
• Archangels
• Rasiel (appears in heaven/hell cast expansion; not an archangel; acts for Lucifer, not as imprisoner)

Related Events

• Heaven/hell stakes expansion (Chapter 4)
• Historical imprisonment of Lucifer (archangel action; not Rasiel)

Earth facility where Q’s demon-energy extraction chamber and XR308 weapons testing occur.

Significance

Shows humanity attempting to industrialize demon-derived power, at ethical and biological risk (demon dust, disposable test subjects).

Related Characters

• Q
• Lieutenant Hightower
• Alder
• GD17
• GD18

Related Events

• Chamber development
• XR308 test
• GD17/GD18 breakout
• Hightower quarantine/monitoring

Origin place where Nolan’s ancient tablet was found.

Significance

Source point for creation-of-mankind / Grand Compendium investigative thread.

Related Characters

• Nolan Bates (researcher/claimer of significance)
• Dr. Nadir (decipherer)

Related Events

• Tablet discovery referenced in Chapter 13