"Once upon a time, there was a place that wasn't a place. It had many names: Avernus, Gehenna, Tartarus, Hades, Abaddon, Sheol....It was not considered a pleasant place by the majority of its inhabitants; however being dead, and being there (as they imagined) against their will, their opinions counted for little. " ― The Sandman #22
Hell is the underworld of demons and fallen angels. It was once ruled by Lucifer Morningstar.
Description[]
Hell is a separate dimension underground, it is separated by 9 circles, each one symbolizes a sin and the deeper it is, the more serious the sin committed was, in each circle hundreds of demons live, the lower the circle, the stronger the demons that inhabit it.
History[]
In A Hope in Hell, Dream ventured into Hell to retrieve his helm after it was stolen.
Hell was ruled solely by Lucifer, who used his talent for intrigues to remain in power. However, some years before Dream escaped from captivity, a shadow creature named Dark challenged Heaven, which resulted in a stalemate and tipped the balance of power in Hell. When first seen in Sandman, a Triumvirate of Lucifer, Azazel, and Beelzebub ruled the realm.[1]
During the events of the Sandman, Lucifer grew tired of ruling over Hell and retired, emptying the realm and passing the key for the gates on to Dream, who then was met with numerous contenders for the possession of the Key to Hell.
Dream chose to give the key to Duma and Remiel.
Netflix adaptation[]
Dream and Matthew traveled to Hell in search of his stolen helm. After a brief reunion with Nada, who Dream still could not bring himself to forgive after 10,000 years, he found his helm in the possession of a demon named Choronzon, who challenged Morpheus to a battle and selected Lucifer as his warrior. Dream chose to represent himself and defeated Lucifer to regain possession of his helm.[2] Later Lucifer is visited by Azazel, who informed her that they had assembled against Dream, and began planning their revenge on him.[3]
The Night Nurse confirmed that Hell has a great many layers with Lucifer's kingdom being at the very bottom. Among the upper levels are Limbo, Lust and Gluttony.[4]
Inhabitants and Visitors[]
- Lucifer Morningstar
- Dream
- Duma (co-regent)
- Remiel (co-regent)
- Nada (formerly)
- Etrigan
- Choronzon
- Azazel
- Beelzebub
- Belial
- Squatterbloat
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