#hell culture

. Pride : * excessive fuss on ' appearances ', most everything can be turned into a competition, a melting pot of various different cultures, a sense of organized chaos often reigns the land *

. Wrath : * Any context can be turned into a wrestling match, HOT desert climate, water is sacred *

. Gluttony : * everyone else often has more than 3 meals, binge eating in public, food stalls in every single neighborhood, people just often are very athletic *

. Greed : * too many banks, mobsters running around, Greed Royals hanging out in VERY exclusive places, Mammon running his crapsaccahrine Circus thing *

. Lust: * most everybody wears sexy fits out in the open, making out nasty in public is the norm, lots of sexy clubs libraries and art galleries, gorgeous gardens and public parks *

. Envy: * one part is like pirate crappsaccahrine and the other part is like ' tropical paradise '. And then there's the undersea cities. Lots of beaches. Hyper competition ensues. EVERYBODY understands a SpongeBob reference *

. Sloth: * the pace is SO slow, most everybody sleeps till near noon and sleeps rlly late. Long winters and short summers, most people speak rlly slowly, sleeping in the street was NORMAL, most everybody goes about with pyjamas regularly *

Thank you! Hell—in my various imaginings but specifically in some infinitely gentle (infinitely suffering) thing—very much relies on middle eastern/south asia/northern africa style aesthetics. It's a volcanic desert, essentially. Lucifer's palace is literally carved into the mountains, the Spine, as it protects the Palace from incursion on one direction and a barrier from sandstorms. Think Marrakech, think Petra:

Palace Demons are often punished by laying out mosaic tile in increasingly intricate and convoluted patterns or sent to scrub ash and sand out of the grout. But it's a lot of open hallways and stone arches, like this:

The inner areas of the palace, such as Lucifer's personal quarters a little darker, but similar vibes.

Chloe absolutely has pet Hellhounds, chiefly Aamon of the Great Den, Hound of the First Mark, Superior in the Hunt.