Lucifer and the Army of Darkness

At the end of the age of man when the last vestiges of divine power had ebbed away, Lucifer and his nine dukes of Infernum stormed through the Hell gate that had long since been dormant in the center of demons port. Lucifer had made a deal with the Great demon lord Pazuzu. with the Armies of infernum and demons combined no force could stop the tide of Evil from sweeping over the world.Lucifer no rules all using his nine dukes to deal with the affairs of the material world. Each Duke has a control of many demons and lesser devils and a massive hierarchy was formed. the lesser devils and demons often bestowed power upon men to rule in their stead. Devils and demons won't do the work that they can trick a mortal into doing. the Average person can go their whole life never seeing a devil or demon. only the "nobles" who make deals with them for power ever make regular contact. the nobles are almost all human and the more power they are given the more corrupted they become, slowly becoming demons themselves.

The Hell gate has long since been secured by Lucifer and demons port is forbidden for all but his top servants. The sheer number of beings passing through the gate weakened the barriers between the planes. this has caused vast numbers of monsters to come through across Undaria as well as the unknown Darkness within the Dwarven under roads. Although these monsters pose little concern to Lucifer or his dukes some lesser Devils often Hire mortal monster hunters to deal with them. Monster hunters are seen by some as heroic saviors and others as nothing more than opportunistic scoundrels who serve the devils for profit.