Encounter-a-Day

Some unspecified event destroys heaven, hell and everything in either of them. Now there is only the Earth, and the angels and demons “lucky” enough to be stranded here.

Angels and demons are two sides of the same coin, really. Demons are just fallen angels. The PCs might play either, and in the time since the cataclysm the difference between the two has blurred. Renegade angels use their powers for everything from creature comforts to efforts to enslave humanity or even destroy the world. Some demons have taken the opportunity of the cataclysm to repent and fight again for righteousness.

Even among the “good” angels, there isn’t much of a consensus. There’s no longer any reason to try to protect souls, since when a mortal dies their soul will simply be lost to the same oblivion which destroyed heaven and hell. Some angels continue to fight in the name of good for its own sake or out of habit, others fight for guilt, and some don’t fight at all.

The defining aspect of both angels and demons are their wings; minus those, they appear distinctly human. Since mortals can’t see the wings, though, angels and demons pass for human without even trying. The wings are highly individualized, with the caveat that an angel’s wings are always light and a demon’s dark. Other than that, they may be feathered, bat-like, skeletal, or even wing-shaped tendrils of light.