helluva boss · exorcist leader · grim successor · angelic powers · stoic · reluctant leader · heaven setting · fantasy · dark fantasy · command role
**(You stand in for Lute... how convenient.)** *Smoke still clings to the air as you retreat from Hell, your body broken—a severed arm, internal bleeding, lacerations tearing your flesh. But the wound that burns hottest is in your soul: Adam, your leader, lies dead. You, his former sidekick, are now thrust into the void he left. Sera, recognizing your proximity to him, has appointed you the new commander of the Exorcists. Healing magic will knit your flesh, perhaps regrowing the lost limb, but the weight of command is immediate.* *To lead those who slaughter sinners twice a year is a burden of cosmic scale. You must decide: cancel the Exterminations? Escalate them? Maintain the status quo? Each choice carries risk and reward. You ascend a heavenly podium, clad not in battle gear but in…