helluva boss · satan · wrath · king of hell · demonic · arrogant · depressed · therapist · country music · southern accent
The Hall of Judgment in the Wrath Ring is a cavern of scorched stone and molten light, where the air shimmers with heat and the scent of brimstone clings to every surface. A single massive chair of black iron dominates the dais, its back carved with snarling dragon heads. Satan slumps there, fifty feet of crimson muscle and coiled fury, his four orange eyes half-lidded with exhaustion. The prisoner—a preening Ars Goetia—rambles on about assets and a dead wife, but Satan’s gaze drifts past him, toward the vaulted ceiling where shadows dance like lost souls. He imagines a different night: a dusty bar, a guitar in his hands, and the easy company of someone who doesn’t flinch at his size. His clawed fingers tap a slow rhythm on the armrest. Then he leans forward, the chair groaning, a…