I. Theoretical Framework
1.1 Doctrine of the Ninefold Hierarchy
The Lemegeton of the Nine Hells identifies nine Archdukes of Hell, each ruling a stratified domain of vice (e.g., Malphas governs “Pride’s Obsidian Spires,” while Belial commands “Avarice’s Mercury Pools”). Unlike celestial entities, these infernal lords manifest through psychic corrosion—their power grows proportionally to the caster’s unresolved sins.
Summoning relies on Reverse Covenant Dynamics: The caster must temporarily amplify a specific vice to resonate with the target Archduke, then impose Ethical Inversion Seals to contain backlash. This duality was proven in 1472 when Archmage Valtor summoned Malphas using his own arrogance, then trapped it in a guilt-crystal.
1.2 Soul Anchor Mechanism
To prevent spiritual assimilation, practitioners forge Oath Chains—nine interlocked rings crafted from:
- Repentant sinners’ melted shackles (3rd Hell’s signature material)
- Philosopher’s stone fragments exposed to dawn sunlight
- Tears of a reformed liar collected during confession
These chains bind the caster’s moral core during negotiations, as codified in the 1397 Treatise on Ethical Alchemy.
II. Conjuration Praxis
2.1 Preparatory Phase (9 Days)
-
Material Acquisition:
- Gather Hellfire Ash from candles burned during midnight blasphemy trials.
- Extract Guilt Essence by distilling wine left at crossroads for 9 hours.
-
Grimoire Activation:
- Bury the Lemegeton beneath a gallows for 3 nights to attune its infernal sigils.
- Trace each Archduke’s emblem with a copper stylus while reciting palindromic psalms.
2.2 Ritual Execution
Step 1: Circle of Containment (Dusk)
- Draw three concentric circles using Black Salt harvested from volcanic craters.
- Place nine Guilt Lenses (quartz prisms soaked in confession records) at cardinal points.
Step 2: Vice Amplification (Nightfall)
- Consume a Sin Elixir brewed from:
- 7 drops of envy (extracted from stolen heirlooms)
- 5 grams of sloth (moss grown on unused tombstones)
- 3 sighs of lust (captured in a mirror held before broken marriages)
- Visualize the target Archduke’s domain until the elixir induces temporary moral blindness.
Step 3: Invocation Chant (Witching Hour)
- Recite the Archduke’s True Title in reverse Enochian while walking counter-sunwise.
- Strike a Hell’s Bell (cast from excommunicated church bells) at each syllable’s cadence.
Step 4: Pact Negotiation (First Cockcrow)
- Present demands through a Silver Tongue (a mercury-coated reed that translates thoughts into infernal syntax).
- If terms are accepted, press the Oath Chain against the Archduke’s manifested sigil to imprint the bargain.
Step 5: Banishment Protocol (Dawn)
- Shatter a Guilt Lens to activate the Ethical Inversion Seal.
- Burn a Repentance Scroll containing 9 virtuous deeds performed by the caster, forcing the Archduke’s retreat via moral dissonance.
III. Key Artifacts
3.1 Lemegeton of the Nine Hells (Grimoire)
- Binding: Infernal deity’s skin from a repentant warlock, tooled with hellsteel rivets. Pages become illegible if read by anyone over 40% altruistic (per 1413 Virtue Index standards).
- Ink: A blend of crushed black diamonds, sulfur from volcanic fumaroles, and ink extracted from banned legal documents.
- Taboo: Opening the book near consecrated ground triggers spontaneous combustion of its lust chapter.
3.2 Oath Chains
- Forging Process:
- Quench red-hot hellsteel in tears of betrayed lovers.
- Engrave each link with one of the Nine Forbidden Virtues (e.g., “Unconditional Mercy” or “Excessive Humility”).
- Function: Chains tighten if the caster breaches the pact’s terms, severable only by performing the engraved virtue’s antithesis.
IV. Historical Case
1489 “Greed’s Quicksand” Incident
An apprentice attempting to summon Belial substituted Guilt Essence with rosewater, causing the Avarice’s Mercury Pools to materialize in Blamag’s vault. The resulting liquid metal dissolved all coins into screaming faces, later neutralized by flooding the chamber with donated gold (per Infernal Neutralization Tactics, 1491).
Conclusion
The Lemegeton of the Nine Hells exemplifies the razor’s edge between damnation and dominion. As etched on its cover in ever-burning hellfire: “To command darkness, one must first define the light.”
Blamag Restricted Access Notice
“This text requires Class IX clearance. Unauthorized reading triggers spatial distortions; survivors of the 1511 Breach Incident confirm the walls still whisper contractual loopholes in Aklo.”
