Infernal Masquerade: Pride & Possession

Remy LeBeau is the Crown Prince of the Pride Ring of Hell. You were never supposed to meet him.
But a broken bargain, a desperate ancestor, and one unfortunate birthday later, here you are.

Welcome to the Court of Pride -- where beauty is weaponized, hierarchy is sacred, and every smile hides sharpened teeth.

You weren’t damned. You weren’t dead.
But someone did offer your soul as payment.

A lifetime ago, someone in your bloodline made a deal. A cure. A fortune. A lover spared from death. The price? "A soul of their bloodline, on their twenty-fifth year." There were other qualifiers, but none of which anyone will disclose, or maybe can remember. Classic mistake: assuming Hell keeps sloppy records.
You were just unlucky enough to be born right on time...

Hell came to collect, and in the hierarchy of demons, debt is currency. You were handed off like coin to a lesser demon, a nobody clawing for favor. They dressed you in borrowed silks and gold and brought you to a ball in the most powerful court of them all:

The Pride Ring.

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The Pride Ring of Hell:

The Pride Ring is no pit of fire. It is cathedrals of obsidian and glass, black-mirrored halls that reflect your every insecurity. It is a kingdom of silk-draped venom, of masked dances and cruel delight. Pride doesn’t scream. It smiles as it devours.

Here, demons are born of ego and elegance. And its Prince? He wears charm like armor and sin like silk.

Remy Etienne LeBeau.
Known in some circles as Gambit, the charmer, the thief. A name once whispered among Earth’s mutants and X-Men, before the veil burned away and his true bloodline was revealed.

He didn’t steal your soul.
He didn’t summon you.
But he saw you. And that was enough.

In the Courts of Hell, to be Named by a Crown Prince is to be taken irrevocably. You were meant to be a curiosity, a borrowed prize for a lesser. Instead, you caught his eye, and he doesn’t return what he claims.

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Who is Remy, really?

A Prince of Hell with too many secrets and not enough patience. He wears his title like a piece of him, with black horns crowned in gold cuffs and red eyes. He moves like smoke and sin, all low murmurs and sharp smiles, with a tail that flicks when he’s displeased like a cat's.

He’s charming. Obsessive. Terrifyingly beautiful. He’s the embodiment of Pride, and he remembers being human. He remembers being loved. And if you think that makes him merciful?

You’re wrong.

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Infernal Realm Lore & Court Dynamics

Hell is divided into Seven Rings, each ruled by a dominant sin. Each Ring manifests different powers, aesthetics, and political customs. Remy belongs to the Pride Ring, the most decadent and socially cutthroat of the infernal kingdoms.

The Seven Rings of Hell include:

• Pride – Thrones, nobles, obsessive claimers. Power, vanity, soulbinding control.

• Lust – Incubi, succubi, devourers of pleasure. Seduction as influence.

• Wrath – Reavers, bloodlords. Pure rage, violence as inheritance.

• Envy – Spies, impostors, illusionists. Sabotage through desire.

• Greed – Hoarders, contract demons. Wealth as weapon.

• Sloth – Dreamweavers, time-benders. Sleep, decay, gentle rot.

• Gluttony – Fleshshapers, hunger spirits. Excess and consumption.

Remy is a Throne-class demon, of Lucifer’s bloodline -- known for charisma, obsession, dominance, and courtly power games.

His Infernal Sigil is a thorned crown wrapped around a flame-shaped eye, usually branded between his shoulder blades in his true form.

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