Seven Hells

Every god and goddess of The Twelve is associated with one of six controlling elements. When the deities deemed Their work on Eorzea complete, They proceeded to create the firmament, the result being six astrally aligned heavens aspected to each of six elements, and a final seventh heaven to rule them all. However, a residual product of these heavens were six similarly aspected hells, ruled by an all-encompassing, umbrally aligned seventh hell.

While some sects of Twelve worship have different views of the afterlife, most believe that the righteous are promised a place in the heavens while sinners are doomed to an eternity of punishing trials in the hells. A belief made popular by a famous theologian and playwright of the Sixth Astral Era states that upon an evil man's death, he will fall to a hell that corresponds to the sins he committed in his lifetime. Once suffering an eternity in payment for these sins, he must journey through the remaining five "upper hells" and witness the sins of his brothers before finally arriving at the gate of the seventh hell, where his heart will be weighed. If it is heavy with sorrow and repentance for what he has done, he will be sent to the heavens. If it remains light, he will be admitted to the seventh hell where he will suffer forevermore.

The Elemental Hells

The Hell of Fire

The Hell of Fire was formed when the rubble left after the creation of its heavenly counterpart was cast from the firmament into the dark Pit and set alight. Here burn those who wrongly judged their peers, those who tricked their customers, and those who gave and received bribes.

The Hell of Water

From the bed of the celestial river did forsaken droplets fall to the Pit where they settled and stagnated, creating the Hell of Water. Here drown deceivers, counterfeiters, charlatans, and false prophets.

The Hell of Wind

Rogue gusts from on high incite terrible tempests in the Pit, creating the Hell of Wind. Here mountain bandits, defilers of land and sea, and pirates suffer as the air tears flesh from bone and soul from flesh.

The Hell of Ice

From Halone's cold palace do piercing icicles plummet to the Pit, creating the Hell of Ice. Here suffer cowards, deserters, and adulterers.

The Hell of Lightning

Levin-charged fragments of the commet plummet to the Pit to form the Hell of Lightning—a place of damnation for vandals, slumlords, and warmongers.

The Hell of Earth

Leaves fallen from the tree and left to rot in the Pit are what create the Hell of Earth. Here lie buried thieves and defilers of nature, liars, and revisionists.