Kingdom of the Wicked

by Kerri Maniscalco

When Emilia's twin sister is murdered in a ritualistic killing, she uses forbidden magic to summon one of the Wicked — the seven demon princes of Hell. Wrath, the prince who answers, claims to want the same thing she does: justice. But in a world where witches and demons have warred for centuries, trusting a prince of Hell might be the most dangerous spell she's ever cast.

40 characters, locations, and items in this world codex.

Characters

• Anir — Wrath's second-in-command — a scarred warrior whose quiet competence and unwavering loyalty make him the steady anchor in a court built on rage.
• Antonio — A young human man who courted Emilia with gentle smiles and honest intentions — and became the first casualty of a war between worlds he never knew ex
• Carolina Grimaldi — A young witch of Palermo whose connection to the di Carlo coven draws her into the lethal intersection of witch politics and demon intrigue.
• Celestia — The Crone — an ancient goddess who created the twin goddesses of Fury and Death, then locked them in mortal bodies to protect them from a threat even
• Claudia — Emilia's closest friend in Palermo — except Claudia was never really Claudia, but a shape-shifting spy whose loyalty to Pride ran deeper than any frie
• Domenico Nucci — A Palermo market vendor whose warm smile and golden arancini made him Vittoria's favorite distraction — and an unwitting pawn in a game between goddes
• Emilia di Carlo — A Sicilian Star Witch hunting her twin's killer — only to discover she is something far older and more dangerous than any witch was ever meant to be.
• Envy — The Prince of Envy — a collector of beautiful things who fills his museum-fortress with stolen art because nothing he possesses can fill the emptiness
• Fauna — A fierce young woman of the demon realm who befriends Emilia in Hell — all wild curls, animal-skull jewelry, and a loyalty that cuts deeper than any b
• Gluttony — The Prince of Gluttony — a warm-eyed hedonist whose lavish feasts and easy laughter disguise a sharp mind and a bottomless appetite for every kind of
• Greed — The Prince of Greed — a bronzed, copper-eyed dealmaker whose court runs on transactions, and who values everything precisely because he can put a pric
• Lust — The Prince of Lust — a golden-skinned seducer who wears desire like armor and whose court is the most intoxicating and most dangerous place in all the
• Nonna Maria — The di Carlo family matriarch — a witch elder who guards her granddaughters' secrets with herb bundles, sharp words, and a lifetime of knowing exactly
• Pride — The Prince of Pride and self-proclaimed King of Demons — a golden-haired manipulator whose throne room of obsidian and silver hides a reign built on t
• Sloth — The Prince of Sloth — the least visible of the seven brothers, whose apparent laziness conceals a being who has simply decided that most things are no
• Sursea — La Prima Strega — the First Witch, whose ancient spell split the Horn of Hades in two and set in motion a chain of deceptions spanning centuries.
• Vittoria di Carlo — Emilia's murdered twin — except death was only the beginning of Vittoria's transformation into something far more terrifying than any demon prince.
• Wrath — The Prince of Wrath — a demon who wears war like a second skin and hides the truth of his identity behind gold eyes and a serpent's patience.

Locations

• di Carlo Home — The ancestral home of the di Carlo witches — a small, crowded, two-story house where generations of magical women have kept their secrets behind ordin
• Gates of Hell — The boundary between worlds — massive, ancient gates that mark the threshold between mortal reality and the domain of the Wicked.
• House Envy — A museum-fortress filled with stolen masterpieces — every wing designed to make visitors ache for what they cannot have.
• House Gluttony — The feast-hall of the Seven Circles — a court of endless banquets where the food is extraordinary, the wine flows without ceasing, and secrets slip ou
• House Greed — A court of commerce and calculated excess — where everything glitters, everything is for sale, and the price is always higher than you think.
• House Lust — The most intoxicating court in Hell — where desire is an art form, pleasure is a weapon, and the line between seduction and destruction has been delib
• House Pride — The most opulent court in Hell — all white marble, gilded furniture, and obsidian throne rooms designed to make everyone who enters feel small.
• House Sloth — The quietest court in Hell — a place of muted colors and heavy silence where nothing happens quickly and urgency goes to die.
• House Vengeance — The Eighth Circle — a domain that shouldn't exist, ruled by the Goddess of Death from a throne built on the bones of everyone who underestimated her.
• House Wrath — The domain of the Prince of War — a fortress built for battle that Emilia slowly transforms from a stronghold into something that might, reluctantly,
• Palermo — A sun-drenched Sicilian city where witches hide in plain sight — all plumeria-scented breezes, candlelit trattorias, and ancient secrets simmering ben
• Sea & Vine — The di Carlo family trattoria — famous across Sicily for its food, and secretly the social heart of Palermo's witch community.
• The Shadow Realm — The domain of the Crone — a realm older than Hell itself, where shadows have substance and the boundary between death and existence grows thin.
• The Sin Corridor — The gauntlet between worlds — a shifting passage that tests every traveler's affinity for the seven deadly sins before permitting entry to the Seven C
• The Void — The first thing you see when you enter Hell — a vast, empty expanse of nothing that exists outside the Seven Circles, where new arrivals face the sile
• The Wicked Kingdom — The Seven Circles of Hell — a realm of impossible beauty and lethal politics where seven demon princes rule their domains like feudal lords of damnati

Items

• Envy's Dagger — A blade with a green gemstone pommel — as beautiful and covetous as the prince who carries it, and twice as sharp.
• Horn of Hades — An artifact of cosmic power disguised as two ordinary amulets — one silver, one gold — worn by twin witches who had no idea they carried the key to He
• Summoning Circle — The most dangerous tool in a witch's arsenal — a blood-drawn circle of symbols that tears a hole between worlds and calls a demon prince to your thres
• Temptation Key — A mysterious key that unlocks passage through the Sin Corridor — an artifact that must be earned through confronting one's own deepest desires.
• Witch Marks — Living tattoos that bloom across Emilia's skin with each supernatural encounter — a map of her growing power written in lavender ink and impossible fl
• Wrath's Blade — The weapon of the Prince of War — a blade forged in rage and refined over millennia into something that cuts through pretense as cleanly as it cuts th

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