Location from Kingdom of the Wicked by Kerri Maniscalco
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 Vengeance is the court that was never supposed to exist — an eighth circle carved out by a goddess who refused to be contained by the system that tried to lock her away. The atmosphere is one of ancient, patient menace: not the hot rage of Wrath or the cutting politics of Pride, but a cold, absolute certainty that justice will be served on terms no one else gets to negotiate. Vittoria rules here with the assurance of someone who died and came back with nothing left to lose. Her court attracts those who have been wronged by the other seven circles — the exiled, the betrayed, the forgotten — and reshapes their grievances into weapons. It is the youngest court and the most feared, because vengeance is the one sin that all the others are capable of committing.
A realm that defies the aesthetic conventions of the other seven Houses — darker, older, and built from materials that predate the demon princes' reign. The architecture feels ancient rather than designed, as if the court grew organically from the bedrock of Hell itself. Vittoria's throne sits at its center: not gilded or jeweled, but carved from something that absorbs light and radiates cold authority.
Also known as: the Eighth Circle, Vittoria's court