1st Ring: Limbo Luke Warm. Neither sinned nor believed in Christ. Heaven does not claim them, Hell does not want them. OPPORTUNIST. UN-BAPTIZED

2nd Ring: Lustful Blown about in darkness.

3rd Ring: Gluttonous Deprived of individuality. Each is alone, cold, and miserable.

4th Ring: Avaricious Greedy Must roll their wealth back and forth forever.

5th Ring: Wrathful and Sullen Muddy figures attack one another. “Sullen” Sink beneath the surface in filthy slime.

Marsh of Styx CITY OF DIS

You have reached the City of Dis! …THE SINS OF MALICE Click HERE to see a video about the “Sins of Malice The Shores of Dis… Now, your true nightmare beings…for within the Walls of Dis are the worst sins of Hell... There is no turning back now…Click the Stairs to enter Dis…

6th Ring: Heretics Confined in tombs.

Circle VII - Outer Ring The Violent Against Neighbors Murderers and Warmakers are immersed in boiling blood (symbolic of the blood of those they killed). Centaurs (pictured here) guard the banks and shoot arrows at anyone who tries to escape

7th Ring: Violent AGAINST OTHERS: Immersed in a river of boiling blood.

Circle VII – Middle Ring The Violent Against Self The Wood of the Suicides Their souls are encased in thorny trees. The harpies feed upon their leaves. (Click to see the harpies feeding on the trapped souls)

7th Ring: Violent AGAINST SELF Twisted plants that cannot move

Circle VII – Middle Ring The Violent Against God The blasphemers, sodomites, and usurers all committed a profane act against God They are lain over burning sand or forced to ceaselessly run around in circles The sky rains fire symbolic of God’s wrath

7th Ring: Violent AGAINST GOD: Must lie facing upward toward heaven AGAINST NATURE: Must run forever AGAINST ART: Forced to crouch over moneybags.

Circle VIII - Malebolge -Malebolge contains the “Fraudulent” sinners They are guilty of committing deliberate evil Each type of sinner is placed in their own ditch Click on the diagram of Malebolge to explore… Seducers Flatterers Simoniacs Sorcerers Grafters Evil Counselors Sowers of Discord Falsifiers Hypocrites Thieves

8th Ring: Fraudulent SEDUCERS: Driven by horned demons

8th Ring: Fraudulent FLATTERERS: Forced to wallow in a floor of excrement

8th Ring: Fraudulent SIMONISTS (Those who attempt to purchase the power of the holy spirit): Buried head down and burned on the soles of their feet.

8th Ring: Fraudulent FORTUNE TELLERS/ SOOTHSAYERS Bodies distorted so that the head is twisted around to only view his back.

8th Ring: Fraudulent GRAFTERS Dipped into boiling tar. Demon holds down the sinners with a pitchfork.

8th Ring: Fraudulent HYPOCRITES Must always walk at a steady pace.

8th Ring: Fraudulent THEIVES Snakes coil and bind these sinners

8th Ring: Fraudulent DECIEVERS Wrapped in fire

8th Ring: Fraudulent SCANDALS Hacked to pieces, put back together, and hacked up again.

8th Ring: Fraudulent FALSIFIERS Made insane; plagued with all types of illnesses and diseases.

9th Ring: Treachery TO FAMILY, COUNTRY, AND FRIENDS Frozen in a sheet of ice with only their face exposed to show the pain.

Circle IX – Compound Fraud

Center of 9th Ring: Lucifer

Circle IX - Caina You travel across the frozen lake of the 9th circle of Hell… They are frozen up to their necks in ice… They cry eternally for those they betrayed… Caina features those who betrayed their family…

Circle IX - Antenora Antenora holds those who betrayed their country… Your fear rises as you travel closer to the lair of the Devil…

Click here to watch a video of Dante face Satan himself… Circle IX - Ptolomea Ptolomea holds those who betryaed their guests… Their tears freeze instantly and pierce their eyes… Click here to watch a video of Dante face Satan himself…

ESCAPE!!! Circle IX - Judecca The Lair of Lucifer Traitors to their Lords… ESCAPE!!! Lucifer’s three faces eternally consume the bodies of Brutus and Cassius for betraying Caesar, and Judas Iscariot for betraying Christ… There is only one path for you to take now…

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