History Literature / NoSympathies

** '''Gluttony:''' Beelzebub is a perpetually hungry slob who rules over a swamp of excrement and filth wehre most of the demons are looking for a tasty morsel, be it mortal or demon.
** '''Lust:''' Asmodeus will screw AnythingThatMoves while forgoing all else. Because of this, his circle is full of brothels and pleasure houses (not so pleasurable for the damned), and is by far one of the most poorly maintained areas in Hell.

* AnythingThatMoves: Asmodeus will lay with anyone and anything in his circle, though he keeps his own personal harem closest.

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[Music/TheRollingStones Just as every cop is a criminal, and all the sinners saints, as head is tails call me Lucifer, cause I'm in need of some restraint.]]''[[note]]Pictured: Top left to right -- {{Asmodeus}}, [[GeneralRipper Abadon]], {{Beelzebub}}, [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]], {{Mammon}}, [[TheEeyore Belphegor]], and [[{{Wangst}} Sheol]]. Bottom left to right -- [[AllLovingHero Pug]], [[{{Succubus}} Matilda]], and [[BloodKnight Alichino]][[/note]]]]

* DemonicPossession: Beelzebub takes over a human girl's body to feast in one chapter, and an exorcist tries to get him out. [[spoiler: He leaves, but not before sending the girl's soul to the afterlife already and giving the exorcist a lecture on demonkind's views on humanity.]]

-->'''Abbadon:''' ...Wait. [[spoiler:[[DelayedReaction How long has that been in there?]]]]

-->'''Abbadon:''' ...Wait. How long has that been in there?

* HumanPincushion: Abaddon has a massive sword from Gabriel sticking through his chest, aggravating him to no end. Amazingly, he doesn't seem to notice [[spoiler: until he's trapped in the main Intruder.]]

** While the both of them are [[spoiler:stuck inside the main Intruder]], Mammon chastises Sheol for failing to check himself before complaining about what others have, pointing out that he could work his way out of the mess himself. In response, Sheol gives Mammon a rather bitter lambasting of his own, chastising him for chasing gold instead of making things better for everyone [[{{Hypocrite}} like he loved to preach so often]]. It actually gives the lord of Greed pause, especially given that it's coming from [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness the hitherto obnoxiously whiny and self-entitled]] [[HypocriteHasAPoint Prince of Envy]].

-->'''Mammon:''' [[{{Touche}} Perhaps we both have]] {{skewed priorities}}.\\

** While the both of them are [[spoiler:stuck inside the main Intruder]], Mammon chastises Sheol for failing to check himself before asking for help from the other Princes, when he could've worked his way out of the mess on his own. In response, Sheol gives Mammon a rather bitter lambasting of his own, chastising him for chasing gold instead of making things better for everyone [[{{Hypocrite}} like he loved to preach so often]]. It actually gives the lord of Greed pause, especially given that it's coming from [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness the hitherto obnoxiously whiny and self-entitled]] [[HypocriteHasAPoint Prince of Envy]].
-->'''Mammon:''' [[{{Touche}} I guess we both have]] {{skewed priorities}}...

* HumansAreFlawed: [[spoiler: Even God has to admit that it was in mankind's nature to sin. They didn't need a tempter like Mephistopheles to do that. At the same time though, He believes that they are all allowed to come to Heaven if they are willing to face that.]]

** Sheol gives a rather bitter one to Mammon, chastising him for chasing gold instead of making things better for everyone [[{{Hypocrite}} like he loved to preach so often]]. It actually gives the lord of Greed pause, especially given that it's coming from [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness the hitherto obnoxiously whiny and self-entitled]] [[HypocriteHasAPoint Prince of Envy]].
-->'''Mammon:''' [[{{Touche}} I guess we both have]] {{skewed priorities}}.

* ShipTease: Pug is all but stated to fall for Alichino after he's saved from Valec from her. Likewise, she obsesses over him in a way that's obsessive and creepy at first, but quickly becomes more sincere.

* TokenEvilTeammate: [[spoiler: Mephistopheles is tasked with joining Pug and his friends on their quest to alert Heaven to the intruders, much to his chagrin.]]

* 24HourArmor: Lucifer is always seen in his impressive-looking armor. [[spoiler: He takes his helmet off at the very end, though.]]

* RageAgainstTheHeavens: What Lucifel and his followers tried to do during the War of Heaven. It didn't go so well, as now all LuciFER can do is wait until he's ready to try again.

** Sheol gives a rather bitter one to Mammon, chastising him for chasing gold instead of making things better for everyone like he loved to preach so often. It actually gives the lord of Greed pause.

[[caption-width-right:300:''[[Music/TheRollingStones Just as every cop is a criminal, and all the sinners saints, as head is tails call me Lucifer, cause I'm in need of some restraint.]]''[[note]]Pictured: Top Left to Right - [[{{Asmodeus}} Asmo]][[{{Lust}} deus]], [[GeneralRipper Aba]][[{{Wrath}} don]], [[{{Beelzebub}} Beelz]][[VillainousGlutton ebub]], [[{{Satan}} Luci]][[{{Pride}} fer]], [[{{Mammon}} Mam]][[{{Greed}} mon]], [[TheEeyore Belph]][[{{Sloth}} egor]], and [[{{Wangst}} She]][[GreenEyedMonster ol]]. Bottom Left to Right - [[AllLovingHero Pug]], [[{{Succubus}} Mati]][[BrokenBird lda]], and [[BloodKnight Ali]][[CuteAndPsycho chino]][[/note]]]]

The setting is a re-imagining of both the realms of Hell and Heaven, the former taking many cues from Literature/TheBible, Literature/TheDivineComedy, and the general pop culture regarding both realms. In this interpretation, the Princes of Hell have ruled over their respective seven circles for eons after their failed coup in Heaven, known as The Fall. But beneath all of this, something is happening. A puny and ambitious yet AffablyEvil imp named Pug has big dreams of graduating from simple tormentor to tempter in the mortal realm. Against the wishes of his master {{Mephistopheles}}, he decides to rise up to the mortal realm himself, going through all seven circles of Hell in the process. Along the way, he allies with [[BloodKnight Alichino]], a Marquise of the Malebranche who takes an unhealthy shining to him, and [[BrokenBird Matilda]], a former temptress of a succubus who lost her job after ending up InLoveWithTheMark.

* ArchangelRaphael: She appears as [[spoiler: the one who helps our heroes climb up the mountain of Purgatory, encouraging them to face their sins.]]

''No Sympathies: A Tale of Those Who Trespass Against Us'' is a supernatural horror/comedy novel and the first work of Creator/WilliamDavidCope, who would later go on to write Literature/TheAtomicTimeOfMonsters and Literature/WizardingSchoolMysteries.

* EmbodimentOfVice: The Princes each correlate with the SevenDeadlySins.