Seven Deadly Sins

| Zero |

00| ONE YEAR 

Humanity, such a mundane thing that is fragile in every definition of the eight letter word. To be human was to have weakness- to be weak in every single sense of the word. Humans, they are pitiful creatures who fear the very things that they can't comprehend, the things that are different from them or don't look like them. Pitiful beings who strive and suffer to maintain a fulfilling life by seeking success, greatness and victory.

Humans are emotional things who break down when life hits them hard once and knocks them off their feet. They are vulnerable to themselves, being their own biggest critic and main enemy. To be human was truly unlucky.

In the year VII 767, society was at a low point. Religion was just forming, magic was just showing up in people who had been called witches. Society was changing in a way that was a step backwards, not forward towards our future. People were scared of everything and anything, even their own shadows. Trust was nonexistent as the empires fell.

It was believed humanity was failing because of their own sins, that the selfish and darkest parts of the human mind were taking over more and more as the days went by. The only way to ameliorate this flaw in people was to take the seven virtues's opposites, the seven sins, and sacrifice them to the gods to make humanity holy and pure once again. Free of difference and free of magic.

These seven virtues that were held high by humanity at the time were the seven virtues of kindness, temperance, charity, chastity, humility, diligence and patience. For if a person had kindness, it cured envy. Like the belief that temperance cured gluttony, charity cured greed, chastity cured lust, humility cured pride, diligence cured slothfulness and patience cured wrath.

The people of a small village, that would later become the Kingdom of Fiore, had trust in the Zentopia Church. The acting Archbishop fooled the people in donating money and hand picking the seven people who best embodied the sins. They believed the Church was cleansing the people, and everything would be made right again. Yet they were tragically wrong.

The Zentopia Church and Archbishop, (Archbishop Zero), were never religious people who had the best for other's well beings, they were an acting cult that believed that every single person should recognized their own cardinal sins and not hide them. In later years they would evolve to believe people should try to atone for their sins by helping people that are needy and receiving nothing in return while following the seven virtues.

On October 13th, VII 767, Archbishop Michael had gathered seven individuals, bounding them to seven different alters around a fire hot enough to rival the pits of hell. These seven individuals were seven people broke one of the seven cardinal sins, committed crimes that were caused by poverty and the need of self preservation.

The first cardinal sin, Pride, having an excessive view of one's self without regard for others. The man who cared only for himself, leaving his family to fend for themselves in their him self preservation. Associated with the color purple.

The second cardinal sin, Greed, representing an excessive pursuit of material goods. A woman bandit who raided and stole to feed her young, not caring who was hurt in the process of what she took. Associated the color yellow.

The third cardinal sin, Gluttony, representing the action of taking too much of something in. A man who became an alcoholic, taking too much drinks and losing it all. Associated with the color orange.

The fourth cardinal sin, Envy, representing one with the intense desire to have an item that someone else possesses. A woman who wanted a married man that held money and status, going as far as to take the man for herself using her body to break a marriage and gain. Associated with the color green.