Category:Damned Souls

Damned Souls not only died but were forced to live on in Hell-like dimensions; in essence they become akin to Demons and/or Noncorporeals but are distinct supernatural beings in their own rights known as unclean spirits.

Being a Damned Soul is considered the ultimate downfall and reserved for the truest of evildoers since only the most sinister individuals give audiences enough hatred that they see eternal damnation as suitable punishment. Complete Monsters are also reserved for this and those who cross the Moral Event Horizon are susceptible as well. Damned Souls continue to plague the living after death becoming lesser demons or poltergeists.

Villains who are Tragic can also end up damned if they were victims of Demons and/or Curses regardless of their moralities or actions in past lives. In some works of fiction, all Deceased may end up in damnation regardless of their moralities or actions.

Sometimes the damnation does not have to be shown outright and can apply if Villains are shown living and/or dying in a way Symbolic of them being Damned.

It should be noted that Damned Souls can also be characters who do not technically die but are condemned to unpleasant realms where they will not enjoy their time there or locations equivalent to Hell.

Saved Souls are the opposite of Damned Souls.

Villains who qualify

 * They must have started life as humans or members of other mortal races like Sapient Animals; if they were angels, demons, Deities and/or spiritual entities from other dimensions they do not count.
 * They must be imprisoned and/or linked to Hell dimensions unlike ghosts who wander between realms or be linked to their place of demise.
 * Even if they gain demonic powers and such they are still bound to Hell in some fashion normally through the classic "dragged to Hell upon defeat" type.
 * They cannot be creatures that have naturally evolved in Hell or similar realms (aka true demons).

Villains who do not qualify
Note: Do NOT create pages based on this as Heroes who briefly turned Unholy do not count.
 * 1) Characters who are Revived without turning Unholy.
 * 2) Beings that have always existed in Hell such as True Demons; this is for beings that were once of a living world but have since become Infernal due to Spiritual Corruption.
 * 3) Villains whose Souls used to be Condemned but later had them saved and Redeemed do not belong (e.g. Emma Swan, Kratos, Dean Winchester).
 * 4) The Undead; the Undead Beings must have been related to Hell-like dimensions or Condemned due to Curses.
 * 5) Characters whose Souls were wiped from existence becoming nothing thus having NO afterlives. However, characters whose Souls were wiped out but previously came back as Demonic Forces count.
 * 6) Characters who came back yet felt nothing afterwards.
 * 7) Characters who just die because there is no way to know about the afterlife due a lack of indications.
 * 8) Characters who swear to see protagonists in Hell or tease others by saying so because much like in the aforementioned case they have no way of knowing about the beyond.
 * 9) If their damnations were just dreams.
 * 10) If characters suffered transformations which led to their villainy or made their existences miserable and upon dying their Spirits are released to thank others before moving on as their crimes are implied to have been expiated thus saving their Souls.