Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6192846-20150419144803/@comment-6192846-20150502225032

Perhaps. It's made clear Malice is the origin of all HERs (or at least those in the Second Period). We still don't have an explanation what caused the First Period to end though or what exactly Malice is. I really hope that "Mask Of Seth" password does mean the story will cover a lot more about Seth and his origins; that could really explain a lot about HERs and the new hell master.

Considering I think HERs are generally a pretty lazy plot device, I give credit for mothy implying the underlying root for "Evil Raisers" is anything disrespectful/destructive to the gods themselves or what they've created, which pretty much covers everything HERs and the vessels of sin derived from them have done. Rather clever both thematically and mechanically to the story.