The same story takes on different forms in the mouths of different people.
Everyone thought the former Pope was dead... or rather, according to the story told by the new Pope, he was dead, but in reality, he wasn't. Instead, he was secretly imprisoned by the new Pope in this filthy, forgotten location. No one would know he's here, and even if someone did, they couldn't save him.
Because this place is not a realm mortals can reach; it is Hell existing within the world of mortals.
The refining of Secret Blood is based on demons, the powerful blood Ascension, while the useless flesh is cast into the Well of Ascension. Countless demon corpses are stockpiled here; some aren't even dead yet, feeding on the bodies thrown in alongside them. This has been going on for nearly a millennium.
