You say that, but unless I'm very very sheltered/America-centric, America is Cryptid Capital of the World, with an unsually high number of 'this is a monster we tell you exists but we aren't allowed to describe or name it or we all die horribly' type old folklore. So less 'lower in number' and more 'too dangerous to record' style threats.

America - all of them, but mostly the US - has an utterly insane amount of cryptids that run the entire gambit of dangerous to benign. Though they aren't as well documented as those of the 'old world' (Australia is in a similar place, though everyone already expects literally everything there to be secretly trying to kill someone).

They also have the most well armed and well practice general populace that keeps issues under wraps even without their dedicated support teams even being alerted about it. It's amazing what happens when all those militias actually have something they can train to deal with.

I just imagine all those sci-fi channel horror movies where a monster attacks and a random guy manages to kill it and save the girl, all with just some random crap he finds. Turns out those are all true stories in DxD and why America isn't fucked with.

"Yeah last week some random fucking geologist just killed a hydra. No magic, no history of anything supernatural about him, just an american. Sure he was the only survivor, but a random mortal guy killed a motherfucking HYDRA!! That right there is why you don't go to America as a monster"
 
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As neat as the Cryptid infested America theory is I believe there's another aspect to it.

Consider the fact that a Mesoamerican Deity like Quetzalcoatl could go up and give Tina her tattoo up in Texas seemingly with no issues like stepping on someone else's toes or anything. That implies that in spite of not being worshipped much anymore by regular humans, the Mesoamerica gods have only grown their area of influence to include at least some of North America.

Combine that with the aforementioned Cryptid infestation, and a heavily armed population of 'normals' to cull any small fry and you have an environment that seems very unfriendly to outside influence.

Funny enough the more I think about it, the more the Mesoamerican Gods having more influence makes sense. The Americas was discovered and subsequently colonized in the timespan of roughly the 15th to 17th centuries, which is conveniently the timespan where the great war either ended or at least started winding down. Leaving the big three far too depleted to try anything like spread their influence to the new world.

Though I will note that the angels at the very least seem to have gotten some influence as seen by a gun shop owner selling exorcist weapons.
 
As neat as the Cryptid infested America theory is I believe there's another aspect to it.

Consider the fact that a Mesoamerican Deity like Quetzalcoatl could go up and give Tina her tattoo up in Texas seemingly with no issues like stepping on someone else's toes or anything. That implies that in spite of not being worshipped much anymore by regular humans, the Mesoamerica gods have only grown their area of influence to include at least some of North America.

Combine that with the aforementioned Cryptid infestation, and a heavily armed population of 'normals' to cull any small fry and you have an environment that seems very unfriendly to outside influence.

Funny enough the more I think about it, the more the Mesoamerican Gods having more influence makes sense. The Americas was discovered and subsequently colonized in the timespan of roughly the 15th to 17th centuries, which is conveniently the timespan where the great war either ended or at least started winding down. Leaving the big three far too depleted to try anything like spread their influence to the new world.

Though I will note that the angels at the very least seem to have gotten some influence as seen by a gun shop owner selling exorcist weapons.
From what I have pieces together of the timeline, the New World coincided more with the Devil Civil War than the Great War.

The Great War ended somewhere around the Crusades (mostly speculation, though it's between the fall of Camelot and the end of one of the Crusades that makes the most sense).

All of the New World is excessively Christian, due in large part the Church(mostly in rivalry with each other) either leading the charge or being the thing people were running from. The countries literally claimed territories in the name of crown and Church, so it's not a surprise. And looking around now, there are dozens of churches in literally every city worth the name in the US.

Though modern Heaven runs into the issue of there being dozens of different (Protestant) denominations all operating in the same territories in the US that aren't as neatly divided between Catholic, Orthodox, and Anglican like Europe.
 
Though modern Heaven runs into the issue of there being dozens of different (Protestant) denominations all operating in the same territories in the US that aren't as neatly divided between Catholic, Orthodox, and Anglican like Europe.
I feel like Heaven probably mostly ignores this. Like, sure, they probably know there are differences and there are probably some denominations that they don't like. But in most cases they probably don't care. I doubt they really care about the differences between the Baptist church and the Evangelical church for example, even if they have a number of differences.
 
I feel like Heaven probably mostly ignores this. Like, sure, they probably know there are differences and there are probably some denominations that they don't like. But in most cases they probably don't care. I doubt they really care about the differences between the Baptist church and the Evangelical church for example, even if they have a number of differences.
It is more a matter of hierarchy and influence/control.

It is easy for Heaven to interact with the Vatican, the Church of England, and the Orthodox leadership for example.

It is not easy for them to do so with dozens of splintered (and still splintering) factions that hate each other nearly as much as they collectively despise the Catholic Church. And that is without including any of the more modern cults/sects like Mormons and Jehovah Witnesses.

Even the different Muslim factions are easier to deal with, and the only two things those seem to agree on is where Mecca is and that Muhammad shouldn't have any pictures.
 
It is more a matter of hierarchy and influence/control.

It is easy for Heaven to interact with the Vatican, the Church of England, and the Orthodox leadership for example.

It is not easy for them to do so with dozens of splintered (and still splintering) factions that hate each other nearly as much as they collectively despise the Catholic Church. And that is without including any of the more modern cults/sects like Mormons and Jehovah Witnesses.

Even the different Muslim factions are easier to deal with, and the only two things those seem to agree on is where Mecca is and that Muhammad shouldn't have any pictures.
In my experience most Protestant churches don't hate other Protestant churches or even the Catholic church. There is a strong dislike of the Catholic church, though I wouldn't say it's hate in most cases. At least nowadays. Well, other than a couple like the Mormons and such. They don't like the Mormons. Anyway, while they think that the other churches have wrong doctrine they don't think the others are heretics. Heretical doctrine is specifically false teachings that would prevent someone who believes it from going to heaven, for example believing that Jesus wasn't God. I think this is the problem with the Mormons btw. Most Protestant churches don't hate other churches if they aren't heretical, and with most of them not being heretical they don't hate most other churches.
 
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In my experience most Protestant churches don't hate other Protestant churches or even the Catholic church. There is a strong dislike of the Catholic church, though I wouldn't say it's hate in most cases. At least nowadays. Well, other than a couple like the Mormons and such. They don't like the Mormons. Anyway, while they think that the other churches have wrong doctrine they don't think the others are heretics. Heretical doctrine is specifically false teachings that would prevent someone who believes it from going to heaven, for example believing that Jesus wasn't God. I think this is the problem with the Mormons btw. Most Protestant churches don't hate other churches if they aren't heretical, and with most of them not being heretical they don't hate most other churches.
It's less the people of the church and more the leadership that has issues playing nice with each other.

Most Protestant denominations hate each other the same way other closely aligned but rival factions hate each other - like the type of infighting you get when you get more than 2 'communists' or 'socialists' in the same room and suddenly you have 4 different opinions for 3 people. There is a unique type of hate for groups that are very close to your own yet differ in only a few suddenly extremely important ways.

Like opinions about pineapple on pizza. Or if a hotdog is actually a taco.
 
As far as I can tell canon wise the Angels can barely tell the difference between the Abrahamic divisions(Christian, Muslim, Jew, nevermind the internal sect differences). So they just swoop down, give out blessings, slay evil and bugger off.
 
Rule number one of visiting the Americas: Don't.
The idea of the Americas being scary got stuck in my head and this is what I managed to dislodge.


Grigori headquarters was quite large. Its inhabitants weren't evenly spread though. They tended to flock together and form cliques. Mittelt didn't like most of them, but she had to travel through one of the hangouts for a group of older fallen to get to the office where the fake ids were issued.

She tried to speedwalk past, only to catch their attention. One of the fallen didn't quite get in her way. He grinned in a manner that seemed tailor-made to be annoying.

"Where are you off to in such a hurry?"

Mittelt gave the group her best smug look of superiority.

"Azazel-sama gave me a mission to Nevada."
Mittelt was about to leave but the awkward atmosphere made her pause. She looked around at the suddenly sympathetic and pitying gazes.

"What? What is it?"

Another one of the fallen set his book down with an authoritative thump.

"Rule number one of visiting the Americas: Don't."

Mittelt was confused, but still managed a sneer.

"Seriously? Are you a fallen or a chicken?"

That had the entire room laughing. One of the other fallen wagged a finger at her in a way that made her want to put a light spear through his skull. He smirked condescendingly.

"It's easy to say that when you haven't met their hunters."

A few others piped up in agreement.

"Yeah. Those maniacs are something else."

"Freaking gun nuts."

"I met this fellow up in the Yukon. He had a stuffed Wendigo in his cabin. A F***ing Wendigo, stuffed and mounted like a trophy. He also wore a necklace of vampire teeth like some sort of supernatural Crocodile Dundee."

Another fallen let out a huff. He lifted his shirt to display a long, ugly scar running horizontally across his stomach.

"It's not just the hunters you've got to worry about. I got this scar investigating this place called Camp Crystal Lake. I was having some fun with this cute blonde and a freaking revenant appeared out of nowhere and nearly cut me in half."

His display triggered a competition as everyone began supplying their own stories.

"Chupacabra aren't that strong, but man are they fast. Sneaky too. I woke up with one 'this' close to biting my throat while I was visiting Mexico. I couldn't relax the entire time I was there."

"I had a mission to the US once. I was supposed to make allies among the magic users at Miskatonic University. You couldn't pay me to go back."

"I went to Jersey to investigate reports of a stray devil a while back. Whatever that thing was, it was not a devil."

"There's a rumor that South America is off-limits to all Grigori members. I'm not sure about the details. Just something about Tezcatlipoca liking the taste of our blood. Freaking unfair. Angels love it there."

"You've read about the Slender Man on the internet, right? He's real. We lost a team to him not that long ago."

"Mothman scary mothman scary mothman scary mothman scary-"

The stream of tall tales cut off as the group turned toward the muttering fallen angel who was rocking back and forth in a fetal position. One of them coughed lightly and tried to change the subject.

"I had to investigate reports of humans with abnormal abilities in Florida. Turns out, some of the locals had mistaken a dragon for an alligator and cooked it into gumbo. Everyone who ate at the restaurant unlocked their touki."

Mittelt rolled her eyes.

"Okay, I know that one is made up. Eating dragon meat doesn't give you powers. For one thing, their meat is poisonous."

"Their cook knew a bit of voodoo. I didn't talk to them personally though. No way am I getting anywhere near a voodoo practitioner."

Mittelt stood up and flared her wings. She rolled her eyes at the group.

"Well if you're done making shit up, I've got a mission to do. Thanks for nothing, lackwits."

*A few weeks later*

Penemue paused as she saw Mittelt floating slowly down the corridor at a walking pace.

"Why have you been flying everywhere since you got back?"

Mittelt looked down, then gave Penemue a haunted look.

"Graboids."
 
The idea of the Americas being scary got stuck in my head and this is what I managed to dislodge.


Grigori headquarters was quite large. Its inhabitants weren't evenly spread though. They tended to flock together and form cliques. Mittelt didn't like most of them, but she had to travel through one of the hangouts for a group of older fallen to get to the office where the fake ids were issued.

She tried to speedwalk past, only to catch their attention. One of the fallen didn't quite get in her way. He grinned in a manner that seemed tailor-made to be annoying.

"Where are you off to in such a hurry?"

Mittelt gave the group her best smug look of superiority.

"Azazel-sama gave me a mission to Nevada."
Mittelt was about to leave but the awkward atmosphere made her pause. She looked around at the suddenly sympathetic and pitying gazes.

"What? What is it?"

Another one of the fallen set his book down with an authoritative thump.

"Rule number one of visiting the Americas: Don't."

Mittelt was confused, but still managed a sneer.

"Seriously? Are you a fallen or a chicken?"

That had the entire room laughing. One of the other fallen wagged a finger at her in a way that made her want to put a light spear through his skull. He smirked condescendingly.

"It's easy to say that when you haven't met their hunters."

A few others piped up in agreement.

"Yeah. Those maniacs are something else."

"Freaking gun nuts."

"I met this fellow up in the Yukon. He had a stuffed Wendigo in his cabin. A F***ing Wendigo, stuffed and mounted like a trophy. He also wore a necklace of vampire teeth like some sort of supernatural Crocodile Dundee."

Another fallen let out a huff. He lifted his shirt to display a long, ugly scar running horizontally across his stomach.

"It's not just the hunters you've got to worry about. I got this scar investigating this place called Camp Crystal Lake. I was having some fun with this cute blonde and a freaking revenant appeared out of nowhere and nearly cut me in half."

His display triggered a competition as everyone began supplying their own stories.

"Chupacabra aren't that strong, but man are they fast. Sneaky too. I woke up with one 'this' close to biting my throat while I was visiting Mexico. I couldn't relax the entire time I was there."

"I had a mission to the US once. I was supposed to make allies among the magic users at Miskatonic University. You couldn't pay me to go back."

"I went to Jersey to investigate reports of a stray devil a while back. Whatever that thing was, it was not a devil."

"There's a rumor that South America is off-limits to all Grigori members. I'm not sure about the details. Just something about Tezcatlipoca liking the taste of our blood. Freaking unfair. Angels love it there."

"You've read about the Slender Man on the internet, right? He's real. We lost a team to him not that long ago."

"Mothman scary mothman scary mothman scary mothman scary-"

The stream of tall tales cut off as the group turned toward the muttering fallen angel who was rocking back and forth in a fetal position. One of them coughed lightly and tried to change the subject.

"I had to investigate reports of humans with abnormal abilities in Florida. Turns out, some of the locals had mistaken a dragon for an alligator and cooked it into gumbo. Everyone who ate at the restaurant unlocked their touki."

Mittelt rolled her eyes.

"Okay, I know that one is made up. Eating dragon meat doesn't give you powers. For one thing, their meat is poisonous."

"Their cook knew a bit of voodoo. I didn't talk to them personally though. No way am I getting anywhere near a voodoo practitioner."

Mittelt stood up and flared her wings. She rolled her eyes at the group.

"Well if you're done making shit up, I've got a mission to do. Thanks for nothing, lackwits."

*A few weeks later*

Penemue paused as she saw Mittelt floating slowly down the corridor at a walking pace.

"Why have you been flying everywhere since you got back?"

Mittelt looked down, then gave Penemue a haunted look.

"Graboids."
This is great.

Have a threadmark.
 
America has replaced Australia somehow in this setting.
Not quite.
Australia is the "NOPE Continent" for the mundane, but I can accept the Americas as the supernatural equivalent on top of our crazy wildlife.

`stralia has all the natural threats.

The US of A is where all the unnatural ones come on in. Cyptids and all other sorta abnormal things for days.
Australia is known by everyone that literally everything on that forsaken continent is secret trying to kill someone(usually lots of someones)(most of the time very-not-so-secretly).

The Americas in general, and the USA in particular, sneak by because first glance doesn't let you see the sheer mind numbing level of insanity and crazy that exists there. For as much as DxD Europeans pat themselves on the back for 'superior culture', they would have fared far worse than the native populations if they had tried to develop in the Americas instead of Europe where the biblical God literally managing shit for them.

And thats not including all the cryptids and insanity that fled to the Americas.
Its a nation of immigrants. All the spookies driven out but won't die end up there
Like this.
 
And with the sheer variety's of supernatural threats, humanity's defenders would need to be adaptable and aggressive to keep up. The result would be a figurative and literal arms race, at least in the beginning.

So, it's a "steel sharpens steel" situation. Well, there has to be some way to keep the mundane population/society safe, and a supernatural arms race between the defenders and the occult would certainly do it. Then there's the mention before about the amount of space and wildlife that obscures and hides the supernatural. Add on the mundane threats and different terrain, weather, climate, and culture... Yeah, I'm beginning to see why they wouldn't want to settle in the Americas'.

Also, I love the "Tremors" reference; a quality cult classic of a B-Movie.
 
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So, it's a "steel sharpens steel" situation. Well, there has to be some way to keep the mundane population/society safe, and a supernatural arms race between the defenders and the occult would certainly do it. Then there's the mention before about the amount of space and wildlife that obscures and hides the supernatural. Add on the mundane threats and different terrain, weather, climate, and culture... Yeah, I'm beginning to see why they wouldn't want to settle in the Americas'.

Also, I love the "Tremors" reference; a quality cult classic of a B-Movie.
Note that if they are migrants the cryptids are dangerous but largely would rather not be troubled. Expect them to concentrate in wilderness and rural regions.
 
Your side story gets me thinking that one of those little corollaries to "every mythology is true at once" is "sufficient faith manifests stories." That makes little internet rumors and creepy pasta prime real estate for terrible new pantheons and problems. How many people have been captivated by Lovecraft? How many people have feverishly combed through SCP's wiki? Hell maybe the combined fanaticism of magical girl fans is what gave MC the boost needed to learn and apply the no doubt mind bending amount of information required to build Razing Heart on such a short notice.

Note that if they are migrants the cryptids are dangerous but largely would rather not be troubled. Expect them to concentrate in wilderness and rural regions.
The supernatural community at large is kind of pissed at the Bigfoot cities in the Appalachians for getting filmed so often. There's a whole task force of Trolls that have to run interference for them online and on TV.
 
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Yeah... The USA is surprisingly dangerous. I mean, we don't think about it but, as much shit as I give Ausies about their spiders, we have a wide variety of venomous spider, and well. Bears are fucking dangerous. You would think it would be wolverines... But after meeting humans they figured out if they pretend to be dogs they get free food. Then they go and fuck up bears. Wolverines are weird.
 
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