When their time in the cages is over and they are properly “marinated,” souls are taken to the pits. There they are tormented by imps, their torment a crude, quick way of extracting energy from their soul. Some are tortured until they are totally wiped out, their agony only ending with themselves. Other souls are “rendered,” converted into fiends themselves to join the legions of torturers and enter the service of a greater fiend.
The screaming pits are a place of violence, not just against the souls condemned there, but also between the devils and demons that occupy it. The fights that break out constantly between lesser fiends in service to greater devils and demons are often the only source of respite that tormented souls receive.