Demon

Description[]

Demons exist to destroy, twist mortal minds and values to remake and reshape them into reflections of their own evil, maim, ruin, and feed. They recruit mortal life only if such cohorts speed along the eventual destruction of hope and goodness. It is the prolonging of mortal pain and suffering that fuels a demon's lusts and desires, for it is partially from mortal sin and cruelty that these monstrous fiends were born. With each evil mortal soul that finds its way into the Abyss, the ranks of the demonic hordes grows—a single soul can fuel the manifestation of dozens or even hundreds of demons, with the exact nature of the sins carried by the soul guiding the shapes and roles of the newly formed fiends.

The Abyss is a vast (some say infinite) realm, far larger than any other plane save possibly the primal chaos of the Maelstrom itself. As befits such a vast and varied realm, the demonic host is likewise diverse. Some carry in their frames humanoid shapes, while others are twisted beasts. Some flop on land while others flap in air or sea. Some are schemers and manipulators of emotion and politics, others are destructive engines of ruin. Yet all demons work to the same goal—pain and suffering for mortal life in all its forms.

Yet despite this, mortals have sought demonic aid since the start. Be it an instinctual draw to self-destruction or a misguided lust for power, conjurers to this day continue to draw forth demons with forbidden magic. Some conjure demons for lore, while others call upon them to serve as assassins or guards. Demons view such summoners with a mix of hatred and thanks, for most demons lack the ability to come to the Material Plane to wreak havoc on their own. They depend on the mad to call them up from the Abyss, and while they gnash their fangs and rail against the commands and strictures enforced, most demons find ways to twist their summoners' demands so that even the most tightly controlled demonic slave leaves a trace of ruin and despair in its wake. More often than not, a foolish spellcaster makes a fatal mistake in the conjuring and pays for it with blood, unwittingly releasing a terrible blight upon the world as his conjuration breaks free of his control. The truly mad call upon demons to offer themselves, both body and soul, in the misguided belief that alliance with the demonic can buy salvation and protection when the demonic apocalypse finally comes to call. Tales of desperate kings who sought to engage demons to serve as generals for their armies or of lunatics who seek demonic sires to gift them with horrific children are common enough, yet worst are those mortals who worship the most powerful demons as gods, and who pledge their lives in support of that which would bring destruction to all.

Creating new Demons[]

Demons are biologically dead and unable to reproduce on their own. Even the sex-oriented Incubi and Succubi are unable to procreate normally, despite posessing the body parts for reproduction. Life requires life to make new life, so in order to reproduce, Incubi and Succubi require life energy to fuel the process and empower the newborn Demon to live. While only a fraction of one Soul's life is required to breathe life into a newborn Demon, the more Vital Force used in the process means a more powerful Demon to be made. Thus, if a Succubus or an Incubus wants to make children with other Demons or mortal lovers, they need to extract Life Force from them in order to do so.

Powers and Abilities[]

As there is a large variety of Demons, there is a large variety of powers they can possess. There is almost no limit to the type of powers Demons can use, though lesser Demons tend to have only one or a few powers, while stronger ones have access to many. Their chief powers tend to include the following:

• Temptation/Corruption
• Hellfire
• Enhanced Physicality

List of Demons[]

• Mephisto (Lord of Hell, strongest Demon)
• Samantha Greene (Former Human turned Demon, Queen of a pocket of Hell, on her way to becoming the strongest)
• Lilith (Former Goddess of Lust, destroyed)
• Shiklah (Former Queen of a pocket of Hell, betrayed by Sam and regenerating, in the process of reclaiming her lost power)
• Ramona Flowers (Former Human turned Demon, wanderer of the multiverse)