Daemon The daemon was the original infernal creature of the Warcraft series — the chaotic evil denizens of the Lower Planes . Daemons were summonable by the warlock unit of " " and later appeared as the minions of Gul ' dan in a mission of " " . The daemon design was scrapped for " " . The daemon image does not directly conform to any race of the Burning Legion , but they do share enough similarities with the ered ' ruin to assume that they might , in fact , have been Doomguard . " " actually uses a doomguard model for the Summoned Daemon , implying that this speculation may be correct . ( see below ) " " Dae ' mon " " ( with an apostrophe ) means " twisted soul " or " demon " in Orcish and was used by Durotan to describe warlock pets and orcs who drank Mannoroth ' s blood . " Daemon " ( without the apostrophe ) is a term used by both the Horde and Alliance in varying sources such as " Warcraft I " , " Warcraft II " and " World of Warcraft : The Burning Crusade " . It is believed it is used as a variant spelling of " demon " having nothing to do with the Orcish term . For example , in the " Warcraft II " manual they call Kil ' jaeden a " daemon " and Sargeras is called Daemonlord Sargeras . Gul ’ dan is said to have entered in a pact with a sect of daemons led by the Daemonlord Sargeras . Medivh is said to have consorted with daemons and Gul ' dan learned from Kil ' jaeden about countless daemon races . Daemons in the The Burning Crusade . The daemons of " " are referenced in Chess Event in Karazhan in the form of the Summoned Daemon chess piece . It takes the place of a Rook on the Horde side . Speculation . Daemons are ered ' ruin ? The model used for the Summoned Daemon is that of a doomguard , which fits with speculation that the daemons of the first two Warcraft games are , in fact , ered ' ruin . If this is the case , it may be possible that " daemon " is a name for this particular type of ered ' ruin , in contrast to the other possible ered ' ruin sub - type known as fiend . It is still possible that daemons may be a third race within the ered ' ruin . Although , it is also possible and more likely that Blizz ard may have just chosen to use an in - game model that looked the most similar to daemons from the early Warcraft games and never intended for them to be directly connected to the ered ' ruin . Either way , we may never know . They could have no connection as the creatures called " demons " are made up of " devils " , " daemons " , demodands " etc . , which would make daemons seperate from doomguard . Kil ' jaeden ' s daemonic appearance . Kil ' jaeden ' s image in Gul ' dan ' s " The History of Orcish Ascension " matched the daemon image . However , later sources clearly list Kil ' jaeden as one of the man ' ari eredar and his appearance in " " clearly uses the eredar model . Some sources suggest that Kil ' jaeden used a form blending eredar and orc or using a daemon shape . It is explained that this is one of the powers of the Deceiver . He is capable of changing his form and appearance in front of people into a shape that they will most trust or be awestruck by . In " Rise of the Horde " , both Ner ' zhul and Gul ' dan noticed only a few physical similarities between Kil ' jaeden and the draenei over the course of the story . This started with the legs , and much later in the book they noticed other similarities with other parts of his body . In " World of Warcraft " , Kil ' jaeden ' s appearance is shown to be a cross between eredar and daemon - like features including large horns and demonic wings . Some fans contended that Kil ' jaeden ' s form had simply been retconned along with his species . Others believed that the book was vague enough in its descriptions that it could have also been describing a " daemonic " , or rather an " ered ' ruin " , form which also shared some similarities with the man ' ari eredar and draenei form ( for example , the legs ) . His new appearance in " World of Warcraft " fits the latter theory .