Sayaad

The sayaad (pronounced say-ahd)An Impossible Foe (adjective form sayaadi)Exodar Holographic Emitter are a species of seductive and sadistic demons who look similar to the nathrezim. Many serve the Burning Legion, but others serve only themselves or can be impressed by a warlock master.Ultimate Visual Guide, Updated and Expanded, pg. 39 Only female sayaad are commonly seen, and are known as succubi (singular succubus). The males are named incubi (singular incubus). Sayaad can change their appearance between succubus and incubus form to match their master's preferences.Whatever You Sayaad
==Succubus==
Succubi serve as intelligence agents and torturers for the Burning Legion. Exemplifying the subtler side of the Burning Crusade, the cruel sayaadi temptresses revel in causing anguish and pain, and their murderous interrogations are the stuff of nightmares. Creatures of incredible mental powers, they can lull those of weak minds into their servitude.Devourer of Souls (Orgrimmar) Succubi know much about loveThe Love Potion and slake their lust with coupling.Rise of the Horde, pg. 147: Being a man'ari was better. Except for the female creatures with the leathery wings and tail, man'ari slaked their lust with violence, not coupling. They are described as devourers of souls, destroyers of hearts, dominators of minds, and tempters of men.Devourer of Souls (Stormwind)Devourer of Souls (Undercity) Succubi have a tendency to keep detailed logs of their day-to-day activities. Their accounts are often lurid, almost always grotesque, and are typically written onto "paper" made from the skin of an enemy or a captive.Flayed-Skin Chronicle
Many warlocks believed themselves strong enough to bind and command a sayaad, only to become the demon's next meal or being those commanded instead.The Binding (Incubus, Stormwind) Although they possess martial prowess, it is their illusionary charms that are their most potent weapon, as a single moment of hesitation is enough for the demon to seize the opportunity to enthrall its prey.The Binding (Incubus, Undercity)
Fel succubi are a more powerful variant, with red skin, more elaborate, spiked armor, and wings and whips that drip with fel energy.Orb of the Fel Temptress
==Incubus==
Incubi are much more rarely seen than succubi, but can be summoned by warlock adventurers. There are several different rumors concerning incubi, all of which are perpetrated by the succubi themselves. A few of the most common rumors are:
*The spell to summon them has been conveniently forgotten by mortal practitioners and Burning Legion agents.
*Incubi are kept as slaves on their home planet, having been rendered incapable of escape or independent movement.
*The succubi consumed the males of their race when they were brought into the Burning Legion. Alternatively, the act of devouring the males is what caught the attention of the Burning Legion.Ask CDev Answers - Round 1
During her battle against demons in the Dragonblight, Aegwynn encountered a demon who mentioned incubi as part of the Legion's forces.The Last Guardian, pg. 118 
==Notable==
==Warcraft III creeps==
Succubi appeared as creeps in missions and maps with the Outland tileset.
*Succubus
*Vile Tormentor
*Vile Temptress
*Maiden of Pain
*Queen of Suffering
==As a warlock minion==
The sayaad is the third demon minion available to warlocks, summoned by the Summon Sayaad spell. The spell randomly summons either an incubus or succubus unless the summoner choses to only summon one form or the other by customizing the Sayaad form at the barbershop.
==As a companion pet==
Sultry Grimoire drops from Mother Shahraz in Black Temple.
==In the RPG==
A succubus is a stunningly beautiful woman. Her voluptuous form is squeezed into a tight leather bodice. Large bat wings unfurl from her back, and she lets out a short gasp as she cracks a small whip against her milky thigh. A succubus is pleasure and pain rolled into one deadly package. Like all demons, she enjoys bringing death and misery to the mortal races — but that doesn't mean she can't have fun with them first. Many warlocks choose a succubus as a fellow companion for their ability to manipulate those weak of will. It is not uncommon for a succubus in a mortal's servitude to fall uncontrollably in love with him or her; this occurrence is not always to the master's advantage, though, for a devoted succubus can be prone to fits of extreme jealousy, especially when her master deals with those of the opposite sex. A succubus usually tries to avoid direct confrontation, preferring instead to use her natural (and supernatural) charm to gain a creature's trust, then to lure her victim into a defenseless position. In open combat, a succubus is far from helpless, however. She is surprisingly agile, always attempting to feint or flank an opponent, thus allowing her to backstab with her lash of pain. Most warlocks tend to trust their succubus's natural instincts in combat. This trust comes as much from respect for her abilities as it does from the realization that a succubus may ignore an order she doesn’t agree with anyway. This is especially true when an opponent threatens her master directly, as she may become reckless trying to save him.Monster Guide, pg. 127
===Queen of Suffering===
===Languages===
As members of the Burning Legion, succubi speak Eredun, and most also speak Common. Common is a language known by most races who would summon these beings, those who summon them likely know Eredun as well.
==Notes and trivia==
*In the Ultimate Visual Guide, the sayaad entry is written as "sayaad (succubus)", paring the two names like nathrezim (dreadlord) and shivarra (shivan). This could imply that the sayaad is the demon term, while the succubus is the Common language term.
*In all of the Kirin Tor's research into succubi and other sayaad, they have come to one conclusion - they are not to be trusted.Outlaw: The Folly of Levia Laurence
*Succubi outfits are actually designed for the temperatures of inferno worlds mostly on fire. Being on a world like Azeroth in such clothes leaves them feeling cold.Syaith
*One succubus whip was formed of the plaited flesh of several different creatures, some of them likely humanoid.Fiendish Whip
*Apparently, even some nathrezim find sayaad attractive: Gorgannon accused his fellow dreadlord Diathorus of using all of their blood ink to write love letters to the Mannoroc Lashers.Diabolical Plans
*Without being born of the sayaadi species, some people were known to have been transformed into succubi, like Sensiria.
*Ṣayyād (صياد) means "hunter" or "trapper" in Arabic.
*For most of Warcraft's history, only succubi were seen in-game. When incubi were requested as a warlock pet in April 2011, Community Manager Zarhym responded that Blizzard had plans for offering players a choice between male and female versions of all warlock demons, but that they didn't have a time frame for when it might be implemented. 10 years later, in September 2021, Blizzard announced that incubi would be added to the game following patch 9.1.5—both as a glyph option for warlocks and as an addition to places where succubus models appear—as part of ongoing efforts to make the game world feel more inclusive and to offer more ways for players to express themselves. Incubi were added in patch 9.2.0, though not as a glyph; instead, the old Summon Succubus spell was replaced by Summon Sayaad as the default, with the preference of summoning exclusively an Incubus or Succubus being added as a cosmetic option.
==Speculation==
In the Warcraft Saga Issue 1, one of the demons that Sargeras is shown fighting before his corruption (see below) resembles a masculine sayaad and may have been intended to be an incubus. However, it bears little resemblance to the incubus model that was later added to World of Warcraft, notably lacking wings and having differently shaped horns. It may simply have been intended as a satyr, though this would mean that its inclusion in the comic was an error since the first satyrs weren't created until the War of the Ancients much later in history.
==Gallery==
Demoness.jpg|Concept art of a "Demoness" that looks similar to the Warcraft III succubus.
Succubus Old.png|Original succubus model (pre 1.4.0).
Hederine Initiate.jpg|Second succubus model (1.4.0 to 7.0.3).
Coercitor Nixa.jpg|A fel succubus.
Incubus concept.jpg|Concept art of an incubus.
Incubus.jpg|An unidentified species of demon in the Warcraft Saga resembling an incubus.
Succubus Starcraft II editor.jpg|Unique Starcraft II editor remodeled asset from Warcraft III.
Vile Temptress Reforged.jpg|Vile Temptress model and concept art for Warcraft III: Reforged.
Kerrigan HotS Succubus.jpg|Succubus Kerrigan in Heroes of the Storm.
Kerrigan HotS Legion Mistress.jpg|Legion Mistress Kerrigan in Heroes of the Storm.
Xela the Tormentor TCG.jpg|A blood elf warlock and her succubus.
The Love Potion TCG.jpg|Mistress Nagmara
Mistress Nesala TCG.jpg|Mistress Nesala
Selora TCG.jpg|Selora
Retribution of the Light TCG.jpg|Rakaiah enjoying torturing Trey Lightforge.
Angrida.jpg|Angrida
Sarlia TCG.jpg|Sarlia
Lynxia TCG.png|Lynxia
Karazhan Concubine TCG.jpg|Karazhan Concubine
Sister of Seduction TCG.jpg|Sister of Seduction
Hateful Seductress TCG.jpg|Hateful Seductress
Sister of Pleasure TCG.jpg|Sister of Pleasure
Lothros tcg.jpg|Lothros, a nathrezim accompanied by two succubi.
A Final Blow TCG.jpg|Shadow Lord Fel'dan with Moora and Salia.
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==References==
 
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