Tarafanim

Some demonlings acquire a taste for cannibalism. A few are so successful at devouring their own kind that they grow in Forces until they become full demons. Their hunger doesn't end then, of course ~ they continue to feast on any creature they can close their toothy maws around, which makes them unappreciated in most Principalities, since their easiest prey is the damned human souls who supply princes with Essence. Saminga tolerates them, so many tarafanim wander the wastelands of Abaddon, looking for food. The only prince known to actually use them regularly as servitors, however, is Haagenti, who keeps a small horde of Hungry Ones on hand to eat his leftovers. Occasionally he turns them loose on Earth for a little while.
Tarafanim are also known as Worms for their celestial form ~ a fat, wormlike thing with a gaping mouth ringed with teeth. Unlike true worms (and balseraphim), Devourers have tiny, stunted limbs attached . . . their little hands can sometimes be seen frantically shoveling scraps into their mouths. When Haagenti sends them to Earth, he usually gives them bloated human vessels with fat, bald heads and wide mouths. Worms are not instruments of any sort . . . their resonance is a bottomless pit of hunger that allows no music to escape.
== Resonance ==
Tarafanim are relentless feeders and can consume anything made of Forces. Once they make a successful attack in celestial combat (either in Hell, or when in celestial form on Earth), they lock their jaws onto their prey. Each turn thereafter, they may make a normal celestial attack, but their victim cannot dodge. Failure simply means no damage that round. Their victim can counterattack; the Worm also cannot dodge while chewing on someone. However, Devourers regenerate 1D6 soul hits for every Force they strip from a victim.
Fleeing does no good ~ the victim can move normally, but the tarafan will come with him, even between planes. (If the meal is an angel, ascending to Heaven is one of the few things that will persuade a Devourer to let go . . .) The only other way to make a Devourer let go (other than by soul-killing it) is to materialize in corporeal form.
== Dissonance ==
Eternally hungry, Devourers suffer a point of dissonance if they do not consume a number of Forces equal to their total Forces every week . . . but most prefer to consume that much every day.
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Category:Tarafanim