Penumbrian Demons

The Penumbrian Demons are a race of bright orange hominid creatures of hulking stature from Gravity Star, taking residence deep in the forests of the planet Penumbros. They are known for being incredibly dangerous.
== Biology ==
Penumbrian demons are hulking, orange hominid creatures that are usually cycloptic. Armed with sharp teeth, large claws and many spikes, they are a force to be reckoned with.
Penumbrian demons usually vary in the amount of spikes they are adorned with, but all of their spikes are made from bone and cartilage. Some have horns atop their head, but this is a byproduct of the semi-random spike placement.
Penumbrian demons are immune to fire and heat, and cannot be burned, thanks to their demonic heritage; however their heat resistance is escalated for as-of-yet unknown reasons.
== History ==
=== Elizabeth Tarkin and the Sisters ===
The demons had long ravaged the tieflings of Penumbros, and eventually one of them, Elizabeth Tarkin, led the charge to fight them off. When Gravity Star came to Penumbros' aid, they opted to build a facility to create an army of clones of Elizabeth to do her job even long after she's gone.
=== Gravity Star Campaign ===
Octus the Conqueror sent his propaganda officer, the Puppetmaster, to Penumbros to gather demons for use in his army and to destroy Shadowcast. This worked for a while, but soon Gravity Star sent in one of their teams to address the issue. They encountered multiple on the way to Shadowcast, one of which Gary bottomed, but eventually got to the facility and found out what was happening. Shadowcast had been ravaged for a long time and their commander, 002, had been taken, and Gravity Star was going to end that blight. They eventually pinpointed the location of the Puppetmaster with the help of 014 after saving the scout squads they could, and went straight to him. As they saw him corralling demons onto a ship, Dewey got his attention by calling him a bitch. Eventually, Tommy was able to launch an incendiary grenade inside of the Puppetmaster's cockpit, frying his controls and freeing the demons, who promptly beat the Puppetmaster to a bloody pulp. The demons became a neutral party to Gravity Star after being freed, but still did not like the local tieflings.
== Behavior ==
Penumbrian Demons are known to be highly aggressive and highly dangerous brutes that occasionally hunt in packs. They are known for being incredibly durable as well. They are incredibly territorial, but will not go out of their way to attack civilization unless the civilization breaks into their territory.
== Trivia ==
* The tieflings of Penumbros are implied to be humans that either evolved to combat/fit in with the demons, or humans that crossbred with the demons. Whichever explanation is canon is unclear.
* The Penumbrian demons were modeled after G.R.I.M. Mk. 04, which is the opposite of how it went in-universe. In-universe, the members of Shadowcast modeled G.R.I.M.'s later models after the demons they were meant to fight.
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Category:Demons