Demon (AST)

Demons are in the category of species that came to be on another plane of existence. As such, while the term demon is often used, it would be more appropriate to refer to them as extraplanar beings.
==Overview==
Demonic planes vary dramatically, and generally speaking, the closer they are to Earth-like conditions, the more human like the demons that reside there are. As you can guess the truly dangerous demons come from very odd planes. However it isn't exactly easy to jump between these planes either. Usually some pretty big magics are needed, though the closer it is the easier it is to get to, but then only fairly advanced mages would even try to reach.
Despite popular belief demons aren’t inherently sociopaths. That's not to say said demon types don't exist, but they are usually loners. It is rather difficult to have a functioning society within your group if you all lack empathy. Empathy is a pretty broad concept and if you are a hostile sort to function with others of your own kind you'll need some sense of this to not be in constant conflict. For example, a member of a weaker demonic races knowing that a member of a stronger races would attack them if they stepped out of line is a form, albeit minor, of empathy. Likewise the big demon knowing it can intimidate the smaller demon is essentially empathy, again albeit minor.The psychopathic demons usually seen in media are generally at best from very small groups as if they have any intelligence they know the others of their kind will kill them at the drop of a hat if it is convenient for them, and thus they are likely to kill the others for no other reason than to preserve themselves. Hard to get any kind of organized society from that."
Most demons have the full range of emotions if they're intelligent, if for no other reason than it makes them better at knowing their enemies. That's not to be confused with them caring at all about the wellbeing of other species though, or not being malicious. In fact, the unfeeling ones are often far less dangerous, not completely safe, but usually totally functional in their approach to things so if they're going to kill you, they'll kill you. They won't be mean about it, although they won't be nice about it either.
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