Seven Great Demon Lords

is a collective term for the strongest Demon-type Digimon. Usually, they don't interfere with each other, neither cooperate or become hostile with each other regardless of their interests or disagreements. 
They were once high-ranking Angel digimon, especially among beings of goodness. However, they each committed a deadly sin and . When Lucemon instigated a rebellion against God, alongside other Angel digimon that fell, they were deleted to the Dark Area by the Digital World's system (or perhaps the very human that created the Digital World), and being sealed there as punishment, continuing to exist as a deadly sin, a desire that they each pursue, subsequently becoming Demon Lords. Belphemon was sealed in the deepest parts of the Dark Area, and as its power was too immense, its data was put in a by that very same system. 
Currently, the Seven Great Demon Lords are the chief nobility of the Dark Area, residing within the heart of that world, the , and each member has the right to command legions of the "Nightmare Soldiers", if they so wish. They are also able to subvert the cycle of reincarnation presided over by Anubimon—instead of having the chance to be reborn, the data of their victims becomes their own flesh and blood. Among the Seven Great Demon Lords, Lucemon: Falldown Mode is said to be the strongest.
Despite their might, however, certain other demonic digimon are powerful enough to stand outside their authority, such as Grand Dracumon, who is so strong that even the Seven Great Demon Lords cannot interfere with him. Some other Demon Lords such as Belial Vamdemon are rumored to be part of this group, but are not members. The group has a natural rivalry with the Royal Knights.
=Members=
These are the known members of the Seven Great Demon Lords. There are 7 members in total, each representing one of the . They are all Demon Lord type Digimon (There are also more Demon Lord type Digimon, but only this 7 are mentioned to be members of the Seven Great Demon Lords). (Note: The X Digimon still count as the same Demon Lord). 
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七大魔王 Nanadaimaou 	七大魔王 Nanadaimaou 	七大魔王 Nanadaimaou 	七大魔王 Nanadaimaou 	七大魔王 Nanadaimaou 	七大魔王 Nanadaimaou 	七大魔王 Nanadaimaou
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Lucemon: Falldown Mode 	Pride 	Lucemon 	X-Antibody 	 	 	
Leviamon 	Envy 	Leviamon (X-Antibody) 	Leviamon (X-Antibody) 	 	 	
Demon 	Wrath 	Demon (X-Antibody) 	Demon (X-Antibody) 	 	 	
Belphemon: Rage Mode 	Sloth 	Belphemon: Sleep Mode 	X-Antibody 	 	 	
Barbamon 	Greed 	Barbamon (X-Antibody) 	Barbamon (X-Antibody) 	 	 	
Beelzebumon 	Gluttony 	Beelzebumon: Blast Mode	X-Antibody 	 	 	
Lilithmon 	Lust 	Lilithmon (X-Antibody) 	Lilithmon (X-Antibody) 	 	 	
The Seven Great Demon Lords are listed here in order of ascending Purgatory Level. This ordering is a reference to "the levels/terraces of purgatory" mentioned in the epic poem, by . In the poem, each level represented a different one of the seven deadly sins and presented ways to atone for each sin. As a person progressed, they would eventually make it to the top of the "", reaching . The structure of the "Mountain of Purgatory" analogous to the Seven Great Demon Lords' Purgatory Levels is the following:
===Lucemon: Falldown Mode===
===Leviamon===
===Demon===
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==Crowns==
Each of the Seven Great Demon Lords has their own crown (冠, Kanmuri) displayed in one of the seven colors of the visible spectrum of light. 
The center of each crown depicts a of one of the , a group of seven mythological entities who, under God, ruled over the 196 provinces of Heaven and presided over the natural world for 490 years eachGreer, J. M. The New Encyclopedia of the Occult ISBN: 9781567183368. They are mentioned in works such as and are each associated with a , which is also displayed on the crown directly above the Olympian Spirit seal, and corresponds to a particular sin. 
Within the space between the two concentric circles is text stating a designated Level; this is "666" for all the crown where "666" is the "", a concept mentioned in the Book of Revelation, System; the demon that traditionally represents the respective sin, and Code which identifies a sin associated with the aforementioned demon. At the bottom of the inner circle is text which specifies a caution for a Purgatory Level ranging between 1 and 7.
The structure of the text is in the following format:
:LEVEL:___ SYSTEM:___ CODE:___ (repeated twice)
:CAUTION! PURGATORY LEVEL ___
In Digimon Savers: Another Mission, the crowns are displayed on card keys in the following format:
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Having the appearance of the dragon of Revelation, it is Lucemon's final form. As was told in the Revelation, it carries the Crowns of the Seven Deadly Sins upon its head, and it holds the globe of darkness, "", which absorbs all attacks. Before the all attacks are nullified, and it is said that the world will perish when Lucemon takes this form. However, Lucemon's true form (Lucemon Larva) exists within the , and Satan Mode is no more than Lucemon's reflection. Therefore, no matter how many times Satan Mode is attacked, those attacks will not reach the true form, Lucemon Larva. Its Special Moves are a flame of destruction which purifies everything ( ), and a light of annihilation fired from the seven Crowns ().
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Ogudomon, also known as the Super Demon Lord of Atonement (贖罪の超魔王, Shokuzai no Chō Maō), is a grotesque Super Demon Lord who has seven legs and eyes, as well as an eighth eye. As it includes the whole of the Digital World's sins, and is a mysterious personification with the ability to atone for them all, the power of a Digimon with even a small amount of malice is counterbalanced, and it is impossible for it to defeat Ogudomon. Its Special Moves are running wild while lustful ( ), and a shock-wave which is played from its oral-area ( ). Also, it pulverizes its opponent with its enormous legs ( ).
Like Lucemon: Satan Mode, it carries the Crowns of the Seven Deadly Sins upon its head.
===Gate of Deadly Sins===
Although very little is known about it, the seven crowns are also engraved on the Gate of Deadly Sins .
===Tower of the Seven Deadly Sins===
The Towers of the Seven Deadly Sins are mysterious buildings.
In Digimon Collectors they begin appearing across the Digital World and they attract Digimon exhibiting their respective sin, as well as the Protagonist, who is sent to investigate them by the Royal Knights. Although the protagonist defeats the Great Demon Lords lurking within each tower, this only serves to bring about the manifestation of Ogudomon's tower, as well as the Super Demon Lord itself.
In Digimon World -next 0rder- International Edition the Seven Great Demon Lords each create one of the Towers whilst living in the Dark Area, however they are absorbed by the Grudgeful Hand, after which it destroys the Dark Area.
===Ogudomon's Swords===
Ogudomon has seven swords stuck in its body, said to contain the abilities of the Seven Great Demon Lords.
Each sword is inspired by the physical appearance of each of the Demon Lords, and features the crown of their respective sin floating above it, while embedded in Ogudomon's legs.
In Digimon Chronicle X, the Seven Diablomon X serving Lucemon X were able to summon Ogudomon's swords after absorbing the Seven Great Demon Lords, in their X-Antibody forms, and using them in their battle against the Royal Knights.
=Appearances=
==Anime==
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The Lucemon: Falldown Mode card, Bo-137t, which is based on the anime character, states that the Lucemon of Frontier was a member of the Seven Great Demon Lords.
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Belphemon, along with the other great demon lords, almost brought ruin to the Digital World long time ago. However, he was sealed deep inside an ancient ruin in the Digital World. Professor Akihiro Kurata found his Digitama and brought it to the real world at some point of time. He nurtured the Digitama that eventually hatched into Belphemon Sleep Mode. Kurata's plan was to use Belphemon as his ultimate weapon for both Digital World and Human World domination.
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Beelzebumon is mistakenly stated in its official Toei Animation profile to be a member of the Seven Great Demon Lords.
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Lilithmon is a member of the Seven Great Demon Lords.Toei Animation, Digimon Ghost Game character list: Lilithmon
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The group is mentioned by Ulforce V-dramon as a powerful Demon Lord-class group of Digimon. In his story, Ulforce V-dramon explains that the Royal Knights confused Homeostasis' prophecy of the "Red and Blue Dragon" that will destroy the world with Leviamon and Belphemon. Ulforce V-dramon also mentions that the rest of the Demon Lords, except for Lilithmon, didn't wanted to get involved in the war and maintained a neutral position.
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The Seven Great Demon Lords all decided they wanted the X-Antibody for themselves, so take advantage of Grand Dracumon's plan to defeat Digimon and send them to the Dark Area.
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The Seven Great Demon Lords are mentioned by Wanyamon in Episode 1, "Playing Pretend". Demon is one of their members.
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As they are the incarnation of the sins, the Seven Great Demon Lords will exist while the sins still exist.
			
			
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The Seven Great Demon Lords appear as a collectable card set.
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The Seven Great Demon Lords appear in the Scheme of the Demon Lords chapter (策謀の魔王篇 Sakubō no Maō-hen). They're meant to be one of the forces that keeps balance in the world, but Barbamon and Demon wish to take over both worlds instead, starting the conflict in the chapter. Belphemon, Leviamon and Beelzebumon reject Barbamon's plans and decide to help Taiga and Shinomiya Rina stop him instead, Lilithmon wants to stop him but on her own and attacks them as well, while Lucemon is a victim of Barbamon's schemes and torture, turning him into the rage-driven Lucemon: Falldown Mode, then the world-destroying Lucemon: Satan Mode.
The Seven Great Demon Lords are extremely powerful and can only be stopped with the power of other Demon Lords, thus Taiga and Shinomiya Rina seek to obtain their powers, though this is a trap, as Barbamon wanted them to obtain said powers to force-feed them to Lucemon so he can become Satan Mode. Ultimately, Barbamon is killed by Demon to take over his plans, then Demon dies at the hands of Lucemon who he thought was under his control, and Lucemon is taken down and saved by Taiga and Digimaru, stopping their ambitions.
The Seven Great Demon Lords also appear as a collectable card set.
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The "Towers of the Seven Deadly Sins" that appear alongside the Digital World after Arkadimon is defeated start to collect the essence of all sins, as a prelude to the advent of Ogudomon. 
Yggdrasil sent Ogudomon as a way to find superior beings that could defeat it, otherwise the whole world would collapse. The Royal Knights are unable to do anything against Ogudomon, due to in their words "the meaning of Justice can mean some evil depending on the interpretation", casting doubts on Yggdrasill's own judgement itself.
		
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According to Mikagura Mirei, the Seven Great Demon Lords are multiversal constants, they exist throughout the entire multiverse, and all we see in the franchise are just fractions of the original Demon Lord. They exist in all the parallel universes because of the power they possess. The will of the universe couldn't allow such extraordinary powerful beings to exist, so they were dispersed across the multiverse in order to weaken their powers. It's a kind of seal, and by existing in each world, their power is dispersed. This phenomenon is described as a "providence of the universe", a system that isn't maintained by anyone and simply naturally works. The official English localization of the game explains this as each Demon Lord dividing their existence as a method of self-protection. These fractions are connected with each other and when an avatar is defeated, their powers are sent to all other avatars throughout the multiverse. No matter how many times they are defeated, they will always return as long as there are sins. 
One of the problems of defeating one of its members is that the one who tries to face one of the Seven Great Demon Lords is committing a "sin" and soon after the fight against the Seven Great Demon Lord the one that faced them will be punished by the Digital World's system to suffer "karma" under certain circumstances. It is also said that they are above all the magical Digimon, being the highest of the high.
		
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In "Dragon's Land Chapter 1: The Key of the Dragon Stream" in Digimon Linkz, Volcanicdramon transforms the Seven Great Demon Lords into mutants that hold the Key Code, the clues to restores the Digital World. Along with Hina, the Player challenge the seven demons to gather the Key Codes. After collecting the seven Key Codes from each Demon Lord, Hina talks to the player. She says that they have gathered all the key codes but an error occurs and the program cannot be started unless using the IP of the administrator. Surprisingly, that IP matched to Volcanicdramon!
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In 2007, the Seven Great Demon Lords secretly released the crack program Tempest into the Digital World, that affected the Four Holy Beasts, among other digimon, causing world wide rampage as a consequence that eventually led to the L&R War. 
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==Trivia==
* Each one of the Seven Great Demon Lords represent one of the and are based on seven demons from Judeo-Christian mythology, a reference to 's , as well as incorporating elements from and references to the epic poem by , and (Clavicula Salomonis Regis).
* In the Digimon Card Game, the Gate of Deadly Sins「大罪の門 Daizai no Mon」can be seen in the background of the card EX2-044.
* During the "Hypnos Meeting 2019", following a fan's request for more details on the origin of the "Three Head Officers" in the manga, Nakashima Yuuki revealed that Bagramon went to Lucemon in search of someone to work alongside Tactimon, although Lucemon didn't want to work with someone and only see what would happen as a result of what Bagramon was trying to do, eventually turning down the offer. But Lilithmon, who was watching what was happening and took an interest in Bagramon, offered her help, although she ended up falling in love with Bagramon. http://digitalmado.com/Hypnos/meeting2019/ancer_n.html
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