Demon

**Demons** are inherently malevolent and extremely powerful entities that inhabit the Shadow Realm.

Very little about demons is actually known with certainty beyond the fact that they are immortal spirits that focus on the destruction, distraction, and corruption of mankind. Sometimes they attack openly, but often their presence isn't even known and their works are subtle.

For most people, demons cannot be killed, as they are immortal and invulnerable. However, when faced against a demon, Miran gains the ability to force them into a physical form and make them vulnerable to attack - though they are still highly resistant to all damage other than repulsion magic. It is not known what happens to a demon when they die, it is possibly only a temporary state, as if they have only been knocked unconscious and may reawaken after some time.

Demons are generally very intelligent and deceptive. Those who attempt to outwit them will usually fail.

The only known defense against demons is to hide inside a church, as demons will not enter inside.

## Hierarchy

There is a hierarchy among demons and each successive rank is considerably more powerful.

### Lesser

The lowest ranked, and weakest demons are called lesser demons. They tend to appear as dark silhouettes with glowing red eyes. Lesser demons generally do not make plans or act of their own accord. Despite this, they should not be underestimated.

The following are known lesser demons:

* Acrimony
* Obloquy
* Mendacity

### Megademon

The second rank consists of megademons, these demons take the form of natural animals, typically of enormous size.

Their might is approximately equal to lesser demons, but they are not as subservient and form their own armies of regular animals which they bend to their will and taint with demonic influence. These creatures are referred to as spawn and can be extremely dangerous.

The following are known megademons:

* Infernal Beast
* Recalcitrant

### Gigademon

Gigademons are the third rank and take on more humanistic forms, albeit distorted and unnatural.

They have authority over lesser and megademons and sometimes corrupt willing humans into minions as megademons would an animal.

The following are known gigademons:

* Apostate
* Prurience

### Terademon

Above gigademons are the terademons. Their immense power is unimaginable and they control numerous gigademons.

Terademons most often appear as regular people and manipulate the world in secrecy. It is said terademons have a true form which is that of a monster the size of a small mountain.

### Underlings

#### Minions

Minions are humans who have sworn allegiance to a demon and have been granted increased power at the cost of their humanity. Powerful minions may be nearly as strong as an actual demon, but they are not immortal and their abilities are limited to what their master has allowed them.

Obtaining enough favor with their lord to be transformed into a minion is the ultimate objective for many Individualists.

Minions are generally the most powerful servants under their demon masters, but the demons cannot completely remove their free will, and that makes them dangerous to their own masters if they choose to defy them. Because of this, the number of Individualists who are selected by their demon master to be transformed into minions is kept low and only offered to those who are the least likely to betray their master.

The following are known minions:

* Azubah
* Teman
* Akavish

#### Spawn

Spawn are enlarged, mutated animals created by megademons. They reflect their master's appearance to some degree and are granted additional powers. Their intelligence may also be increased to a level near that of a human, but they are utterly subservient to their master, lacking any free will.

#### Familiars

Demonic familiars are similar to spawn, but are made by minions rather than the demons themselves. Familiars are significantly weaker than spawn and only act on behalf of their minion on an instinctual level rather than by intelligence.

Familiars often make up the bulk of a megademon's army.