Event Demon King's Death

King's Rock capital and location of throne

The **Death of the Demon King** marks the end of the life of the former ruler of the Demon Realm. As well as a change to the system that rules the 9 Noble Demon Families.

Not much is known about that event, but it has been mentioned in the Online Universes. To become the true demon king is also the goal of some canon characters, like Incubus King Kuroi in Taimanin Yukikaze 2, with Edwin Black seen as competition.

## Event timeline

### Pre Event

1. As demons continue to struggle against each other in fights for domination and rank. Nobles and later King's and Queen's of the tribes formed.
2. The war between the Kings/Queens results in a "winner", which is crowned the Demon King.
3. The war of the gods end, with long-lived Lilith the First banishing the God/Devil with the help of ancient Dragons. It is unknown if this happened before or after.
4. It is unknown if only one or many Demon Kings have existed, but "he/they" were the pinnacle of strength and formed law within the Dark World. The ancient primal Hell Knights are established as his army.
5. Under the last Demon King, the 9 Noble Demon Families formed, these tribe rulers worked together to hold the the largest region in the demon realm.
6. The noble demon family of Bismarck serves the true demon king for multiple generations. Bismarck or his family, are either now or later made the leaders of the Hell Knights.
7. Some evil dragons are killed by the Hell Knights. Both Ingrid and Beowulf are known as dragon slayers. The Hell Kights also establish 12 orders, named after dragons.

### Event

1. The demon king dies, though it has not been confirmed how and why. Old age, murder or killed in combat, none of these options are known. The Snake Deity is mentioned as a being that can "devolve even the demon king in its stomach" but it is unknown if it ever did.
2. As a result of the King's death, chaos and a new struggle for the top erupts. However, nobody is able to claim the throne, with most demons being too equal in strength.
3. As a result, the throne remains empty, the control falls into the hand of Bismarck, which only acts as a de facto leader until a true king returns. He as a representative of the king can still appoint new rulers of the 9 Noble Demon Families.
4. The 9 Noble Demon Families as a whole become the hegemonic monarchy, but some of them try to claim the throne.

### Post Event

1. Several years later, Heliogabalus Gaap, the Flame Lord and one of the nobles, tries to become the new Demon King. Hell Knight Beowulf and Teutates are sent out in secret to kill him but, Teutates is transformed into the process into an undead king. Bismarck, sees it pragmatically and makes Teutates into a new noble demon of the 9. Teutates, continues to gather power and becomes a danger to the world. Beowulf became frustrated after this and spend the last 100 years rather isolated before taking in a new trainee. (RPGX)
2. Gaap Kingdom falls apart, with his family fighting over power.
3. Ereshkigal the powerful Succubus Queen of the 9 nobles, plans to take over and become the demon king. As she is considered dangerous and power hungry, she is sealed and cursed by Kamadeva and her own sister Ishtar. (RPGX)
4. Sorcerer Faust (RPGX) starts a campaign to become the true demon king and conquer the entire realm hundreds of years ago. His powerful Golems bring him far, but he is killed and his last servants like Efreet is sealed 100 years ago by Lilith the First, which later dies of old age.\*
5. Wars break out in smaller kingdoms and lead to the death of some local rulers.
6. Hell Knight Ingrid defects out of frustration for the current decadent system and joins Vampire King Edwin Black, that is not part of the 9 nobles. 30 years before RPGX, Nomad is formed.
7. The common demon, voices their discontent with no new demon king, as things have become more dangerous and criminals taken over some cities.
8. Negotiations between the current nations in the Human World and the 9 Noble Demon Families fail, as Nomad sabotages them.
9. Incubus King Kuroi collects powers and Taimanin, in the human world, to become the demon king. (canon timeline only)

## Trivia

* There is little known about the former demon king, including even his name.
* The time of year, can be only given somewhat, as it is mentioned that Beowulf, isolated herself at least for 100 years. However, between the death of the demon king and Gaap still lie "several years" with no clear number given.
* Also, no dates or "around that many years" exist at the moment to give these events a clear time window.
	+ Sorcerer Faust "hundreds of years ago" conquest does not claim to have happened after the King's death and could have been the case during his reign, but this is an assumption here until more information is revealed.