Devil

> "*Lousy devils come to you when you have some desire and they try to tempt you... But on the other hand, a great devil would appear when you perform a proper summoning and they are supernatural beings who make your wish come true.*"
> ― Cybilla Becker[source]
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**Devils** are a race that appeared in the series game *Noel the Mortal Fate*. There are a few devils that appeared in the game but they are central characters of the series.

## Descriptions

> "*A devil is an "un-human being" born from humans' desires and reputation and they have been passed down and formed into different shapes from humans.*"
> ― Caron explains to Noel about devils[source]
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Devils are supernatural entities considered by humans to be wicked and powerful beings that do not belong to the world of humans. According to Russell Burows' graduation thesis, from ancient times, they were considered beings who grant the wishes of humanity, which is similar to the "gods" but the concept changed over time and they were blamed for every misfortune and catastrophe of humans.

Devils don't have a specific form like humans but they instead, appeared as humanoid people with unique features. For example, Caron is a humanoid devil who has a crow head and his body was of human but covered with the black feathers of the crow.

There are two types of Devils sorted by their levels and power.

* **Great Devils** are the highest class among the devils.
* **Minor Devils** are the lowest class of devil.

## Creation

* Forming a Devil
* Rumours create the devil.
* A devil (Caron) was born
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> "*Tell me, Caron. What is a devil?"*
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> "A being born from human rumours and desires*"*
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> ― Spica to Caron[source]
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Devils are supernatural entities born from the desires of humanity, formed by rumours. The shared consciousness of countless humans gathered, leading to the belief of the existence of the nonexistent become real, thus born a devil.

According to Caron, all Devils are born from the stories created from the fears of humanity and as they blame their misfortune on the stars that they see when there is a disaster (e.g natural disasters, famines, epidemics,...), they subconsciously create the rumours and beliefs that shape the devil.

For example, to give the devil ***Caron*** a form along with his power, rumours about him are necessary and they have been created for a long time with countless people involved and subsequently, created Great Devil Caron. Spica speculates about the rumours that made Caron based on his appearance, personality, powers, and traits.

It is possible for humans to become a devil since to create a rumour about a devil, a clear image and the number of people who believe in their existence are necessary. For example, when people talk about the devils with bird heads, they would likely refer to either Caron or Caesar.

* Carla's appearance ascribed to Spica
* Great Devil Spica was born
1/2Spica is the first case of a human becoming a devil. For instance, when talking about the Dread Star Spica, the people in Triela can only think of the variety of images until the execution of Carla. Thus when Carla died and her head was displayed in the village, the rumours about Spica were formed by Carla's flesh, allowing Spica to have a clear image. When the rumours surrounding her start to spread out to nearby cities, the fear and hatred towards Carla grew and making her head become elevated to the Dread Star, later called by the people as a devil and then manifested into Spica, thus creating Great Devil Spica.

In Season Final 2/2, Noel becomes the second devil who used to be human as she became an International phenomenon on the Internet and media within a year after her vengeance ended. As people gather their attention on Noel, rumours about her and Caron were formed and allows the duo to be reborn as a pair of devils.

## Summoning rituals

To summon a Great Devil, one has to summon them through a ritual that contains a magic circle. These rituals are variant from simple to complicated ones. The more complicated the ritual, the more powerful Devil will be summoned.

For example, to summon the Great Devil Caron, the ritual requires a magic circle and raven blood while to summon the more powerful Great Devil Caesar, the ritual requires a larger magic circle and a more complicated preparation step for summoning.

### Binding Ritual

When summoning a Great Devil, ones can choose to do the binding ritual to bind the devil's power under their control. When a devil was bound, they will appear with a shackle on their neck and their body covered with a black cloak. According to Caron, all devils can only be bound when summoned.

OCT has taken this as an advantage and studied the binding shackles to produce the limited IBBs (Instance Binding Bullets) to bind a devil that is targeted in their missions.

## The terms of the Devil's contract

Despite being powerful entities, all devils are bounded by the rules of the devil, known as **the terms of the devil's contract.**

1. If a Great Devil cannot fulfill the wish, the contract will become void and that Great Devil shall lose all their devil's power and return to nothing.
2. If a Devil commit actions beyond the contract, they will face the consequences as the first term of returns to nothing.
3. The contract can only be completed if the wish of the contractor was fulfilled and the price has been taken.
4. The devil must accomplish the contractor's desire in the contract till the end.
5. Once a contract has been formed and the wishes of the summoner are granted, it can not be overturned.
6. The number of contracts to be signed and the number of devils summoned is limitless. But it will price the human's life if sign more than 3 pacts.
	1. At the same time, a devil can only grant 3 wishes per person.

Breaking one of the rules will result in a penalty for them. For instance:

* Caesar abandoned his contract with Jillian, which is considered an act of breaking the first rule and as a consequence, he has now vanished from existence and what is left of him is the memories of those who have met him.
* Caron who fails to claim the price which he gave to Russell Burrows is condemned to be trapped in the human world until the contract with the latter was fulfilled.

Demons also face an inevitable fate due to the terms. For sinstance:

* Noel and Ribelio can not return to their normal life after becoming a demon as their contract has been finished.
	+ However, there is a way to overturn a pact, demonstrated by Jillian and Caesar, which shows that the contract can only be revoked when the contractor's wish has yet to be fulfilled. But in return, the devil will face a consequences instead.
* Noel and Luce suffered from their multiple contracts as the former died in Season Final while the latter's price fall upon her after being pierced by either Jino or Oscar.

## Great Devils

> "*A Great Devil should always be able to grant a wish.*"
> ― Spica to Caron[source]
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Great Devils are high-class Devils that attain the power to grant wishes and extract the wish's price. All devils belonging to the Great Devil class have to be summoned through rituals. By summoning them, one's can get their wish fulfilled. They grant their contractors' wishes by either giving them supernatural powers or granting other desires such as killing someone, aiding their vengeance, protecting them or someone else in their stead, fulfilling their greed and desires for something, and more. However, after their contractors' wish was granted, the Great Devils will decided to take something from them (e.g body parts, senses, life span, freedom,...) in exchange for their wish coming true as a price.

Much like the demons, every Great Devil has a name that they carried with pride. For instance:

* **Caron** is the **Red-eyed Devil**, later transformed into **Sharp-eyed Devil Caron.**
* **Caesar** was known as the **Eternal Devil.**
* **Spica** was **Spica the Death** or **Devil of Death**.

### Season Final 2/2

* **Russell Burrows** - **Devil of the Beginning**/**The Lhaplus God** (formerly)
* **Noel Cerquetti** - **Noel the Mortal Fate/Devil of Mortal Fate** (possible new alias)

## Minor Devils

> "*(... A minor devil masquerading as a human, huh.)*"
> ― Caron[source]
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Minor Devils are low-class devils which were unknown and unaware by most characters aside from the Great Devils. They were not mentioned until the newest version of Nintendo Switch was released. In Season 3.5, it is revealed that aside from the Great Devils, there are also Minor Devils.

Minor Devils are usually disguising themselves as humans. It is easy to tell a Minor Devil who disguises themselves since they are red-eyed and rather short individuals who dress conservatively to cover their faces using a coat or cloak features with animal ears and introduced themselves to the others as "I'm a human." How and when Minor Devils appeared and how to summon them is unknown. According to Caron, unlike Great Devils, they are pretty harmless since they have no power to grant wishes nor the power to extract prices and not even their names.

However, some clever Minor Devils can grant wishes in non-deal-based ways and get compensation. For example, **Gremlin** who was a Minor Devil opened a chain of shops called **Gremlin's Shop** which sells items that are proven to be useful for recovering in the battles throughout the game such as ointment, mystic ointment, energy drinks, and more in exchange for **P**. Because of this, likely some of them are serviceable.

* Gremlin
* Gangster.

## Trivia

* Among the Great Devils, Caesar was the most powerful and the only devil that live longest among the Great Devils known in the game.
	+ He was also the first devil to disappear into the void for breaking the rules of the Devil's Contract.
* While Caesar is the strongest and followed by Spica who is the second in terms of power, Caron is the weakest among the three Great Devils.
	+ However, he is the only Great Devil who can use the power of Fallen Down with his contractor as he shares the same will and feelings with her.
* According to Caesar, all Great Devils carry the pride of a Devil.
	+ He also added that if a devil does not break the rules, their time would be limitless. Making Noel at a loss for words about their scales of time being worlds apart.
* According to Caron, all devils appear to be monstrous.
	+ Spica is the only exception as she used to be human.
* Coincidentally, the three known Great Devils have two known contractors in the series.
	+ Caron has Noel Cerquetti and Russell Burrows.
	+ Caesar has Jillian Littner and Luce Marie.
	+ Spica has Ribelio and an unknown deceased contractor.
		- She could have had the third one in Fugo if it were not for Slug interference in Season 9.
* It is heavily implied that similar to how the aristocrats distinguish their status, Great Devils are also divided into different classes depending on their power and experience as a wish-granter.
	+ Upon the meeting with Caron, both Caesar and Spica demonstrate their overwhelming power over him. Both refer to him as either the "young Great Devil" or "immature Devil", showing their high status as Geat Devils.
	+ Upon his revival with Noel, Caron said that since they were newly born they have no power nor influence and are lower than worms among the Great Devils.
* Demonstrated in Noel and Caron's final moment in Season Final 2/2, devils also go to the afterlife once they die. Indicating that they also have immortal souls like humans.
* It is possible for a devil to be revived, demonstrated in the case of Caron and Noel since the most crucial part to make a devil is a clear image as long as there are rumors surrounding them.
	+ It can be applied to Caesar if someone makes stories of him.
* The three Great Devils have the element '**Ca'** in their name. For instance, **Ca**ron, **Ca**esar, and Spi**ca**.
	+ They also have an upside-down cross symbol on the left chest.
	+ Noel is the only case to be different from the rest of the devil.
* The three devils have their allegiances with Noel Cerquetti and have helped her in the process of vengeance.
	+ Noel's devil Caron is her first companion and has accompanied her since their revenge began.
	+ Once an enemy but Caesar later abandoned his contract with Jillian Littner to grant her true desire and allows Noel and Caron to strike Russell Burrows at once.
		- Later after Jillian recovers her five senses, she inherited his power and aided Noel and Caron in their crucial moment in S*eason Final 1/2.*
	+ Upon her temporary defecting OCT with Ribelio, Spica gave Noel and her friends a piece of information about The Devil of the Beginning. Allows the latter to uncover Russell Burrows' plan.
	+ Gremlin sells Noel and her friends useful items that can be used during battles.
* Noel and Spica are cases of devils who used to be human.
	+ Both become devils upon their death.
* Minor Devils likely have horns or ears on their heads thus they have to cover themselves with an animal ear coat.
* How and when Minor Devils appeared and how to summon them is unknown.
	+ However, a theory of Minor Devils appeared when a Great Devil was summoned. They likely came to the human world by slipping through the cracks of those rituals. However, this is just a theory since they only appear in the game after Noel signs a contract with Caron.
	+ They were likely born out of minor rumours (e.g. Boogeyman story) thus they do not have much power and influence like the Great Devils created from the rumours of fear and hatred of humanity.