Beast

**Beasts** are otherwise nameless demons that represent death and the dark. They're native to a spiritual realm that can be best described as the Biblical Hell.

They and Aengels are different sides of the same coin, yet archenemies who have long engaged in a competition to surpass their own bodily restrictions for the right to call themselves the most powerful race. Beasts achieved this by adapting the form of a vaempire, while Aengels are held back by many restrictions and have not succeeded at producing an Earth-dwelling race of their own, arguably.

The creatures were conceived on December 19, 2022, but aren't tied to any series or fanfiction and made no official online appearance.

## Origin

> Beasts are mysterious creatures whose origin is unknown. There's no god ruling over them or any kind of hierarchy system amongst them, unlike what humans would expect from "Hell", though some vaempires theorize beasts and their home were created by divine beings. They suspect to be Earth's shadow, caused by the Aengels sitting at the other side of the planet, and thus a literal reflection of Earth's evil.
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## Behaviour

Beasts have little intelligence, but high persistence, which proved to be all that was needed to reach their goals. Though they show very little interest in their surroundings, they've always been rather hyper-focused on the Aengel race, since nothing else can hurt and kill them.

Upon learning Earth's residents worship the sky, but curse the netherworld, they became even more driven to prove their power. They'd use telepathy to try and persuade people to commit wrongdoing with eery whispers, erasing any chance of them joining the revered Aengels in Heaven as believed -not knowing it to be a near-impossible feat to begin with.

They value strength and force respect by showing it off, though beasts rarely fight each other, as they're able to detect how strong they are without having to engage.

When undisturbed, they slowly crawl, slither, or drag themselves forwards, seemingly with no purpose. When something catches their attention, they'll enter a sudden frenzy and come charging with the intent to kill. This behaviour is awfully similar to the guards Aengels created for themselves in Heaven, but beasts do not know these exist, and as such, vaempires never acquired to knowledge to find out the meaning of it.

Their way of attacking mostly consists out of clawing or piercing targets onto their horns. Their touch alone inflicts deadly pain that only Aengels and they themselves are immune to. They derive great pleasure and relaxation out of the miserable sounds of suffering creatures, but despite being so sadistic, they don't care to add onto the pain and will just stick around to listen or move on. In Hell, souls that try to be brave and persevere are immediately jumped, while souls that are the opposite often have a few beasts surrounding them, sleeping peacefully.

## Appearance

Beasts come in warped and animalistic shapes, black or dark-grey colours, are furred, blind or eyeless, and have no mouth. The vast majority has multiple horns or antlers sticking out from any random place on their body. They're two-gendered, but their reproductive organs are misshapen, as they're not meant to produce offspring in the first place.

## Abilities

Beasts possess a few supernatural powers and traits:

Beasts can't feel pain.
 Perfect senses
Beasts can smell and hear extremely well.
 Touch of death
Whatever living thing a beast touches will suffer extreme pain, and die soon after.
 Physical strength
Beasts are outlandishly strong. No matter their size or body type, they surpass the raw strength of any animal on Earth.
 Infertile mother and father
Though not built to produce (live) offspring, under the right circumstances, beasts can both give and carry a child.
 Free from mortal burdens
Beasts are not made of flesh and blood, and as such, activities that mortals need to engage in in order to stay alive are not relevant to them, like eating, sleeping, etc.
Only animals, supernatural creatures, criminally sinister people, or those with a strong belief in monsters and devils can see a beast.
Beasts may be able to whisper (*see: Telepathy*) to outliers, but it's hard to establish a mental connection with them.

## Trivia

* Because beasts look so much like mutated animals, it strengthens the theory they are messy translations of Earth's creatures;
	+ It may also explain the relative ease they were able to reproduce with them.

## See also

* Vaempire (Reborn beasts)
* Aengel (Archenemies)
* Aeternity (Home)