Demon

A **demon**, alternatively spelled **daemon**, is a colloquial term for both creatures resembling demons and the archetypal Judeo-Christian depiction of demons, as well as mythological demonic beings. Demons can vary widely, from incorporeal to corporeal, from benevolent to malicious, and harmless to dangerous.

During the mid to late 20th century, demons were commonly contained and used in technology as part of the Golden Age of Demonics until demonic devices began rebelling, causing disastrous events and frequently driving users insane. The signing of the Multilateral Agreement for Reality Preservation and the Demonics Nonproliferation Agreement put an end to this Golden Age, though demons were still used behind closed curtains and by anomalous organizations such as the SCP Foundation and the Global Occult Coalition.

## History

### Early use of demons in technology

#### Tesla's device

In 1879, Nikola Tesla created a demon summoning device based off rituals historically used in the summoning of demons. He developed the device further, inventing a method to identify the task for the demon, as well as an offering of heat with a resistor. Tesla later abandoned the newfound study of demonics to pursue electromagnetics.

#### Prometheus

In 1904, Prometheus Labs acquired the rights to the technology of demonics, and began funding research regarding it. By 1927, a solid-state demon summoning device was created by Prometheus, eventually becoming miniaturized for demon summoners.

In the 1950s, demonics grew massively popular, with Prometheus Labs' release of the 6900 series integrated circuits in 1953 beginning what became known as the Golden Age of Demonics.

### Golden Age of Demonics

The Golden Age of Demonics in the 1960s and 1970s was an era of mass development in the field of demonics, with many companies such as Intel using demons for various technology related means. Some theoretically impossible things were accomplished, such as the DM741, which was the very first perfect op amp ever created. Much of this technology never reached the public sector, out of fear of rejection and the amping of the Cold War.

The SCP Foundation and other groups knew of demonic technology, though did not believe it was anomalous at the time, instead thinking it as the next technological revolution. The Catholic Church and the Horizon Initiative opposed the use of demons in technology, and were proven right in the 1970s.

### Demonic rebellion

In the 1970s, demonic technology began acting out against its users, causing freak accidents and driving users clinically insane. Companies shuttered their demonics divisions in the wake of lawsuits, and the Foundation worked with other Groups of Interest and governments to contain the extradimensional threat.

With the formation of MARP, the creation of EXORCIST, and the 1981 enactment of the Demonics Nonproliferation Agreement, demonic technology was rounded up and destroyed, though some survived for experimentation purposes. Public demonic tech that could not be destroyed without a normalcy break had the truth of their origins hidden with amnestics.

Despite the ban, the Foundation and United Nations Global Occult Coalition use demonic technology for their own purposes. The last demonics companies were Prometheus Labs and Wondertainment Industries, though Prometheus Labs became defunct by 1999 after the incident the year previous.

## Known types

### Levanian

A certain type of demon lives in the lunar city of Levania, being well-known in the anomalous community for their dairy products. Ambrose Restaurants uses lunar Gruyère in their Lunar Gruyère Fondue at Ambrose London as a second-course meal option.

## Known demonic technology

* 666 timer
* 6900 series integrated circuit
* 80313 'Demons Inside'
* DM741
* SCP-079
* Solid-state demon summoning device
* Tesla demon summoning device
* Xilinx XC2066

## Meta

### Appearances

* Transcript of a lecture given by Professor ████████████ on Thaumatic Workings.
* A Brief Explanation of Demonics

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 *A Brief Explanation of Demonics*
2. ↑ *Ambrose London Prix Fixe*