The Demons

**Demons**, also known as **Devils**, are the predominant race in Hell, having been created by the evil and chaos goddess Ayin. There are two types of demons; the pure **blooded demons** that were born directly from Ayin like Satanel, and the **reincarnated demons** that are angels or humans that were turned into demons by Ayin, like Lucifer and a third of the angels.

## Overview

In traditional beliefs, demons were often regarded as fallen angels, unclean spirits, or degraded lesser gods. However, the term has evolved to encompass any malevolent spiritual entity. Demons are widely recognized as adversaries of God, Jesus Christ, and anyone faithful to God. Despite appearances, demons exist beyond the human concepts of good and evil; they are beings of chaos, where the strongest hold dominion. Demons may appear 'evil' to humans because they see themselves as superior to humanity, akin to angels and gods with a similar mindset.

Due to their innate physical and mystical abilities surpassing those of humans, most well-known demons consider themselves superior to humans and desire to rule over them. Nonetheless, demons can be summoned and controlled. Demons with strong wills can break free from control or twist the conjurer's wishes to serve their own interests.

It's observed that certain demons have concealed their true nature by assuming human forms and have gained significant influence in the criminal underworld, among the wealthy upper-class, and even within the inner circles of powerful individuals' families and business associates. However, there are also demons who reject their infernal heritage, choosing to dwell in the human world in peace and sometimes working to protect humanity from their own kind.

## Description

Demons can also be used as symbolic representations for natural disasters, human suffering, and cruelty, with one of the most familiar depictions being the "deadly sins" in Christian tradition. Furthermore, demons are frequently employed as metaphors for inner fears and anxieties that reside within every individual, giving rise to the widely recognized phrase "confronting one's demons." These entities, much like monsters, provoke fear and disrupt the natural order. However, in contrast to monsters, demons are primarily seen as spiritual threats rather than physical ones. They possess the capability to inhabit humans, incite poltergeist activity, induce madness, and more.

Demons are often described as malevolent counterparts to angels, sharing characteristics such as spirituality, immutability, and immortality. While demons are not all-knowing, each possesses specific knowledge. Their power is limited by the boundaries established by God, rendering them non-omnipotent. As for omnipresence, there is no definitive account, but according to the medieval witches' Sabbath tradition, two possible conclusions can be drawn: either the Devil can be present in multiple locations simultaneously, or he dispatches emissaries in his name.

### Hierarchy

In the infernal realm, demons are organized into legions under their respective masters. Each legion typically consists of 666 demons, always prepared to carry out their sinister tasks. The hierarchy in Hell is quite complex, with an estimated total of 44,439,622 demons divided into 666 legions, each comprising 6,666 demons. These legions are under the rule of 66 hellish dukes, princes, kings, and other infernal titles.

However, some estimates suggest a much larger demon population, reaching up to 2,665,866,746,664 demons in Hell.

## Appearances

Demons possess the ability to assume any form they choose, including that of an "angel of light." Nevertheless, they were commonly portrayed as grotesque, chimerical, and monstrous entities. However, when it comes to sex demons like Incubus and Succubus, they are often depicted as beautiful to better fulfill their seductive missions.

Demons are known to manifest in forms that combine the attributes of several wild beasts in order serve as apex predators; as a result, demons tend to possess wings, claws, horns.

When it comes to the color of a demon's skin, historical beliefs often associated them with the color black, as if they took on the form of a black man. However, it's important to note that not all descriptions aligned on this, resulting in diverse depictions of demons. Satan and other demonic entities were frequently portrayed as darkly dressed figures, often depicted riding black horses.

Other commonly associated colors that demons could used are sickly white, blood red, or even metal-like.

If demons take on the form of animals, they tend to manifest as black variations of the creatures.

## Common Powers and Abilities

### Physical Demons

**Demonic Aura:** The Demons can surround themselves in wretched demonic energy. It is impressively destructive and more potent than regular auras given that demons are stronger than most beings.

**Demonic Form:** The Demons of this are demons, who possess these forms naturally and/or can naturally channels their own demonic powers through their bodies to bring out their true inner forms, empowering them to their fullest potential. The demonic form usually manifests as a hideously warped bestial-monster-like entity with varying amounts of darkly/evil powers and intense heat, darkness and overwhelming feelings of dread/horror/terror through the body/appearance of the demon and grants improved versions of their lower assuming form and abilities gaining the full potential of their abilities and reflect their true selves.

**Demonic Wings:** The Demons have/or possess the ability to manifest or generate two or multiple pairs of powerful wings on themselves at will as a natural feature of the ungodly/infernal species. Flight is an demon's wing's main function; however, it is not their only purpose as they also enable demons to teleport and travel to other planes and dimensions, possess healing and magical powers, aid in combat and are said to contain their demonic powers and immortality. So, if their wings were removed, they could be rendered a mortal human in certain worlds/fantasies. Demon wings, depending on the situation, can also be regenerated if removed. This, however, varies per fantasy world and mythology itself.

**Regenerative Healing Factor:** The Demons possess a regenerative healing factor, meaning that they can rapidly heal and get restored to their optimal and full health/state at an extremely fast rate. Unlike Healing, regeneration/healing factor is a process that happens unconsciously without the need for activation, resulting in a constant state of optimal health. Regeneration is a process that occurs in all biological entities, but a regenerative healing factor is much more efficient, seamless, and powerful. So much so that Demons can recreate lost or damaged tissues, organs, and limbs, sometimes slowing, or even stopping aging, something natural regeneration can never accomplish (or does so extremely slowly). The rate and amount of healing vary widely. Some can regrow missing limbs, others must put the limb back in place for rapid regeneration. The Demons are generally in very good physical shape, as their bodies are constantly reverting to a healthy state, granting them nigh-inexhaustible stamina and vitality.

**Superpowered Physiology:** The Demons are beings with superpowers, special or extraordinary superhuman abilities that are greater than what is considered normal, granting them a superior status in mind and/or body that make them greater than that of the average member of their species. In many cases, the Demons are also able to gain tremendous powers of highly advanced levels. This includes, but is not limited to, superhumans, aliens, angels, demons, gods, vampires, werewolves, hybrids, etc. Most Demons of this power are still mortal but some may be immortal.

### Spiritual Demons

**Apathy:** The Demons of this ability can suppress or negate emotions in themselves or do not possess emotions at all, allowing them to ignore; emotional distractions, suffering from psychological/emotional stress, and/or feeling from affecting their thinking processes. In some cases, the Demons are simply unable to feel emotions of any kind.

**Cosmic Awareness:** The Demons are aware of and knows absolutely everything that happens on a universal scale including planets being destroyed, mortal threats and dangers, knowledge about the cosmos, changes to the timeline and reality, and/or anything that would affect them in any way. Depending on the scale of the Demons power, how much of the cosmos can be perceived will change, for example, planetary perception, galaxy perception, whole cosmos perception, etc.

**Energy Manipulation:** The Demons can create, shape, and manipulate energy, the capacity or ability to cause change or do work, one of the most basic quantitative properties of a system, such as an object or a field of energy. Energy can be transformed (converted) into a number of forms that may each manifest and be measurable in differing ways. The law of conservation of energy states that the (total) energy of a system can increase or decrease only by transferring it in or out of the system, thus the total energy of a system can be calculated by simple addition when it is composed of multiple non-interacting parts or has multiple distinct forms of energy.

**Enhanced Condition:** The Demons possess all their capabilities, attributes and aspects at an advanced level, beyond that of the peak members of their own species. This means the Demons aspects (E.g., beauty, charisma, character and physique) attributes (E.g., physical and mental condition) as well as capabilities (E.g., potential, feats, skills and abilities, be it natural or supernatural) would be beyond that of standard individuals.

**Super-Condition:** The Demons possess supernatural capabilities, attributes and aspects that are beyond what is naturally possible. With their condition alone, they can dwarf most beings in their respective universe, being virtually supreme in their existential aspects and attributes. With their superhuman physique, they can move buildings, run at the speed of light, survive nuclear explosions unscathed, and remain active for days to weeks untired. With their mind, they can amass knowledge and information about everything, allowing them to invent and create things beyond the grasps of regular humans. They can master languages and subjects in mere days or even hours too.

**Invulnerability:** The Demons are immune to any/all forms of physical damage and harm regardless of its type or level of power, unable to feel physical pain, and are immune to bleeding or loss of limb. The Demons are also immune to Damage Manipulation if relating to physical harm of the body. Unless the Demons are Immortal, the only way to kill the Demons would be to affect them on a deeper level than just the material body, such as the mind, emotions or soul.

**Malleable Anatomy:** The Demons can modify the physiological features of oneself or others, including face, body, skin, or size (to a limited degree) to disguise or look like another person. While removing/concealing a body-part, like a finger, eye, etc., is possible, the Demons can't actually add anything new to the body-shape. They *can,* however, shift the flesh to a remarkable degree, although the changed being will always be recognizable as a member of their species.

**Shapeshifting:** The Demons can change their shape, size, color, density, texture, cellular composition, and/or atomic composition to mimic qualities, impersonate entities, amplify abilities, and/or traverse environments. The origins of this power play a significant role in their capabilities and limitations; altering oneself on a cellular, atomic, and/or conceptual level will permit varying degrees of alteration; while methods that defy the laws of reality, such as magic, will most likely keep to their own set of conventions.

**Spirit Physiology:** The Demons with this ability either are or can transform into a spirit: a supernatural and conscious (although may not be necessarily sentient) being that in its normal state is incorporeal, invisible, and immaterial. Many spirits are able to materialize either by shifting into a more solid form or by taking a vessel to give them physical shape, which can be done either by possessing an already existing form (either a living being or an object) or by animating and wrapping part of the environment "around" them.

### Nether Demons

**Nether Magic:** The Demons are able to perform a form of magic that allows them to utilize nether, the infernal element, either magically manipulating it or using it to cast spells.

**Nether Physiology:** The Demons are made up of or can transform their body completely into nether, the essence that flows through the realms of the living and the dead.

### Common Powers

**Apathy:** The Demons of this ability can suppress or negate emotions in themselves or do not possess emotions at all, allowing them to ignore; emotional distractions, suffering from psychological/emotional stress, and/or feeling from affecting their thinking processes. In some cases, the Demons are simply unable to feel emotions of any kind.

**Contract Bestowal:** The Demons can make contracted deals; a supernatural and versatile contract, typically characterized by its ability to bestow wishes that grants Demons almost omnipotent power and is able to achieve almost anything within the realm of thought, akin to those of a genie. The impact on others is meticulously controlled through the terms of a contract, and these effects must precisely adhere to the contract's conditions.

**Corruption Inducement:** The Demons can induce corruption in others.

**Curse Inducement:** The Demons can place a curse, a negative supernatural effect, on whatever they wish (people, places, objects, etc.). The exact effects can be nearly anything the Demons desire, ranging from minor annoyances to tortuously extended death.

**Darkness Manipulation:** The Demons can create, shape and manipulate darkness and shadows. Darkness is mostly used to cloud everything into total darkness, but can also be channeled to a variety of effects, both as an absence of light and a solid substance: one can also control and manipulate the beings that exist there, create and dispel shields and areas of total darkness, create constructs and weapons, teleport one's self through massive distances via shadows, etc.

**Death Inducement:** The Demons can kill anyone and possibly even *anything* using varying means, either instantly, slowly over time, after certain conditions are met, or after a certain period of time has passed. May be induced by touch, at a distance, simply willing it to happen, or by performing a certain ritual.

**Demonic Element Manipulation:** The Demons have the ability to manifest and/or control Demonic Elements. Satanic and Profane variants of the elements that can tempt, corrupt, and grievously damage or wound other people, things, and even the Demons themselves. Due to their demonic nature, whether natural and intrinsic or infused/attained, these elements are fundamentally wicked, and wither and rap at the mind and morals of individuals using or affected by them.

**Demonic Force Manipulation:** The Demons of this power possess and are able to utilize strong demonic power. This ability not only grants the Demons great strength and control over numerous variations of demonic abilities but also allows them to overwhelm weaker demons as well as rival that of powerful demonic entities.

**Demonic Form:** The Demons of this are demons, who possess these forms naturally and/or can naturally channels their own demonic powers through their bodies to bring out their true inner forms, empowering them to their fullest potential. The demonic form usually manifests as a hideously warped bestial-monster-like entity with varying amounts of darkly/evil powers and intense heat, darkness and overwhelming feelings of dread/horror/terror through the body/appearance of the demon and grants improved versions of their lower assuming form and abilities gaining the full potential of their abilities and reflect their true selves.

**Demonic Ugliness:** The Demons are demons/demonic beings who possess malevolent hideousness, evil and twisted ugliness from their evil natures within them that is projected outwards on a supernatural level that causes unnatural effects around them and even has various effects on other entities around them causing absolute fear, insanity, and even the decay of inanimate objects.

**Elemental Mimicry:** The Demons are made of or can transform their body into elements. This typically includes the classical elements, but it could also include exotic things like shadow, plant matter, or plastic depending on the setting. In some cases, transforming Demons may still retain their original anatomy (e.g., a humanoid shape and possible even internal organs) while changing only the composition of their physical form. Alternately, some Demons may transform into homogeneous matter, without any part of their form being more important than the other.

**Energy Mimicry:** The Demons are made up of or can transform their body completely into energy. A Demons transformed form is anatomically identical to their normal form, aside of being made of energy, in which case, it contains all to organs and is somewhat vulnerable to attacks. Alternately, the Demons can transform into homogeneous matter, without any part of their form being more important than the other.

**Enhanced Condition:** The Demons possess all their capabilities, attributes and aspects at an advanced level, beyond that of the peak members of their own species. This means the Demons aspects (E.g., beauty, charisma, character and physique) attributes (E.g., physical and mental condition) as well as capabilities (E.g., potential, feats, skills and abilities, be it natural or supernatural) would be beyond that of standard individuals.

**Super-Condition:** The Demons possess supernatural capabilities, attributes and aspects that are beyond what is naturally possible. With their condition alone, they can dwarf most beings in their respective universe, being virtually supreme in their existential aspects and attributes. With their superhuman physique, they can move buildings, run at the speed of light, survive nuclear explosions unscathed, and remain active for days to weeks untired. With their mind, they can amass knowledge and information about everything, allowing them to invent and create things beyond the grasps of regular humans. They can master languages and subjects in mere days or even hours too.

**Fear Inducement:** The Demons can evoke and increase fear and horror in others causing the target’s brain to release fear-inducing chemicals. The target’s perception may be altered, causing them to see their environment as ominous and the Demons as dark and foreboding, or even as a monster.

**Negative Emotion Empowerment:** The Demons become stronger, faster, more durable, etc. by a quintessential negative emotion, such as anger, hatred, sadness, envy, depression, arguments, fear, etc. of oneself and others, possibly unlocking abilities related to the affinity and enhancing their existing powers. Some Demons may be able to draw sustenance from the negative emotions or even slow or stop aging.

**Human Disguise:** The Demons can take on an ordinary human appearance to blend in with modern society. This power is designed for non-human individuals to hide their non-human traits and appearances to avoid detection.

**Invisibility:** The Demons can render themselves unseen by the naked eye and become invisible in visible spectrum. The Demons can move about an environment unseen by others and act without being observed. Some Demons can choose to let certain people see them, while staying invisible to others. This kind of power can be used for stealth, causing chaos, and getting the upper hand against an opponent.

**Natural Weaponry:** The Demons possess some form of natural weaponry, including claws, fangs, horns, beaks, clubbed tails, etc., and knows how to use them.

**Nether Manipulation:** The Demons can create, shape and manipulate Nether, the "chthonian element" and the substance that makes up the Underworld, a subterranean dimension where all souls go when they pass on. Nether is very similar to Aether “the celestial element” in that it is from a plane that exists between the planes of both matter, and energy.

**Nightmare Manipulation:** The Demons can create, shape, enter and manipulate the nightmares of oneself and others, including modifying, suppressing, fabricating, influencing, manifesting, sensing, observing nightmares and turning dreams into nightmares. The overwhelming shock, fear, anxiety and terror can prove too suffocating for the victim in which their hearts might explode or brains might die.

**Pain Inducement:** The Demons are able to cause varying levels of pain, including physical, mental and/or emotional, to their targets using supernatural means.

**Poison Generation:** The Demons can generate, create, emit, or otherwise produce poison/poisonous substance and somehow inflict the victim. For the sake of clarity: *poison*, *toxin*, and *venom* are terms for any substance that injures the health or destroys life when absorbed into the system: poison is the general word, toxin is a poison produced by an organism (plant, fungus, animal); it is especially used in medicine in reference to *disease-causing bacterial secretions*, venom is especially used of the poisons secreted by certain animals, usually injected by bite or sting.

**Possession:** The Demons can inhabit or take over the body of other beings, whether sentient or not, by stealing their motor functions and senses. The Demons have to leave their own body for this to take place. Disembodied Demons such as spirits may use the body as their own. A powerful enough Demon may not even be limited to inhabiting other entities, but inanimate objects, structures or environments as well.

**Scale Wing Manifestation:** The Demons have or can form scaled wings and use them from transportation to offensive and defensive purposes.

**Semi-Immortality:** The Demons of this ability never age, and as a result, they stay young forever or at least never suffer the ravages of aging. Because of this, the Demons will always be at their physical prime. The Demons will also be immune to aging abilities, such as Age Acceleration or Reversal.

**Immortality:** The Demons possess immortality, a state where one has eternal life and is undying. They never age, are completely self-sustaining, free from all bodily necessities, and can survive virtually any kind of harm, remaining immune to all forms of decay. Any damage done to the Demons would either be regenerated or simply remain non-fatal. As a byproduct of having everlasting life, Demons may have an infinite reservoir of life energy that fuels the dynamic system of their immortality.

**Sin Embodiment:** The Demons become a physical personification or manifestation of the sins of man that brings them down and gain power from sins and vices of others and oneself as well as the very concept of Evil. Demons can use sins as a power source to extend their life span, use it as a weapon or cause others to sin/be evil, it can also be displayed by their physical, spiritual forms. The Demons can commit any sin they want and can also augment their inducements on a victim until they are rendered completely insane or dead.

**Soul Absorption:** The Demons can absorb/devour individuals as souls, while removing them from the source, into their body and use it in various ways, gaining some form of advantage, either by enhancing themselves, gaining the drained power, using it as a power source, etc., either temporarily or permanently.

**Unhealing:** The Demons can undo any wound, disease, injury on another living being that that has been healed or cured. This can be done to impair an opponent, or undo cures that get rid of diseases. With some skill, some Demons can even make it so that the wounds and injuries undone not only heal again slowly, but make them not heal at all as well.

**Weapon Manipulation:** The Demons can create, summon, shape, manipulate and use any kind of weapons with perfect skill, whether pre-modern, modern or even futuristic using laser, plasma, antimatter or even more exotic ammunition/attacks. If it is a weapon or could be improvised as one, they are completely proficient with it.

**Weather Manipulation:** The Demons can sense, channel, shape, create and manipulate the weather, i.e. the meteorological phenomena. It grants them an innate connection to the Earth's atmosphere, enabling to shape and influence various weather patterns on both small and large scales. They can sense changes in air pressure, temperature, humidity, and other meteorological parameters, granting them an almost instinctive understanding of impending weather changes.

## History

The first demons came sometime after the creation of the Universe. They were created by the pre-existential entity, Ayin, after she created the Abrahamic Hell and was imprisoned by God Himself, who locked her in the deepest part of her newly created location. However, some demons like Satan were probably created before the universe itself.

The other demons, and also the most famous ones, were born after the Rebellion in Paradise broke out and Michael and his army drove Lucifer's troops out of Heaven and launched them onto Planet Earth. The falling angels lost their grace, "their eyes turned black, their wings were charred, their light turned to darkness, and from angels of God they became demons of Ayin." In addition to these, some demons were born from Tinshemet who related to several fallen angels, giving rise to several dark beings known as Succubus and Incubus.

## Demon Sub-Species

* **Archdemon** - Highest Class of Demon
* **Imp** - Lowest Class of Demon
* **Incubus** - Male Exclusive Sex Demon
* **Shedim**
* **Succubus** - Female Exclusive Sex Demon
* **Lilim**
* **Hellhound**
* **Shax**
* **Ala**
* **Baigujing**
* **Achaieral**
* **Asmodei**
* **Asura**
* **Amphisbaena**
* **Cecaelia**
* **Ravener**
* **Drevak**
* **Naga**
* **Cherufe**
* **Croucher**
* **Manigus**
* **Dahak**

## Quotes

*"Demons are annoying bastards native to hell and they've been terrorizing mankind since the dawn of time. They would have either killed or enslaved us all a long time ago if they weren't opposed by beings like gods or angels." - Unknown.*

*"Isn't it ironic? In this modern day and age, when our hellish forces are becoming stronger and stronger everyday, you are beginning to abandon God, seeking refuge in those who would only give a damn about you if you sacrifice everything for them. Now, isn't that lovely to hear? It's such a great time to be a demon, don't you think so?" - Unnamed Demon to an Exorcist.*

*"You are wrong about you and your God... Human. Your God's love is not unconditional. He doesn't love **us**. And sure enough, he doesn't love you either. You see? We are so alike. Our father, Lucifer, he loves us and he loves you." - Inanna for a Priest.*

*"Unclean, perverse, and twisted dark spirits. They feed on negativity. They live for pain. They cry for sin. Amusing that despite how dangerous they are, they can be called forth like dogs. But unlike the norm, they can't be that easily tamed. Because they will always find a way to hurt you." - A Witch.*

*"Do you think only you humans have faith? We demons have it too, and we have faith that one day Lucifer, our dark messiah, will return. You see? We are not very different from you." - A Demon.*

## Trivia

* The study of demons is called demonology.
* While similar in some fashion, they are not to be mistaken with Yokai.
* Approximately, there are around 2,665,866,746,664 demons in Hell.