Special Child

### Summary

Pseudo-Cambions created by Azazil and the Sisters of Istehar to be sacrifices to create a rift between Hell and the Mortal World.

**Special Children** are Pseudo-Cambions created by the Cardinal Devil Azazil and the Sisters of Istehar after they fed demonic blood to human babies, causing them to develop their own demonic power and the hereditary powers of the 72 Pillars. They were then used as sacrifices to open a rift in the Ouroboros Barrier.

Following Azazil's and the Sisters' deaths, no more Special Children will ever be created and the 66th generation of Special Children will be the last of their kind.

## Summary

No one truly knows when the first Special Children were created, though based on how every generation of Special Children were created every 13 years and there have been 66 generations, it can be assumed that the tradition first began sometimes in the early 11th-century.

They were created by Azazil - one of the first corrupted Cardinal Devils - and the Sisters of Istehar - seven infamous Devils who had appeared in the Testament of Solomon - as part of an ancient ritual to create a rift in the Ouroboros Barrier, allowing the Demons to enter the Mortal World once more. This ritual was known as the **Tree of Qliphoth** (悪の世界の大樹ツリー・オブ・クリフォト, *Tsurī obu Kurifoto*) and was performed in the temple hidden beneath Lake Avernus and it was theorized that it would require a total of 66 continuous rituals to successfully create the rift.

To do so, the Sisters broke into the houses of unsuspected human families with newly-born children and secretly fed Lilith's blood to these children every night, non-stop, when they were asleep until they showed the first signs of puberty. Each generation, there would be a total of 72 Special Children, each corresponding with a Goetic Clan from the 72 Pillars.

As these children grew up, their demonic powers would begin to slowly manifest, first with some unnoticeable biological and physiological changes until the hereditary demonic powers of the 72 Pillars started to appear, often with great tragedies followed soon after.

When all the Special Children reached 18 years old, they would then be snatched and sent to the Phlegraean Fields to participate in the **Hunger Games** (悪魔の子供の死競争ハンガー・ゲーム, *Hangā Gēmu*) - a ritualistic battle-royale where they would fight each other to the death until only a single Special Child remained, who would then be forced to consumed the flesh and souls of those killed to gain their demonic powers. Afterward, they would be taken to the underwater temple and be sacrificed by the Sisters to fuel the ritual for the Tree of Qliphoth.

## Appearance

Special Children are virtually no different from regular humans in terms of appearance, as their demonic changes are mostly internally, and unless their body physically changes when using their demonic powers, they will possibly appear as normal humans for the rest of their life.

According to Rias, every Special Child has a strange demonic aura surrounding them which makes even a Pure-Blooded Devil like her feel uncomfortable just by staying near them.

## Characteristics

Despite showing many traits similar to that of a Devil, Special Children are considered to be pseudo-Cambions instead of regular half-Devils, as they possess traits more reminiscent to that of the half-Demons. According to Ajuka, even in their dormant state, their demonic power is still more powerful than a regular Devil, with every Special Child he examed possessing a vastly greater demonic power than the average Ultimate-class Devil.

However, due to them being artificially created and are still humans at their core, they lack the majority of the weaknesses shared by Devils and Cambions, such as an inherent weakness toward Light or the Holy Element. They also possess an immensely powerful magic core reminiscent of that of a warlock, though theirs is much more "human" in nature.

Among other humans, depending on their own personality and characteristics, their demonic power often unconsciously manipulates others' opinion toward them. For Amram, an introvert who prefers not to be put in the spot-light, his demonic power made him semi-invisible and partially erasing his presence to anyone who isn't purposefully seeking him out or who he doesn't care about. For Josué, however, his authoritative personality unconsciously influenced his demonic power into turning others his followers, making them submissive and loyal to all of his commands, regardless what their true feelings toward him really were.

## Trivia

* Due to them being fed Lilith's blood, they are recognized as members of the Lucifer Clan in the Netherworld.
* It is theorized that if they developed their demonic abilities to their full potential, they might become as powerful as the genuine Cambions.