Daemons

**Daemons** are a recurring race in the World of the Exceed. Their main enemies are the Fluegels and witches.

## Appearance

Daemons can take a variety of forms, but ultimately possess bat-like wings, horns, long claws and a tail with an arrow-pointed tip. Their skin can be either black or red, and is as tough as steel. They are usually tall and slender in body build and can have glowing eyes. Some notable types have animal-like heads and unique abilities, known as miracles.

## Lifespan

Daemons can live indefinitely. Although their physical forms can be killed in reality, their soul returns to Hell where they can reform and continue living once the gates have opened. Also being insanely difficult to kill, no daemon has ever been killed by natural causes.

## Lifestyle

Daemon life is solely depended on their familial and ancestral ties. Those with Lords' blood lead lives of pleasure and darkness, feasting on mortal souls for eternity. Others may find themselves in the Unroyal Daemon Guard, an army that protect the Lords of the Daemons. While they dedicate themselves to servitude, they are forbidden to ever leave the Island of the Dread's grounds unless procured by the Lords.

Others, however, choose a different path. Although life in Hell can get boring as daemons are restricted from using their powers on other races. So instead, some daemons take on the forms of a variety of races and venture to other lands. Unfortunately, this usually leads to being hunted down by daemon hunters.

## Nation

Besides Hell, the daemons have a mortal realm known as the Island of the Dread, with the Herald Capital bearing the same name as its counterpart in Hell, Hellvarsk. The only city on the island appears as a rough abandoned modern human city, but this is just a disguise. A secret portal to Hell is located here, where the true city begins. Hellvarsk is the name referred by mortals and other surface-dwellers, but those familiar with Hell and the Netherworld sees Hellvarsk by its true name, the Kingdom of Pandemonium. Only daemons are allowed to enter the Kingdom. No one has ever known what the Kingdom looks like.

## Capability

### Magical Capability

Daemons, like the fluegels, are extremely proficient in all things magic. They focus on dark arts, summoning voodoo, conjuring, shapeshifting, and other dark forms of magic. All daemons are born with magical abilities, but they vary based on the daemon's type, and preferred magic. However, those born with Lords' blood are able to use a different type of magic known as miracles, or more professionally, magick. Those that use magick can cast advanced magic with only the power of the mind.

### Technological Capability

Daemons do not use technology. They have no need for it because of their magic capabilities. However, a faction within the daemons, called the Cyberdaemons, wish to integrate technology with with daemon magic. They possess and utilize technology more advanced than all of Adrioth.

## Known Daemons

* Lucifer Morningstar
* Caliban
* Lilith

## Types of Daemons

Incubus - An incubus is a type of sex daemon that inhabits and possess mostly women. Once having one possessed, their true form of glowing eyes and fangs appears when the host's emotions are enflamed. This type of daemon are undeveloped in their minds and seek only to possess mortals to cause them struggles. If they have not possessed a mortal within ten years, they die.

Succubus - A succubus is a female sex and dream daemon. They prey on the dreams of mostly men and cause them suffering and pain in the dream realm. Oftentimes, the injuries caused in dreams become a reality, and ultimately, the host eventually dies within a few years. What causes a succubus type has never been known, and if a succubus hasn't inhabited a host in five years, they die by being consumed in Hellfire.

Paradigm- Demons born from the deep forests of Hell, these sport insect-like traits, including the legendary fluegel killer Sath' torroth, who had the traits of a hellish scorpion. As a general rule, all Paradigm demons have traits of insectoids feared by the surface races, such as spiders and the like.

Calamarrs- These demons resemble the from Lucifer takes when visiting his worshippers on the surface world. These daemons take the from of various animals, usually only their heads and limbs.

Eldriox- The daemons are the weird ones. Alien-like, these resemble the Hive. Their powers are more cosmic-like than other daemons, almost like the Eldritch Terrors. Their appearances vary, but they are considered ugly and strange even to other Daemons.

Baragon- These daemons are the warriors, the knights of their kind. Strong, swift, and powerful, these daemons look like horned dragons and can fly with powerful wings.

Stiowarth- Humanoid daemons, these are the most common. They look like a mix between humans and daemons, although they are indeed true daemons. Because of their appearances, they can make better contact with the outside world, but also act as spies to monitor enemies like the fluegels and the Hive.

Univall- The "true" daemons, the ones that those on the surface world think all daemons appear to be. These daemons are the strongest physically and magically, and have the blood of all daemon leaders and legends of the past.

Netherdemons- A broad category of more specific Daemons, such as sleep demons, emotion demons, elemental demons, and other sub-categories. These are far less powerful than the other more well-known Daemon types.