Demon Lord

A **Demon Lord** is an entity of extreme power that works to further the Counterside’s domain by corrupting worlds on Normalside so that they may be assimilated into the Counterside. Collectively, they are called the "Demon Lords of Qliphoth", (also called "Qliphoth Demon Lords" and are effectively at the top of the hierarchy of Corrupted Objects.

## Background

The true origin of the first Demon Lords (if there are any that remain) is unknown.

While their powers and appearance vary from individual to individual, Demon Lords seem to generally possess abilities that put them well within the threshold of being a threat to a world individually, going beyond even the combined might of multiple high level Counters (the Administration-run world being a strange anomaly, attracting and being host to numerous Demon Lords to face in the Game). Fitting to their goal, which is to absorb the Normalside into the Counterside by raising the Global Corruption Rate of each world till it passes the maximum and becomes part of the Counterside. For the most part, they seem to endeavour in the background, either idly killing time (eg: Rosaria) or scheming in the shadows and setting up pieces big and small (eg: Edel, Thagirion). For by the rules of the one who set this game, the only way a world can be consumed by a Demon Lord, is through them winning The Qliphoth Game.

This however, does not mean every world faces a Demon Lord or a Qliphoth Game as it's end of days threat. Some worlds are just too weak to have an Antagonist, let alone a Mina, and are left to die at the hands of the Counterside and it's strange causality.

Should the Antagonist of a world defeat and kill a Demon Lord during a Qliphoth Game, they will end up inheriting the latter's powers and title, thus becoming the new Demon Lord of that respective Qlipha. Should they fail, their world will be consumed by the Counterside, and they will be transformed into a Hollow God.

## Members and their Qliphas (theory)

**DISCLAIMER:** *The following is mere theory till proven in-game. While the Demon Lords are very obviously connected to some degree with the real Qliphoth, no specific mention to which Qlipha each one is based on or connected to is mentioned (except for those who share a name with said Qliphoth such as Nehemoth). In the real Qliphoth the Demon Lords are based on, there are tenQlipha. Therefore the following is based of the logic that there are 10 Demon Lords, 1 per Qlipha (Tammiel included). Allocation is (among other measures) based of Demon Lord characteristics' and their similarities to details of each Qlipha.*

### Undetermined Possibilities

**DISCLAIMER:** *As with the prior disclaimer, this is all theory till proven in-game. Some of these entities may be Demon Lords whose likely associated Qlipha isn't easily discernible, while others may be merely theorized to be Demon Lords, lacking in authentication of such claim as of now via the story. As always, everything is conjecture till actually proven true.*

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## Apostles

Apostles are beings who aid the Demon Lord they serve. While much is unknown about what would make one serve a being from the Counterside unless they were a natural C.O., Ray's case does give insight into one such possibility. That being the loyalty of those who aided you while you were the Antagonist of their world, aiding you in their continued world's survival while you're a Demon Lord.