Seven Great Demon Kings

* Rank 1: KhvarenahGo to Khvarenah
* Rank 2: NadareGo to Nadare
* Rank 3: BahlavanGo to Bahlavan
* Rank 4: FredericaGo to Frederica
* Rank 5: MashyanaGo to Mashyana
* Rank 6: KaikhosruGo to Kaikhosru
* Rank 7: Aka ManahGo to Aka Manah
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The **Seven Great Demon Kings** (七大魔王, *Nana dai maou*), also known as **Transcendent Beings**(超絶個体, *Chōzetsu kotai*) are Seven Great Evil Spirits which existed during the First Heaven. They were known as **Heavenly Kings** (天王, *Tennō*) in the previous cycle.

They are the most powerful of the Black beings; be they Dregvant, Deva, or otherwise; and are set at seven. If one perishes, a new one would rise to power shortly after to take its place. Elected and allowed to ascend to such a point by Mithra herself, who chooses beings that are both extraordinarily powerful, and that she feels would interest her. Due to this, beings like Bushyasta, despite her power, would never become a Demon King as her sloth makes her uninteresting and not worthy of the position.

Demon Kings often fight amongst themselves, as there is no sense of fellowship between them, and even one's former retainer can rise up and slay their King, and this is something that occurs quite frequently. Making replacements common, yet, despite this, the number never exceeds Seven. As this number holds some significance to Shinga, who believed that there would, in the end, by Seven beings that rise up and take the Throne.

 Ahura Mazda theorizes that they are archetypes for all the possible Gods that would rise to take the throne in the future, and the traits possessed by the last set of Demon Kings were remarkably similar to traits common in Hadou Gods in the future, and she theorizes that, if the previous set had been the last, perhaps a different history would have been born.

As displayed by Aka Manah, the presence of an Ego or the capability of self-action are not requirements for becoming a Demon King. Though the exact nature of Aka Manah is as of yet a mystery. With the reason why it was capable of becoming a Demon King not yet revealed.

## Abilities

They are the mightiest beings in all of Ahura Mazda, able to slay hundreds of millions of humans with ease, or even destroy entire stars if they so desire. It is a power that falls outside the realm of living beings, transcending all reason, more akin to a walking calamity than they are living creatures.

All Demon Kings are powerful enough to slay Star Spirits with ease, and have an exceptional Power of Ego beyond that of any Daeva, thus are able to warp reality in myriad ways, transcending logic and natural law with nothing but their power of their own will.

They are also capable of intergalactic travel, moving many times the speed of light, most being capable of instantaneous teleportation to anywhere in the Universe. A power granted only to Star Spirits and those who slay them.

## History

The Demon Kings have a long history reaching back to the genesis of the First Heaven, with Kings falling a new beings rising to take their position, repeating *ad infinitum*, with most Demon Kings perishing within one-hundred years of their rule. Those living longer being notable anomalies.
During the previous cycle the being taking on the title of Nadare was not the one that is known in the current cycle, as Nadare is a title claimed by a new being every cycle, with each Nadare's death ushering in a new cycle of the world. With the last surviving being of Black made to take the position of the next Nadare. If given reason to choose one of White, as was the case with Ferdows said candidate would have to be tainted Black before the coming of the new age.

They ruled at the height of the World, subordinate only to Mithra herself. With only three cases of subjugation existing in the records of Wahman Yasht before the events of Avesta of Black and White. Each of which being at the hands of Varhrān. A Yazata of great power that managed to slay the past 4th, 5th, and 7th Demon Kings.

The 4th Demon King was Apaosha, who went around the world raping the inhabitants of countless planets in order to expand his spawn. He was a mindless beast who lived only to rape and destroy. It was slain by Vahram, and was soon after replaced by Frederica, the child of Sirius and Quinn, born on the Day of Collapse.

The vast majority of Demon King deaths in the last 1,800 years were at the hands of Bahlavan. Though he was unable to defeat Khaverenah and Nadare no matter how hard he tried. Leading to him trying even harder to become stronger, strong enough to slay those two Kings.

The oldest currently living Demon King is Nadare, and she is the most powerful. The reason she is ranked as #2 in terms of threat is due to her inconsistency and generally not being as violent and bloodthirsty as her kin.

The top three: Khvarenah, Nadare, and Bhalavan, are far more powerful than the others, and have had a far longer reign. Bhalavan having been a scourge upon the World for almost two millennia.

Twenty years before the start of Avesta of Black and White Kaverenah and his Star Cluster attacked Wahman Yasht, slaying all but 30 of the Yazata, alongside countless innocent and defenseless Ashavan. Though he called off the attack after seeing that they still had hope, and he created Quinn in order to observe this hope, and find a reason for it.

Mashyana devoured her brother, Zurvan, and went around the world, searching for him, wishing to fight him and to be with the singular being that ever granted her company. The two would eventually meet and fight, and it is in this fight that she would break her own Commandment and undergo Tentsui, being sent back in time as Incest, who lived to eventually fight herself.
 As Incest she would live as an Ashavan on Druj Nasu who held a hatred for Mashyana, living to kill her. But upon the Tentsui of Mashyana, she too would begin to undergo a Tentsui to replace her. Though before it could occur she was slain by Magsarion.

All Demon Kings were pulled in close proximity of each other by Nadare, who did so through the use of Fractured World. This would lead to a fight between Bahlavan and Khvarenah, and a meeting between Sirius and Kaikhosru.

Mithra took interest in Ferdows, and choose for him to be the next Nadare, impressed by him managing to separate the fusion of Zaurid and Taurid.

In a rampage Magsarion went on a killing spree and cut down Bahlavan, Khvarenah, and Frederica. Though afterward rested for three months, until he was brought into conflict with Kaikhosru, who too was slain.

Aka Manah was created through the compression of hundreds of millions of Star Spirits into a singular twisted blade by Nahid, making it unique among Demon Kings for its lack of a sense of self or capacity for thought or autonomy of any form, being merely a weapon wielded by another.

## References

1. ↑ 別名、超絶個体
2. ↑ This is one of the Laws established by God, Shinga, and this is thought to be because the number "Seven" holds some kind of meaning.According to Ahura Mazda's considerations, these Seven Black Kings are a simulation of the vicissitudes of the Divine Throne. That is, they are the archetypes of the Gods that will be born in future generations, ultimately hinting at a future in which 7 eras and 7 Gods have been born.*Glossary 34- Seven Black Kings*
3. ↑ The Seven Kings of the current generation possess attributes that are remarkably common among the Gods of the future, though that's a theory based on hindsight due to them playing a role in this era's end. The past Seven Kings were also different possible archetypes, and if they had served as the last, a different history would have likely been born. The future is an accumulation of past events. In short, it's nothing but that sort of argument.*Glossary 34- Seven Black Kings*
4. ↑ 無邪気なまでの獰猛さを持っており、 数億もの人間を虐殺しようが、 星を喰らう星なんて魔物を生み出そうが、邪気など欠片も存在しない
5. ↑ およそ生物の範疇に入らないほどの破壊的な力を有する。
6. ↑ それでも未だに生きているのは一重に精神力が桁外れなため。想いの力で物理法則を超越している。*@wiki*
7. ↑ 星霊は“すべてが一つであった頃”の記憶を有しているため、総じて瞬間移動能力を持っている。
8. ↑ 千八百年前にバフラヴァーンが現れてから現在までの魔王交代の九割が彼の手によるものである。