Demon

**Demons**, sometimes called **Devils**, are a race of dark beings that inhabit the Infernal Hells within Abrahamic Mythology. As a race, they are indirectly related to the angels through their progenitor Lilith and Lucifer, the one who brought them into creation. Many other mythologies hold significant contempt towards these demons (even more so than their own demonic equivalent) due to the actions caused Lucifer to sow discord across the world prior to his imprisonment.

## Overview

They originated from Lilith, known as the Mother of Demons, and Lucifer who took her from Earth and brought her to the Infernal Hells. While there, the fallen angel corrupted her soul and twisted it into the first true demon. From Lilith, Lucifer produced enough demons to allow natural reproduction to occur without need of their progenitor.

When their population was large enough, Lucifer chose those worthy and granted them titles within the legions. Each of these Demon Lords were given unique abilities and the right to rule a region of the Hells. Using his knowledge of the Heavenly Host, Lucifer attempted to make a dark counterpart to his former brethren and creating new materiel to counter them (Cursed Swords, Unique Abilities, Demonic Magic, etc). In the relatively peaceful times, Lucifer and his cohorts sought to seed strife among the mythologies, hoping to both prevent any help to their enemies and to start a fire of all out war between factions.

### End War

In their own misguided belief in an ultimate victory because of their advancements, the demons streamed from their blazing realm and into the domains of light to attack their angelic enemies, emboldened by the God of the Bible's apparent departure. The demons' initial push allowed them to reach the very gates of the Heavens, only to be pushed back to their fiery realm, but in return the angel warriors themselves were routed, leading to an even stalemate within long abandoned realms. As the demons fought, their greatest minds and generals created innovation upon innovation, attempting to counter everything the angels did in an attempt to overwhelm each other.

The war eventually threatened to lead to the extinction of both angels and demons, which led to both sides conducting operations in an attempt to decapitate the other's leadership. On the demons' side, they began the deployment of experimental and powerful dark spirits that had been said to be able to kill even archangels, prompting the archangels themselves to enter the battlefield to stop them. While all available forces were deployed after the trap had been sprung and dozens of the angels' leaders were killed, the archangels escaped alive. Although they had managed to wipe out large numbers of high-level angels, nearly all of the surviving Demon Lords, including several Kings shared a similar fate.

The death of the pro-war majority in demon society led to those who wished survival won out over those who wished to continue the war, having suffered extensive losses. Although it took several failed attempts, a concord was eventually struck between the two sides, with the successful one being mediated by the Greek God Orcus with one of the conditions being the imprisonment of Lucifer. Largely free from the Lucifer's control, the demons retreated back to their infernal realm and began to build their civilization in earnest but still plagued by their pride and hate.

## Characteristics

Within the Infernal Hells, demons are organized into a clan-based structure centred around the original Demon Lords. Following their End War against the angels, their society became segregated into three primary ruling castes and titles: Royals (King, Prince), Nobles (Duke, Marquis, Baron), and the Common class (Knight). With an increase in the reincarnating of souls into new demons, each are adopted into a clan where they are to prove themselves before gaining access to their shared reserve of power.

In a form of mockery conducted by Lucifer, many demons are named after or associated with gods and entities from other mythologies. These acts has led to many from other mythologies to despise the demons and original master. Only with the death of the worst offenders, or their imprisonment, did relations begin to cool.

### Appearance

Demons appear similar to that of humans, with the same skin tones, hair and eye colour. The average demon is somewhat more muscular than that of a human, but one that is small enough to disguise their true physical strength. When they are fully revealed, demons display crow-like wings from their backs and a darker tint to their eyes than normally.

## Powers & Abilities

Demons are supernatural beings who have superior physical and magical potential than that of humans and other mortal species. They inherently have access to demonic magic that grants them the capabilities to do battle against others effectively. As with most others with magic, the power of a demon can increase through intense training and the gathering of knowledge about magic itself. In regards to their passive abilities, demons can see in the light and dark equally, improved senses, and can easily learn other languages without effort.

* **Immortality**: Demons each have an indefinite lifespan, immune to illnesses, and cannot be injured or killed through normal weapons without any sort of magical enchantment. Should a demon be sufficiently injured by a magic weapon, they will become vulnerable to mortal means.

* **Demonic Magic**: They have access to the energy that radiates throughout the Infernal Hells, which is what was used to first create demons. Made from powerful primordial energy, demonic magic allows one to wield a form of reality warping with a corrupting influence. The blood of demons, and their very souls, is saturated with demonic magic which they can strengthen through training and practice.

* **Wing Manifestation**: When not in use, the wings of demons are within an ethereal state as they cannot be seen or physically interacted with. When demons desire to fly, they manifest their wings into a physical form that allows them to manipulate their surrounding gravity and take flight.

### Weaknesses

* **Divine Light**: The energy radiated by the power of divine light can injure or kill demons, depending on how strong they have become. The Divine Light used by gods can kill high-level demons with relative ease.

* **Angelic Power**: As angels were modified to be capable of directly harming demons, they are able to match the individually powerful demons and weaken or kill them with their Holy Light or Fire.

## Notable

* Demon Kings
	+ Lucifer
	+ Mammon
	+ Leviathan
	+ Beelzebub
	+ Abaddon
	+ Belphegor
	+ Asmodeus