Demons

## **Origin of Demons**

   Many lores consider the first demon to be Lucifer, however, that isn't wholly accurate. While Lucifer fell many eons ago, he was not turned into a demon in the traditional sense. The first true demon was the archangel Samael, who seduced the human woman Lilith after she ran from the garden of eden for refusing to lie under Adam. As punishment for defying God, Samael was cast from heaven and turned into a monster. Lilith also faced punishment from God, and for lying with an angel of the Lord, was cursed to be always consumed with lust, thus making her the first Succubus.

Samael and Lilith remained together, and she bore him a son: Sariel. Sariel was the first of many demonic children born to Lilith and Samael, but they were not theonly demons to come into existence. As humanity spread over the world more angels fell to temptation, getting themselves cast from heaven for lying with the daughters of man. They filled in the ranks of demons in Hell not yet occupied by Samael and Lilith's offspring.

Inevitably, the demons born of Samael and Lilith moved to the earth, acting as a plague on humanity, and once there they began corrupting humans souls. The souls they claimed were cast into hell, where they were warped and twisted into the demons that now flourish on earth.

## **Powers**

The host of demonic skills predominantly serve to corrupt and entice humans into giving up their souls. It are these powers which make demons so dangerous to humans in particular.

All demons are capable of possessing human bodies, however, that does not mean their true form once belonged to a human. Demons exist in bodies which they craft for their own devices; particularly sentimental demons will take the form they had when they were human. However, their essence can leave this casing and enter the bodies of mortals to control them against their will.

Demons can also see into the souls of mortals; this makes it easy for them to manipulate humans into giving up their souls. They have the ability to place thoughts into humans heads - however, they cannot force them to obey these thoughts.

Though they aren't shapeshifters, and thus cannot change into multiple creatures, demons are capable shapeshifting into very specific forms. Each demon has one form they can use. For example, Val can shapeshift into a massive snake. This form is chosen by the demon upon their creation.

Outside of their specific talents, demons are also incredibly fast, strong, and have enhanced senses that allow them to be constantly aware of their surroundings. However, their senses still pale in comparison to the senses of more animalistic inhumans, such as vampires and werewolves.

## **Alignments**

As with many character types, demons fall under different personality archetypes and alignments. However, given the limited nature of their emotional range, demons most often follow under two specific alignments: chaotic evil and chaotic neutral.

Typically, most demons fall under the alignment of chaotic evil; ‘they relish the destruction not only of beauty and life but also of the order on which beauty and life depend’. These demons are typically still loyal to Hell and to Lucifer, and work to corrupt humanity.

However, not all demons are loyal to hell; those that aren’t tend to be chaotic neutral entities.  ‘Chaotic neutral characters believe that there is no order to anything, including their own actions. With this as a guiding principle, they tend to follow whatever whim strikes them at the moment’. They are still every bit as dangerous as Hell-bound demons

## **Weaknesses**

Though demons are some of the most powerful creatures in the mortal realm they are not invulnerable. While no human is capable of fully killing a demon, there are ways to banish and otherwise displace demons from the mortal plane and, potentially, permenantly bar a demon from approaching a specific human.

Exorcisms can only be performed successfully (in that they result in the expulsion of the demon from their body) by a holy individual who is pure of soul and heart; this does not mean they must be a priest or religious themselves. Exorcisms performed by impure individuals are less successful, but still capable of keeping demons at bay.

A demon holding objects of faith, such as rosaries, bibles, and crosses, will suffer from severe burns wherever the object touches. This is not restricted purely to Christian objects, as most lore might tell you - holy items of any faith have a capacity to incapacitate and wound demonic entities.

The only object capable of permenantly killing a demon is a blessed or holy blade, which are extremely rare and found only in the most remote of locations. The most typical example of a blessed blade is the sword of an angel.

## Noteworthy Demons

* Valac Klein: the property manager of the Safehouse
* Leo Duvall: the resident manager of the second ward in the Safehouse
* Zeela Wynters: the resident manager of the first ward in the Safehouse