Demons and Beasts

Among the ***Super String Universe*** there are a variety of extraordinary demons, beast and creatures from various realms and dimensions.

## Background

There are many demons and beasts throughout the Super String Universe. It is hard to make a clear distinction which beasts are demons and which are not, as many beasts have the appearance of demons (i.e. horns, teeth, evil looks). Thus the category of demons and beast encompasses traditional demons (fallen angels), mythical creatures, monsters, etc. However, animals are excluded from this category, unless they are mutated or genetically altered, such as the case in Distant Sky.

## Hierarchy

Different creatures have their different hierarchies, but generally, in reference to demons, it is mentioned that the Black Wing Clan stands above all and thus the Queen of the Black Wing Clan would presumably be at the top of the hierarchy. Furthermore, apart from the Black Wing Clan, there are other upper-class demons that can summon or create other demons at will, such as Kwaetacheon and Wonhyo. Other creatures may or may not have any hierarchy.

## Plot Overview

### Blade of the Phantom Master

There are many demons throughout the story. They arrived mostly during Wonsul youth, falling from the moon along with Kwaetacheon, although Ajitae had already been in the caves before Munsu was born. These demons have basically been at war with Jyushin for many years, especially those under Tacheon's rule. After the great Demon War, Tacheon and her legions were finally defeated. After the war, only a few demons were left, including the Black Wing Clan members, some monsters, Wonhyo, and perhaps Myowol as well. Wonhyo created a few demons of his own but were killed by Miss Hwang. After the Hwalbindang Arc, Ajitae resurrected Tacheon to use her army of demons.

### Electronics Horror Store

There are many demons that have been inserted into Yak's devices, allow them to have supernatural abilities. However, once the rules of the device are broken, the demons are allowed to intervene into the human world, often ending up killing the user, at which point, Yak is able to absorb their souls.

### Neolithic Girl

The beasts that appear are mainly the chimera created by Sunwoo Baek using gene manipulation as well as the evil beasts in the beginning of the creation of life that often threaten the existence of humans.

### Island

There are various types and levels of demons. The main demons chasing after Miho Won are the lust demons.

### Terror Vs. Revival

There are a few demons from Yak's devices that appear or are released/summoned. Furthermore, Van also summons some Black Wing Clan members. Of course, Yak and Atrahasis are both Black Wing Clan members themselves.

### Distant Sky

Because of the radiation, there are many mutated creatures that appear in Distant Sky as well as the animals that had undergone experimentation for Project Sky.

## Trivia

* In a collab with Kingdom of the Winds: Yeon, the desert beasts appears as common enemies.
* Hwanung, Wonhyo's iconic summons, was an important sage in Korean legend, Dan-gun Shinwa. He is equivelent to Jesus Christ. In addition, Inwan found a quote about him "Hwanung was a tragic sage who gave up immortaility to become a man and was punished by the heavens." This quote is what Inwan decided to design Hwanung in the webtoon.
	+ In the original, Hwanung has visible female nipples but the webtoon had erased it.
* In the Super String Mobile Game:
	+ the Desert Beasts from the Blade of the Phantom Master are playable characters and enemies in the campaign.
	+ Ingtae is a playable character and enemy in the campaign.
	+ Lust demons, chaos rabbits, and the gorilla from Distant Sky are enemies in the campaign.

## Gallery

BangkuArt Mobile Game Concept ArtSuper String Mobile Game (Character Model)(Kingdom of the Winds: Yeon)
## References

1. ↑ In the original manga, he went by the name Beelzebub and according to original manga in the notes section, Inwan Youn explains how the Dark Lord is based on the accounts of Theobald and Joseph Bruner in Alsace, France who were possessed. When asked the demons identity, the demon in Theobald answered that he is the Lord of Darkness (according to the Encyclopedia of Demons and Demonology)
2. ↑ Island, Part 1, Ep.16, Mahamayuri info:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahamayuri
3. ↑ Island, Part 1, Ep.64
4. ↑ Island, Part 2, Ep.23-24
5. ↑ Island, Part 2, Ep.23-24
6. ↑ Island, Part 2, Ep.28
7. ↑ Island, Part 2, Ep.28
8. ↑ Island, Part 2, Ep.13
9. ↑ Island, Part 2, Ep.66
10. ↑ Electronic Horror Store, Ep.14
11. ↑ Electronic Horror Store, Ep.14
12. ↑ Blade of Phantom Master, Ep.22
13. ↑ Blade of Phantom Master, Ep.21
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Blade of the Phantom Master, Ep. 37
15. ↑ Blade of Phantom Master, Ep. 23
16. ↑ Blade of the Phantom Master, Ep.171
17. ↑ YLAB Universe Encyclopedia
18. ↑ Blade of Phantom Master, Ep.76
19. ↑ Blade of Phantom Master, Ep. 79
20. ↑ Blade of Phantom Master, Ep. 187
21. ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%87%8E%E7%8B%97%E5%AD%90, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange\_Tales\_from\_a\_Chinese\_Studio.
22. ↑ https://owlcation.com/humanities/88-Chinese-Legendary-Creatures
23. ↑ Blade of Phantom Master, Ep. 231
24. ↑ Blade of Phantom Master, Ep. 231
25. ↑ https://mythologyplanet.com/haetae-korean-mythology/
26. ↑ Bulgasal: https://koreabyme.com/koreas-deadliest-monster-the-bulgasal/, Samjoko: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-legged\_crow/
27. ↑ https://namu.wiki/w/%EC%A0%9C%EC%B2%9C%EB%8C%80%EC%84%B1
28. ↑ https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezekiel+10%3A11-12&version=NIV
29. ↑ Terror vs Revival, Ep.77, Gashadokuro: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gashadokuro
30. ↑ Terror vs Revival, Ep.78
31. ↑ Neolithic Girl, Ep.27
32. ↑ Neolithic Girl, Ep.28
33. ↑ Neolithic Girl, Ep.33
34. ↑ Neolithic Girl, Ep.88
35. ↑ Neolithic Girl, Ep.88
36. ↑ Neolithic Girl, Ep.88
37. ↑ Neolithic Girl, Ep.88
38. ↑ Neolithic Girl, Ep.88
39. ↑ Neolithic Girl, Ep.89
40. ↑ Neolithic Girl, Ep.89
41. ↑ Neolithic Girl, Ep.90
42. ↑ Distant Sky, Season 4, Ep. 8
43. ↑ Super String: Marco Polo's Travel to Multiverse (Webtoon), Ep.20
44. ↑ Shin Angyo Onshi, Ch. 7.7
45. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hwanung