Demons

## History

Demons are the one of the oldest beings on the planet; the first demon was estimated to have lived ten million years ago. As well as the oldest species on the planet, they were strong and powerful. For no human dared to stand up to the near unchallenged power of the demon race. That was until around a hundred and fifty thousand years ago the human race became sick of the demon's reign of torment and power and rebelled. The demons had become arrogant and blind to the power of men, so when the humans started hunting demons down, they were not prepared for the magic and tactics of them. Most of the demons were brutally wiped out with only a few survivors escaping the anarchy. The few demons that had to go into hiding, and to do that they had to hide in human forms. By doing this they were able to survive over thousands of years and slowly regain their power, but because they were in human form, their power was limited and so was their strength. Demons are no longer known or able to change into their full form - at least it hasn't been heard of. Still to this day demons are being hunted by men and no longer intervene in human affairs and try to blend in to the human society in hopes to avoid detection, however some have become very powerful in the recent years and have started to rise up. The Demon race will probably never reach the level it once was before, but could it come close?

## Demon Magic

### Overview

Demon Magic is a powerful magic that all demons possess. It can be applied to any other form of magic that a demon may have but in no way can be possessed by a human.

### Capabilities and Limitations

These abilities and skills are able to be learnt by anyone who is using Demon Magic:

* **Demon Enhancement:** All demons bear this passive ability which allows them enhance their other form of magic such as lightning magic. Demon Enhancement would increase the power, strength and complexity of a demon's other magic beyond what they would of been able to reach at a human level. The strength of this ability is reliant on a demon's original power: the stronger the demon, the stronger the enhancement. This means that a human's ability can still be more powerful than a demon's if the human is more skilled in their field of magic than the demon in conjunction with their enhancements. Usually the enhancement is visible via a purple and/or black aura surrounding the spell.
* **Demon Resistance:** This is another passive ability which means that a demon has a higher tolerance to magic attacks from other users. They also have a much longer life span than humans. Some demons have been known to live for tens of thousands of years, however most don't live past a few thousand years if they are not killed before that. Demon Resistance is not as strong against other creatures such as Angels or Dragons, but they still do have some. Against other demons, their resistance is almost worthless.

* **Full form:** This ability allows the user to turn into their full demon form. When in this form, the demon's power is pushed to the extremes. When the user has reached full form, they will have little to no human resemblance. Usually a full form user has large horns and wings as well as hollow eyes replaced by a symbol of their power, e.g if the Demon of Fire were to reach a full form, his eye sockets would be filled with flames. However no demon has been able to perform this for millenniums and likely no demon will ever be able to again.
* **Flight:** The user may use their own powers to form wings, helicopter like blades, or simply for levitation, allowing them to fly, however if the user already has wings then this is unnecessary.

## Notable Figures

* Zeldris
* Estarossa
* Vargad
* Jerin
* The rest of the Demon Clan
* Damian Gaunt
* Finn Asher