Demonology

Demonology is the study of demons, which encompasses the biological study of demons as well as the science of transporting and tethering a demon to a realm other than the moon.

## Discipline

Demonology is practiced by demonologists and concerns three main disciplines, summoning, invoking and demonology.

### Summoning

*Main Article: Summoning Demons*

The first discipline is Summoning, which is the transportation of a demon to another realm.

Summoning is a practice to successfully warp a demon from the moon to another realm without the yeast colony losing too many of its members so as to die out when arriving on Welt.

### Invoking

*Main Article: Invoking Demons*

Invoking is the secondary, more precise part of summoning demons, where the demon becomes tethered to the realm and won't be banished back to the moon. Invoking is also the study of Conditions, Deals, Pacts and other means to securely tether a demon to another realm.

### Demonology

*Main Article: Demonology (Discipline)*

Demonology is the practice of research into the biology of demons, with some practical applications being the management of saccharomyces demonica and the study of demons as a species and individual demons as organisms.

## Occupations related to demonology

As a practice, demonology leads to many different occupations. As specialists in summoning demons, specifically host demons. A demonologists training lies in the bonding of yeasts to physical shells called demonic figurines.

### Sculptor

Demonologists create demonic figurines and statuettes that act as containers for demonic yeast. Generally speaking, sculpting rituals use or are performed to acquire Saccharomyces Demonica. The contained yeast can be kept for future use, in the form of a demonic figurine.

A demonic figurine is a yeast colony kept in an hollow insulated statuette. Once broken the yeast will act accordingly and feed on whatever it can, either possessing a host in order to feed even more, or simply consuming anything in front of it in order to create a colony that can sustainably become a yeast demon. Statuettes are also used to open portals to yeast constructs or demons that must be captured before use.

### Harvester

Generally, Demonologists harvest the souls of their defeated enemies and use this energy to tap into the Nether, pulling all manner of yeasts from it using elaborate rituals. While such a practice is often considered by outsiders to be wicked and reckless, the practiced demonologist maintains absolute control over the summoned creatures. If correctly invoked, these entities are fully beholden to and empowered by the will of the demonologist, until banished to the realm from whence they came.

### Mage

Of the mysteries of the yeast, mages are the diviners. A common perception was shared that the magi's telekinetics was unholy and possibly even demonic.

The demonic abilities mages use are entropic in nature, and gain power by the destruction of another source. Mages are demonologists who use yeast and its capacity to store entropic energy to fuel different forms of telekinetics. With the rise of Essence, the occupation has become nearly extinct.

### Shaman

Shamans are spiritual guides. Demons are able to use shamans as a conduit, a natural or artificial channel through which something is conveyed, for their own needs. Shamans are born, and while the use as a conduit is natural, it must be learned and mastered to avoid the ill effects it brings. As such shamans act as summoner and host at the same time. Their mastery of their craft gives them more or less control on the powers of the demon that inhabits them.

### Warlock

Warlocks are channelers of demonic powers, and are most often former mages or shamans that delved too deeply into the roots of demonic power. Consumed by a lust for knowledge, they've tapped into techniques from beyond the world and the powers that connect the myriad pocket realms of the moon together. By the usage of a pact, one or several demons now feeds them their powers, if the conditions are met. Their patrons allows them to channel their yeast and call upon the powerful emissaries of their demon masters.

As warlocks are a source of demonic power, warlocks are essentially demons themselves. It is theorized by lunar skeptics that demons only exist within the minds of warlocks and warlocks are able to release the "demonic" powers inside structures by destroying those structures then give them a constructed form, creating demonic constructs or entropic horrors.

The difference between a warlock and thrall is the apparent fact that thralls aren't required to offer sentiment as tribute to their demon master, and that warlocks can receive yeast without requiring direct physical contact with their patrons.