Demons

**Demons** are a race that had forcefully invaded many worlds including 'Earth'.

They're a race that let their primordial desires overtook their rationality, prompting them to greedily take whatever they desired. even if you were of the same race the demons didn't care.Although most demons worked with each other, in the end, what they cared for most was their self-interest.

## Ranks

The demons are ranked depending of the purity of their bloodline from:

1. King
2. Prince/Princess (SSS Rank)
3. Duke (SS Rank)
4. Marquis (S Rank)
5. Earl/Count (A Rank)
6. Viscount (B Rank)
7. Baron (C Rank)
8. Untitled (D Rank and below)

They can increase their bloodlines purity by consuming devil/demon fruits, or a higher ranked demons' core but the latter is a taboo practice amongst the demons as it was equivalent to cannibalism.

The Demon are split into 7 clans, each according to the 7 deadly sins. Each clan is commanded by a demon Duke. A sub-branch, also known as a collection of minor tribes, is a collective of demons whose bloodline are more diluted compared to the main clans.

## Clans

Despite working together, the clans weren't on friendly terms. In fact, their relationship was quite complex as there were a lot of hidden fights between them. If not for their fear of the Demon King, they would've long had started a war amongst each other.

There are three secret alliances between the clans. The lust clan and the sloth clan, the greed clan and the wrath clan, the pride clan and gluttony clan. These are the three alliances between the clans.

### **[Envy Clan]**

The clan representing the sin of **Envy.** The strongest and scariest out of the seven clans as they have the most number of Duke and Marquiss ranked Demons. In the Demon World, The Envy Clan border the clans of Wrath and Greed.

### **[Pride Clan]**

The clan representing the sin of **Pride.** They, alongside Gluttony Clan, Border the Lust and Sloth clan.

* **Known Sub-branch Tribes:**
	1. Vanity Tribe.

### **[Lust Clan]**

The clan representing the sin of **Lust.**

* **Known Sub-branch Tribes:**
	1. Charm Tribe.

### **[Greed Clan]**

The clan representing the sin of **Greed.**

* **Known Sub-branch Tribes:**
	1. Shadow Tribe

### **[Sloth Clan]**

The clan representing the sin of **Sloth.**

### **[Wrath Clan]**

The clan representing the sin of **Wrath.**

### **[Gluttony Clan]**

The clan representing the sin of **Gluttony.** They, alongside Pride Clan, Border the Lust and Sloth clan.

## Contract

Demons conclude pacts with compatible peoples. For example, if you found yourself in despair towards a person who was far more talented than you, an emotion called 'Jealousy' would begin sprouting inside of you. Or when you see a beautiful girl you want to make yours, what you experience is both 'Greed' and 'Lust'. Once a person experiences such emotions and lets it takes over their rationality, only then will the demon tribe with the respective compatibility step in and present you with a deal in exchange for power. Having a pact with a demon is the first condition to be a true Villains.

As demons are currently in a standoff against multiple races, in order to weaken their opponents they resorted that methods to create internal strife by giving power to individuals who are willing to follow their command for the sake of power, that's how they successfully managed to continuously weaken their enemies.

### Contractee

Because of the limited number of pure-blooded demons, only the best, and most talented could make a contract with them. If someone was not very talented, then the sub-branch would step in and offer them a contract. The consequence of having a more diluted bloodline resulted in the contractee being given a lower amount of power compared to someone who had made a pact with a pure-blooded demon. Ren received an raise of his stats when he made a contract with Angelica, and Elijah Turner received an ability called 'Bewitchement'.

A demon contractee undergo several genetic modifications when making a pact with a demon. This phenomenon occurred due to the fact that the human body cannot fully adapt to the power given to them by the demons. The weaker bodies tended to undergo drastic changes in order to withstand the newly found power that entered their body, because of this a simple retina, fingerprint, and gene test could verify if one was a villain or not. But it only work for relatively weak villains. They gain power and the ability to consume devils fruits to increase their rank in exchange of a part of their rationality, the more they use mana, the faster the demonic energy will corrode their brain. After consuming pills and devil fruits they could no longer live as regular humans-like their bodies will slowly rot if they lose their contract.

The contractee can know the general location of the demon he made a pact with.

### Demons

It has to be noted that a demon could never break a contract once it was made, as their soul was directly linked to the contract. If they forcefully tried to break the contract, they may be at risk of having their soul pulverized. Usually demons cannot kill their contractees without facing a backlash, however, this only applied if the terms in the demon contract were fulfilled. Normal demons can only make one contract at a time, this limit increase with their rank. A demon will be severly weaken if his contractee die, his rank could be downgraded and that could even killed them that depend of the power of the contractee compared to the demon.

Demons can contact their contractee whenever they want, even if they're in different worlds. When their contractees died apart from having their souls became damaged, they are also subjected to the pain they experience right before dying, that's how Angelica knew Elijah Turner wasn't killed by an arrow.

Demons can force peoples to make a contract with them. Because the other party didn't agree to submit to the demon, as they were forcefully made to sign a contract with them, they were put under a curse that subjected them to intense pains. Black veins are a sign of someone that was under a forced contract.

Demon can weaken anyone who made a pact with their kind by using bloodline suppression. This is why demons never worried about the Monolith or their contractees betraying them. But that won't work if the contractee is much stronger than the demon or made a contract with a higher ranked demon, they also need to be close to use their bloodline supression.

If the contractee become stronger than the demon he can break the contract. On the other side since they are soul-linked a demon will receive a considerable boost in power if his contractee become stronger it can even helped them to increase their rank.

## Mind-Breaker

One of the strongest curses a demon could cast is the mind-breaker. Once cast. No matter how far, with a simple flick of their fingers, whoever was under the curse would die as soon as the demon deemed that they were no longer useful. It was an especially scary curse as it was undetectable. You wouldn't realize you were cursed before it was already too late. The curse is know to be incurable, one of the few remedies is the Xurin fruit.

Demons are not able to sense if the one they curse is alive or not.

This curse put a massive toll on the demon's body depending on what rank their victims were, anything below <C> rank did not put any particular burden on the demon that had cursed them. For example when Angelica cursed someone around <B+> rank, she was unable to rank up to Vizcount rank (<B>) for more than 15 years.

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Once the mind-breaker curse is broken the demon who cast it will be injured.

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1. ↑ The Author's POV - Chapter 114
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