Demons

Bringers of Chaos

### Powers

Evil attributes powers that makes them very dangerous and capable to fight their Arch Enemies, the Angels

## Production

### Portrayed By

Various

> " As Angels are servants of Light and Good, Demons are the Evil: there is nothing more weacked than a Demon that has fallen completely victim of his istincts. They are corrupted, wicked creatures that only wish to end the world in the name of their master" - Michael about Demons.
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Demons are the children/ descendants of Abaddon, the Primordial Being of Evil; they were born from Abaddon's body, but a great part of them are either Fallen Angels that became completely demonic beings or Humans that were turned into Demons, as it happened for Cain, the Father of Murder.

## Characteristics

Demons are described as wicked creatures that enjoy torturing their opponents and making them suffer: Demons are often considered the cruelest and most wicked creatures among humanity, with anyone fearing them. They are described as being truely cruel and capable to commit such atrocities that many Humans would simply have difficult to understand completely, showing how much horrible Demons can truly be.

Demons are described as naturally evil and capable to become bloodthirsty and capable to convince humans to make deal with them in exchange of power. This shows that many Demons are not above using sins and human evil intentions to become more powerful. Despite their bestial appearence, Demons are in fact very cunning, especially the strongest ones, who generally prefer to use their wicked power to influence their opponents emotions, so that they can lately strike them down and kill them with little effort.

Demons are known for their great cruelty and for respecting only strength: very few Demons will follow a weak leader, since they are like vipers, attacking each other at the first sign of weakness. Most Demons use no weapons in battle save for their own claws, talons, and fangs and live as primal as savage beasts opposing their orderly Angel counterparts. Though they have some projectile weapons, Demons generally have a very low technology level, preferring raw strength and skill and crude weaponry.

Unlike the Angels, Demons have few qualms regarding whatever methods they use to achieve their ends and are more well-versed in dangerous forbidden magics due to being a mostly lawless species. For example, the Angels abhor necromancy, but it is common among the armies of Hell, as seen on Earth.

## Ranks of Demons

### Greater Demons

#### Archdemons

* Mephistopheles (Archdemon/ Prime Evil/ Lord of Hatred)
* Baal (Archdemon / Prime Evil/ Lord of Destruction)
* Diablo (Archdemon/ Prime Evil/ Lord of Terror)
* Andariel (Archdemon/ Lesser Evil/ Maiden of Anguish)
* Duriel (Archdemon/ Lesser Evil/ Lord of Pain)
* Belial (Archdemon/ Lesser Evil/ Lord of Lies)
* Azmodan (Archdemon/ Lesser Evil/ Lord of Sin)
1/7Archdemons are the primordial Demons and the counterparts of the Archangels along with the Outer Gods: described as the embodiment of Evil, these Demons are feared by everyone, since they have unique powers that allow them to defeat almost anyone they see. There are seven Archdemons: Mephistopheles, Baal, Diablo, Andariel, Duriel, Belial and Azmodan. Each one of them is really powerful and capable to defeat an Archangel on his own, since they are a bit more powerful, with only Lucifer capable to hold his own against one of them and defeat him.

#### Sovereignes of Hell

These are the rarest kind of Demons and currently there are only two known of them: Lilith and Cain. While Lilith was a Demon and she was turned into a Demon with dark rituals, Cain became a Hell Knight, but with much more power, to the point where he reached Lilith in terms of power, but he is still a Hell Knight.

#### Princes of Hell

The Princes of Hell are similar to what Seraphim are in Heaven: they serve as the seconds in command of the Archdemons and other powerful demonic beings, such as Lilith, who is capable to defeat four of them with ease. Some Princes of Hell were once Seraphim, while others were promoted to this position, gaining additional and new powers, becoming more dangerous than before

#### Dukes of Hell

The Dukes of Hell are the general of Demons armies and they are described as powerful demons that are even capable to defeat the Princes of Hell, especially the strongest ones of them. Dukes of Hell are very dangerous and they are capable to easily defeat even Angels as powerful as Seraphim, showing to be very dangerous when they need to be.

Dukes of Hell are in a way adversaries of the Princes of Hell and there is a lot of resentment toward each other, even toward the new ones of them.

### Middle Demons

#### Marquises of Hell

Marquises of Hell are a the chief of Middle Demons and they must make sure they are ususally seen as ministers of Hell, with the job to guide other Demons and make sure they do their job. They are also guardians of guilty humans and they make sure that they follow their orders, otherwise they punish them, sometimes in very hard ways.

#### Lilim

Lilim are the 1000 children that Samael and Lilith spawned together after they slept together: to keep them in control, they lowered their powers so that they would not be greater than those of their parents, however some of them are very powerful and capable to achieve increadible feats.

#### Hell Knights

Hell Knights are a group of Demons that were the first humans, however Lilith corrupted them and turned them into demonic creatures capable to best many foes on their own. The first Hell Knight to be ever created is Cain, who at the time was also the Original Vampire.

Hell Knights are described as very powerful and dangerous creatures, capable to easily defeat even powerful foes on their own and some of them are strong enough to even match a Duke of Hell into a weaken state.

#### Sorcerer Demons

Sorcerer Demons are the weakest of Middle Demons, but they are feared by everyone, since they are very powerful and capable to perform many rituals and this allows them to become very powerful when they must. Sorcerer Demons work together many times to summon powerful Demons or to bind other beings and they are guided by Baphomet, a powerful Duke of Hell who is the keeper of the Darkhold, a powerful demonic instrument that grants a tremendous power to any demon who wield it.

Sorcerer Demons are also responsible for corrupting many witches, since they are capable to convince them to join their cause in exchange for power.

### Lower Demons

#### Crossroads Demons

Crossroads Demons have the duty to bring humans into Hell either because of their sins or because they chose Hell over Heaven for power. These Demons must take humans souls and convince people to join Hell and fight for them. They also take out from Hell those souls that are purified and they no longer deserve to stay in Hell, even if they have a great reluctance in doing so.

#### Feral Demons

Feral Demons were once Monsters, but they plegded themselves to Hell, becoming more powerful and capable to defeat common Demons with ease and in some cases, even much stronger creatures. Feral Demons still have the same abilities that they had when they were Monsters, but augmented to a higher level, making them very powerful. Feral Demons are described as capable to cause serious harm to many creatures and capable to best many Angels with ease.

#### Common Demons

Common Demons are the weakest kind of Demons and they can be easily defeated by any Angel with ease, however they are still strong enough to cause serious harm and greately injure even creatures as powerful as Monsters and other supernatural creatures, allowing them to become very dangerous when they need to be.

## Powers and Abilities

As the servants of Evil, Demons have some unique powers and they are described as being very dangerous and capable to cause great harm against those that oppose them.

### Common Demonic Powers

* **Immortality** - Demons have an indefinitely long lifespan and an arrested aging process. They are also immune to diseases and they can resist many injuries that would instead kill a human.
	+ **Nigh-Invulnerability -** Injuries that would be fatal to humans, such as broken necks or gunshot wounds, have very little - if any - effect on demons. They can only be killed by special weapons or rituals. Demons are also resistent to some weapons that would kill a Monster, however anything as strong as an Angel Dagger can kill a common Demon with ease. Stronger Demons can however resist these weapons or reduce the effects that they have on them.
	+ **Super Healing Factor -** Many Demons are also capable to heal themelves from many injuries, allowing them to survive injuries that would normally kill humans with ease. Demons do not have a healing factor advanced as that of Angels, but they can prove capable to resist even some weapons into their heart, something that would kill a common human with ease.
* **Shapeshifting -** All Demons have certain shapeshifting abilities, depending on how much powerful they are. All Demons can appear as human to hide their bestial and monstrous identity, but they can also partially reveal it, turning only some parts of their body.
	+ **Tail -** Almost every Demon can generate a tail and use it to crush their enemies with ease: strongest Demons can also use their tales to behade their opponents or push them away if they use enough force.
	+ **Claws -** Demons can also manifest claws from their fingernails and use them to cause ddep injuries to their opponents: some Demons are also capable to use this power to cause more damage, making their claws even more lethal.
	+ **Horns Protrusions -** All Demons have some kind of horns in their true visage, however, they are very different and while some are simply parts of the Demon body, other can be used also as weapons to charge against your opponents.
	+ **Wings Manifestation -** Some Demons are capable to produce wings and use them as weapons to fly aand in some occasions travel to great distances.
		- **Dimensional Travel -** Some Demons can produce wings that carry special powers and Demons can use them to travel between dimensions. However, only Demons that are as strong as Middle Demons can generate wings strong enough to make them travel between realms and dimensions.
* **Mental Manipulation -** Demons are capable to affect or control the minds of weaker beings, manipulating their senses or manipulating their memories.
	+ **Nightmare Manipulation -** Demons are capable to manifest nightmares inside their victims, trapping them possibly forever inside their heads, slowly bringing their victims closer to madness. Diablo's minions showed to be very skilled into entering others minds and leaving them trapped into terror.
* **Super Strength** - Demons possess superior physical strength much superior to humans ; capable of physically overpowering them. Demons can also overpower most monsters. Even lower demons can overpower young vampires and even killed a werewolf without the use of fire. Also lower demons can slaughter small armies of humans and rip humans to pieces with ease. The higher ranking the demon, the stronger it is. The highest ranking demons can overpower most types of angels, with the exception of Archangels, who can be defeated only by the Archdemons.
* **Super Speed -** Demons are much faster than most humans and they surpass Monsters and many other supernatural creatures, allowing them to become very difficult to be kept in check: only Angels, Shades and other powerful beings are capable to surpass them in terms of speed, however, strongest Demons are faster than what many would expect, given their monstrous and sometimes grotesquely appearence.
* **Super Agility -** Demons are far more agile than what many would expect, showing a level of agility not seen in many creatures and allowing them to catch many objects in the air and do also some acrobatic moves; Demons can also use this agility to move better in dangerous ground, however most of them prefer to count on their endurance and pure brute force rather than their speed and techniques.
* **Super Durability -** Demons' body is much more resistant than that of humans, especially thanks to their natural protections that make their body so hard to penetrate, with some Demons aving a natural armor all around their body. Demons are very durable and is nearly impossible to penetrate them with common weapons and they are also immune to many magical items.
* **Super Stamina -** Demons do not require food or water to survive.
* **Super Senses** - Demons have an enhanced sense of smell and taste. A demon possessing a waitress claimed he could smell Sargeros's soul. Demons are also capable to see through spells and understand if someone is trying to manipulate their senses, allowing them to even understand when their opponents are attacking them with magic or the energy that flows around them.
	+ **Supernatural Perception -** Demons are able to see hidden supernatural activity and beings, such as Reapers, Angels and Witches.

### Greater Demons Powers

* **High Tier Demonic Powers -** Greater Demons have a very high level of power, making them capable to defeat common Demons with ease: a Greater Demon can easily kill any other Demon and defeat any Half Breed weaker than him; Greater Demons can also kill First Sphere Angels, as many did during the Eternal Conflict.
	+ **Cosmic Awareness -** As the oldest Demons, Greater Demons posses a vast knowledge about the Universe and as such there is little they do not know. However only Archdemons posses a form of Onmiscence and however is much inferior to that of Primordial Beings, since they were old when the Archangels were just born.
	+ **Demonic Control -** As the top Demons, Greater Demons are capable to control weaker Demons and force them to do their bidding, turning them into slaves. Archdemons are capable to control any Demon with ease.
	+ **Demonic Smite -** Greater Demons displayed the power to smite other demons similar to Angels, but with a red glow rather than a white one.
* **Demonic Weaknesses Immunity -** Greater Demons are completely immune to any demonic weakness, making them capable to resist holy water, sacred ground and any other kind of harm used to kill Demons. Greater Demons can be killed only by stronger beings or by poweful items, otherwise they will only be injured, but they will recover.

#### Archdemons

* **Low Tier Nigh-Omnipotence -** Archdemons are the strongest and oldest Demons and as such they hold so much power that they are even capable to tear apart Archangels: they are in fact a little stronger than their angelic foes, since they were generated by Abaddon, who is older and more powerful than Anu.
	+ **Nigh-Omniscience -** As the oldest Demons, Archdemons have a tremendous level of knowledge that makes them far more dangerous than many other Demons, since their knowledge is what allowed them to escape from their imprisonment.

## Weaknesses

### Harming, Weaking, Banishing and Trapping

#### Beings

* **Blessed Humans -** Blessed Humans such as Jennavie can weaken Demons and make them vulnerable to human weaponaries, however if they stay away from them, this weakness will disappear.

#### Items

* **Magic -** Spells such as exorcism, banishing and magical sacred symbols are examples of spells that can be used against Demons to force them out of eventual bodies that they are possessing and send them back to Hell.
* **Holy Water -** If a Demon drinks too much holy water, he will become to have hallucinations and it will be left vulnerable to other attacks; Greater Demons are immune to this weakness.
* **Sacred Ground -** Most Demons cannot walk on sacred ground without fealing ill and weakened, however Greater Demons are immune to this power and they can walk on sacred ground perfectly fine.

### Killing or Destroying

#### Beings

* **Half Breeds -** Half Breeds are capable to kill almost every Demon, however Greater Demons can only be killed by very powerful Half Breeds. Archdemons can only be killed by Half Breeds either as strong as Primordial Species Entities or Hybrids sired by Primordial Species.
* **Primordial Species Level Entities -** Beings like Archangels, Archdemons, Outer Gods, Grim Reapers, Apocalypse Horsemen, Protogenoi, Elemetal Emperors, Chronologistes and Monarches are capable to defeat any Demon except those that reach at least a level of Omnipotence.
* **Primordial Beings -** Any Primordial Being can easily destroy all Demons.

#### Items

* **Primordial Weapons -** Weapons used by Primordial Beings are capable to kill all **Demons** with ease.
* **Vice of Cain -** Cain's personal weapon empowered by the Mark can easily kill any Demon, with only Archdemons capable ti survive this weapon if not pierced through the Heart. When the Vice is empowered by all Marks, it becomes capable to kill any Demon.
* **Mark of Cain -** If an Angel strikes Cain with too much strength, the Mark will create a blast that will kill even a Sovereign of Hell and leave into a dimished state an Archdemon.
* **Primordial Species Weaponary -** Weapons as powerful as those used by Primordial Species can kill any Demon.