Phanes

* Incubus (Male)
* Succubus (Female)
* Concubus (Neutral)

* Ynatus (Alpha/Lord)

### Summary

Daemon who absorb the intense emotions of others to replenish their demonic power and life-force.

**Phanes** (pl. **Phaneia**) is a race of daemon who absorb the intense emotions of other species to replenish their demonic power and life-force.

## Overview

### Succubus

A **succubus** is a demon or supernatural entity in folklore, in female form, that appears in dreams to seduce men, usually through sexual activity. According to religious traditions, repeated sexual activity with a succubus can cause poor physical or mental health, even death.

In modern representations, a succubus is often depicted as a beautiful seductress or enchantress, rather than as demonic or frightening. The male counterpart to the succubus is the incubus.

### Incubus

An **incubus** is a demon in male form who, according to mythological and legendary traditions, lies upon sleeping women in order to engage in sexual activity with them.

Its female counterpart is a succubus. Salacious tales of incubi and succubi have been told for many centuries in traditional societies.

Some traditions hold that repeated sexual activity with an incubus or succubus may result in the deterioration of health, an impaired mental state, or even death.

## Summary

Like many other demonic creatures, phaneia were the creations of the original demons who used them to wreak havoc in the mortal world, especially on Earth, and bring misery upon mankind. They, in particular, were created by the original Asmodeus, with the Alpha Phanes, Ynatus, eventually founding the Asmoday Clan of the 72 Pillars in honor of his creator.

After the Devil Civil War, despite the majority of daemon joining the Extra Demons to create their own settlements in the Inferno, Ynatus and the phaneia remained in the Netherworld and chose to ally with the remaining 32 houses of the 72 Pillars.

## Appearance

Phaneia are daemon with the appearance of supernaturally alluring and attractive humans, whose physical body can easily incite sexual desires in others regardless of their sexual orientations. Similar to devils, they have bat-like wings growing from their back, though unlike devils, they also have a sinuous and writhing tail growing from their *pilonidal sinus*.

Feminine phaneia are known for having large and voluptuous breasts, which can range anywhere from DDD-Cup to M-Cup, as well as large child-bearing hips and a gentle voice. Their standard height is also significantly smaller than the males, standing at 142 m to their masculine counterparts' 195 m.

The penis of masculine phaneia is reported to be very long and thick, above a minimum of nearly 30 cm in length, with bloody veins running across the shaft to form an inverted cross, as well as little spikes running across its length like "thorns on a rose". It is reported to be very cold to the human touch, often described to be feeling like an icicle.

### True Appearance

Phaneia's true appearance are vaguely humanoid creatures of roughly 3-meters tall, with pinkish-red skin and glowing snake-like eyes. They have large razor-sharp claws and bronze hooves underneath their goat-like lower body, while their torso resembles that of a human with gleaming eyes instead of nipples. Their wings are always presented and their tail is now a large and venomous serpent.

They are hermaphrodites in their true form, possessing both male and female parts, though theirs "have an unholy amount of eyes and teeth and spikes". From their vagina secreting an obnoxiously sweet liquid that also acts as an extremely powerful aphrodisiac.

## Characteristics

Phaneia are master emotional manipulators, capable of utilizing their demonic abilities to sway people to their side by controlling their emotions, and therefore, the actions that are born from them. They feast upon the intense emotions of other species, regardless if they are positive or negative ones, though sinful emotions are the most powerful for them and replenish them with more demonic power and life-force than ordinary/positive ones.

According to Magnus, they are among the most human-like daemon, and if one strips a phanes of their immortality and powers, they would be no different from insanely attractive normal humans. A large reason behind this is due to their powers mainly revolving around absorbing other people's emotions, especially humans, which lead to many of them gaining a more in-depth knowledge of the human mind and even unconsciously influenced by human-like wishes, desires, and emotions.

Like most immortal creatures, they have trouble forming meaningful relationships with others, especially toward mortals, as they know that the person they are forming a connection with would eventually die sooner or later. Because of this, they often seek peace and comforts in short-term relationships that are primarily physical/sexual and not emotional when it comes to mortals, which resulted in their reputation as lustful and hedonistic beings, by courtesy of the Vatican.

## Population

Almost all phaneia originated and currently live in what is now the Asmoday Territory in the Netherworld, though a handful of them lived in the Inferno among other daemon and a couple of phaneia covens reportedly live on Earth among humans. For the most parts, they take up jobs such as performers, entertainers, sex workers, and even diplomats and politicians, using their appearance and demonic powers to their benefit and gain influential status within the Netherworld.

Their population is naturally small, only taking up around 7% of the daimon population, partly because of their own lack of interest in the reproduction of their species, much like many other immortal creatures. In addition, their fertility rates are abysmal low, with only 0.1% of successfully impregnating or being impregnated by others due to the natural *miasma* they generate within their body preventing life to begin, and it would take the would be parents centuries to prepare for a pregnancy before they can have their own child.

## Trivia

* **Phanes** (Ancient Greek: Φάνης) is the primordial of procreation and the generation of new life who featured in the Classical Greek religion of Orphism. He was associated with the gods Eros, Priapus, Mithras, and Metis.
* Despite their species being named Phanes, they are more known by their gendered terms: **Succubus** and **Incubus**.
	+ The female term, Succubus, derived from the Latin word *succubare* "to lie beneath".
	+ The male term, Incubus, derived from the Latin word *incubare* "to lie on".
	+ The gender-neutral term, Concubus, derived from the Latin word *concubare* "to lie with".
		- When used as plural, a group of succubi is called "concubina" while a group of incubi is called a "concubi".
* According to rumors, male phaneia are capable of being impregnated and bearing children.
* All children conceived with a phanes parent will eventually grow up into a full-blooded phanes with no exception like warlocks or half-devils.