Demon

**Demon** is a collective term describing a select number of supernatural creatures which are believed to be opposed to God or by Him. Possessing preternatural strength, something akin to immortality, monstrous instincts, and an inborn predation towards humanity and sometimes amongst each other. Demons are the most common antagonists in the Blackbird Universe.

## Known Demons

* Lemar Wolfblood (transcendent vampire-transcendent werewolf hybrid)
* Jürgen Wolfblood (transcendent werewolf)
* Valerie Nosferatu (transcendent vampire, deceased)
* Ashley Kline (vampire, deceased)
* Anna Gibson (vampire, deceased)
* Wren Kreisler (vampire; transcendent vampire, temporary; familiarized)
* Jade Green (werewolf)
* Lycaon of Arcadia (transcendent werewolf, mentioned)
* Neil Edda (vampire, deceased)
* Phoenix Undead (deceased)
	+ Vampire Battalion (vampires, deceased)
	+ Ghoul Infantry (ghouls, deceased)
* Alfonse Günsche (dragon, familiarized)
* Richard Browne (wendigo, cured; zombie, deceased)

## Types of Demons

### Vampires

**Vampires** are are a form of demon and are one of the most powerful form of undead in *Blackbird*. They are supernaturally strong and fast immortals, hunting and preying on humans. They can contain, release, and control a large army of the undead, including fledglings that they have vampirized. The source of vampirism and first vampire is Valerie Nosferatu are who successfully created other vampires, creating several bloodlines. Vampires like Wren Kreisler and Neil Edda followed immediately after and carried on to the main storyline. At some point, Kreisler managed to vampirize Ashley Kline and Anna Gibson, becoming his fledglings. Vampires are divided into three main groups: Omegas like Kline and Gibson, Alphas like Kreisler and Edda, and Valerie Nosferatu who is the source and originator of the Vampiric species. Nosferatu’s son, Lemar Wolfblood, is the only entity conceived and born with vampirism, making him the most powerful immortal.

### Werewolves

**Werewolves**, also known as **Lycanthropes/Lycans** or **Wolfmen**/**She-Wolves**, are demons which take form of of humans and exhibit wolf-like qualities. When they transform, they resemble a wolf but much bigger and physically more powerful than vampires. They are also more difficult to identify and better at living amongst humans. There are, however, very few of them in the Blackbird Universe thanks to demon hunters and the demon slaying organizations out there, in addition to being natural enemies to vampire-kind. While their primary diet is human flesh, they nowadays predominantly eat animals so as to remain hidden and not draw the attention of any mortal and immortal enemies.

### Ghouls

**Ghouls** are are the most prolific form of demons in the Blackbird Universe. They can only eat live humans, but lack a physical body so they use a deceased human as their vessel to eat humans. They are brutal but highly intelligent, making them even more dangerous when used on the battlefield. Once they possess a vessel, they are a hundred times stronger and faster than even the most athletic or highly-skilled humans. They can only be killed by weapons containing silver that is blessed, or any holy**/**divine or mystic weaponry or artifacts in existence. The Phoenix Organization, utilized an army of ghouls as a formidable standup army, enough to nearly wipe out the Blackbird Organization completely.

### Dragons

**Dragons**, according to folklore, is a form of demon that Lemar describes as “a giant reptilian with large bat-like wings, a near-impervious scaly hide, and can most often breathe at least one of the four elements of nature, like fire for instance.” He has also mentioned that dragons live to be a 1,000 years old, are carnivorous, and reproduce every hundred years. Alfonse Günsche is the only known dragon to appear in the series, and Lemar thought this kind were wiped out following the end of World War II in Nazi Germany. Günsche, however, claimed that a handful of his kind are left, though his statement is speculative at best. Dragons can shapeshift, at will, from human to a dragon-human hybrid or their true form. They are faster than a bullet and strong enough to bend and break steel casually.

### Wendigos

**Wendigos** are are demons native only to North America who consume living human flesh. They were once humans or homo magi who became cannibals for a year. Afterwards, they turn into a grotesque entity with preternatural strength, speed, agility, and other supernatural powers like voice mimicry and casting illusions to lure unsuspecting victims to them. They are obscenely intelligent and quick-witted like humans, making them one of the hardest and deadliest demons to kill.

## Work Cited

* “Demon.” *Hellsing Wiki*, FANDOM powered by Wikia, https://hellsing.fandom.com/wiki/Demon. This link was found on March 13, 2019 and the contents were used to help organize and arrange the author’s work.