Demon
Demons are chaotic, malevolent entities that hail from The Abyss, a plane of endless horror, bloodshed, and mutable landscapes shaped by raw emotion and entropy. Unlike devils who are bound by infernal law and hierarchy, demons represent the unchained fury of existence — instinctive, destructive, and ever-hungering.
The Abyss itself is a bottomless expanse of layered realms, each one ruled or shaped by a powerful Demon Lord, a creature of such potent will and corruption that their very existence bends the layer around them. From choking jungles of flesh to endless storm-wracked chasms of shadowfire, no two layers are alike — each is a reflection of its ruler’s depravity.
Demons are born from the most violent and destructive forces in the cosmos: unchecked emotion, broken oaths, shattered souls, and the lingering echoes of ancient sins. Some mortals even become demons upon death if their soul is consumed by hatred, madness, or betrayal.
Their forms are ever-mutating — some colossal and bloated with pestilence, others beautiful and seductive, masking a soul that hungers for pain. They are parasites upon the structure of reality, slipping through cracks in wards, corrupted rituals, or moments of spiritual weakness.
Demons are driven by impulse: rage, lust, gluttony, envy — every primal urge magnified beyond comprehension. They can possess the weak-willed, manipulate the desperate, or erupt into the world through bloody gates opened by cultists. Unlike devils, demons care little for bargains or contracts. They consume, infect, and annihilate.
Though most pantheons shun them, some among The Revelry of Ruin and The Betrayer Beasts embrace them — wielding them as weapons of chaos, blasphemy, and rebellion against the divine order. Demonic incursions have historically signaled the fall of empires, the birth of cursed bloodlines, and the collapse of sacred covenants.
