Demon Cycle
Disclaimer: This article will be refuted by The White Church, for it is sacrilegious to claim demons focus on beings of light and not those that are tainted. But the evidence collected on demons (provided to us by the Queen's experience) proves what's written in this article.
See Demon Species for information on the different types of demons. Demon shown is a mighty Behomoth.
Impregnation stage requires several seconds of skin contact. The spawning process takes several days. • Scurge lords can spawn demon mist by the impregnation method the Esh lords use above. The difference is after the vessel has been taken over the soul light is only wounded, and a demon mist appears. • Esh demons consume soul lights to ascend. Consuming a soul light turns the vessel into a husk. The more soul light they possess, the more resistant they are to Aura powers. • Intelligence: Esh lords are exceptionally devious and often conspire against other Esh lords in their quest to become an overlord. All Esh demons have human like intelligence and are all manipulative to each other to gain favour with the Overlord and be placed in better positions to ascend faster. Scurge demons have basic intelligence to survive and kill except a Scurge Lord. • Scurge demons destroy vessels (kill physical bodies) to ascend. They do not destroy Soul lights. Instead, they wound them, consuming a tiny amount of light, making them more and more resistant to Aura's powers as they kill and ascend. • For a Scurge demon to ascend: once it has acquired enough light resistance, it must defeat an Aurae Practioner vessel and consume some of the escaping soul light. This stops that light ever acquiring an Aura again.
To ascend to a Scurge an Aurae light must be partially consumed. To ascend to a Esh demon a Sorce light must be fully consumed
• Only an Aurae or Sorce users can defeat Scurge demons using aura-enhanced blows or weapons. • Young Aurae users can be mind controlled by higher Esh demons. • Young Sorce users can be mind controlled by an Esh Lord only. • Auraless Light beings can only defeat lesser demons. Their minds are also easier to control by higher demons.
See Demon Species for information on the different types of demons. Demon shown is a mighty Behomoth.
Ascendency to power:
A demon's one calling is to ascend. This requires destroying vessels (a being's body), and the greater the light within a being's body, the faster a demon can ascend to a more powerful version of itself. The more light their enemy possesses the more significant the reward and the greater the challenge to consume their light. For this reason, lesser demons focus primarily on destroying weak vessels until they have ascended to a Scurge Lord or above when they can start destroying more powerful vessels and consume their soul light. Demons are a product of the Dark Lord to create soldiers for his conquest of Light. Once a demon has ascended to a Lord status, it can create a demon spawn to continue the demon cycle. (See the table below for more details).Higher Demons:
• Esh Lords can create a Scurge spawn by impregnating a male or female host. Impregnation comes from a demon's hand touching any part of an Auraless vessel. The spawn consumes the light of the vessel until finally takes over the vessel's body to become a Scurge minor.Impregnation stage requires several seconds of skin contact. The spawning process takes several days. • Scurge lords can spawn demon mist by the impregnation method the Esh lords use above. The difference is after the vessel has been taken over the soul light is only wounded, and a demon mist appears. • Esh demons consume soul lights to ascend. Consuming a soul light turns the vessel into a husk. The more soul light they possess, the more resistant they are to Aura powers. • Intelligence: Esh lords are exceptionally devious and often conspire against other Esh lords in their quest to become an overlord. All Esh demons have human like intelligence and are all manipulative to each other to gain favour with the Overlord and be placed in better positions to ascend faster. Scurge demons have basic intelligence to survive and kill except a Scurge Lord. • Scurge demons destroy vessels (kill physical bodies) to ascend. They do not destroy Soul lights. Instead, they wound them, consuming a tiny amount of light, making them more and more resistant to Aura's powers as they kill and ascend. • For a Scurge demon to ascend: once it has acquired enough light resistance, it must defeat an Aurae Practioner vessel and consume some of the escaping soul light. This stops that light ever acquiring an Aura again.
To ascend to a Scurge an Aurae light must be partially consumed. To ascend to a Esh demon a Sorce light must be fully consumed
Lesser demons:
• Husks and lesser demons can be destroyed by conventional bladed or projectile based weapons. • Husks, once formed, have one goal to destroy. They seek a vessel and if they destroy it they wound the Soul light ascending them to a lesser demon to begin the demon cycle. (The Soul light escapes but is scarred and can never become an Aura light) • Demon mist is born in two ways: 1.) Pain: When an Esh demon torturers an Auraless being the intense pain creates a crack in the Soul, and a demon mist is created. Demon Torture camps holding imprisoned vessels are setup for this purpose to harvest as many demon mists as possible. 2.) Spawning: When a Scurge lord spawns the mist through impregnation of a being’s vessel (explained above) • Demon mist uses fear to detach soul lights from Auraless vessels. Turning the Vessel into a mindless killing husk. (Demon mists cannot destroy soul lights that escape). • Demon mist can be destroyed by Fire. Water (Drowning) / Natural Light and any Aura-enhanced blows/weapons. • Lesser demons come in many forms (depending on the vessel they stole) and are formed when a demon Husk kills a vessel. The husk becomes a demon version of that physical form, beginning the cycle of death.Imperials strengths and weaknesses vs demons:
• Only a Sorce practitioner (The blessed) can defeat an Esh Demon using Sorce enhanced blows or weapons.• Only an Aurae or Sorce users can defeat Scurge demons using aura-enhanced blows or weapons. • Young Aurae users can be mind controlled by higher Esh demons. • Young Sorce users can be mind controlled by an Esh Lord only. • Auraless Light beings can only defeat lesser demons. Their minds are also easier to control by higher demons.
Demon Tier List
Below is a list of the various demons our Queen has confirmed in her role as the Imperial Guardian. She has also provided us the Imperial rank she believes is the equivalent power level of that Demon. Let's hope we never face a Demon Overlord since there is no Lendorian herald alive to vanquish him. Even our all-powerful Guardians would stand no chance.Planet Class Demon:
- Dominion AKA The Dark Lord AKA The One Demon Lord
Imperial Equivalent: White Lord - Overlord (A Dark Lord Progeny)
To ascend: Become Planet Conqueror (Millions consumed)
Imperial Equivalent: White Lord's Herald
Esh class demons (Ascendant dark powers):
- Esh Lord: (Spawns skurge minor spawn)
To ascend: 100,000+ Soul Lights consumed
Imperial Equivalent: The 5 Guardians - Esh Major
To ascend: 20,000+ Soul Lights consumed
Imperial Equivalent: Superior (King or Queen or Royal Champion) - Esh Demon
To ascend: 5000+ Soul lights consumed
Imperial Equivalent: Commander-in-Chief - Esh Minor (A Spawn of Demon Lord)
To ascend: 1000+ Soul lights consumed
Imperial Equivalent: Sorce Master (Army General)
Scurge Class (Lesser dark powers):
- Scurge Lord (Spawns Demon mist)
To ascend: 500+ Vessels destroyed
Imperial Equivalent: Sorce user (Elite Royal Guard) - Scurge Alpha
To ascend: 200+ Vessels destroyed
Imperial Equivalent: Aurae master (Knight Captain) - Scurge Demon
To ascend: 100+ Vessels destroyed
Imperial equivalent: Aurae Trained (Knight) - Scurge Minor (Spawn of Esh Lord)
To ascend: 50+
Imperial Equivalent: Aurae Apprentice (Knight Trainee)
Lesser Demon Class (No dark powers):
- Lesser demon
To ascend: 10+ Vessels destroyed
Imperial equivalent: Army Sergeant - Demon Husk
To ascend: 1 Soul fraction consumed to become lesser demon
Imperial Equivalent: Guard - Demon Mist (Spawn of Scurge)
To ascend: 1 Soul light detached to become Husk
Imperial Equivalent: Soldier
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