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Demon

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Demons are invasive extra-terrestrial species to Shashnia.  They vary in origin and intent, but almost all are considered malicious, since their goals are selfish compared to the persistence of native Shashnian life.  The study of demons is a rare and feared practice, but hunting them is a common practice of heroes.  Demons survive by feeding off of souls.  They possess and destroy.

 

Physical forms

Basic body types of demons

  • Bull Type
  • Dragon type
  • Tentacle type
  • Ghost type
  • Chimera type
  • Snapdragon type
  • Insect type
  • Mimic type

 

Tentacles can be multi-arm snake/octopus like, or be a blob or solid body with extensions.

Ghost types are semi-solid or possessing ghosts. 

 

Demon infiltration beyond the pole

The few demons that escape the Demon siege are able to create small domains outside of the restricted area. The domains are not permanent establishments. They are small pockets that can be eradicated. They are like localized infections. Depending upon the demons involved, they can take upon numerous styles. Some are straight-up dungeon crawls. Others are intrigue and conspiracy.

The gameplay for these infiltrations is to allow players to confront an opposition force that they choose. (Non-chosen forces can appear too. If players respond worse to different types over others, they can explore the stats of this; should they make effort to conquer this type, or opt out of it. Is it a possibility of reality to opt out of challenging situations).

 


Making Deals with Demons

Power can be gained by sacrificing part of your soul to Demons.  This is essentially evil, but some myn feel they can do so without sacrificing the integrity of their souls.  Rarely is this correct, and the souls are devoured in the lust for power.

 


Specific Demons

Imitator Wurm Rage

    -a doppleganger of Wurmspawn who is more bear like and prone to excessive violence and destruction

Imitator Wurm Trickery

    -a doppleganger of Wurmspawn who is centipede-like and uses illusions and subterfuge to undermine confidence, inspire fear & chaos

master demon

    -the big bad guy.  the demon to end all demons.  a god of sorts, his avatar is an incredibly powerful humanoid warrior but in war will transform into a massive and horrific construct.

 

Vanado

Summary: Political, paranoid.  Mid to low level adventures.

    Self-absorbed, vengeful demon who plays politics of a minor city.  Adored by some, there are many who see his dark side which he pains to cover.  Those that see it are eventually eliminated, no matter the cost.  He errs by falling in love with a woman who then betrays him.  Crushed, he becomes enraged and destroys her emotionally and then kills her.  This does not go unnoticed, and the witness of the act seeks help from his aides, who in turn cast him out, still taken in by Vanado's persona.  The witness then seeks aid from adventurers to infiltrate the city to expose and overthrow the tyrant.

Details:

    He started as a minor demon in a warrior camp.  The anger of an adolescent who had to face adversity and harsh conditions.  His will was weak and he broke easily.  The remnant of his personality is buried so deep he would not want to give up the power of the demon if he were faced with death as the other option.  He had to conceal his demon nature, and has a finely tuned sense of paranoia.  Never keeping a group around too long for fear they would know too much, he arranges unfortunate accidents for them when he can get away with it.  As his power and influence grew, this became less of an option.  But then, there were more willing to be duped by his charms and abilities and he is careful to let those near him not see too much of his bad side.  In the public eye, he is seen as a contradictory figure, one of potential but not going anywhere as fast as would be expected.  He paces himself, not wanting to blow his cover and too high a profile would expose his nefarious tasks.

    A knowledgeable elder came to know him, and felt his potential as well.  The elder also felt a strong negative influence upon this demons actions, though he did not know his true nature.  Sill seeing him as politically useful, to his advantage, and perhaps someone who could be tutored, he took him on as an advisor.  Vanado was indeed useful, and was able to offer the political elder many talents and gifts to his advantage.  Over time though, the negative words and influence began to wear on the elder.  They made him uncomfortable at first, but eventually he began to see them as humour, feeling that Vanado could not truly be malicious.  This chosen blindness was merely a convenience for the elder, who could not bear to give up the continual stream of advantages.

    But then, the tides changed.  The elder became aware of a conflict between Vanado and one of his daughters (adopted, generation younger).  They were lovers but it turned sour.  The elder coached them through it at first, but it cycled back to worse.  Neither Vanado nor the daughter were innocent in the matter, but Vanado struck back harder.  He sought to undermine her reputation and destroy her psyche.  Only the elder was aware of both sides, having never revealed that he still communicated faithfully with both.  This continued until the daughter had to be sent away, and faced assassins and curses even remotely.  Then Vanado became aware of the distaste from the elder through his worries expressed to others and misgivings amplified by the paranoid mind of the demon.  Vanado is now pursuing a campaign to slander and destroy the elder.  The elder seeks help from an outside party to infiltrate the city and overthrow Vanado, now that he has taken control, and expose him for the evil deeds he has done.  Killing him will bring chaos and has no chance of redeeming the elder or his daughter.  The demon now holds more power than ever, exerting his manipulative control over the whole of the city.

 

 


Relevant Links

Demon Lair

Demonology

demons - this document should probably just be merged with the current one and links updated

The Demon Siege

 

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