Demons (Diablo)

Demons are a species that feature in Diablo.

History

Demons were a race of beings that were born from the corpse of Tathamet whose body became their home realm of the Burning Hells. After their formation, they came to fight the Eternal Conflict against the Angels of the High Heavens with this only coming to an end following the disappearance of the Worldstone. It was eventually discovered that the Worldstone was used to create the moreal world with this peaking the interest of the Prime Evils. Thus, a new conflict erupted known as the Sin War that ended in a pact forged between Heaven and Hell allowing Man to choose its own path. The aftermath of the Sin War led to a falling out between the Prime and Lesser Evils. Not only had the Lesser Evils been kept in the dark about the existence of Sanctuary, but they were furious that the Primes were intent on weaponizing humanity's nephalem potential rather than continuing the Eternal Conflict against Heaven. As the centuries plodded along, many in Hell began to wonder just what it was they were fighting over. The Lesser Evils of Hell were growing tired of the endless ebb and flow in the tides of mortal favor, as well as those in the elaborate schemes of the Primes. The Lesser Evils longed to return to the epic days of the Great Conflict, and lay siege again to the gates of the High Heavens. In their ignorance, the Lesser Evils began to believe that the Three were afraid to continue the war with Heaven. Believing themselves superior to mortalkind, and frustrated by the cessation of the war, Azmodan and Belial saw the situation as their chance to overthrow the Prime Evils and take control of Hell for themselves. The two demon lords made a pact with their minor brethren, assuring them that the wretched plague of humanity would not deter the ultimate victory of the sons of Hell. Azmodan and Belial devised a plan to end the stalemate, achieve victory in the Sin War and ultimately ride the bloody crest of the Great Conflict straight into the very arms of Armageddon. Thus, a great revolution was set into motion as all of Hell went to war against the Three Brothers. Despite their best effort, the Primes were defeated and banished into the mortal realm, bodiless, where Azmodan hoped they would remain trapped forever. Furthermore, with the presence of the Primes in the mortal realm, Azmodan believed that Heaven would be forced to divert its attention towards humanity, thus potentially leaving Heaven vulnerable.

It was known that the Lesser Evils came to resent the rule of their rulers and conspired to usurp them. This saw them managing to chain the Three Evils whose souls were banished into the mortal plane onto Sanctuary. This came o be referred to as the Dark Exile though the act divided the Lesser Evils. Ultimately, it was Azmodan and Belial who took over the rule over the Burning Hells with the two engaged in a bitter dispute that divided demonkind.

With Mephisto and Diablo defeated, Baal sought to avenge his brothers and bring about the destruction of the world. Thus, he gathered the piece of the Soulstone that was in possession of Marius before murdering the human. Afterwards, he gathered his Army of Destruction which set forth to Mount Arreat in order to reach the summit of the Worldstone.

In 1285, the Fallen Star came to crash into the New Tristram cathedral that began the prophecised end of days. During this time, Belial had his servant the witch Magda set forth to acquire the stranger that had crashed into Sanctuary. Thus, her coven sought to reforge the person's shattered sword in order to claim its power but after Deckard Cain refused then Magda had him killed.

With his possession of Leah, Diablo was reborn and had become the Prime Evil after claiming the power of the Black Soulstone. Thus, he opened a portal into the High Heavens and assaulted it where his great might allowed him to breakdown the Diamond Gates whereupon eh set forth to destroy the home of the Angels. This resulted in many demons invading the angelic home in order to end the Eternal Conflict in Hell's favour.

Overview

In appearance, Demons came in a wide variety of forms and abilities with their physiology differing greatly depending on the breed. Thick hides and claws may be possessed by demons, but that aside, demons of the same dimensions may still have dramatically different weaknesses, depending on their master. Unlike Angels, Demons were in fact physical beings and their bodies remained after death. Despite that, they did not seemingly age in a way that was recognisable to mortals. When demons die, their essence returns to the Burning Hells in order to reform, which can be from a few years to as long as decades. This time can be shortened by magics that call upon the demon's essence. Demons took on slightly different forms after each rebirth.

Demons believe that absolute chaos is the true nature of Creation. Many lesser demons despise humanity, seeing the existence of Man as offensive to their 'higher' position in the greater scheme of things. Many demons hoard wealth. Attitudes of demons otherwise depend on their master.

In ages past, it was common in Sanctuary to decorate buildings with stone statues of demons that were enchanted to serve as guardians and protectors of those within. The misshapen figures of the statues were designed to taunt and anger any demons that attempted to gain entrance. Demons can be unintentionally summoned to Sanctuary through uncontrolled magic, which weakens the fabric between the human world and the Burning Hells. Some individuals can become literal portals to summoning demons, and are said to have 'cursed burning blood', as they literally ignite in flames while rifts on the ground open, with demons emerging from them. While these flames don't kill the cursed person, it inflicts excruciating pain to them

There were numerous kinds of Demons that included:

• Frost Horror :
• Sand Dweller :
• Shadow Vermin :
• Armored Destroyers :
• Fallen Ones : the Fallen were red-skinned bipedal horned creatures of demonic origins where they were typically powerful servants of Azmodan and often served as the grunts of the Burning Hells
• Succubus : demonic creature that possessed the form and face of a beautiful woman.
• Butchers :
• Hellion : demonic hounds that chased down their foes and attacked with savage fangs.
• Imps : the young of demons that managed to flee when their kind began devouring their children when no other source of nourishment was present. Imps then banded together with other demonspawn where they formed vicious packs that shredded unwary travellers with their tiny needle-sharp teeth.
• Deceivers :
• Oppressors : these were tall winged demons with it said that only a scant few mortals were capable of fighting these monsters who wielded Hellforged weapons.
• Heralds of Pestilence : lesser demons who long ago rebelled against Azmodan with the Lord of Sin easily vanquishing them but instead of killing them he granted each a long infested poisoned arm that could kill anything but the Lord of Hell himself.
• Minion of Destruction : the personal pets of Baal who always kept at least two of them at his side with the beasts were known to snap the neck of their prey in a single strike whereupon they dragged them away to eat as a future meal.
• Siegebreaker : these mighty assault beasts were legendary monsters that were the most prized champions of demon lords due to their massive size and strength which could turn the tide of battle in their favour with few surviving encounters with these demons.

Demons were capable of wielding powerful magic.

Ruling the Burning Hells was a group of Demons known as the Great Evils with these being divided between the three Prime Evils and the remaining Lesser Evils.

Another group in the hierarchy were the Mallet Lords who served as brutal overseers that were second only to the Seven Evils themselves where they ruled the outer reaches of the Hells.

A demonic relic used by the Burning Hells were Sin Hearts that were attributed to Azmodan. These enormous hearts bore a vile power that empowered entire demonic hosts and increased their effectiveness.

Members

• Mephistopheles : Dul'Mephistos was a Lord of Hell who was one of the Prime Evils where he was the Lord of Hatred.
• Baal : Tor'Baalos was a Lord of Hell who was one of the Prime Evils where he was the Lord of Destruction.
• Diablo : Al'Diabalos was a Lord of Hell who was one of the Prime Evils where he was the Lord of Terror.
• Duriel : a Lord of Hell who was one of the Lesser Evils where he was the Lord of Pain.
• Andariel : a female Lord of Hell who was one of the Lesser Evils where she was the Maiden of Anguish.
• Belial : a Lord of Hell who was one of the Lesser Evils where he was the Lord of Lies.
• Azmodan : a Lord of Hell who was one of the Lesser Evils where he was the Lord of Sin.
• Lilith : the daughter of Mephisto who was the mother of the Nephalem who birthed their kind after mating with the Angel Inarius. Their actions led to the creation of Sanctuary and the rise of mortal humans that populated it.
• Lucion : the son of Mephisto.
• Rakanoth : a male demon who was the Lord of Despair and former lieutenant of Andariel.
• Skarn : a male demon who was the lieutenant of Diablo and served as his Herald of Terror.
• Astaroth : a male demon known as the Charred Duke who had served as a lieutenant under Mephistopheles.
• Nereza : a female demoness who the Nephalem Ancients consulted for a means of stopping their children from losing their power but instead she caused the young to be misshaped creatures and she was ultimately killed.
• Ashava : a giant demon known as the Pestilent who was referred to as being the Burning Hell's most heinous creations.

Notes

• Demons were created by Blizzard Entertainment and featured in the setting of the Diablo universe.

Appearances

• Diablo:
• Diablo 2:
• Diablo 3:
• Diablo 4:

External Links

• Diablo Wiki Entry

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