Daemonites
The Daemonites are an alien species that feature in Wildstorm Comics and DC Comics.
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History
Wildstorm
The Daemonites origins were tied to that of the Kherubim race when one of their Planet Shaper Engines landed on the planet Daemon. Once there, it attempted to turn the local genetic material into a fitting servitor race for the Kherans. However, the newly formed Daemonites were deemed deviant and unstable which was why the seeded Kherubim as well as their constructs attempted to eliminate them. This triggered the eternal enimity between the two species with the Daemonites hatred for the Kherubim stemming from their time as being created as slaves. (Magestic v2 #11)
Not all members of the species engaged in warfare as some distanced themselves from their warrior tribe and instead adopted a more peaceful stance where they operated alone. (WildC.A.T.s. v2 #28)
DC
Overview
Wildstorm
In terms of lifespan, Daemonites were noted for being an immortal species and the passage of time was a relative circumstance. (WildC.A.T.s. v2 #28)
Inherent within their cells was the power of strict chronal abeyance and thus allowed them to actually stop time in certain conditions. This served as a useful tool as it allowed their genetic healing ability to operate even faster thus allowing entire limbs to be restored in a short span of time. (WildC.A.T.s. v2 #28)
Not all aspects of their culture were actually developed by themselves. One example of this was a breathing exercrise designed to centre the part of the brain that controlled shapeshifting. This technique was actually appropriated from another species that was conquered by the Daemonites long ago. The movements adopted as part of the exercise thus worked to utilize their shapeshifting abilities to maximise their regenerative talents. (WildC.A.T.s. v2 #28)
The Daemonites practiced the use of communion, ritual gestures and possession amongst one another. (WildC.A.T.s. v2 #28)
DC
Technology
The Psiclotron was a device of pure psioplasmic matter that was considered a weapon of mass destruction. It leeched the energy of intellectual minds till the point a subject was reduced to being a mindless vegetable and their gifted genius was used as a fuel to power the device. However, its effects were so terrifying that even the Daemonites feared assembling it and the introduction of any carbon lifeform destroyed the organism along with the Psiclotron itself as they annihilated one another. (Wild C.A.T.S. v2 #3)
Another example of genetic engineering was the madness virus that the Daemonites had engineered with the purpose of targeting Kherubim or their hybrids. It was created by splicing the genetic material of both Kherans and Daemonites where a toxin was created from this DNA. This led to a bacteria being formed with this virus targeting the brain of Kherubim. One of the affects of the virus was that it Kherans to go insane and attack their friends. (Wild C.A.T.S. v1 Annual #1)
Members
- Lord Helspont
- Lord Defile
- Lady Decadence
- Synge
- Skinny
- Carver
- Tsavo
- Ruewin
- Voodoo
- Hightower
- Olympia
Notes
- They were created by Jim Lee and first appeared in WildC.A.T.s. #1 (August 1992).
- One of the pitches for WorldStorm by Grant Morrison included, "We learn he [Helspont] is a kind of compound intelligence—when Daemonite population levels rise to a sufficient level, they trigger the emergence of a powerful central mind, a controlling intelligence which takes a synthetic body of flame and metals. Helspont is the mass mind of the Daemonite race, containing all its intelligence and knowledge."
- As a result of the Flashpoint, the Wildstorm universe has been incorporated into the mainstream DC universe which has led to the Daemonites being incorporated into the setting but with a vastly different appearance
Appearances
- WildC.A.T.s. v1 #1
- WildC.A.T.S. v1 Annual #1
- WIldC.A.T.S. v2 #28
- Magestic v2 #11
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