the BEINGS

[Chris]

DEMONS
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Lifespan: Demon lifespans range from 300 years to 5,000 years and is species specific. Demon-Human form age ranges vary within each group.

Appearance: [demon form] Skin color varies among species, but is consistent within the demon group. All demons have "tribal" markings that are very distinct and unique to the individual like a fingerprint. All demons have a human form for survival purposes and it varies in the same way that normal humans vary. Demons tend to be quite tall, usually in the 6'5"-7'5" range. Demons are also VERY muscular. Males tend to have 1-2% body fat, while females range in the 10-15% due to breasts and for potentially reproducing. **Muscle mass (and height) is not the same in human form and if fact they can be rather obese (or short) if they overindulge in said form**

Climate: Climate affects mood, performance and energy levels. Different species have adapted to different climates/temperatures.

Health: All demons are resistant to disease, but are very much capable of getting sick. They can be affected by substances (medication, drugs, alcohol, etc.) but require very high doses to achieve any change in perception.

Diet: Demons are largely carnivorous. In fact, they only eat other foods as a means of fitting in or because they like they way it tastes - sort of like a dessert. They need lots of protein to produce energy and they need lots of energy to remain in human form, first and foremost, and to use their powers.

Breeding: There are a number of combinations of ways demons can reproduce, but only one of the species is able to reproduce in any of them. The others are limited to certain methods...

1. Demon-Demon
2. Human(form)-Human(form)
3. Demon(form)-Human(form)
4. Human(form)-Human
5. Demon(form)-Human [this almost never occurs willingly]

Crossbreeding is often unsuccessful with a less than 3% success rate. Hybridization among humans and demons is more successful at about 10%, though the offspring are considerably weaker and more susceptible to disease.

Death: Demons are good at surviving, but everything dies eventually. They often die of old age, sickness in some cases, or the brain and/or heart must be destroyed. Their bodies decompose at a very fast rate, often becoming completely skeletonized within 48-72 hours from the immediate, natural breakdown of their soft tissue.

Notes: Eterna Demons are "true" demons in that they exist in both Hell and Earth. The other subspecies are simply classified as demons based on anatomical, genetic, power, and behavioral markers but are in all actuality a co-existing earth species and have a long history that predates human. Like all life on earth, at some point they share a common ancestor. Eterna demons are the only ones that ever exist in Hell - NO EXCEPTION.

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zephyr demons[/font]

Lifespan:Zephyr demons most commonly do not age above approximately 2,000 years and age at a rate of about 25 years demon to 1 year human. All stages of development take longer for these particular demons. So to be clear: baby Zephyr is born 25 years later (in human form) it could celebrate it's "first" birthday.

Appearance: In their natural form, Zephyrs are so pale they appear blue. Their markings are black or very near it. They have extensions in their acromian processes (basically, it kind of looks like wings were cut off just past the shoulder blade) where wings likely used to be, but as some demons developed teleportation powers, wings became naturally selected against. However, they have yet to lose their talons and large bird-like feet. Their teeth are all very sharp and are hard to distinguish from one another.

Origins: Zephyrs are cold-blooded, but not in the sense that humans use it. They work best in the cold and tend to get grumpy in anything above 50 degrees Fahrenheit.

Breeding: Zephyr demons are the ONLY demons that can breed without limitations. However, they are not overly promiscuous creatures and tend to have no more than 1-2 offspring. Because they reproduce at such low rates and growing up takes so much time, the parents are very heavily invested.

Alignment: Neutral to Good. It is very rare to find "evil" Zephyr demons because they are a generally passive species, but it is not totally unheard of.

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ma'at demons[/font]

Lifespan: Ma'at demons have the shortest lifespans of the demons. The oldest recorded Ma'at demon lived to be 312, but not others have reached past 300. Their aging is approximately 3 years demon to 1 year human.

Appearance: In Progress

Origins: Ma'at demons thrive in the tropics - more specifically jungles and rain forests. Heat and humidity is good for them in the same ways the cold is good for the Zephyrs.

Breeding: Ma'at demons are highly promiscuous, relative to the other demon species. They are only capable of reproducing in demon form with other demon forms; and reproduce more rapidly and in greater numbers than any other species. Less than 1% of females that reach full term (3 months) birth less than 3 infants. They have very low paternal investment, meaning they frequently abandon their offspring (alignment makes no difference). Their young are not completely helpless and often other demons will raise the abandoned Ma'ats.

Alignment: Good to Evil. These demons are all over the map.

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koragos demons[/font]

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Alignment: Neutral. These demons don't swing either way and are typically very apathetic about... everything.

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stryker demons[/font]

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Alignment: Evil to Neutral. Again, you will find some in the other extreme, though it is not common.

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eterna or "true" demons[/font]

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HELL YEARS AND EARTH YEARS
Since Hell is just like another world, the speed in which time is passed is different from how it is on Earth. If you are dead on Earth for one month, you have already spent ten years in Hell. The time may pass faster there, but you are guaranteed to feel every dragged out damned day in that place. And for those of you who are curious, there is no rest in Hell. The torture is never ending. At the end of the day you don’t just pack up and go home to start again tomorrow… it’s constant, and unending. Now, it takes anywhere between five hundred, to one thousand Hell years to tear the humanity out of a soul, so you would have to be dead on Earth for at least five to ten years. Long enough for everyone to forget all about your sorry ass…

WAYS TO GET BACK
There are two ways for an Eterna Demon to get out of Hell, and back into a meat puppet on Earth. One way is the hardest, which is nothing but fighting other demons for a spot in line. You would be in constant battle with other demons to get out of Hell; because who wouldn’t want out of that place? The truth is, actually, some demons have been there so long that they’ve grown to like it. But most of the younger ones want out so it’s nothing but more torture. And even if you can get to the top, you have to be able to hold your place and wait for a human to die on Earth. It’s not as easy as it sounds, as you have to time it perfectly, otherwise the other soul won’t be out of the humans’ body, and you won’t be able to take possession of it. The demons that wait at Hells Gate are often the ones that drag new souls into the pit, as they’re eager to get a hold on the fresh body. The human’s body also can’t be too damaged, and unless you want to be stuck in an old lady, you’d better time it right.

Now we come to the second and easiest way to get back from Hell. There are two stages. One stage is created by a séance. This séance can be created by a small coven of witches, or a small group of ignorant people (namely teenagers). It opens a door from Hell to Earth, and draws the demons to it. This invites them into the world as poltergeists, and causes manifestations and things to move. The same can be done when people mess with dousing rods, Ouija boards, or pendulum. But they only have until the séance or session is over to find someone to possess. They may try to force the human souls out of the bodies, but they won’t succeed unless someone is present that offered their souls to be taken.

That brings us to the second stage, which is a calling made by a witch, or ritual sacrifice made by one. A human may be captured and forced to participate, or the person initiating the calling (usually a witch) may sacrifice themselves to evil. If someone is captured, their soul is unwillingly sacrificed and one Demon at random is snatched and automatically flows into the new body. And quite simply put, this is often done by someone who worships demons and are interested in extending the progress of evil in the world. It does not have to be a witch, but it usually is. Some also may offer up children as the sacrifice. But someone who worships demons would consider it an honor to accept one of their gods into their body to be used as they saw fit. However, most puss out and just use someone else, which only results in the Demon killing them anyway once they have made the possession.

Appearance:

Really, Eterna Demons can walk around and look just like average, ordinary people. But they give off a certain aura that makes others very naturally wary of them. Humans get the strong urge to flee when they’re around them, often times. Many creatures often do, as a matter of fact. They have a distinct smell; it’s one of sulfur, ash, and rot. Often one just smells the ash, or has the sense that something’s burning or burnt. Also with the eyes, though they normally stay the human’s natural color, they do not have the usual spark of life you see in people… no, they are dark and lifeless, as if you’re staring into an empty, never ending void. Now, when they become demonically active and use their powers, or become too intensely angered is when the real physical signs show.

When this change comes, their eyes can change to either a pale yellow or a dark blood red. The eye change often depends on the gender. Usually females have the yellow eyes and males the dark red, but in rare cases males can have yellow and female’s red. What makes these eyes unique is if you look closely at the iris, you’ll notice it churns around the pupil like a liquid would. Also, males’ pupils tend to just dilate, while females’ pupils turn into cat-like slits. The churning irises stay the same for both genders. Also, a new set of teeth extend over the human ones. These new sets of teeth are all sharp and unaligned, giving them a fierce, deadly appearance. A sickening crunch of bone can be heard as the teeth extend, and retract. Their nose also flattens into just two slits for the nostrils that rest a bit higher up on the face; this is so that when they bite into something, they can still breathe, and they won’t have to let go. Often times, but not always, thick, black, hard, short claws extend from the original human nail. The claw is short, but very sharp and so strong it could cut just about anything. And as a last thing: since the human body is under such stress to accompany this much stronger demonic essence, the heart rate and adrenaline excels so much that every single vein in the body becomes visible on the skin.

Fun Fact: you know how your blood is blue, until oxygen hits it and it turns red? Well, Eterna Demons’ blood is like yours; until it hits oxygen… then it turns black. It is assumed that this is the human body’s reaction to the strong demonic essence within it.

BEHAVIORAL CHARACTERISTICS
Eterna Demons are the mark of eternal evil. They are a walking plague of death, hurt, destruction, and anarchy. They have no conscience, and no more concept of human emotion. Moreover, they have no desire to preserve any kind of life. They are completely cold, heartless, and dead inside. This kind of evil could never be matched or outdone. They want to watch the world burn. These demons are also very selfish creatures, and often very prideful. They have no desire to be with others, or have companionship with anyone. These creatures prefer to be alone. They are also masters of torture, and are quite the artists when given the proper tools.

There are generally two types; one which are similar to the Succubus and Incubus demons of lore and are very sexual beings whom usually take part in rapes and lust murders. And the other type couldn’t quite care less about sex, and far more enjoy the act of torture and murder to this. But just because these two personalities are most predominant doesn’t mean they can’t have traits of both, a demon of lust could easily just torture and kill someone without having sex with them first, though it’s more unlikely.

Now, each Eterna Demon is unique in personality, though all have generally the same motives. Just as each person’s personality is different, as are these creatures because they were once human. They will have no more humanity in them, but will carry on some traits from their human past. Just as if they were once mentally ill, they would have not stopped being ill, and became sane. If anything, they would have been driven more into madness from the years in Hell they would have had to endure. Basically, a tainted human soul became twisted, beaten, smashed, and distorted wildly into something of intense, extraordinary evil.

Origins:

These beings of the purest evil were all once human. They were once very bad people. Among them were murderers, rapists, arsonists, and your standard ‘Hannibal Lector’ type psychopaths. Their human bodies either dying of natural causes, suicide, being brutally murdered, or some other way of passing and their immortal souls falling to Hell. In Hell they will be tortured beyond any mortals imagining. They will be tortured, and killed over and over again until all humanity is gone from them. After they have become a demon, which takes about five hundred to a thousand Hell years, they may get off the torture racks and torture other souls. This process is grueling, bloody, and painful beyond any original concepts of pain. Then, if they become strong enough, and a human on Earth’s spirit had just left its body, they may scratch out of Hell and possess the fresh human corpse. You know those near death experiences? The human that is possessed dies on Earth for up to a minute to give the human soul time to clear, and then the fresh corpse is reanimated by the Eterna Demon. The human body then takes on some characteristics of the Demon.

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GENDERS OF DEMONS
Really, souls are genderless. So whatever they possess, be it male or female, is what they become. Most Eterna Demons are bisexual for this reason. They often don’t care, but some do, and are heterosexual or homosexual.

SEX AND REPRODUCTION
Usually these Demons just have sex for the simple sake of it. They do not do it to reproduce, as they have no maternal instinct whatsoever. The human male has a pathological need to spread their seed, and the women have the need to mother the children of the men they love, these demons do not have that need or desire. They have sex with all different creatures and beings, and often kill them afterward or during the act. They can reproduce, but it’s highly unlikely. If they had sex with a human or a lesser being and it caused a pregnancy, 99.99 percent of the time the baby would be stillborn. Now if sex with their own species resulted in pregnancy, the female would likely not carry it full term, but kill it herself. They do not want, or desire children. It’s not like they’ll die out. In a way, the more people they murder, the more Eterna Demons they create. Because as long as human souls are going to Hell, the species will never die off. So, reproduction is virtually impossible.
Alignment: Evil. Extremely.
Other notes: SUBJECT TO DECLINING DUE TO RARE FINDINGS OF THEM IN BELVIEW.

[Alisson Reed]

WITCHES
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Lifespan: The lifespan of witches varies, depending on what type of witch you are, but it can be anywhere from 100 years to 500 years, if you don’t get into fights

Appearance: They look like normal humans, but there will always be one weird thing about them, whether it be a marking on their skin(ex: a weirdly shaped birthmark that looks like a crescent moon, etc), odd coloured eyes, or something of the sort. All witches carry the ability to command the elements, though mostly only enough to call them into a Circle for a ritual. All can call on spells and on the Goddess and God for help.

Climate: It all depends on what sort of powers the witch possesses. If she can control ice, she most likely will live someplace cold, where she can work more freely with her gift. Elemental witches usually reside in places that suit their element, while those that possesses powers such as clinging, telepathy, or other non-elemental gifts, can reside anywhere with little to no problems. But for a rule of thumb, they live in places that have some sort of energy, have an open place, and are able to get a clear view of the sky, either during the day or night.

Health: Witches have the same health risks as any healthy human would, although they do have an upper hand, as they can use the Gift to protect themselves, albeit most witches choose to not do this, as it is a waste of the Gift and getting sick is a natural part of life. Witches preer to stay away from any intoxicating substances, such as alcohol and drugs. Actually, recreational drugs are prohibited for witches that choose the Path. If they do get sick, they typically use home remedies instead of over-the-counter drugs.

Diet: Witches can and will eat almost anything edible. Although most witches choose to be vegetarians, this is their choice and it is not enforced. Many do eat very healthily to take of themselves.

Breeding: Witches breed the normal way, like humans. They can breed Witch to Witch, Witch to Human, and on the rare occasion Witch to Demon. The latter hardly ever happens. Also, men are also called witches. They are not wizards, warlocks, or whatever you think of. Everyone is called a witch. On the occasion, you can have a natural witch, one born from human parents that eventually grow into their witch blood. This is rare, but more common than a Witch and Demon breeding together. Although the parents may not be witches themselves, it does require a history of witch blood. No matter how deluded it is, a witch can still be born this way.

Death: Death can occur to witches like any normal human, whether through disease, accidents, or being killed. Typically, because of their peaceful nature, they die of old age, or disease or accidents.

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traditional witch

Traditional witches are those that are born from two witches and were raised inside the Path, or were raised knowing the teaching of Wicca/Witchcraft. They usually are elemental witches. Typically the strongest type of witch, if only because they have been able to hone in on their skills for many more years than other witches. The families of traditional witches like to keep to themselves, to be sure the blood stays with them.

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eclectic witch[/font]

Eclectic witches are witches born from either two witches or a witch and a human, and have not come to the Path, meaning they follow some other belief. Typically, they are not as strong as the traditional witch or natural witch, as they do not use their Gift for much. They do not view themselves as anything special, and many times do not realize they have the Gift. If they do recognize their Gift, it is usually elemental or mind-related.

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natural witch

Natural witches are born from either two eclectic witches that never realized their Gift, or two humans with traditional witch blood. Because the Gift has skipped a generation – or many – the powers of a natural witch are usually unpredictable, making them a hazard if not taught properly soon. The abilities of a natural witch can cover the whole spectrum. Typically, a natural witch is never as strong as a traditional witch, but it all depends on how many generations the Gift has skipped and how long it spends pent up in the natural witch.

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witch

Witches are humans that have come into the Path by themselves. They may not have witch blood, they eventually grow into it, so that they’re offspring may be born a witch. Witches are never stronger than the other three types, though they are the most fervent followers of the Path.