[center][b][u]Demons[/u][/b][/center]

A thousand years ago, the archangel Lucifer fell. Its fall was so hard, so low, that the very act of falling tore reality. A hole was ripped in the fabric of reality, and it is in this hole that Lucifer has remained. The fall of an archangel, a thing so powerful, had an effect across the world. A fundamental change came in the nature of a relatively small number of humans. Some were visibly unchanged, others drastically so. The most changed sported some animal features, or even horns, leathery wings, and a spade tail. This was the birth of demons.

Demons do not age physically in any capacity, and may look identical to humans, or sport strange features such as horns and wings, or even insect antenna. They are stronger and faster than humans, and in general they also outpower vampires. The sport a bizarre capability for restoration, where damage to their body, as well as most changes, are reverted by the demon's "personal time" reversing, restoring their body to its "standard" state. For demons who were once human, this is the point where they became a demon. For demons who were never human, this is the point where their body ceased to age. The most powerful demons may even survive decapitation. Demons may possess a variety of abilities stemming from "touch" of Lucifer. They may also possess the capabilities for magic, as humans can. There is no inherent malignance in the nature of demons, but no small amount of the originals took to rather selfish pursuits in the wake of their transformation.

Demons possess a weakness to things that are holy in nature. This is due to the fact that Lucifer became the inverse of an Archangel during its fall, and as a result demons possess the inverse of divinity. Holy weapons can surpass the restoration of demons and slay them, though the most powerful of demons can resist this provided the injury is not immediately fatal, and even there there remain even more powerful demons beyond that. Supernatural forms of harm, too, can also provide more permanent injury to the demonic.

Demons can bare children with one another or with humans, but the child of a demon is always a demon. Their birthrates are extremely low.

The seven most powerful demons are known as the Princes of Hell. The Princes of Hell are incredibly powerful, beyond all other members of their kind. Satan with the Sin of Rage, Lucifer(not the same as the Archangel) with the Sin of Pride, Asmodeus with the Sin of Lust, Belphegor with the Sin of Sloth, Mammon with the Sin of Greed, Beelzebub with the Sin of Gluttony, and Leviathan with the Sin of Envy. While they rarely act in this capacity, they are the leaders of all demonkind. Once, the Church deployed executors in a bid to assassinate the Princes of Hell, but this act is now seen as a fool's errand.