[b]HELLION:[/b] Hellion is a term used by the Venari Council to refer to any being possessed by a demonic spirit. When a demon enters into the body of another living being, they begin to change and ultimately corrupt the host. Those recently possessed may only show limited signs of the spirit lurking within them, but those who have been possessed for a long time begin to display notable physical changes or deformities. More powerful demons have to jump from being to being due to the hosts not being able to sustain their presence for long and thus dying quickly while possessed. [b]DEMONIC OPPRESSION:[/b] Many troubled individuals are the victims of demonic oppression. Where demonic possession leads to the creation of a Hellion, demonic oppression doesn't create any physical changes in the host. Demonic oppression leads to a destabilized mental condition with most victims citing the occurrence of voices in their head. Demonic oppression can lead to suggestible individuals carrying out acts that would be considered out of character or worse, inhumane. Generally, extreme depravity can be traced back to demonic oppression as the various indulgences are encouraged by the demonic spirit haunting the victim. [quote][list][*] Possession, in which Satan or demons take full possession of a person's body without their consent. This possession usually comes as a result of a person's actions; actions that lead to an increased susceptibility to Satan's influence. [list][*] Manifestation of superhuman strength. [*] Speaking in tongues or languages that the victim cannot know. [*] Revelation of knowledge, distant or hidden, that the victim cannot know. [*]Blasphemous rage, obscene hand gestures, using profanity and an aversion to holy symbols and names, relics or places.[/list] [*] Obsession, which includes sudden attacks of irrationally obsessive thoughts, usually culminating in suicidal ideation, and which typically influences dreams. [*] Oppression, in which there is no loss of consciousness or involuntary action, such as in the biblical Book of Job in which Job was tormented by Satan through a series of misfortunes in business, material possessions, family, and health. [*] External physical pain caused by Satan or demons. [*] Infestation, which affects houses, objects/things, or animals; and [*] Subjection, in which a person voluntarily submits to Satan or demons.[/list][/quote] [quote][list][*] Spectra, being the haunting and troubling of certain houses or solitary places. [*] Obsession, the following and outwardly torment of an individual at diverse hours to either weaken or cast diseases upon the body, as in the book of Job. [*] Possession, the entrance inwardly into an individual to beget uncontrollable fits, induce blasphemies, [*] Faerie, being the influence those who voluntarily submit to consort, prophesy, or servitude.[/list][/quote] [b]JÄGER:[/b] [b]VENARI COUNCIL:[/b] The Venari Council is a sect comprised of humans dedicated to chronicling and documenting the history of the Jäger along with their exploits and the various demons they've fought and eradicated from our realm. It is the Council who interferes on the Jäger's behalf, especially in legal matters to keep them free from imprisonment or otherwise punishment for the various crimes they perform in the line of duty. As such, Council members tend to be those with wealth and influence who are capable of paying the fees required to not only influence local authorities but also have the space to store documents, tomes and the various weapons and tools discarded by previous Jäger. [b]SAMAEL'S CHOSEN:[/b]