Name: Zargon “The Corruptor” to most; to angels of old who remember or those, for whatever reason want to use the name he had as an angel, Zelglyphton.
Race: Senior Demon
Age: Appears to be in his 40’s (human form); ~16000 years in reality.
Gender: Male
AppearanceClothing/Armor: Typically whatever his host is wearing at the time.
Weapons: A long runeblade, pitch black in color with expensive-looking rubies in the hilt. Demon-forged, with the capability to amplify the natural abilities of its wielder and instilling a deep cold feeling into those who feel its steel. Designed by his master to kill Angels. It is known as “Demonsbane”.
Alignment: Lawful Evil
Skills/AbilitiesHost of Minions: Being a strong demon of considerable age, he has made connections with others and in effect has a private army of associates and minions. This allows him to use his connections to get what he wishes.
Magic:
Natural Demonic Abilities: He is harder to kill, can shift his form from demonic into human, and possesses strength and speed that is above average for a human to possess.
Twisting Word: His very words attempt to break into the minds of who he talks to; an effect which tends to at least twist the will of weaker minded others if not bend them to his own. Stronger folks (ie, characters not NPC’s in the roleplay) are more resistant, but feel the effects that he weaves into his words.
Dynamic Shape-Shifting: He shapeshifts as a normal demon would; however, he has more flexibility as to what he can shift into; he can mimic the appearance of those he sees and can even make himself into the form of animals, although nothing with wings or that is too small for him to condense into.
One of the Chosen: Being one of the first demons that his creator made, he possesses seniority and authority in his realm over other strong demons. His powers are increased due to his status. He also has a few sub-traits as listed below from this:
-Of the First: He is one of the original angels to have fully converted to being demonic, until he became what he is now..
-Anti Angel: Most demons tend to be weaker than angels, but having been a relatively high end angel himself before wholly becoming demonic, he retains the same level of power he once had - but with his special forged sword and his powers manifesting in demon form.
-Hardcore: In a realm where many demons have forgotten their purpose, or consigned themselves to slavery at the hands of mortals, or reduced themselves to infighting, Zargon believes in the old ways. Chaos to the world is what he lives for, and in this he is set.
His powers ultimately come from his inner energies that he is composed of; he is a being mostly made of his own energies, although he can’t do much physically without a host, as that is the means he uses to connect to the mortal realm and use his more physical abilities. His aura is amplified in his raw demonic form. Although he once had an energy source coming from his angelic core, it has since been corrupted entirely from dark magic that finds its root in the forgotten realms. Ultimately, he casts from the energies of his soul (and can become exhausted if he overexerts or does a powerful spell).
BackstoryCreated as a middle-class angel, who had always had his doubts about the union of the creator’s host, which had become increasingly split over time. He was an intelligence sort of angel, suited for creating followers across the human masses before he was convinced to join the “other side”. He was given the task of being a recruiter, sending information about the angels back to his own lines along with recruits whose minds he was able to twist, both Angel and of other races. It had caused severe losses on the angel side, although it didn’t quite save his side from defeat in the end.
This continued until the later part of the war, when he was discovered by an angelic leader who had been recruited by Zelglyphton while he was incognito. At first, Zelglyphton denied what he did; but later on he showed his true colors, and cursed everyone at his trial while sending a message of doom and destruction to all in his presence. He was cast from the realm onto the battlefields of humanity; even though a majority of angels had actually wished to have him destroyed. Some angels were sent to find him; half came up with nothing while the other half simply didn’t come back.
He would be found later by a few of the first dedicated demons, the ones who had fully given themselves to the darker sides of magic. He too joined completely and gave his soul to the dark magics, and would be a long standing authority of Hell, even after the end of the war. Before it ended, he adapted the name given to him by his master, “Zargon”, which became known as the name of the single largest traitor to heaven since his master himself. His master also gave him Demonsbane as a reward for all his works.
As time went on, demons became less and less dedicated to their roots, with the ranks of those believing in the continuation of the war dwindling. They instead split into various factions, all vying for control of the realm that had been made by the Creator as their eternal banishment. Zargon dedicated himself, instead, to research and experiments on trying to leave Hell.
Dark magic left behind from his master was discovered by humans, allowing them to summon demons into the world at large. This was the single largest breakthrough for Zargon, particularly when a friend of his, Aezophyl, was summoned. Other demons took up the opportunities to establish businesses. Zargon worked to twist everything that the humans did into freedom and power for demons, finally succeeding in tricking one human who had summoned Zargon (with thanks to a demon associate who brought up the name) to summon him with full powers and freedoms. Zargon promptly killed the human, established a long-standing link in the form of a family line, which still exists hidden today as a shunned family of witches, and was able to then move between the realms at will, without requiring summoning. He helped his friend in establishing that knowledge; a little ways after, all higher level demons learned how to do it.
He has since been looking for more ways to strengthen and expand the branches of his power in the mortal realm (namely, Waeldeshore), including a way to travel without needing to rely on often unreliable hosts. Lower end demons can compile their energies into a solid form easily, and angels have more control; but the nature of his power and the fact he has a lot more raw energy than most demons makes it difficult to keep it in a form that he personally has without it being plainly obvious that he is a demon. Depending on how much magic he uses, he can burn out his host quicker. If he used minimal magic then his host can last for roughly a month.
Other-Hallowed ground is less effective with him; unless places are warded against him or protected by a high level angel he can enter such grounds, although it pains him to do so.
-His name is hated in the ranks of the angels and feared by many lower demons; higher level demons see him as a threat, especially the ones who don’t follow his dedication to the original leader. They tend to just barely lack the power to openly take him down, although a united front could take him out.
-His influence makes it difficult to hide from those who know how to identify demons, as it becomes immediately obvious the extent of his evil. All angels and demons can quite easily know what he is and in some cases who, with those trained to know how to find demons also being able to quickly identify his nature.
