Demon (Herm)

Muttly demons live in Hades.

They are a species of shapechanging creatures.

Shapechanging

Demons come into being fully 'grown' (though not necessarily intellectually mature... ever). The default first shape is some variant within the bat-winged humanoid theme.

Demons usually switch shape immediately and go through several iterations until they find one they like, subsequently making minor changes and occasionally taking a whole new shape when bored. Some demons never (or seldom) change shape, content with the default.

Everything about a demon's body, or shell, can be altered. Some never go beyond growing extra limbs, changing colour and all the usual fluff; the most capable shapechangers are much more ambitious, designing digestive systems, skeletal structures and the like just for fun. (see: Genie) Some learn to survive for a short time without a body; at this level they become very hard to kill.

The density of a demon is variable, as is anything else about their shells, such that even a demon with poorly-proportioned wings or poor aerodynamics may be able to fly.

Binding

Some demons may form a mindbond to a hellhound. There are many more demons than hellhounds.

For more information see the Mindbond (Demon) article.

Eeeevil

As with angels, demons do not have a guaranteed evil or good alignment. There are plenty of arseholes, though.

Famous or significant demons

• Pluto
• Darwin
• Charon and Cunard
• Mendel
• Keller

See also: angels, Himmelhunde, heaven