Demon

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A demon is some kind of evil spiritual entity. It's different in just about every setting's fluff, but usually sports horns and/or a tail (at least when they take. Makes a great antagonist, villain, or monster of the week.

Most of this stuff starts with Judeo-Christian mythology. The old and new testaments have a few vague references to various evil others (one of which being named satan) who tries to screw with humanity and god by deceiving and tempting people with various degrees of success. After Christianity got popular, various bits of other religions and their iconography got labeled demonic, such as Venus's Pentagram or the imagery of the half goat god Pan. Eventually in the middle ages the church decided that these evil beings were fallen angels.

In addition you get things from other mythologies which are supernatural, not gods (or at most are minor ones) and are malicious, which get lumped in as Demons. Such as Yokai from Japan.

If you're looking for the warhammer equivalent, then you should probably go to the page for either daemon or daemonette . Why the fuck is there an extra 'a'? Who the fuck knows.

Or rather, Daemon (with the a) is synonymous with a lesser god. Given that the daemons in Warhammer are actually merely small parts of their god that have been split off to do shit on their own, as well as their power, it makes some sort of sense.

Be cautious when using Demons as characters, for Demons are beloved of Mary Sues and the teenage landwhales that tend to write them. If a pimply 14-year-old wants their character to have wings, and also be edgy, said character will no doubt be a demon. If a character has to have magic? Demonic pact. Evil father? He'll be a demon - well, Raven from Teen Titans is done well but apart from that Demon parents are a minefield.

So, yeah. Exercise caution.