Demonology - FleshShaping and RiftWalkers

Dare we delve deep and destroy the delusions donned upon us by dastardly deviants driven to deluge deceit upon us? Don't we deserve the deadly delicacy of dilemma drawn up from the depths of dread? Do the dead deliver demands to the deep, deliberately diving through the doors of the damned?   Welcome to Demonology 101   Herein and henceforth shall be contained the secrets of Demonic existence, some unbeknownst even to the gods.  

Demon

A Demon is a creature of pure SoulForce, and consists of the base energies of both existence and the Abyss.   Normally the energies from these two all-gods have catastrophic interactions with each other. A Demon is the result of a stable combination of the two energies.   Demons attained their monicker from their appearance, which is otherworldly and disturbing to most mortals. With physical bodies consisting of solidified SoulForce, the abyssal energies seep out slowly like putrid bile. These energies are corrosive to coporeal materials and the flesh slowly rots away. Demons have a type of regeneration effect that keeps them fully functional at all times, but their appearance can be reminiscent of a horrifying asymmetrical corpse of a being. With eyes of abyssal fire, and bones that glow and singe to the touch.   A few mythologies, as well as current religions, have stories of horribly mutilated creatures comprised of individual bodies made from the sins of souls. Usually implying an eternal torment of some kind to punish extreme heresies.   This description of visage matches up with these creatures, and they became known as demons.   === The Abyss   The nothingness that surrounds existence.   The energies from this place seep into our universe and destroy everything they touch.   Demons can control and stave off the negative effects of Abyssal magics.   Most demons originate from our universe and were corrupted by Abyssal energies. Since they could originally use abilities from our universe, they became entities capable of wielding both types of energy with exceptional skill and stability.   The Demonic Pantheon has used their immense capabilities to build a sizeable realm somewhere between our universe and the nothingness of the Abyss.   =====  

RiftWalkers

These specialist Demons have bodies designed to be comparable with Void energies. The ability to traverse, exist in, and interact with the realms of death was necessary to maintain the shaky alliance between the Demonic Pantheon and the Reavers.   A RiftWalker is one of the more common Demonic entities found outside the Hell Gates. They perform various tasks as ordered by the Pantheon. Very skilled in soul related energies and capable of disguising their SoulForce. These semiautonomous creatures have very limited free will, but are otherwise hyperintelligent.     =====  

FleshShapers

Some mortals are born within reality and later corrupted by Abyssal energies. This can plausibly happen for a myriad of reasons. One of these reasons is intervention by a demonic entity. FleshShapers are the results of a specific kind of intervention : recruitment.   FleshShapers partake in a type of BioArtifacy involving the disintegration of coporeal organic constructs into raw ingredients used to rebuild and reshape a new organic construct. Skin, muscle, bone and blood are like clay to a FleshShaper and they are capable of feats both great and terrible.   The Vakiir are the primary target of recruitment to become FleshShapers. Ceraphax are the second most common. Occasionally a Mon'z will have a certain panache for the art. While not necessary for BioArtifacy, the ability to rend flesh with tooth or claw helps to skip several complicated steps related to the disassembly of organic materials. Basically the ability to carve flesh without magical ability or assisted tools. Other races can become FleshShapers but they will be reliant of artifacts and tools to effectively use the art, and are fond of pursuing knowledge more relevant to the abilities of their kind.   One of the most well known FleshShapers is a Vakiir known as Vash Nal. She surpassed the realm of possibilities and partook in abilities taboo even to the Demons. An extremely greedy and vain creature, she walks the world as a beyond beautiful avian female.   This art was developed by Vestivious in conjunction with Yakashaka.   =====   Quickie on hell gates.   These 9 gates are the embodiments of the demonic realm, stabilizing the demonic realms and anchoring them to existence. These complex machinisms are the only way in or out of the demonic realms, and can be summoned from almost anywhere.   Named after the sins of mankind, there are seven gates that stitch the demonic realms together. The remaining two are representative of the connections between our universe and the Abyss. Functioning similar to the entropy seals of reality, these gates empower the realms, maintaining the cohesion and stability of the paradise these demons have built for themselves.   =====