Demon - Revision history

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	== References ==		== References ==

			*[[Minor Summoning (725)]] - spell from the sorcerer circle which summons a minor demon
	*[http://www.play.net/gs4/info/tomes/official-elanthian-history.asp Official History of Elanthia]		*[http://www.play.net/gs4/info/tomes/official-elanthian-history.asp Official History of Elanthia]
	*[http://www.play.net/gs4/info/tomes/dark_elf_history/faendryl.asp History of the Faendryl Empire]		*[http://www.play.net/gs4/info/tomes/dark_elf_history/faendryl.asp History of the Faendryl Empire]

GS4-XERAPHINA: CHanged to category:extraplanar creatures due to information here dealing specifically with creatures already listed.

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	[[Category:~~Creatures~~]]		[[Category:Extraplanar creatures]]

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	==Behind ~~The~~ Scenes==		==Behind the Scenes==
	"Lesser demon" was originally used in [[The Official History of Elanthia]] to describe the demons used at the battle of [[Maelshyve]], much as "minor demon" was used several years earlier in [[The Legend of the Necropolis of Etrevion]] to slaughter ordinary soldiers. At the time "lesser demonic" were used to classify the power of undead between Level 16 and 25, with "undead of the greater demonic" being those higher than Level 25. While this seems incredibly low by today's standards, it would have been formidable for most [[player character\|adventurers]] when the story was written. The [[banshee]] was one of the most powerful creatures in existence, with most of [[Despana\|her]] horde implicitly being comparable to monsters in [[The Graveyard]]. In the original [[Rolemaster]] level scaling, the most powerful demons were around Level 50, while the most powerful dragons were around Level 100. The [[avatar]]s of deities were typically between Level 100 and 200. In this context an extremely powerful 8,000 year old Elven sorcerer might be Level 40.		"Lesser demon" was originally used in [[The Official History of Elanthia]] to describe the demons used at the battle of [[Maelshyve]], much as "minor demon" was used several years earlier in [[The Legend of the Necropolis of Etrevion]] to slaughter ordinary soldiers. At the time "lesser demonic" were used to classify the power of undead between Level 16 and 25, with "undead of the greater demonic" being those higher than Level 25. While this seems incredibly low by today's standards, it would have been formidable for most [[player character\|adventurers]] when the story was written. The [[banshee]] was one of the most powerful creatures in existence, with most of [[Despana\|her]] horde implicitly being comparable to monsters in [[The Graveyard]]. In the original [[Rolemaster]] level scaling, the most powerful demons were around Level 50, while the most powerful dragons were around Level 100. The [[avatar]]s of deities were typically between Level 100 and 200. In this context an extremely powerful 8,000 year old Elven sorcerer might be Level 40.

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	=== [[Lesser demon]]s (inclusive) ===		=== [[Lesser demon]]s (inclusive) ===
	Lesser demons are the lower of the two classifications of demon, being contrasted with [[Major demon]]s. This class includes creatures with a wide range of attributes and power, from weak, nonsentient animal-like beings to powerful and intelligent beings. The most humble of the lesser demons are referred to as [[minor demon]]s, which are often seen performing menial tasks in service of [[sorcerer]]s around Elanthia as a result of [[Minor Summoning (725)\|Minor Summoning]]. However, other lesser demons are capable of casting destructive magic and/or possess significant battle prowess, most commonly finding their way to Elanthia by failed [[Planar Shift (740)\|Planar Shifts]]. As there is no specific name for these more powerful lesser demons, '''lesser demon''' may also be used to refer exclusively to those demons with power judged to be intermediate between major demons and the minor demons. In conclusion, this semantic overlap requires some specificity in order to achieve clarity when discussing non-major demons.		Lesser demons are the lower of the two classifications of demon, being contrasted with [[Major demon]]s. This class includes creatures with a wide range of attributes and power, from weak, nonsentient animal-like beings to powerful and intelligent beings. The most humble of the lesser demons are referred to as [[minor demon]]s, which are often seen performing menial tasks in service of [[sorcerer]]s around Elanthia as a result of [[Minor Summoning (725)\|Minor Summoning]]. However, other lesser demons are capable of casting destructive magic and/or possess significant battle prowess, most commonly finding their way to Elanthia by failed [[Planar Shift (740)\|Planar Shifts]]. As there is no specific name for these more powerful lesser demons, '''lesser demon''' may also be used to refer exclusively to those demons with power judged to be intermediate between major demons and the minor demons. In conclusion, this semantic overlap requires some specificity in order to achieve clarity when discussing non-major demons.

⚫	"Lesser demon" was originally used in [[The Official History of Elanthia]] to describe the demons used at the battle of [[Maelshyve]], much as "minor demon" was used several years earlier in [[The Legend of the Necropolis of Etrevion]] to slaughter ordinary soldiers. At the time "lesser demonic" were used to classify the power of undead between Level 16 and 25, with "undead of the greater demonic" being those higher than Level 25. While this seems incredibly low by today's standards, it would have been formidable for most [[player character\|adventurers]] when the story was written. The [[banshee]] was one of the most powerful creatures in existence, with most of [[Despana\|her]] horde implicitly being comparable to monsters in [[The Graveyard]].

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	*[[Verlok]]		*[[Verlok]]

			==Behind The Scenes==
		⚫	"Lesser demon" was originally used in [[The Official History of Elanthia]] to describe the demons used at the battle of [[Maelshyve]], much as "minor demon" was used several years earlier in [[The Legend of the Necropolis of Etrevion]] to slaughter ordinary soldiers. At the time "lesser demonic" were used to classify the power of undead between Level 16 and 25, with "undead of the greater demonic" being those higher than Level 25. While this seems incredibly low by today's standards, it would have been formidable for most [[player character\|adventurers]] when the story was written. The [[banshee]] was one of the most powerful creatures in existence, with most of [[Despana\|her]] horde implicitly being comparable to monsters in [[The Graveyard]]. In the original [[Rolemaster]] level scaling, the most powerful demons were around Level 50, while the most powerful dragons were around Level 100. The [[avatar]]s of deities were typically between Level 100 and 200. In this context an extremely powerful 8,000 year old Elven sorcerer might be Level 40.

			Whether "demons" are inherently malevolent has fluctuated over time in GemStone. In the [[ICE age\|I.C.E. Age]] they were inherently evil and destructive, originating in more chaotic planes of existence of corrupted essence. However, in some cases they originated as corrupted souls of this world making a blurry distinction with the undead, and some chaotic or utterly alien beings were also called demons. In contrast, the deities of Orhan ([[Liabo]]) were extra-planar in origin, but were not demonic. This is still true in [[DragonRealms]], but in terms of theology, the [[Arkati]] are interpreted as a race of this world.

			The demonic were treated as inherently malevolent in the late 1990s, but there was virtually no presence of them in the game. Some pushback existed to redefine demons as referring to ''any'' extra-planar being whatsoever, and this very liberal sense of the word is codified in the [[Enchiridion Valentia]]. When the [[elemental]]s documentation re-established that they were extraplanar but not demonic, it also asserted that demons have an "intense hatred of life." Similarly, the [[Ithzir]] are extraplanar beings, but are not demons. The very malevolent [[vathor]]s, [[oculoth]]s, and [[necleriine]] were made around second [[Griffin Sword War]], with the demonic since being treated as very dark. Whether they are ''necessarily'' extraplanar is also ambiguous. [[Althedeus]] was a primordial "demon" formed ''by'' the [[Ur-Daemon]] War, the Queen of [[Castle Anwyn]] transformed into a demon by being corrupted by a [[Vvrael]] scroll, there are demonic offspring with lifeforms of this world south of the [[Demonwall]], and other examples of hybrids or artificial constructs.

	== References ==		== References ==

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	==== Lesser demons (exclusive) ====		==== Lesser demons (exclusive) ====
	These demons '''are''' capable of participating in combat and are categorized as [[extraplanar bane\|extraplanar being]]s.		These demons '''are''' capable of participating in combat and are also categorized as [[extraplanar bane\|extraplanar being]]s.
	*[[Abyran\|Abyran'ra]]		*[[Abyran\|Abyran'ra]]
	*[[Oculoth]]		*[[Oculoth]]

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	=== [[Lesser demon]]s (inclusive) ===		=== [[Lesser demon]]s (inclusive) ===
	Lesser demons are the lower of the two classifications of demon, being contrasted with [[Major demon]]s. This class includes creatures with a wide range of attributes and power, from weak, nonsentient animal-like beings to powerful and intelligent beings. The most humble of the lesser demons are referred to as [[minor demon]]s, which are often seen performing menial tasks in service of [[sorcerer]]s around Elanthia as a result of [[Minor Summoning (725)\|Minor Summoning]]. However, other lesser demons are capable of casting destructive magic and/or possess significant battle prowess, most commonly finding their way to Elanthia by failed [[Planar Shift (740)\|Planar Shifts]]. As there is no specific name for these more powerful lesser demons, '''lesser demon''' may also be used to refer exclusively to those demons with power judged to be intermediate between major demons and the minor demons. In conclusion, this semantic overlap requires some specificity in order to achieve clarity when discussing non-major demons.		Lesser demons are the lower of the two classifications of demon, being contrasted with [[Major demon]]s. This class includes creatures with a wide range of attributes and power, from weak, nonsentient animal-like beings to powerful and intelligent beings. The most humble of the lesser demons are referred to as [[minor demon]]s, which are often seen performing menial tasks in service of [[sorcerer]]s around Elanthia as a result of [[Minor Summoning (725)\|Minor Summoning]]. However, other lesser demons are capable of casting destructive magic and/or possess significant battle prowess, most commonly finding their way to Elanthia by failed [[Planar Shift (740)\|Planar Shifts]]. As there is no specific name for these more powerful lesser demons, '''lesser demon''' may also be used to refer exclusively to those demons with power judged to be intermediate between major demons and the minor demons. In conclusion, this semantic overlap requires some specificity in order to achieve clarity when discussing non-major demons.

			"Lesser demon" was originally used in [[The Official History of Elanthia]] to describe the demons used at the battle of [[Maelshyve]], much as "minor demon" was used several years earlier in [[The Legend of the Necropolis of Etrevion]] to slaughter ordinary soldiers. At the time "lesser demonic" were used to classify the power of undead between Level 16 and 25, with "undead of the greater demonic" being those higher than Level 25. While this seems incredibly low by today's standards, it would have been formidable for most [[player character\|adventurers]] when the story was written. The [[banshee]] was one of the most powerful creatures in existence, with most of [[Despana\|her]] horde implicitly being comparable to monsters in [[The Graveyard]].

	==== Lesser demons (exclusive) ====		==== Lesser demons (exclusive) ====

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	==== Lesser demons (exclusive) ====		==== Lesser demons (exclusive) ====
	These demons '''are''' capable of participating in combat.		These demons '''are''' capable of participating in combat and are categorized as [[extraplanar bane\|extraplanar being]]s.
	*[[Abyran\|Abyran'ra]]		*[[Abyran\|Abyran'ra]]
	*[[Oculoth]]		*[[Oculoth]]
	*[[Vathor]]		*[[Vathor]]

	==== [[Minor demon]]s ====		==== [[Minor demon]]s ====
	These demons are '''not''' capable of participating in combat with the exception of interaction with [[Balefire (713)]]; they are primarily used for utility. Minor demons are summoned using [[Minor Summoning (725)]].		These demons are '''not''' capable of participating in combat with the exception of interaction with [[Balefire (713)]]; they are primarily used for utility. Minor demons are summoned using [[Minor Summoning (725)]].

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Minor demons

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	==== [[Minor demon]]s ====		==== [[Minor demon]]s ====
	These demons are '''not''' capable of participating in combat with the exception of interaction with [[Balefire (713)]]; they are primarily used for utility.		These demons are '''not''' capable of participating in combat with the exception of interaction with [[Balefire (713)]]; they are primarily used for utility. Minor demons are summoned using [[Minor Summoning (725)]].
	*[[Abyran]]		*[[Abyran]]
	*[[Aishan]]		*[[Aishan]]

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References

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	*[http://www.play.net/gs4/info/tomes/demons/enchiridionvalentia.asp The Enchiridion Valentia]		*[http://www.play.net/gs4/info/tomes/demons/enchiridionvalentia.asp The Enchiridion Valentia]
	*[http://www.play.net/gs4/info/tomes/demons/introduction.asp Official Introduction to Summoning]		*[http://www.play.net/gs4/info/tomes/demons/introduction.asp Official Introduction to Summoning]
	*[[Against the ~~Ban~~ on ~~Minor~~ ~~Demons~~\|Against the Ban on Minor Demons by Silvean Rashere]]		*[[Against the ban on minor demons\|Against the Ban on Minor Demons by Silvean Rashere]]

	[[Category:Demons\| ]]		[[Category:Demons\| ]]

Demon - Revision history

FIRENSIA: /* References */ added "*Minor Summoning (725) - spell from the sorcerer circle which summons a minor demon"

GS4-XERAPHINA: CHanged to category:extraplanar creatures due to information here dealing specifically with creatures already listed.

VANKRASN39: bts fix

INIQUITY: /* Behind The Scenes */ added behind the scenes, moving some text to it

VANKRASN39: /* Lesser demons (exclusive) */

INIQUITY: /* Lesser demons (inclusive) */

VANKRASN39: /* Lesser demons (exclusive) */

GS4-KEIOS: 7 revisions: Krakiipedia Import

VANKRASN39: /* Minor demons */

VANKRASN39: /* References */

FIRENSIA: /* References / added "Minor Summoning (725) - spell from the sorcerer circle which summons a minor demon"