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=== ''Demons'' ===
These new creatures are marvels of creation. A demon has no “true form” while appearing on the Rings of Meropis. The corporeal nature of a demon is caused by the creature attempting to ''replicate'' a portion of the song and other underlying universal principles. However, this means that simply injuring a demon’s physical form will not, in the end, cause the creature’s corporeal nature to de-manifest. 

It is thought that each demon has a specific weakness, ritual, or rite that can aid a hunter in exorcizing it. A demon that is exorcized is sent back to the Ravenous Abyss where it was formed. Lesser demons are often consumed, their essence turned into residual darkness, waiting to be reused to create the next demonic spawn. Demons of greater power are allowed to reform, some scholars even believed they are evolved, before escaping from the Abyss once again. It is however agreed that a demon that returns after being destroyed is more powerful. Some hunters of the Ashen Veil even report demons returning with altered forms, new abilities, and even immunities to rites that exorcized them previously. 

Demons are attracted to two things: living flesh and sound. The average demon is a ravenous beast whose sole focus is the consumption of living flesh. While animals will satisfy a demon their preference is sentient creatures. A group of Ashen Veil members once captured a demon and while interrogating the beast came to a startling conclusion: the demon did not feel hunger. While it spoke of the concept, it did not truly ''feel'' hungry. This has given rise to other scholars debating whether demons truly feel emotions like love, hate, or regret. Some scholars have pushed the discussion further and have asked if demons feel pain, if they can truly feel temperature, and whether or not they understand taste. Whatever the case demons are foreign beings. It is the position of organizations like the Ashen Veil, Ard Magos, and Confederation of Ramesh that demons cannot be trusted. 

However, this does not stop cults from rising around demons and demonic activity. While some demons are more beastly, most are far smarter than the average person. They can trick the average populace into doing their bidding. Many times this agenda results in an entire town suspending itself in living death so that the demon can pry the flesh from its victim’s bones unimpeded. Strangely enough, although demons hate noise they also ''feed'' off of sound which causes them to require chanting from their followers. Rituals may sometimes resemble orchestral symphonies or dynamic plays to satiate the hunger of a demon. However, based on the aftermath of such performances, the demon still often holds the ceremony against its followers. 

Demons are known to possess individuals. It is their preferred way of moving around the Rings of Meropis. Luckily, only the most powerful demons can possess a person without some sort of ritual or physical action. In most circumstances, the demon is knowingly or unknowingly invited into the host’s body. The demon entering a body can also be caused by the touching of a grimoire, consuming of an elixir made using the ''dark alchemy'' of the Abyss, or other similar methods. 

While in the body of an individual, a demon can fully manipulate them to do their will. This allows a demon to be easily detected. Therefore, most demons will opt to nudge their hosts toward their will. More tricky demons will even manipulate a person around the host to be their main agent while staying safely hidden in the shadows. 

Demons are ranked according to the Farox Scale. The higher a demon is on the scale, the more dangerous they are considered. A demon ranked on the Farox Scale is judged by how many gallons of holy water they can boil per minute. Members of the Ashen Veil and other organizations use devices called Boilers to calculate the rating of a demon by splashing a small amount of holy water on them. Ratings of ten and below are considered lesser demons while anything above fifty gallons is considered territory for Ashen Veil ''Death Wraiths'', Retainer Counts, and Material Gods. Only four demons of rating 100 or more have ever been found. Two were slain by Klaus ru Farox, one by the Earth-Bone Witch, and one by the Twin Empresses while on vacation. 

Those who fight demons do so at great risk. When a person is killed by a demon there is no hope of resurrecting them.