Demons

The Demons are an ancient species that was native to Däe and the Garden Continent. They are one of the two Heavenly Races, the other being the Angels.

The Demons were of unknown origin; whether they were born on Earth or in the Void has not been uncovered. It is suspected that they shared ancestry with the Angels. Their oldest settlements were located on Däe, where they built towers that mimicked volcanoes. They also rode dragons, which became virtually extinct after the Infinite War (although one was killed by Tulkon Rogeduze in 607 AT; no dragons have been sighted since). They spoke the High Tongue, an ancient language that only Tulkons are capable of understanding. They also used the Garden Continent as a base of operations. They instigated the Infinite War by attacking the E'Ash civilization and the Angels, which they all but wiped out. They were virtually destroyed along with the Angels at the war's end. During the War, the land they occupied on the Fozen Continent became the Green Valley.

In 195 AT, the Demons built up their ranks and invaded Däe. They were defeated by Tulkon Ageus, and decided that they needed to prepare better and attack when the Four Earthly Peoples were in a more vulnerable state. They came back during the 40-Year War in 1160 AT, taking advantage of the chaos of the concurrent Global War, but were fully defeated by Tulkon Yaaamemon when he unleashed vast amounts of spiritual energy that destroyed their invasion forces (and possibly their entire civilization) in 1192 AT. A few Demons have been reported here and there throughout the millennia since their defeat, but most of these reports are based on hearsay or flimsy evidence.

The reasoning for their conquest is unknown. Several Tulkons, the only people capable of understanding the Demons, have stated that the Demons believed in their own supremacy and subjugation of other peoples.