Demetrios and Asmodion [A]

[Demetrios]

Demetrios

You’re here because you’re one of us
We are the strength, we are soldiers

Name: Demetrios
Age: 1573
Gender: Male
Race: Demon
Sexuality: Heterosexual

You’ve journeyed far, you’ve battled hard
And now you will receive the permanent reward

Character Description: Demetrios cuts an imposing figure in his human form, standing at 6’2” and weighing in at a good 250lbs. In the face he retains a rather youthful appearance, causing him to seem to be in his early twenties in human years. His hair is naturally black, kept styled at a manageably short length with silver streaks here and there. His eyes are the only visible indicators of his inhumanity, for they glow with an unnatural blue luminescence and seem to give off a pale azure miasma of energy. The menacing plate armour in which he battles exudes the same gaseous energy from the runes and spikes that adorn it. His weapon of choice, Dreadtalon, can be summoned at will from his reserves of demonic power.
Character Abilities:

• Superhuman Physicality: Demetrios’ primary asset is the ungodly capability of his physical body. His strength, speed, agility, stamina, resilience and natural healing are countless times greater than those of any human or lesser demon; he can rip great metal plates apart with his bare hands, move with such speed as to appear to be teleporting, withstand even direct attacks with only minor injuries and exert himself at full capacity for days on end without rest.
  
• Energy Absorption and Manipulation: Demetrios is capable of absorbing ambient energies from his surroundings, from heat and radiation to the residual energy of slain demons, and utilising it to sustain his body and augment his attacks. When used to keep him going, the excess power hugely accelerates his natural healing and provides an alternate energy source, allowing his body to function in the absence of outside sustenance or with otherwise debilitating injuries. In extreme situations, he doesn’t need to eat, rest, or even breathe; he can subsist entirely on the forces of nature and the suffering of his enemies. When used to strengthen his offence, it wreaks destruction on an unprecedented scale; a simple swing of his sword unleashes turbulence strong enough to tear the ground asunder, and a solid punch creates tremors that can topple whole blocks of buildings.

Character Alignment: Lawful neutral

History: It is often said that the strongest demons are not born into this world, but that they simply… are. Such was the case with Demetrios; his origins a mystery even to him, he wandered the demon realm with no memory of his birth or creation. As far as he has ever been aware, he simply awoke from surreal, all-consuming darkness exactly as he was. What was definitely unlike any other such demon, whose strength would grow with age and experience, was the fact that he had come to being with such power at his disposal as would befit a ruler of the underworld. He had not questioned it often, merely glad that he had such enormous power at his fingertips that only the most foolhardy of demons crossed him, but he certainly found it strange. It was as if he had already lived for millennia, but had no memory of a past life.

To an extent, it explained the dreams.

The sparse hours he committed to sleep were haunted by inexplicable visions. There were three which were the most common; a three-eyed angel seated upon a throne of marble; a winged creature with a body constructed of hellfire; and a horned demon who wielded a great curved sword against the armies of a demonic king. As often as not, Demetrios was unable to remember his visions upon waking, and he found himself feeling as if those he could recall should be somehow familiar…

Throughout the centuries he spent pondering these same visions, the only theory he could posit was that these dreams were strange memories of a past life; this explained how he came to being with the entirety of his ungodly powers, but nothing else. Who was this horned demon who dared to stand alone against what seemed like the whole demon world? And what exactly was the three-eyed deity he opposed? Demetrios could think of only two entities which could have existed in the time of this demonic knight; the Abyss and the Ajerians.

And since he didn’t think all that much of the Abyss and their tireless warmongering except to see them as a challenge beyond anything that had come before him in the past, the lone demon resolved instead to learn what he could from the Ajerians and their young leader. Moving with haste and silence, Demetrios slipped through the Entrance Wound into the human realm and spent a few days gathering information until he could reliably track down the Ajerians and their campaign against the interminable hordes of the Abyss.

It was time to get some answers.

You’ve conquered pain, you’ve conquered fear
Stand proud and salute the bloodied flag here

Who you wish to play your Judgment: I’ll do it myself, I think.

You’ve pledged your death, and your last breath
You are the gears, you are the gears!

[Demetrios]

Asmodion

You’ve mastered death, you’ve mastered fear
You are transformed, you are stronger

Name: Asmodion
Age: 6592
Gender: Male
Race: Judgement
Sexuality: Asexual

Now that you’re here, a branded gear
Burned in your flesh will seal the deal

Character Description: Well-spoken but quiet, answering most questions directed at him with little more than a hum, Asmodion speaks only when necessary. This serves to demonstrate his intelligence and wisdom when it's most needed, and his opinion is generally widely respected. His skin, like that of all Judgement, is pallid and colourless. His eyes are blue, with irises so bright they appear to be faintly glowing. His clothing consists of a suit of lightweight leather armour, offering a great deal of mobility but magically reinforced to be nigh-indestructible, and a black cloak embroidered with a silver fabric which is enchanted to act as a catalyst for his powers.
Character Abilities:

• Sorcery: First and foremost, Asmodion is a spellcaster, harnessing his power to weave all manner of magics for the purposes of destroying his foes and protecting his allies. The quickest and most direct of his attacks come in the form of simple energy-based projectiles and weapons taking countless shapes. The Judgement also keeps in mind a myriad of more complex and powerful spells, each given their own name. He can increase the power and scale of his spells through such means as reciting basic incantations, expending the power of a soul crystal and casting from focal points such as a pre-prepared magus seal (both of the latter are explained below).
  
• Soul Absorption: Asmodion powers a good deal of his abilities by absorbing the souls of his fallen enemies, breaking them down into raw supernatural power in the process. The stronger a being and the more recent their death, the more power he gains.
  
• Storage Dimension: Among the enchantments upon his cloak is a highly sophisticated, unbreakable spell which has created a "pocket dimension" within its folds. Only Asmodion can access it, doing so simply by reaching into the inside fabric of the garment as if into a pocket, and within it he can store any number of small objects.
  
• Soul Crystals: As a more long-term solution to the problem of quickly powering complex spells, Asmodion can use the power of recently absorbed souls to synthesise a soul crystal. These small cylindrical crystals, about five centimetres long and one in diameter, are stored within his cloak and used to quickly power a spell as and when needed. They can also be used as surprise weapons, unleashing their power all at once in devastating explosions. He releases their stored power by snapping them in his hand.
  
• Magus Seals: Asmodion's ambush weapon of choice, magus seals are strips of vellum inscribed with complex runes and symbols. They act as focal points which increase the power of his spells when he casts from them. One of his favourite tricks involves luring large groups of enemies into areas with a number of seals scattered around and then casting an attack empowered by all of them to obliterate all his victims at once.
  
• Elemental Manipulation: Asmodion's magical prowess gives him control over the greater elements of fire, air, water and earth. As with all of his powers, this elemental control can be strengthened through the channeling of recently absorbed souls and the use of soul crystals; at his strongest, he can create earthquakes, tornadoes, tsunamis and firestorms capable of engulfing whole cities.
  
• Animation: By imbuing objects and bodies with absorbed power, Asmodion can animate them as minions to do his bidding. Depending on the power put into the task, he can animate anything from simple corpses and suits of armour to fearsome elementals and enormous scrap metal golems. Animated creatures are empowered by the souls channeled into them, becoming much stronger and more durable than normal.

Character Alignment: Lawful neutral

History: Asmodion is a millennia-old Judgement, the second coming of an enormously powerful Ajerian mage who, while very much the junior of the most ancient elite, commanded his own respect throughout the ranks. With a repertoire of magical abilities including enchantment, necromancy and elemental control, his strength lies in the boundless potency of his latent magical energies and the unparalleled mastery with which he harnesses them.

It was in close coincidence with the outbreak of the conflict between the Abyss and the Remnants of the Damned that he was brought into being to resurrect the sharp mind and respected powers of his fallen Ajerian self. His superiors wasted no time in setting him to practice, and like the rest of the newly risen Judgement, he drove his new body to its limits and set new ones with tireless physical combat training. Only when his fighting skills had been honed to the flawless standard to which the whole force was held was the spellweaver allowed to turn to his own mental pursuits.

The effort was painstaking given how out of practice he was - and in the meantime, word of the fall of the Damned champion, the Ajerian legend Arix, had shaken the scattered Judgement to their foundations - but as the legion steeled itself for the trials it was to face, so Asmodion devoted his training to the restoration and improvement of his formerly unrivalled magical talents. Every archive was searched, every relevant book perused, to slake his growing desire for understanding of the powers he had once commanded.

The spellcaster barely noticed the passing millennia in his almost single-minded pursuit of greater power. Frequent combat drills kept his body and melee prowess in top form, and all other time was spent studying the magical arts and perfecting his casting, one spell at a time. Only when he knew a spell inside out to the point where he could cast perfectly with no more than a simple thought did he progress further, expanding his arsenal of abilities and practicing frequently to commit his learning to memory. Bit by bit, over century after long century, Asmodion's great powers returned to him. By the time of the discovery of the human rebel, Cyris Darkbroode, and her Binding with the pure Ajerian elite Edion, he had clad himself in purpose-constructed armour that heightened his strength and armed himself with all the knowledge and arcane power he had accumulated over the past six thousand years.

With a new leader at their helm and an army that could stand unbowed against all the hordes of the Abyss, the Ajerians marched back into the pages of history with the fury of a hundred underworlds to face down their foes once again. Asmodion stands now in the shadows behind Cyris' right hand, lending her his silent wisdom and unsung power from beneath the revered heights of her generals.

You’ve conquered fire, you’ve conquered ice
You’ve tasted blood, you’ve taken life

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You’re here because you’re one of us
Become a gear! Become a gear!

[Demetrios]

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