Luison, Conqueror of the Dragon's wretches

Luison, Conqueror of the Dragon's wretches
Reflective Soul of the Living Hoard

Sometimes as one explores Malfeas they find several streets ruled over by a black and violet wolf-dragon hybrid like demon, calling itself Luison, Conqueror of the Dragon's wretches. This demon will be civilized enough but insist on their uniqueness as Luison. If the traveller goes to another layer, they might meet a similar dragon, who also is called Luison but insists that they are the real Luison and the first one is an imposter. But sometimes people who encounter one of this Luison demons under the night sky of the Ebon Dragon will see what looks like a sparkling nebula in the shape of a wolf or a dragon. A close look will reveal that the nebula is looking down at the viewer and the demon dragon. That is the true Luison, the Reflective Soul of the Living Hoard.

How Luison became like this is unknown; some say he dabbled in the secrets that Orabalis keeps and when sent to the stars he knew a secret path to return to Malfeas, but only as a nebulas spirit; others say that he challenge Erembour to a musical competition between her music and his howl, and that his current form is a sign of his defeat; or that he used sorcery in an attempt to ascend and become a 3rd circle demon, only to lose his physical form. Most of these seem to be false as Luison is a great fan of mysteries, both of keeping them and solving them, so it's likely he hid the truth of his past to keep others guessing. What is known is that Luison possess seemingly random 1st circle demons, which either die by his presence or are transformed into copies of his old body, called a duplicate, and of the firm belief that they are Luison. All fiefdoms they claim in his name are counted as belonging to him in the eyes of the Priests of Cecelyne, even if he has no duplicate currently stationed there. He can willing switch between any of these 1st circle duplicates and control them as if they were his old body, and able to use all of his normal charms plus the powers the demons possesses itself. Demons transformed by Luison will still have all his old capabilities and a new one to have one of the 23 breaths of Hreidmar. These demons can enter Creation like they could before, but when they do, Luison can possess them like he can Malfeas, teleporting to their body after marching over Cecelyne for 5 days.

When in Creation, Luison can also possess wolves and mortals, turning them into a hybrid creature between both species for their whole life. This new being is for all intensive purposes a beastman, and it's children will be spawned as such, however if Luison is still possessing his victim while they conceive a child, it will be one of the Enkidu, a 1/3rd demon blooded lupine beastman that takes on the draconic/demonic mutations if exposed to a large dose of demonic essence. Enkidu will only breed like a regular beastman, except for the next 23 generations, the seventh child will also be an Enkidu like the original child.

This Second circle demon is best summoned to solve mysteries, or control wolves, one of his duplicates or affairs involving the Enkidu. Luison is a bit tricky to summon, as he has no physical form, and must immediately be bound into a first circle demon, a human or a wolf to give him a physical presence in Creation, or else he will dissipate back into Malfeas, something that Hreidmar does not have to worry about as he when he summons Luison, he also summons one of the duplicates. If he loses his host during his time in Creation, he must find another in a day and one hour or else he'll befall the aforementioned fate. It is advisable to summon one his duplicates to serve as the host as it unknown how a demon is chosen to die or change into a duplicate when Luison possesses them. The Intimacies of Luison include his 3rd circle (distant father figure), his fellow 2nd circles under Hreidmar (loyalty but distain at their choices), wolves (such adorable fiends), Enkidu (My spawn), his duplicates (tools, all so handsome tools), the nightsky (hides me from the scorn of those two Suns) and mysteries (to keep and to solve, the great games of life).

Associated Yozi:

J'Qeju


Associated 3rd Circle Demon:

Hreidmar


Associated 1st Circle Demons:

Tron'lotou, The Damning Fruits





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Ao Ao, Hunter of the Dragon's Enemy

Ao Ao, Hunter of the Dragon's Enemy
Indulgent Soul of the Living Hoard

If a demon steals from another, Cecelyne's laws do not strictly stop them, and the strong take from the weak all the time. But some days, a grunt rumbles through the streets of the Demon City. A wise 1st circle will either return what was stolen or seek a powerful protector. Otherwise Ao Ao will start his hunt, this demon dragon will chase down the thief, chasing the poor target until he can catch them, either with his resin fangs or his icy breath. Not even the call to Creation can save his prey, as Ao Ao will follow them there and kill them under the yellow Sun of Creation, favouring the Unconquered Sun to the green light of Ligier. His poor victim will then be eaten alive and digested over several days while Ao Ao will return what is stolen and they are turn into pure essence.

Ao Ao has a strange appearance for a demon dragon, with the head of a peccary with the hairs thinning into scales where a mane should be, with ribbons of ice growing from behind each indigo scale to form a fleece not unlike sheep wool, except for it's freezing temperature and razor sharp edges. Many ask how he got his particular body parts, only to bitten by the 2nd Circle, so obviously it's a prickly subject for Ao Ao. Legend has it that Hreidmar punished his Indulgent soul for some folly, most likely losing the thief of a particularly valuable treasure or delaying the Unquestionable from escaping J'Qeju. This would also explain why the Hunter of the Dragon's Enemy seems to spend his free time between hunts searching for something he calls 'the Bladed Crown'. His journeys have taken him across Malfeas, from the sewers that lead to Kimbery, to the forests of Szorney, to the glorious forge of Ligier and even Beyul's valley domain. At the last he helped spawn a tribe of demon bloods in Yaenma - the Aoa, who view him as a patron of fertility, even though he has only had one such union with a human woman.

Ao Ao is invoked by sorcerers to be serve as a bounty hunter, tracking down and killing any target the summoner sees fit to die or finding stolen property. Ao Ao will spend any free time in Creation looking for stolen treasures and returning them to their owners, and he will let nothing stop him on these personal quests. Ao Ao's intimacies include Hreidmar (Fear and madness), the Hunt (pure joy), the Bladed Crown (I must get it!), the Aoa (Such a useful cult), the Unconquered Sun (the most beautiful thing I have seen), a negative one to Ligier (Damn show off), a negative one to thieves (tasty to eat), a negative one to his appearance (why must I be a freak?) and a complicated set of relationships to his fellow 2nd circles under Hreidmar (Two thieves, a kidnappers, a brainwasher, a hedonist and a lunatic, but someone has to save them from themselves).

Associated Yozi:

J'Qeju


Associated 3rd Circle Demon:

Hreidmar


Associated 1st Circle Demons: 

Aredba




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Kurupi, Mercenary of the Dragon's Vice

Kurupi, Mercenary of the Dragon's Vice
Defining Soul of the Living Hoard

Kurupi is often thought to be a fop; a disgusting, hedonistic and greedy fop. He looks like a blue skin humanoid with white slicked back hair and robes of great luxury and decadence, and usually found in a villa in his fiefdom somewhere between those of Jasy Jatere and the tower of Moñái, surrounded by gold, silver and jewels while several concubines, mostly demons but a few humans. His wealth is based off of various services he has performed for greater and more powerful demons, many of which were carnal and debase (even by demonic standards). Kurupi will proudly admit to these deeds and offers them when asked about it.

With this in mind, it would seem simple to label the Mercenary of the Dragon's Vice is a gigolo. But Kurupi is a very powerful demon; been taught sorcery, martial arts and many scores of other skills; he also has a wide range of artefacts, many of which are from the First Age and the Prehuman times. See, Kurupi is the defining soul of the Living Hoard, not the indulgent soul as many suspect. He is desire for treasure and precious things without any of the sloth, conservatism or restraint of Hreidmar that comes from being a direct part of J'Qeju. Because of this, Kurupi is able to see beyond the limitations of his master and see anything of value as worth his time. He'll do anything, if he gets paid. This attitude of Kurupi's annoys the Living Hoard, however the Demon Prince is more annoyed at the second circle soul's choice of form - Kurupi has the true form of a demonic dragon, but has strange stretching powers that allows him extend his form to ten times it's usual surface area and or twist into a humanoid form.

Kurupi is summoned by Sorcerers to act as a lover and entertainer, although some wiser sorcerers use him as a tutor for the many abilities he has picked up. He can also enter Creation willingly if a ruler of nation says they'll pay a demon any price they demand to perform some great deed. Kurupi will do what needs to be done and demand immense payment for his services, and if this is denied, he'll take the three closest relatives of the ruler that he thinks looks nice to make them his concubines. He'll sometimes send back his hostages if a ransom is paid for them, or if they become pregnant, although Jasy Jatere keeps saying he'll look after the children. His price is steep (Resources 4) and any deed that is extremely hard or that could be done by a first circle demon comes at an increased cost. He also hates when summoners use bindings to make him fulfil their wishes without paying Kurupi, and promises revenge on all that do so. Paying him one the other hand will win his trust and favour, for what ever it is worth.

The intimacies of the Mercenary of the Dragon's Vice include his patron (strained relationship of master and slave), treasure and knowledge (I want it all), his personal hoard (NO TOUCHING!), his fellow 2nd circles of Hreidmar (Prudes!), punishing those who don't pay him (Joy, nothing but joy) and the pleasures of the flesh and the mind (All to good at both).


Associated Yozi:    

J'Qeju



Associated 3rd Circle Demon:


Hreidmar



Associated 1st Circle Demons:


Ineusa, The Fluids of Sensory Oppositions



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Jasy Jatere, Piper of the Dragon's Brood

Jasy Jatere, Piper of the Dragon's Brood
Expressive Soul of the Living Hoard

Not all that glitters is gold, and there are more valuables things than treasure. Hreidmar didn't know if this was true of not, so he created Jasy Jatere, who he used to study High First Age art, music and culture. Only the music really stuck with the Piper of the Dragon's Brood, everything else seemed to be to complex or sophisticated for him to understand. He abandoned all that during the Usurpation, a Solar sorcerer has holding his own against the Dragon Bloods sent to storm his secret island fortress, but knowing his children and concubines would also be killed, the Lawgiver summoned Jasy Jatere in order to carry away his loved ones so he could focus on holding the fort.

Although the demon was able to smuggle out the children and concubines out, when he tried to find a safe place for the civilians the demon could find none. Bound to Creation until he had gotten them to a safe place, he saw the dedication of the mothers to their children, but without food or proper shelter, the weaker mortals died and the half caste young endured. Jasy Jatere started to respect the children, and to understand the love of human parents. When he realised that this was as valuable as any golden piece of treasure, and that if the children were with him in Malfeas, he could return to the demon city and build a palace to keep them safe. After achieving that goal, which was no mean feat in the demon city, where food and water are both at a premium and the very air is poisoned with the hate of the Yozis; Jasy Jatere went to Hreidmar to explain his discovery. The Living Hoard grew furious at his Expressive Soul and started to beat him up as punishment, planning a long and excruciating death by trauma. However one of the children who secretly followed Piper of the Dragon's Brood, and came out of hiding to plead with the Unquestionable. Although Hreidmar had pretty badly bruised his green scaled 2nd circle soul and could destroy the child with one of his many lethal breaths. But for some reason he didn't, and whether out of compassion or some twisted form of sadism, the Living Hoard let both leave his cave that night. The latter is a possibility as he did stitch the mouth of the 2nd circle closed and told him the following: 'You'll lose them all, they are weak and cripple, only souls in pathetic bags of fat, and no matter how hard you try, they'll grow old and wither like rotting food'

Jasy Jatere has a fiefdom of a decent sized castle and the surrounding streets in one of Malfeas safer areas. Here he keeps human children that he has taken in and raised as his own. Most end up leaving him as they grow older, but some stay to help look after the next bunch of young ones that the demon brings in. The two ways he does that is finding orphans who are occasionally found amongst the poor humans lost in Malfeas. Most however are lulled by the music from Jasy Jatere when they run away from parents of guardians who have high ranking in cults dedicated to demons or the Yozis. Unfortunately, the Piper of the Dragon's Brood will not except back people who has left him and denied his care.

Jasy Jatere is usually summoned into Creation in matters that somehow require both a demon, and someone to help with children, although he is also quite knowledgeable on First Age art. His appearance in such occasions is that of a viridian dragon with pied like mottling from his beating, and his jaw is sown shut, becoming a flute. As such, he cannot talk, only make sounds like a flutist. The Piper of the Dragon's Brood has intimacies towards Hreidmar (distrust and confusion but still a sense of loyalty), music (joy and reverence), children - especially his wards (love and affection), the art of children (the greatest beauty), to his fellow 2nd circles under Hreidmar (they are so like children) and a negative one to First Age art or anything that pretentious (Pure hatred).

Associated Yozi;

J'Qeju


Associated 3rd Circle Demon:

Hreidmar


Associated 1st Circle Demons:

Kuchisake, The Mouth Pieces of Lords




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Moñái, Oyabun of the Dragon's Flock

Moñái, Oyabun of the Dragon's Flock
Understanding Soul of the Living Hoard

Malfeas has no magpies, but is does have many flying demons including agatae, noresores, and radeken with hell beasts like khomfai, unju, and sourn. While these have none of the covetous as those birds in Creation (except the unju), if a first circle demon sees a vast flock made of all kinds of demonic flyers, most know to run, especially if that flock has small glimmers of gold. This is the personal flock of Moñái, who serves his Demon Prince as a way to get more treasures by raiding various fiefdoms and districts across malfeas to steal precious objects.

The Oyabun of the Dragon's Flock does not control his forces by compassion or charisma but by his demon magic. He lacks horns on his head, instead having two antenna which swirl around and let him control all weak willed flying beings. He uses them for a wide range of actions, from manning the impossible citadel he found between two layers of Malfeas and claimed as his own; to carrying the wingless Moñái across the sky as a living sedan chair; to the aforementioned cloud of pillaging and terror. As such, this demon dragon is considered lazy and cruel by many, which is completely true. He considers his lordship of his towering fiefdom, his unholy flock-army and the study of all the treasures he has personally kept to be the makings of a worthy life.

Moñái is summoned by sorcerer's to control birds, either to turn them into tools or to keep them away from certain locations. Moñái sometimes captures birds from Creation to take back to Malfeas, but due to a lack of food and proper conditions, they used to die off. A Shogunate Sidereal sorcerer built an aviary to satisfy the 2nd circle demon's desire for aviculture, so now Moñái keeps over a 100 species of birds in his demonic citadel, some of which are lost in Creation. He can return the material world if a bird is thrown into a group of other birds to be killed, which will bring forth not only Moñái but some of his demon horde if more than one bird is killed this way or the death is dedicated to a Yozi or demon. The Oyabun of the Dragon's Flock has intimacies towards toward Hreidmar (Mentor in the ways of Greed), Treasure and pretty things (knick it all!), birds and all things that fly (my pretty's), raiding and raiders (it's what I do!), the open sky (like a 2nd home) and one to his fellow 2nd circles (Such fools do not understand my master of the air and it's creatures, but I'll show them).

Associated Yozi:

J'Qeju


Associated 3rd Circle Demon:

Hreidmar





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Mbói Tu'i, Herald of the Dragon's World

Mbói Tu'i, Herald of the Dragon's World
Messenger Soul of the Living Hoard

Hreidmar sometimes need to move, and if he wants to settle down in a layer, there is nothing that will stop him short of Ligier. To this end, the Living Hoard has a favoured servant - Mbói Tu'i. This beaked dragon is a specialist in mass 'redecorating', an euphemism for what can be considered terraforming. This is not only Mbói Tu'i's duty but his greatest joy, reshaping and twisting any landscape he can in Malfeas to create what pleases him. In a way, he make treasures out of the mad landscapes of hell, even if no one else cares for his work.

Mbói Tu'i primarily lives in a small swamp that was once a lagoon off of Kimbery, where a collection Seviwt'ne (a type of tree demon) have made the acid safe to move through, although the area has be clogged upped with mud by the tree demons' presence, the Herald likes it. Mbói Tu'i hides in the leaves of his progeny, watching life go by in his only official fiefdom. When the parrot headed demon dragon does leave his lagoon domain, he takes some of the Seviwt'ne with him to preserve any of the 'redecorating' he does. Mbói Tu'i will then claim lordship areas where his tree demons dwell, although since he never enforces such claims or have official witnesses to his claims, these conquests are never legally binding, not that Mbói Tu'i really cares. As long as the cannels he digs between his swamp and his other 'territories' runs with muddy acid, all is fine. But when outside forces destroy his work and the cannels run dry, then the fury of Mbói Tu'i is unleashed.

The Herald of the Dragon's world can natural manifest when a leader is killed because of their attempts to reshape the natural world, appearing over the body of the deceased as a rust-orange scale limbless dragon with a green parrot head that has a brilliant red crest that is shaped like a blood coloured orchid. He is summoned to help with changing landscapes for construction projects and for the belief that he can control water. The latter is a rumour, but this demon dragon can manifest as delude of acid diluted with mud and is an excellent swimmer, which both contribute to the myth. The intimacies of Mbói Tu'i include his patron, Hreidmar (service to a glorious patron), swamps (what nice places), his Seviwt'ne (keeping my dreams true), his 'redecorating' (craftsmen's pride), his claimed territories (Mine! All Mine!), his fellow second circles of the Living Hoard (an artist trying to guide philistine relatives)and amphibious life (my wards, my dinner).


Associated Yozi:

J'Qeju


Associated 3rd Circle demon:

Hreidmar


Associated 1st Circle demons:

Seviwt'ne



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Teju Jagua, Guardian of the Dragon's Gold

Teju Jagua, Guardian of the Dragon's Gold
Warden Soul of the Living Hoard

Occasional a demon finds the gateway to Hreidmar's secret gold hoard, but before all that, is a smaller hoard on which lies the headless body of a dragon. As one tries to get closer to the pile of treasure, maybe to take a piece of treasure, they'll be attacked. Not by the body, but the seven floating head of the dragon demon. It is at this moment that one releases they have met the owner of this lesser hoard and gate keeper to Hreidmar - Teju Jagua.

The Guardian of the Dragon's Gold usually keeps his body in the antechamber of his own hoard, due to hard it is for him to actually move his lumbering body, while most of his heads patrol the local area and ensure that no-one is planning to intrude. These heads are quite distinctive, with each of them being bright scarlet and each one of them is unique - from a man, a dragon, a dog, a dragon-dog hybrid, a draconic human, a dog-human fusion and a combination of a man, a dog and a dragon. He will also nick anything he deems of value, which is either treasure or the rare commodity of honey, to which he is addicted to. If he cannot find either, his head will sprinkle a powder that makes people want to buy in precious and shiny objects, especially honey. If anyone of his heads does see a threat, first it will try to glare at the target to fill them with fear and doubt through his magic, then Teju Jagua will attack first will a breath of a super chilled form of the powder, and if that doesn't do the job, it will bite the offender over and over again until they are defeated.

Teju Jagua enters Creation when honey is dropped onto a sealed treasure for the first time since it was hidden from the world. He is most often summoned into Creation to as a guardian of treasure, and even if not successfully bound, his loyalty can be bought with a constant supply of honey. The Guardian of the Dragon's Gold has intimacies towards his Unquestionable, Hreidmar (Patron with shared interests), Gold and Precious gems (desire and want), Honey (Pure unabated joy), a negative one to treasure hunters (jealous, rage and hatred), cavernous spaces (safety and comfort), beheadings (fun to watch), dogs (such cute little things) and one to his fellow 2nd circles of the Living Hoard (elder brother over incompetent younger siblings).


Associated Yozi:

J'Qeju

Associated 3rd Circle Demon:

Hreidmar

Associated 1st Circle Demons:

Xunan kab




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Arati, Tempting Princess of Inchoate Azure

Arati, Tempting Princess of Inchoate Azure
Reflective Soul of the Totem of Never Ending Traditions

Kee-Wakw is the undisputed duchess of all traditions in the eyes of J'Qeju, and while she would never deny or interfere with a tradition on her own accord, she does ask how humans justify their madness and self-centredness. As she was being preserved after the Crippling, her last questioning words floated above the Glacier that Preserves and with black lightning crystallized into a dancing demon; this was Arati, made to replace Kee-Wakw previously lost reflective soul. Without anyone to tell her what to do, the young 2nd circle when on a rampage of dancing and partying across Malfeas which brought war, chaos and ruin to many a fiefdom; and all to test the strength of various traditions that had arisen in the Demon City. Her dances intoxicated all that see them, but if she is angry due to insults or lack of a reaction, she'll simply close her eyes and her normally amber skin will transform into the most beautiful shade of Azure that has ever been known amongst all of demonkind.

Arati has ever since dance across Malfeas, and occasional Creation, trying to tempt lawlessness and rulebreaking in all that see her, not that she does this in spite, only inquisitiveness. This pleas has not put her in the good books of the Cecelynian Priests, and after nearly a thousand years of her dancing, she was thrown into a dark pit and sentence to an eternity of suffering until the ministries of despair and pain both agreed to see an end to her misery. Her frolicking lightning would have remained down in that nightmarish oubliette until one day she was let out. Many demons have since tried to stop her electrifying waltzes, although the Priests of Cecelyne have seemed to developed a strange aversion to inferring with her actions. Many believe that she has been turned into servant to several 3rd circles, incriminating those who annoy the Unquestionable. This theory is often ignored by more scholarly and thoughtful demons due to the lack of any obvious situation where the soul of a Yozi couldn't just crush lesser demons that cross their path. Still, rumours abound around Arati.

Arati enters Creation when ever people take part in a dance that breaks local traditions and laws; in such cases she'll shamelessly dance only clad in a silver ribbon wrapping around her amber body, with a bow on her flat chest and one end acting like a tail while the other is braided in with her cornrows made of emerald beads, all the time her seven pairs of arms Sheppard the dancing lightning around her to keep it from her porcelain inlayed face with one ruby eye and the other hidden by an eyepatch. The Tempting Princess of Inchoate Azure is summoned by Sorcerers for a variety of reasons; some wish to see her dance, other want chaos and anarchy while a few use her to master thunder and lightning. Many who summon her are surprised to find out that the 2nd circle has little to no emotions, and only dances because that is what seems most logical to her, as the only way she can be emotional is to be in an atmosphere of a similar intense emotion; this would probably make her depressed if not for the fact she doesn't feel anything most of the time, only being as cold and distant as her precious electricity. The intimacies of Arati include traditions (such sweet things to test), dancing (joy of life, life of joy), lightning (zappy, zappy; boom boom time!), reason and understanding (all others are ruled by their emotions), emotional outburst (jealous and sadism at the same time), rebels and lawbreakers (so eager, so brave, so foolish), teenagers (They need their time to shine) and enforcers of laws or traditions (Where would shadow be without the light?). Arati is often asked why she has no intimacies towards her patron; the only answer given is that the Tempting Princess of Inchoate Azure never knew the Totem of Never Ending Traditions and has never been given much information upon the third circle's personality or deeds.


Associated Yozi:

J'Qeju



Associated 3rd Circle:

Kee-Wakw


Associated 1 circle Demons:

Uzrems'Ga, The Chaos Brewers



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Pressyne, The Enduring Waters of Repair

Pressyne, The Enduring Waters of Repair
Protective Soul of the Immortal of Immortals.

Pressyne sees mortals as fundamentally broken things; both as a race and as individuals. Humanity forsook the Primordials, becoming cruel monsters that could torture such sweet demons like Prokletije into unhealable cripples. Yet they are pathetic things, even their great Exalts do not live forever, aging as a slow reflection of their mundane kin. So Pressyne creates the Fountains of Youth to regenerate humans to the prime of their life and give them back lost strength. Each one is lovingly crafted by hand, with an unique and shifting style due to her distinct lack of charms or spells to simply create her wonders from thin air, and each fountain draws from it's realm's native essence, with Creation having purifying fountains, the underworld with fountains of vitality bestowing blood and Malfeas with fountains of misery melting acid.

However, no matter how merciful she may want to be, the Enduring Waters is still filled with a furious sort of melancholy which means of each of the fountains is under her curse. In Malfeas, her fountains form the markers of her fiefdom, a district of ruined palaces and mansions inhabited by the poor first circle demons that drink from the fountains and dissolve if they do not take her blessing in the form of the demonically aqueous mist that surrounds her body. From beyond this fog she looks like a beautiful if depressed maiden with weary and tearful eyes, although closer inspection reveals that her flowing hair is stretched out droplets of nectar, with her body and face being one long mobius strip made of green bronze snake skin and clothed in a chainmail sari and poncho; where the rings on both are little brass skulls with ruby eyes and wings to keep them fixed together; with a giant bell at each elbow, ringing in new droplets of water to replace those in the mist that either age into ice at her base or rejuvenate into steam above her.

Pressyne enters Creation whenever a marvel or artefact that was made to give eternal life is threatened with damage or destruction, in which case her song; as she only sings on such occasions; will cross the sand of Cecelyne and demand the offender cease their actions. If they do, the demoness will remain in Malfeas and no great conflict occurs. If the desiccation of what Pressyne sees as most precious goes ahead, she'll cross the Endless Desert and hunt down the transgressor. Although she is a skilled combatant, Pressyne prefers to curse her targets, even if her curses mostly need water, acid or blood as a medium to act through. Lucky mortals need the first and are filled with the third. Yet when hexes are not enough, she turns to her Soulsteel daiklave, Requiem of the Lyrist, a grand daiklave of such sad love and eternal loyalty that it's every blow fills the victim with tears of distress for their own mortality and their sins against the long lost Primordial and the now imprisoned Yozis. This sword remembers the last days that Pressyne sang with joy in her heart, requiem of the Harpist used to be call Orfeo, a musician in the early Shogunate who nearly broke a immortality bestowing lyre in protest to serving a dragon blood who had murder the infant children of a Solar whose concubines the terrestrial then defiled to death. Orpheus heard the song of Pressyne and plead to her to let him make music with her. As she could only leave Malfeas if the harp was broken, Orfeo did so. Pressyne and Orfeo made beautiful music together and lived many years in Creation, even mothering a child for him. But the 2nd circles innate nature got the better of her, so the Enduring Waters had to murder her mortal lover. His soul was about to move onto Lethe, but Pressyne begged the lyrist to stay in Creation or return to Malfeas and become a lord with her. But Orfeo knew it was the nature of things to return to the cycle of Reincarnation, just as the Primordial including J'Qeju had decreed when making Creation. So, she grabbed her foolish lover's soul and dragged it down into the Underworld to be reforged as a daiklave. Now Pressyne no longer sings for joy, and only sings to communicate across worlds. Although some of her first circle serfs swear to hear her humming ancient love songs as she pucks on nearly unseen string of oily mist along her daiklave.

Pressyne is summoned into Creation either to make Fountains of Youth or to curse the enemies of her summoner. She prefers the former work, although all these fountains either cause addiction, fear of loss, obsession with continuity, hatred of change, a desire for true immortality, hated of ephemeral/mortal beings or any one of a number of curses. The Fountains also only renew the person, they do not grant true immortality. Pressyne has intimacies towards Prokletije, her third circle (mourning for a tortured patron), the Fountains of Youth (Joy in duty and pride in artwork), Requiem of the Lyrist (Devotion of a mournful lover), her demon blooded child (how do I look after this thing?), tragic loves (recognition of a similarly suffering), immortals and immortality (unconditional love), curses (all too fun), the memory of the Primordials rightful glory (tragic pride), things that aren't as they first appear (good humour to a familiar trick) and finally: water, acid, oil and blood (the beauty of the flow)


Associated Yozi:

J'Qeju


Associated 3rd Circle Demon:

Prokletije


Associated 1st Circle Demons:

Melqart, The Recreationist Dolphins; Progeny of the Enduring Waters of Repair


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Pehtalka Puhst, the Maternal Anti-rudaali clothed in Memoirs of Uncounted Wards

Pehtalka Puhst, the Maternal Anti-rudaali clothed in Memoirs of Uncounted Wards
Understanding Soul of The Forest of the Tzitzimitl

Pehtalka Puhst is a surprising friendly demon, to friendly for most. If anyone enters her hollow, she put them in a nice comfy chair, pour a nice cup of tea and start showing them etchings of each and every member of the lost races of Itzpapalotl. And she has stories about each and everyone of them. Most who meet her die of starvation and thirst due to their brains shutting down with sheer boredom. Only one person has been known to survive her, and who this was is not known, although they did turn several wood elementals into a nice new set of self working filling cabinets as reward for her entertaining conservation.

Pehtalka Puhst does this all as she represents Itzpapalotl memory of the latter's many wards over the years. The 2nd circle demon is a mistress of history and lives, recording everything that happens in countless lifetimes and sharing it with who every comes her way. However, this is a little more sinister than it looks. Pehtalka Pulhst slowly drains the memory of weaker beings when she talks to them, destroying their past and thus, removing any reason to live and so leaving wilted and broken people. Why she does this is unknown, and some scholars believe this affect is not even intentional, but a mechanism to ensure that she will gather memories to preserve. For this Itzpapalotl leaves her at the bottom of a pit in her central tree, unable to escape and harm any sapient beings.

Pehtalka Puhst enters Creation when a person destroys a monument to ensure the memory of whomever the structure was in memory of. She appears as a great toad like being with long arms (the Ebu Gogo say she looks like them, but most agree that she is too amphibian for that), made of amber clockwork with a steel carapace with lacquer inlay. This 2nd circle is summoned to help extract memories or retrieve data about the lost races of Itzpapalotl, but occasional sorcerer's of the First Age used her as a tea partner for their enemies, much to the latter's horror.

When she returns from Creation, she'll cross Malfeas and talk to any demon unfortunate enough to cross her path, causing them to wither away as their memories and will to live are drained, with Itzpapalotl having to pick her up after several hundred first circles befall this fate. The intimacies of Pehtalka Puhst include her mistress, Itzpapalotl (Remembering all of her glory), the lost races of Itzpapalotl (Remembering their beautiful and interesting lives), memories (remembering all their preciousness), tea (remembering how go it is) and long, winding talks (remembering all those great conversations past)


Associated Yozi:

J'Qeju


Associated 3rd Circle:

Itzpapalotl


Associated 1st Circle:

Chriek, They who Count the Pictures; Progeny of the Maternal Anti-rudaali clothed in Memoirs of Uncounted Wards



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Ceto, Creator of half-beautied life

Ceto, Creator of half-beautied life
Indulgent soul of The Forest of the Tzitzimitl

Deep within the tangled roots of Itzpapalotl is a great beast, with the body of a tyrant lizard, patterned like an okapi, but with a scorpion tail, the feathers of a falcon, six insectoid arms and a shark face with a brass mask that covers the entire top half of her face and blinds her. This is Ceto, and around her is her workshop; with strange tools, oddly coloured tonics and what look like deflated demons all hang on the thorn like ends of various roots. All of it reveals Ceto's nature, not a torturer, as is all too common in Malfeas, but a craftswoman of new life forms - not only demons, but various beasts as well.

Ceto's labours have not gone unnoticed, as she is credited with the creation of at least 10 types of first circle demons, although in reality she has created closer to a hundred. Some of these have simply gone unnoticed by scholars and the majority of hell's populace, but most are destroyed by her for not living up to her high standards of usefulness. Her true joy is creating wild animals for the lost races of Itzpapalotl to use and hunt in their forested domains, although she crafts each animal to fill some specific niche within the larger eco-system that has yet to be filled. Ceto is however limited by her desire only to work on new original creatures and demons, thus she'll never make upgraded versions of previous life forms or remake lost species. This has lead to her one great shame, she's starting to get the breeders equivalent of writer's block - a complete and utter lack of original or unique ideas.

Ceto enters Creation whenever a mortal succeeds in creating a new species or truly unique breed of animal, although the latter is incredible rare (and usually requiring a trip close to the Wyld that she both loves and fears) and the former bores her to death; and yet as regular as clockwork she'll answer the call of temporary freedom, only to return to Malfeas after inspecting the new life form, it's creator and their little corner of the world. This has lead scholars, sorcerers, immaculate monks, members of the celestial bureaucracy and animal breeders confused, although the last group take such occasions as a mark of their skill and creativity. Whenever asked about these unusual trips, she'll answer with the same line -'one can dream'. The reason for this is Ceto's greatest dream is to make an entirely new sapient species, unlike anything seen before, and see it prosper across Malfeas or even Creation. To this end she help's Itzpapalotl's projects to recreate various extinct species, but she hates this work as it is never quite complete and lacks the originality that she so desires.

Ceto is summoned by sorcery to help with creating new species, producing new breeds of animal and occasional recreating lost creatures, although she dislikes the last one. Her intimacies include Itzpapalotl (patron and guide, but uninspired to the point of detestability), her many creations (my children, my such special little horrors), originality (to do otherwise is the one great sin), her laboratory (MINE!), animal breeders (similar but pale in comparison to me), those who dream of new marvels (kinship and loyalty), one to the Wyld (Loving fear and Fearful love) and negative one to the act of recreating or rebuilding from total ruination (utter detest).


Associated Yozi:

J'Qeju


Associated 3rd Circle Demon:

Itzpapalotl


Associated 1st Circle Demons:

Bim'jaq, The Demon Rangers; Progeny of the Creator of half-beautied life

J'Quz, The Heat Eaters; Progeny of the Creator of half-beautied life

Rogehpleb, The Stealing Shadows; Progeny of the Creator of half-beautied life

Zak'kaqin'gim, The Chimeras Unknowable; Progeny of the Creator of half-beautied life



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Hariti, the Mother Tiger in All Vengeance

Hariti, the Mother Tiger in All Vengeance
Expressive Soul of The Forest of the Tzitzimitl

Itzpapalotl cannot always protect her wards, so in the wilds of her forest, one of her souls wanders as a protector of the lost. This is Hariti, the Mother Tiger in All Vengeance, and she is magnificent - a seven tall tiger made of Orpiment and Jet stripes with brass blades rising from each of her spines and strange bowl like structure at the end of her tail. If any member of Itzpapalotl's lost races is lost in the twisted bushland is found by her, Hariti will take care of them, leading them away from the beasts and demons that have managed to inhabit those dangerous lands. If food is needed, she merely uses her magic to fill the bowl at the end of her tail with a substance that tastes like a mixture of maple syrup and cholconth but is a smooth as milk. This elixir helps the heal the drinker and also provides nourishment if given to a being of flesh and blood, even the Pugot can eat it for all of the strangeness of their biology.

What few notice about where Hariti roams is a lack of wildlife amongst the overgrown plants, no beasts or demons can be seen. This is due to Hariti not being a creature of love but a sick twisted copy of motherhood, an overly protective mother. Any demon or beast that goes near the Mother Tiger in All Vengeance is devoured on sight, going through her nine sets of jaws before entering an alchemical furnace that renders down her victim into the aforementioned elixir. Why because anything that isn't one of the lost races of Itzpapalotl is clearer threat that must be destroyed. She only leaves fellow 2nd circles and 3rd circles alone as she is not powerful enough to kill them.

Hariti can enter Creation, although this would take her away from the wards of Itzpapalotl, putting them all at risk. As such, she never natural enters Creation, but instead remains in Malfeas all the time, if she can help it. The Mother Tiger in All Vengeance is most often summoned to protect travellers in harsh climates, with her natural pathfinding abilities and the magic elixir she can create to serve as a source of nourishment. Less learned Sorcerers have been known to summon her to protect children, but since she'll always try to endanger the child's life in some way - to destroy 'threats' to the lost races of Itzpapalotl. Infact, if she is to be summoned, the summoner must be certain of their capability to bind the Mother Tiger in All Vengeance, or else she'll try to kill everyone present at the time of the summoning.

Hariti has intimacies towards her patron, The Forest of the Tzitzimitl (Fanatical loyalty), J'Qeju (Fanatical loyalty) the lost race of Itzpapalotl (Fanatical loyalty), to her little forest domain (Fanatical loyalty), tigers (Fanatical loyalty), protective mothers (Fanatical loyalty), female warriors (Fanatical loyalty) and a negative one to everything else (Ever emotion that opposes fanatical loyalty).


Yozi:

J'Qeju


Associated 3rd Circle Soul:

Itzpapalotl





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