Rogehpleb, The Stealing Shadows

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

 In the little dark corners of Malfeas, one can sometime see what seem to be a pair of red eyes. While many dismiss this as a facet of Hell's oddities,  a clever mind realises that such thoughts seem to come from an outside source. That would be the Rogehpleb in the corner, the Stealing Shadows.

While not widely known, the Rogehpleb do not try to hide their existence, only their presence. They are very honest creatures, it's just that if they choose to keep a secret, they will do so. The greatest secret they keep is their duty - to steal inspiration from other demons and bring it back to Ceto. However, this is not useful to Ceto most of the time as most demons are unimaginative, especially in ideas of making new monsters. As such, these demons rarely report back to their creator, but that doesn't mean they achieve nothing most of the time. Their secrecy, helped by literally being slithering shadows with red eyes, allows them to serve as excellent spies for other more powerful demons and occasional as strategic advisors for gangs, as they can get ideas for new crimes from rival groups.

The Rogehpleb enter Creation whenever a theft is committed on the night of a new moon, using the natural darkness to hide themselves for a time. They are mostly summoned as spies and saboteurs, as their ability to read minds and steal ideas is perfect for such work and their ability to keep secrets is incredible, almost to the power level of 2nd circle demons. However, they lack raw strength in their material form, so are not to useful for most physical actions in their line of duty; and finally, the Stealing Shadows are not very well known, so most sorcerers never even find out about their existence. The intimacies of the Rogehpleb include Ceto (Loyalty to a disappointed mistress), Shadows (Home sweet home),  Secrets (All mine), a negative one to the material form (embarrassed for weakness and uselessness), Minds (Good reading) and New Ideas (Wasted in the hands of others).

Associated Yozi:

J'Qeju

Associated 3rd Circle:

Itzpaplotl

Associated 2nd Circle:

Ceto

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Aredba, the Fool Trap

Aredba, the Fool Trap; Progeny of the Hunter of the Dragon's Enemy:

Aredba look like headless sheep with bodies made of gold and transparent wool; easy pickings for any daring demon looking for a bit of treasure - right? The Fool Traps are well named, with the body actually being made of low grade brass and the wool is barb wired glass, cutting any thief who tries to take a piece of the demon and those dumb enough to continue fail to get any sort of reward. What is worse is that the Aredba's wool will start to clamp down on the thief's arm and the whole demon's body starts to vibrate. If the felon does not get their arm out of the wool, then the Fool Trap will explode and kill their attacker; although the Aredba will survive as a body of smoke that condense back into the shape of a headless sheep.

Aredba don't seem to mind these explosions when it happens to them, and they don't even seem to mind how they attract greedier and egotistical demons with their bodies of apparent wealth. Infact these demons seem to have very little personality and will blindly obey whatever order given to them with enough authority. The only personality traits they seem to exhibit is a mute parody of characteristics from their last order giver. It should be noted that if one of the Fool Traps hasn't been ordered for several hours or days they'll just find more of their kind and just gather around, vibrating in what seems to be a strange equivalent of speech, although no-one has ever deciphered it. Since they are otherwise mute, the exact nature of these gatherings is not known. Another popular theory is that they use such occasions to increase their population, as more of the demons seem to come out than in.

The Aredba enter Creation when ever sheep are used to trick people into gathering into one place - the more sheep and people, the more demons. They are summoned mostly to act as decoys against burglars and as explosives to be used in siege warfare, although when summoned they'll only obey the sorcerer and not change their loyalties. Binding isn't important if the summoner has plans to have the demon be alone or with loyal allies/subordinates during the period of it's service, as the Fool Traps will simply accept any order without question. The intimacies of the Aredba change to match those of either the last person that gave them an order or of their current summoner.

Associated Yozi:

J'Qeju


Associated 3rd Circle demon:

Hreidmar

Associated 2nd Circle demon:

Ao Ao




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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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