Creature

Demon Princes

CanonOfficial lore from the booksBoDp. 82-83

Demon princes, like Greater Demons, are entities of immense power with innate magical abilities, and their might can be harnessed for many potent magical effects. Their body parts, and even the items they have touched, are highly valuable in certain rituals and world-altering spells.¹

Many clergies within the Lands of Exile consider the capture of a demon prince one of the highest honours.¹

The Tomb of Anarchy

The Tomb of Anarchy is an extremely dangerous rite that can bind a demon prince, or any other demon, in its true form to a place within the Material Plane. It has been performed successfully only three times, and each time it cost many lives.²

The rite must be performed in an enclosed space that has never seen sunlight. Six marble pedestals stand at the corners of a hexagon, each bearing a golden chalice of holy water or innocent blood, and the tomb of a high-ranking cleric is placed at the centre. A book in which the demon's true name has been written 666 times is laid inside the tomb, desecrating the holy site forever. The demon is held with chains made of silverware that has been kept in a temple for at least fifty years, while six spellcasters sustain a barrier around the ritual and at least two of them chant at all times. Twelve circles, active once the rite is complete, prevent the bound demon from casting spells, speaking, teleporting, summoning help, perceiving the outside world truly, or being found by divination.²

When the demon enters the circle, the fabric of reality tears before the summoner and the contest of wills begins. The demon turns on the spellcasters holding the barrier, and the binding succeeds only once at least three chains have been fixed into its flesh; whoever fixes a pin feeds the chain's magic with their own life energy. No one may leave the chamber until the bond is sealed by speaking the demon's true name seven times, and each time the demon tries to escape.¹

Oh, how I love it when a demon prince begs for freedom.²

Lord Dagoth Salvador, founder of the Morenar, says that discovering this rite and learning how to perform it cost him many souls, and that it was worth every soul coin he had.²

Notes

↑BookBook of Dead, p. 83
↑BookBook of Dead, p. 82

Sources

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BoDBook of Dead(Bad Badger Games, 2024), pp. 82-83

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