DIET: Herbivore
ATTACK/DEFENSE: 1. Fists, 2. Kick, 3. Tough Skin
HIPPOGRIFF—LEVEL 8
The Hippogriff is a hybrid of eagle and horse. Though fast on the ground, it lacks the fierce claws of its more powerful and rarer cousin, the Griffin, relying on strikes from its beak and hooves. It is a popular choice of demon for members of the Celestial Corps, second only to the Peryton.
Classification: Aves, Equine
BASE MANA LEVEL: 57
MANA ABILITIES: None
NATURAL SKILLS: Agility, Eyesight, Flying
RARITY: Migratory
DIET: Carnivore
ATTACK/DEFENSE: 1. Beak, 2. Kick
HYDRA—LEVEL 8
A Hydra is a large demon with three snakelike heads on long, flexible necks. Its body is similar to that of a monitor lizard, at around the same size of a large Canid. These demons were once more common in Hominum’s part of the ether, but are now extremely rare.
Classification: Reptilia
BASE MANA LEVEL: 55
MANA ABILITIES: None
NATURAL SKILLS: Three Minds
RARITY: Endangered
DIET: Carnivore
ATTACK/DEFENSE: 1. Bite, 2. Claws
LYCAN—LEVEL 8
Another distant cousin to the Canid, the Lycan appears much like an Anubid, with a thicker, bulkier body and the head of a wolf. Though stronger than their cousins, they are less intelligent and difficult to control.
Classification: Canidae
BASE MANA LEVEL: 49
MANA ABILITIES: None
NATURAL SKILLS: Acute Smell, Acute Hearing
RARITY: Very Rare
DIET: Carnivore
ATTACK/DEFENSE: 1. Bite, 2. Claws
SYLPH—LEVEL 8
The Sylph is an elemental demon that is cousin to the Enenra, appearing as a faintly glowing specter that inhabits the clouds of the ether. Insubstantial as the mists they live in, these demons have no physical attack whatsoever. Instead, they are capable of healing themselves and others around them. Though delicate and easily injured by any object that passes through them, their high mana levels and rare healing ability makes them extremely desirable.
Classification: Elemental
BASE MANA LEVEL: 62
MANA ABILITIES: Healing
NATURAL SKILLS: Flying
RARITY: Very Rare
DIET: Herbivore
ATTACK/DEFENSE: 1. Healing, 2. Envelop
TARASQUE—LEVEL 8
The Tarasque is a six-legged demon with a spiked tortoise shell, a club-tipped tail and a lizard-like head capped with a ridge of thick bone. They are able to survive in the hottest, most inhospitable of conditions, and their natural habitat is the Wurm-infested deserts of the ether. It is theorized that their spiked shells are designed to prevent Wurms from comfortably swallowing them.
Classification: Reptilia
BASE MANA LEVEL: 56
MANA ABILITIES: None
NATURAL SKILLS: Armored Shell, Spikes
RARITY: Uncommon
DIET: Omnivore
ATTACK/DEFENSE: 1. Armored Shell, 2. Bite, 3. Spikes
TIKBALANG—LEVEL 8
Once popular among orc shamans, Tikbalangs seem to have fallen out of fashion in recent years. Cousin to the Minotaur, these horse-headed demons share their larger cousins’ aggression and prehensile hands. However, their body shape is more similar to that of a Wendigo, with long skinny arms that knuckle the ground.
Classification: Equine
BASE MANA LEVEL: 55
MANA ABILITIES: None
NATURAL SKILLS: Agility, Strength, Prehensile Hands
RARITY: Rare
DIET: Carnivore
ATTACK/DEFENSE: 1. Claws, 2. Fists
BUNYIP—LEVEL 9
This rare, giant, furry creature inhabits the swamps of the ether. It is able to hold its breath for long periods of time, and its fur becomes so matted with moss and slime from its surroundings that it becomes camouflaged. Its preferred method of killing is drowning for smaller creatures, but it is also capable of using its two fangs to finish off tougher prey.
Classification: Megafauns, Rodentia
BASE MANA LEVEL: 64
MANA ABILITIES: None
NATURAL SKILLS: Camouflage, Breath Holding
RARITY: Rare
DIET: Carnivore
ATTACK/DEFENSE: 1. Bite, 2. Claws
NANAUE—LEVEL 9
This humanoid shark demon is a favorite among orc shamans thanks to its vicious jaws, sharp claws and impressive agility. With a posture more akin to a chimpanzee than a man, these demons are excellent climbers and are capable of jumping great distances. They come in the various breeds of their animal counterparts, with the great white, hammerhead and tiger shark being the most common.
Classification: Aquarine
BASE MANA LEVEL: 61
MANA ABILITIES: None
NATURAL SKILLS: Agility, Climbing
RARITY: Rare
DIET: Carnivore
ATTACK/DEFENSE: 1. Bite, 2. Claws, 3. Tail Swipe
PERYTON—LEVEL 9
The most favored demon of the Celestial Corps, Perytons appear as winged, horse-sized stags, with majestic antlers branching from their foreheads. Their front legs end in hooves, yet their back legs are clawed like a falcon’s, complete with deadly talons that can do serious damage. Instead of the traditional bob that all deers have, these demons have long, elegant tail feathers. While their herds migrate sporadically across Hominum’s part of the ether, they are considered the most common of the flying steeds available to Hominum’s summoners.
Classification: Aves, Caprids
BASE MANA LEVEL: 62
MANA ABILITIES: None
NATURAL SKILLS: Agility, Flying
RARITY: Migratory
DIET: Herbivore
ATTACK/DEFENSE: 1. Antlers, 2. Kick, 3. Talons
SOBEK—LEVEL 9
Sobeks are native to swamps, rivers and lakes, avoiding the wider seas and oceans of the ether. These thick-skinned bipedal crocodilians use their claws and jaws to tear apart their opponents, if their large tails haven’t battered them to the ground first. Hunched over at five feet tall, this demon could stand toe-to-toe with its natural adversary, the Nanaue.
Classification: Reptilia
BASE MANA LEVEL: 62
MANA ABILITIES: None
NATURAL SKILLS: Swimming, Camouflage
RARITY: Common
DIET: Carnivore
ATTACK/DEFENSE: 1. Bite, 2. Claws, 3. Tail Swipe, 4. Thick Skin
AHOOL—LEVEL 10
Appearing as a giant bat with the musculature of a mountain gorilla, the Ahool is a solitary demon that is rarely found in the known ether. Ahools are occasionally used as a mount for more powerful orc shamans. Known for their acute senses of hearing and smell, they make excellent trackers on air and land alike. With sharp claws on its winged forelimbs and fangs as thick as elephant tusks, an Ahool is capable of taking on a Griffin.
Classification: Rodentia
BASE MANA LEVEL: 65
MANA ABILITIES: None
NATURAL SKILLS: Flying, Sonar, Night Vision, Hearing, Smell
RARITY: Very Rare
DIET: Omnivore
ATTACK/DEFENSE: 1. Fangs, 2. Claws
GRIFfiN—LEVEL 10
This rare demon will occasionally stray into Hominum’s part of the ether. Horse-sized, it has the body, tail and back legs of a lion and the head, wings and talons of an eagle.
Classification: Aves, Felidae
BASE MANA LEVEL: 65
MANA ABILITIES: None
NATURAL SKILLS: Flying
RARITY: Migratory
DIET: Omnivore
ATTACK/DEFENSE: 1. Beak, 2. Claws, 3. Talons
ONI—LEVEL 10
Onis appear similar in size and stature to orcs and are a favored demon among veteran shamans. They are characterized by their crimson red skin, a pair of horns erupting from their forehe
ads and overdeveloped upper and lower canines. Though they appear bright, Onis are more animal than sentient being, with less intelligence than the average Mite.
Classification: Apeish
BASE MANA LEVEL: 70
MANA ABILITIES: None
NATURAL SKILLS: Strength
RARITY: Rare
DIET: Omnivore
ATTACK/DEFENSE: 1. Bite, 2. Horn, 3. Punch
ABAIA—LEVEL 11
This swamp-dwelling demon appears as a four-legged eel. Their lightning ability is coveted, but since they can only briefly leave the water before drying out, they are impractical for most summoners. Other than electric shock attacks, their preferred weapons are their serrated teeth, which are so dirty that they cause immediate infection. An Abaia can track bitten prey for days, waiting for them to sicken and die.
Classification: Aquarine
BASE MANA LEVEL: 80
MANA ABILITIES: Lightning
NATURAL SKILLS: Swimming, Amphibious, Immune to Lightning
RARITY: Uncommon
DIET: Carnivore
ATTACK/DEFENSE: 1. Infectious Bite, 2. Lightning
CHIMERA—LEVEL 11
A close cousin to the Manticore and Criosphinx, the Chimera is a hybrid of lion, goat and snake. Its head is grotesquely deformed; the lower jaws and face appearing leonine but with a goat’s eyes, horns and upper snout fused above as if it were a conjoined twin. The hybridization continues on the rest of the body, with its back legs hooved and its front paws clawed like a feline’s. The tail appears as a prehensile green-scaled snake, complete with a venomous head.
Classification: Caprids, Felidae, Reptilia
BASE MANA LEVEL: 77
MANA ABILITIES: None
NATURAL SKILLS: Climbing, Prehensile Tail
RARITY: Very Rare
DIET: Omnivore
ATTACK/DEFENSE: 1. Bite, 2. Claws,
3. Venomous Fangs
MINOTAUR—LEVEL 11
These humanoid demons are tall, large, hairy and muscular. They have the head of a bull and cloven hooves for feet. Unlike the Golem, they have clawed hands, which are capable of manipulating weapons, though teaching one to use them is a difficult task. It is very rare to see one of these in Hominum’s part of the ether.
Classification: Caprids
BASE MANA LEVEL: 72
MANA ABILITIES: None
NATURAL SKILLS: Strength
RARITY: Very Rare
DIET: Omnivore
ATTACK/DEFENSE: 1. Horns, 2. Claws, 3. Fists
NANDI—LEVEL 11
The Nandi might be described as a giant, bearlike creature, with powerful jaws and claws that can tear apart most opponents. However, it has a musculature, intelligence and agility more akin to a dog’s than that of a bear.
Classification: Megafauns
BASE MANA LEVEL: 75
MANA ABILITIES: None
NATURAL SKILLS: Strength
RARITY: Very Rare
DIET: Omnivore
ATTACK/DEFENSE: 1. Bite, 2. Claws
MANTICORE—LEVEL 12
This rare demon has batlike wings and forelimbs, a scorpion tail and the body of a lion, though the dark fur is interspersed with sharp spines. The Manticore’s leonine face can sometimes appear almost human, and its features are capable of expressing complex emotion. Its venom is so potent that one droplet will kill a man within minutes. Members of the Raleigh family are said to be immune.
Classification: Arthropidae, Felidae
BASE MANA LEVEL: 85
MANA ABILITIES: None
NATURAL SKILLS: Flying
RARITY: Very Rare
DIET: Carnivore
ATTACK/DEFENSE: 1. Bite, 2. Claws, 3. Spines, 4. Venomous Sting
IFRIT—LEVEL 13
The Ifrit is an elemental akin to the Golem, aligned with fire rather than stone. A close cousin to the ice-powered Jotun, its skin appears to be made of blazing lava. This fire elemental is immensely strong and is even capable of breathing flames from its mouth. It is one of the more powerful demons that orc shamans are able to capture from their part of the ether.
Classification: Elemental
BASE MANA LEVEL: 91
MANA ABILITIES: Flame
NATURAL SKILLS: Strength, Immune to Fire
RARITY: Endangered
DIET: Omnivore
ATTACK/DEFENSE: 1. Flame, 2. Fists
JOTUN—LEVEL 13
Jotuns are known only from a fleeting mention in a single ancient Elven scroll, though Hominum’s scholars dispute the authenticity of this text. Described as giant humanoids that appear to be hewn from ice, they are said to be capable of freezing all that they touch. These demons are suspected of living in the snowy ice caps of the ether’s tallest mountains.
Classification: Elemental
BASE MANA LEVEL: 91
MANA ABILITIES: Frost
NATURAL SKILLS: Strength, Immune to Frost
RARITY: Endangered
DIET: Omnivore
ATTACK/DEFENSE: 1. Fists, 2. Frost
SHEN—LEVEL 13
The Shen is similar to a giant clam, complete with a spherical, hinged shell. It moves on both land and sea by rolling itself back and forth. This demon has an enormous amount of mana, required for its unusual mirage spell—an ability that allows the Shen to create an illusion, usually of another, more powerful demon. It is not clear whether the Shen is actually creating an image or making those that are watching hallucinate, but the effect remains the same. Unfortunately, this demon is perhaps one of the rarest around, with only one recorded capture in all of Hominum’s history. It died shortly after being checked against a fulfilmeter, but its shell remains at Vocans Academy to this day.
Classification: Aquarine
BASE MANA LEVEL: Unknown
MANA ABILITIES: Illusion
NATURAL SKILLS: None
RARITY: Endangered
DIET: Omnivore
ATTACK/DEFENSE: 1. Illusion, 2. Shell Snap
WENDIGO—LEVEL 13
The Wendigo is a rare demon that is known to follow the Shrike migration across the ether, eating the carcasses of its victims. Despite its role as a carrion eater, the Wendigo is a powerful beast in its own right, with corded muscle lining its skinny frame. Standing as high as eight feet tall, it has branching antlers, a wolflike head and long arms that it uses to knuckle the ground like a gorilla. It is known to have the mottled gray skin of a corpse and the stench to match, most likely from its regular consumption of rotting flesh.
Classification: Canidae, Caprids
BASE MANA LEVEL: 90
MANA ABILITIES: None
NATURAL SKILLS: Agility, Strength
RARITY: Very Rare
DIET: Carnivore
ATTACK/DEFENSE: 1. Antlers, 2. Bite, 3. Claws
INDRIK—LEVEL 14
These enormous demons have the long necks and large bodies of giraffes, but with thicker limbs, a long tapering tail and a head that is more akin to that of a horse’s or camel’s. Their fur is short, gray and mottled with black patches. Traveling in herds of twenty or more, Indriks migrate widely, acting as a food source for the large, carnivorous demons across the ether’s ecosystem. Given their role as prey animals and their high summoning level, these demons are relatively useless to summoners.
Classification: Equine
BASE MANA LEVEL: 75
MANA ABILITIES: None
NATURAL SKILLS: None
RARITY: Common
DIET: Herbivore
ATTACK/DEFENSE: 1. Stomp
AKHLUT—LEVEL 15
The Nanaue is to a shark as the Akhlut is to an orca, or killer whale. Cousin to the dolphin-like Encantado, this demon is thought to move on all fours like a wolf, using its webbed claws and fluked tail to travel over land and sea. As large as their animal counterparts, these demons have never been seen in the flesh. All knowledge of the Akhluts’ existence comes from a depiction—a name and summoning level painted on the inside of an orc shaman�
��s hut.
Classification: Aquarine
BASE MANA LEVEL: 100
MANA ABILITIES: None
NATURAL SKILLS: Swimming
RARITY: Rare
DIET: Carnivore
ATTACK/DEFENSE: 1. Bite 2. Claws, 3. Tail Swipe
Wyvern—Level 15
The Wyvern is the orcs’ main counter to the demons of the Celestial Corps. These enormous scaled creatures have batlike wings, long, spiked tails and horned crocodilian heads. Their skin is so tough and cartilaginous that only a lance or well-placed musket ball can pierce it. Other than their jaws, the Wyverns’ main weapons are their powerful legs, which are tipped with the hooked hind claws of a raptor. They are slower than most flying demons and are often backed up by the more agile Shrikes, Strixes and Vesps.
Classification: Reptilia
BASE MANA LEVEL: 105
MANA ABILITIES: None
NATURAL SKILLS: Flying, Armored Skin
RARITY: Very Rare
DIET: Carnivore
ATTACK/DEFENSE: 1. Bite, 2. Horns, 3. Talons, 4. Armored Skin, 5. Tail Swipe
ZARATAN—LEVEL 15
This amphibious demon could be described as a hybrid between a tortoise and a turtle, with webbed claws, a sharp beak and a protective shell. Their newborns appear the same size as a sea turtle, but they can grow to the dimensions of a small archipelago. In fact, they are often mistaken for islands, given the amount of vegetation that forms on their rugged shells. Considered the most long-lived demons in the ether, these demons are said to reach as old as two millennia.
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