Editing Demon (section)

==Types==

===Puissance===
Notes of the taint left behind by demonic activity which can evolve into minor demons called [[Imps]], which are the most basic of demons found but can grow in power. In terms of power they are ranked from imps, least, lesser, moderate, through an unknown number of upper-middle ranks, and demon nobles at the top.<ref name=":0">“There is a difference,” Mann said, “Between the various tiers of 
demon.  Imps, least, lesser, moderate, all the way up the hierarchy.  
The simplest way to mark the distinction is <em>capability</em>. [...] Speech is one such thing.  It’s an inverse of men.  We’re speechless
 at birth, we gain the ability, with increasing faculties, then if we 
live long enough, the ability to speak gradually leaves us.  Imps can 
speak because they borrow from <em>men</em>, they sup from the collective unconscious, and they sup from victims.  Demons of the <em>noble</em> tier can speak because they are… <em>broad</em>.  If they’re neither and they can still communicate, they may well have something <em>of</em> man.  A token.” - [https://pactwebserial.wordpress.com/2015/01/24/histories-arc-15/ excerpt] from [[Interlude 15]]</ref>

<nowiki> </nowiki>Generally speaking only imps and nobles can speak; Imps because they're so weak they have to take much of their shape from human victims and ideas, and Nobles because they're so broad. Some demons of the middling ranks can also speak, however, generally those who have something of humanity in their makeup such as [[Barbatorem]]'s scissiors.<ref name=":0" /> 

===Choirs ===
<blockquote>''Main article: [[Choir]]''</blockquote>Demons are also divided into different choirs, which was done by [[Practitioners]] to make it easy to categorize them. This division is ultimately artificial.<ref>“Demons and devils fall into choirs.  Choir of dark, choir of chaos, choir of ruin, choir of madness, choir of the feral, choir of sin, and choir of unrest, in order. [...] The choirs aren’t real things… only an idea that some have clung to, some demons and devils included.  They’re a handy way of categorizing.” - [http://pactwebserial.wordpress.com/2014/04/19/conviction-5-5/ Conviction 5.5]</ref> The choirs are designed to reflect the seven days of creation described in the book of ''Genesis''<ref name="wog" />, and roughly corresponds to the sphere of nature the demon corrupts.

#'''Choir of Darkness''': Demons and devils that had been given life in counterpoint to creation and thrive in the darkness, the antithesis of creation, and entropy distilled. Anything destroyed or devoured is never recovered, making it arguably the most dangerous choir. The opposite of the First Day of Genesis, "Let there be light".<ref name="wog" />
#'''Choir of Chaos''': Demons that disturb and throw areas into disarray. Associated with the [[Chaos|chaotic void before creation]], with storms and whirlpools, with rendering areas and [[Realm]]s uninhabitable for [[human]] and [[Other]] alike. Oppose the Second Day of Genesis, when sea and sky are separated from one another.<ref name="wog" />
#'''Choir of Ruin''': The choir that brings about ruin, they may damage things through [[connections]], allowing them to harm practitioners through their workings. Opposed by structure, such as geometric shapes and symbols. Presumably they oppose the Third Day of Genesis, when dry land and plants are created, in some symbolic sense (opposing solidity and structure, possibly?)
#'''Choir of Madness''': The choir that brings about madness, it acts against balance and can be deadly to Others like [[Sphinxes]]. However, those who are slightly mad themselves can oppose it for a time, and those who can bring about madness like [[Dionysus]] can ward it away. They oppose the Fourth Day of Genesis, when the Moon and Stars are created; opposing and destroying/corrupting clarity, vision, knowledge, and destiny.<ref name="wog" />
#'''Choir of the Feral''': The choir that inverts and perverts the natural order and instills hostility into those around it. Also opposses the social hierarchy, such as [[Lord]]<nowiki/>ship. Presumably opposes the Fifth Day of Genesis, when the creatures of the sea and sky are created.
#'''Choir of Sin''': The choir of man’s evils, it is a weaker choir but the one most personal to [[Humans]].<ref name=":1">A devil of the sixth choir.  The choir of man’s evils.  A weaker choir, and the one most personal to all of us. - [https://pactwebserial.wordpress.com/category/story/arc-4-collateral/4-x-pages-4/ excerpt] from [[Interlude 4]]</ref> Presumably opposes the Sixth Day of Genesis, when humanity is created (along with other land animals, although those seem to fall under the Fifth Choir instead.)
#'''Choir of Unrest''': Seen as the weakest of the choirs, the demons here work with intangible forces. However, it is the one that furthest its goals in Wrong because it is subtle and hard to get a grasp on.<ref>I was there, but did not assist, when he summoned Agares.  A duke among the seventh choir, one that brought great beings low.  A corrupter and agitator.  He could compel a king to march to war, or stop that same warhost in its tracks. [...] Many of the choirs are focused on tangible things, but the seventh is an abstract one.  Not one that we are able to grasp in concrete terms.  Many call it the weakest choir.  It is one we are liable to underestimate or lose sight of, and thus the one that gets the furthest in its endeavors towards the Wrong.  - [https://pactwebserial.wordpress.com/category/story/arc-4-collateral/4-x-pages-4/ excerpt] from [[Interlude 4]]</ref> They even take to writing tomes themselves, under the guise of being diabolists, to spread themselves. Presumably opposes the Seventh Day of Genesis, when God rests from His creation - possibly representing other intangible forces taking over from the primordial [[Angels]], in Pactverse cosmology.