Diabolism

Diabolism is the art of utilizing the demons and devils to perform esoteric feats. Those who utilize this form of magic exclusively are known as Diabolists and a gathering of diabolists is seen as a cabal.

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Diabolism involves binding and using Demons and is heavily frowned upon as the darkest of all arts available to use mainly because of the nature of demons.<ref>

Just how many Others were swarming in the trenches? I can assume there were tons of demons, imps, ghouls, boogeymen and goblins in them due to the sheer amount of awfulness, rottenness and corpses present, but just how severe was the issue? Were they in such abundance that practitioners being a Scourge, Goblin King or - dare I say - Diabolist profited off of it, or was there little to no real difference that the practitioner "meta" would change.

Violent and gross others likely thrived in the background in wartime. I see in this bullet point and in others that you keep going to demons and imps and including them in the same sentences as other practices. Don't do that. They are wholly, completely different and they have wholly different implications.

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Assuming that Scourges, Diabolists, Practitioners specializing in Ghouls and Goblin Kings exploited the shit out of Trenches, then how could Germany have defeated such a large grouping of some of the meanest, most diabolical (no pun intended) practitioners the world had ever seen?

Don't do that! Stop. No. That isn't Pact. Not how trenches were a thing or approached, either. No. Demons aren't included in the same sentences and groupings as other Others. - Excerpt from comment in reddit.</ref> Practitioners of it are discriminated against and inquisitors actively hunt them down. It's stated that most diabolists die horrible deaths or join the firm, with a minority actually living long lives and dying clean deaths.

Some diabolists see themselves as a necessary evil, as someone must deal with the demons and devils roaming the world, while others are malicious and utilize the art for destructive means that can only be accomplished by using demons. Those who practice the art also accrue a heavy karmic debt with greater ease.<ref> - Excerpt from a comment on Reddit</ref>

Diabolists try to be extremally careful how they bind things otherwise things can go unbelievably bad, worse then death in many ways.<ref>Diabolism requires incredible precision and steep costs. To do it well, you have to be focused and in control, perfect in action and execution. Those who do it wrong are often the first victim. - Excerpt from a comment on Reddit</ref> The reason people work with demons in the first place is

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