Demon

Outside the world we know, other dimensions exist, realms beyond what we can see and experience. Human residents of Tyria, Cantha, and Elona know that when they die, their souls pass on into the Mists, the realm of the afterlife. Some spirits linger in this world, or find ways to walk back into the realm of flesh...yet there are other creatures who watch them and wait, drawn to the energy of countless souls.

Sometimes souls are not enough. In dimensions alien to the physical world, sentient entities scheme of ways to enter the realm of flesh, dreaming of the havoc they can wreak. Just as ghosts can defy death by returning to the land of the living, demons find ways into our world, where they feast on suffering, despair, and the vital energy of intelligent creatures.

Demons are more than creatures of the Mists—they are made from the Mists themselves, bits of etheric matter that have gained malignant sentience and power. Whether they appear as monstrous humanoids, bestial abominations, or radically inhuman horrors, they share many of the same aspirations: the strong consume or dominate the weak, reveling in their feasts and victimization. As they are not native to the real world, demons hold an abiding hatred of its denizens. They are also ruthlessly intelligent, more than willing to enter into arrangements that allow them to routinely prey on humans and other foolish living creatures.

Known Sub-Species
The following species have been found to be demons:
 * Demons in The Underworld:
 * Bladed Aatxe
 * Chained Soul
 * Charged Blackness
 * Coldfire Night
 * Grasping Darkness
 * Keeper of Souls
 * Terrorweb Dryder
 * Stalking Night
 * Smite Crawler
 * Demons in Cantha:
 * Oni
 * Kanaxai
 * Demons in Elona, the Realm of Torment, and the Domain of Anguish:
 * Margonites
 * Shadow Army (it is not known if the Shadow Army in the Fissure of Woe are also Demons)
 * Stygians
 * Titans (it is not known if Prophecies Titans are also considered Demons)
 * Torment creatures (with some few exceptions)