How many demons are fuzzy?

Beyond that the generic humanoid demons are intimidating and repulsive (by human standards), incubi/succubi are attractive and hormone-inducing, and humans can likely think of a lot of stupid reasons to initially summon demons, so it stands to reason that the abyssal demons might have a few variations beyond rank. So what are the other types of demons in the abyss if they exist, and what types of auras and appearances might they have?

So what types of demon are there beyond the average demon which i will now call a devil and a cubi which will try to seduce you. I will also assume more cubi are female or feminine as I think horny teenage males are more likely to summon a demoness for obvious reasons than the reverse. Not saying it can't happen, but it is always the horny teenage boy from most of my past experiences, which I won't elaborate on.

While an incubus or male cubi as I call them would be better for breeding, people rarely think of breeding demons. It seems to be frowned upon. It needs to be consensual for two demons to merge animus and this is typically quite costly, so trying to breed half demons would be better using a male demon and female mortals. For best results a large demon is best, but demons fear spells have the greatest effect on children and women, and for some reason most women start panicking when they see something as big or bigger than their thigh going in. They can get smaller but most demons are an S to mortals.

Moving beyond that looking at past myths from a patriarchal society will likely result in many stories used to show that women with power is bad and must be oppressed by men. It is justification of them being unable to resist temptation on their own. Realistically uneducated women would likely have very little ability to do anything of a demonic nature and males would likely be able to do more damage to more people. Female killers are often times more efficient as they go for the kill and then don't take trophies in most cases. I do not however believe this to be a case such as that. If our culture was a matriarchy we would likely have stories to justify not giving power to men, and a mixed society would likely lean more towards the dominant culture. Western society is a patriarchy. Men tend to do better in life, are names a passed on, and we are often viewed as more responsible for our actions.

Wizards would however likely be hunted down quickly for capturing mortal women to breed half demons. Not sure if a demon hasn't done it yet though. Some half-demons are close to their mortal parent in most aspects, and could in theory pass as another race if they built up sufficient numbers. Half-demons however have a short life expectancy if left alone do to angry villagers and priests. Nice plan though.

If you wanted to you could use the demon binding ritual on an Astlanian soul with the intention of making a demon. They typically use souls of beings whose identity they cannot recognize, but you could really use any soul for the purpose of creation. Typically Astlanian souls are used by necromancers and their souls and true names are often protected by a deity, but a demon with mind reeving (21 animage ability), which doesn't technically exist, you could simply rip a multitude from a priest or see if the person them-self knows it. Not sure about magic in Astlan, but in some realities that I know of magic is stronger when a person knows of their true name. It holds power over the person so they could likely use it to empower themself and since mind reading is mythical in story their is little risk provided you don't say it. Just use their name, sever their silver cord, kill them and capture the spirit, or find the spirit lingering on its own and then use it to make a demon, or whatever other mana construct you desire. You could make them hard to find for espionage, or have a calming and reassuring presence for somebody with great charisma, really you are just limited by the summoner's and the summoned's imagination.

And why would wizards breed more demons. That is just looking for trouble... not that the wizards aren't in trouble for binding demons in the first place.

@Tizzy:

number 3 sounds very much like a Hentai Tentacle monster. I can't decide if I'm to be amused or repelled.

WELL...now that you bring it up.

I think you meant Exador hardly ages...but...actually he does. This was touched upon late in book 1 and is talked about more in book 2, he actually continuously shape shifts to age himself. And he does the "never in the same room at the same time trick" to have both father and son interact with people. Now...the real question that we don't know the answer to is...who is Mrs. Exador and what's her story?

The vast majority of demons can not shape shift. Not all Greater Demons can shape shift. I would argue that at best, half of them can.

As to Bess? Well in book ii you'll know more. But yes, she changes her appearance frequently. She wasn't looking like a cat on the carpet during the climax. Sipping tea from a china tea cup is tricky for a cat on a carpet. Lap, yes, drink, no.

And as to the limits, I point you back to what Rupert told Tom. The more different the form is from what you are used to or your true form/self image, the harder it is to maintain.

Having never done either, I can't say for sure.

I suppose if you shape changed and had a good enough form and control, it would come built in/natural.

There are, however, some demons that can cry/exude tears. Pretty sure Antefalken can as it's most likely something he has to fake to get all those house maids in bed.

Why is Antefalken an exception to the general dislike of human women to the idea of sex with a demon?

This thread line is called ETA: next book, right? So can someone tell me when the estimated time of arrival is for DOA 2?

Yes, the thread is ETA of next book.

But T-A-G is so incredibly slow we've moved on to other things in the thread.

However, there is hope that spring will bring great things....for one thing he's planning on using a real editor and that can add a lot of time...plus there will be the beta reader program...depending on how all that goes and what changes there are...it could go longer, I fear.

I have to go rescue Tom now, so I will have to answer the other forum posts that are outstanding tomorrow...