YMMV / Demon: The Fallen

• Complete Monster:
  • Abaddon was once the leader of the Ebon Legion, one of Lucifer's most trusted Archdukes. Breaking with Lucifer in the belief humanity should serve rather than be elevated, Abaddon led the Time of Atrocities where he saw entire cities put to the torch and humans slaughtered and enslaved in huge numbers. With Asmodeus, Abaddon had human women raped to produce the Nephilim and kill the angels Lucifer entrusted with educating humanity. One of the first Earthbound, Abaddon emerged from Torment as a ravenous monster dedicated to spiting Lucifer and destroying humanity, wiping out entire civilizations and promoting as much bloody horror as possible.
  • Asmodeus, Archduke of the Silver Legion, joined Lucifer's rebellion for his own reasons, being a major architect behind the fall of the Great Experiment. Helping to sway Abaddon to darkness and assisting in the Time of Atrocities, Asmodeus was the one who ordered mass rapes to create the Nephilim and destroy Lucifer's dreams, returning as one of the Earthbound to dominate the world with his twisted experiments after being unleashed from Torment.
• Growing the Beard: The core rulebook is generally agreed to not be very good. The game only really found its feet with Houses of the Fallen (which fleshed out the backstory and mythology) and the Player's Guide and Storyteller Companion (which added a number of essential rules).
• Magnificent Bastard: Lucifer himself, First of the Fallen, once led a rebellion against God via his charisma and magnetic leadership. After the Fallen were defeated and sealed in Hell, Lucifer began to manipulate all of human history, teaching mankind sorcery to save his former lieutenants. Upon realizing the monsters they had become, Lucifer propagated the spread of reason and science to weaken them and also encouraged (or possibly created) Christianity to directly combat them. Upon the end times, Lucifer reveals himself to sway humanity, the Fallen and even the Earthbound how he wishes, defeating some of his old lieutenants with brilliant tactics to place things exactly how he desires and kick off the final battle for the fate of humankind.

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