[UA] Demon variant

[Hammons, Jade]

Maybe he trancended the role of Demon and became a Cruel One. ;)

But how's this word - Dybbuk
:a wandering soul believed in Jewish folklore to enter and control a
living body until exorcised by a religious rite 

Though of course Daemon isn't bad, based on it's traditional greek
definition
:supernatural being of Greek mythology intermediate between gods and men
(Soul trapped between the world and the statosphere)

Personally at this point, I would go the 'Fallen' route, and since his
obsession is still to ascend... well.. let me tell you about this time I
almost died...

Jade Hammons

A few other options: Shedim, Jinn (ooh, a wish giver), Ifrit, or my
favorite Jack Chick.


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[mailto:ua-bounces at lists.unknown-armies.com]On Behalf Of Jo Andros
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 2:55 PM
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Subject: [UA] Demon variant


So here's an idea I had... IMUAC there's a guy who was trying to ascend
a 
new archetype, The Defiler (some of you may recall).  He died, with his 
Avatar skill as his Obsession.  And, he has a demon sticking around.

So what kind of demon is formed around an obsession like that?  IRC The
UA 
book says that a demon is what is LEFT when an obsession is strong
enough to 
survive death:  weaker bits of the personality are stripped away,
leaving 
pure, obsessed twistedness.

I suppose being dead would prevent a normal Avatar from channelling any 
power, but in this particular case, things are different.  There is no 
Ascended Archetype which the power is channelling down from.  The 
Avatar/Demon in question stands alone.  Furthermore, his very death was
the 
SAME symbolic action which WOULD have ascended him, had he survived.
(He 
was murdered by a victim, and since his 'defilement' of said victim had 
driven her to this act of murder, totally against her nature, it was the

ultimate defilement, turning this person into the complete opposite of
what 
she intended or wanted to be.)

Anyway, this leaves a person caught between Statosphere and the real
world.  
a VERY peculiar position.

What I'm really looking for is a TERM that will somehow illustrate the
state 
this soul is in, simultaneously inhabiting heaven and hell, as it were.

I've tentatively called him a "Daemon" but I don't like this... I want 
something better.

Thoughts?

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