Demon
From Artemis Fowl
| Artemis Fowl species | |
|---|---|
| Demons
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| Magical? | Sometimes |
| Skin color | gray-green, red, green, and black |
| First appearance | Book 5 |
| Famous members | Leon Abbot, Bludwin |
Demons are the Eighth Family of the Fairy People.
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[edit] History
[edit] Hybras
Ten thousand years ago, the fairy people fought the humans, or Mud Men, in the Battle of Taillte over the island of Ireland and lost. The demons did not want to move underground like the other seven Families, so their warlocks lifted the island of Hybras, where all demons lived, out of time and into Limbo.
[edit] Problems
Seven demon warlocks combined their powers to induce the volcano on Hybras and use its energy to fuel the spell to remove the island from normal time. However, two demon rebels, N'zall and Bludwin, broke the circle and caused the death of all the demons warlocks except one: Qwan.
For this reason, there are no demon warlocks left other than Qwan except for Qweffor, whose magic and consciousness was absorbed into N'zall and trapped within until Hybras was returned to Earth. Recently, N°1, a younger demon warlock, helped to bring Hybras back to the present time Earth along with Artemis Fowl II, Holly Short, Qwan, and Qweffor's consciousness.
[edit] Description
Demons can be gray-green, red, green, and black, with gold eyes, chunky scales, and great horned ears. They stand erect at with an average height of 5 feet. Demons start life as imps, who warp into fully grown demons usually between the ages of 9 and 13. However, if they are a demon warlock, they never warp and remain imps. It is implied that some demons may have magic until they warp, when they lose it. The most recently found warlock is N°1, who is very gifted and could even be more powerful than Qwan with time.
[edit] Notable Demons
[edit] Demon Gospel in The Book
"The demon scrolls tell of a warlock that will come to save our people, but I wouldn't rely too much on the scrolls. They also say that rabbits are the supreme beings and that the best cure for a sore throat is a poultice of dung and old socks. Hence trust the scrolls at your peril. There are however a few basic tips for survival in a demon tribe that might be helpful if you were a human, say, and had never actually met a demon before. Which is unlikely to say the least. If you were human you wouldn't be able to read this in the first place. So. Demon survival tips. First, never stab a demon with his own sword. This is the ultimate insult and will result in a vendetta that could go on for generations. It is fine to stab a demon with your sword - he will congratulate you for managing that, but only poor warriors lose their swords and then get stabbed with them. If the opportunity arises, give it a miss. Second, demons have a pretty comprehensive system of sign language in which buttock slapping features heavily. It is very important not to slap the wrong buttock. Never slap someone else's buttock unless they stab you with your own sword - that is considered very bad manners. And learn the difference between the left-buttock slap and a right-buttock slap. If a passerby aims his buttocks at you and slaps the left one it means that there is a full moon due that evening and he hopes you will join him for the traditional hunt. If he slaps the right buttock it simply means that you remind him of his right buttock. You can see where problems could arise. Finally, never sneeze into your fist. Always allow the sneeze to run free into the air. Medical demons assure us that the sneeze comprises millions of tiny flying demons that zoom around the earth until they can find a human to land on. When they alight on their host humans they hack into their scalps with tiny axes causing terrible headaches which makes the humans easy to defeat in battle. Therefore, when a demon sneezes immediately slap your right buttock in the direction of the sneeze so that the tiny demons can pass on the message to the human they land on."
| Fairies | |
| The Eight Fairy Families: Elf • Pixie • Gnome • Goblin • Dwarf • Sprite • Demon • Centaur |
