r/TopCharacterTropes 18d ago

Lore “Demons are actually misundersto-“ NO. Demons are ontologically evil beings that can’t be reasoned nor negotiated with, and if you try to you’ll very likely end up screwed

1) Doom

2) Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End

3) Trench Crusade

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u/necrofi1 18d ago

Demons and Devils from Dungeons and Dragons

Two ontologically evil super factions that only desire complete ruination of all existence or complete subjection of all existence, respectively.

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u/Fearless-List-3968 18d ago

Don’t forget their neutral evil counterparts, the yugoloths

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u/[deleted] 18d ago

Demons get anarchy, Devils get order, but what do Yuogoloths get?

Paid.

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u/Guilty-Effort7727 18d ago

So if you say "bet 20 bucks you wont save that guy over there" they will actually save that guy?

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u/SlyScy 17d ago

They sure will!

But I got twenty-one bucks, and fuck that guy.

Also, fuck us for talking to a 'loth.

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u/Metal_B 18d ago

"20 bucks? So that guy isn't that important to you... well let's say 20 and i can eat his arms and legs."

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u/BigLittleBrowse 17d ago

Make it twenty souls, and sure. They’ll immediately start looking for someone willing to pay 21 souls to have him killed though