How Many Demons Are on Runeterra, and Are They All Alike?

Dreamspitter·7/7/2015, 4:42:23 AM·4 votes·2,204 views

Tahm Kench -makes deals, then ruins lives, feeds on Misery. Confirmed demon.

Aatrox -lives for war, Tahm calls him "brother" (perhaps not literally) and says war is a manly appetite. May feed on warfare, and violence.

Shaco -so called "Demon Jester". No one knows what he is, but he is a serial killer and his name is an anagram for "chaos", which he might feed on.

The figure that has come to be known as the Demon Jester is an enigma. No one fully agrees from whence he came, and Shaco never offers any details on his own. A popular belief is that Shaco is not of Runeterra - that he is a thing summoned from a dark and twisted world. Still others believe that he is the demonic manifestation of humanity's dark urges and therefore cannot be reasoned with.

Swain -in his joke he says he is a "demon" bird, but that's only a joke. We do have speculation from his background. He seems not to feel pain, or express much emotion. Is the bird a demon...or is Swain? He's a master tactician so there is something Tzeentch like about him.

His face was so implacable that it was popularly rumored to be a mask, disguising something utterly inhuman beneath. More controversy surrounded the bird that never left his shoulder, whose name he whispered only to it.

Nocturne Fiddlesticks - Most definitely getting backgrounds rewritten. But I can see Nocturne feeding off fear since he is a living nightmare. Fiddlesticks is the "Harbinger of Doom" but it's unclear what the doom entails.

Ahri -not a demon in the traditional judeo-christian sense, but since League has occidental and oriental themes, she could be a kind of Yokai (Japanese) or Yaoguai (Chinese). She feeds off of human life, although she is a trickster and seems to apply she uses lustful desire to draw in targets. She began to feel regret for what she was doing, and joined the league....but with the league gone....maybe she's still out there feeding.

Teemo - He only looks like a Yordle, but there's no way that can be true. He doesnt act like a yordle at all.

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Dextix LT7/7/2015, 6:16:42 AM4 votes

Aatrox Not a demon, a darkin.

RiverReign7/7/2015, 10:57:43 AM1 votes

Shaco Might not be a demon. Riot has given us hints that hes from the Fey with Lulu So its not that hes a demon summoned from another realm its that his brain has been altered by the wildness of they Fey and unlike Lulu he just couldn't keep his sanity.

Catastrop7/7/2015, 12:45:37 PM1 votes

Ahri is a Kitsune so yeah, Demon.

Sharjo7/7/2015, 3:31:21 PM1 votes

There's probably a good number of demons out there, major and minor in scope and power, with Tahm probably being on the major side, even if just by a small margin. As to everyone else listed:

Aatrox The Darkin have been described as a winged race of whom only five remain, with three being known to history. While I doubt they are demons (Just cuz they look like our demons doesn't mean they are for Runeterra), I'd say demons and Darkin have had some scuffles. If we consider that human history that we know of makes little to no mention of the Darkin as a race and that demons right now are different to when they were before having humans to feast on, I'd wager that Darkin and demons at least had interactions prior to the Darkin being reduced to five members. Potentially a war with demons of some magnitude brought about the Darkin's destruction, but that's just my speculation going off the rails.

Shaco I made a whole massive post about demons concerning Shaco and Swain, so I'm of the belief that yes, Shaco's actually a demon. Dunno what kind of demon but I recon he is one. The only other champion aside from Tahm to actually be described as a demon after all.

Swain Swain was in that post I made to, and while he could be a demon, as many people pointed out Beatrice (his raven) could also be a demon, and be the origin of the Grand General's powers. Boram warned Sion to specifically watch out for ravens. Perhaps Swain? Perhaps Beatrice? Perhaps both?

Nocturne Fiddlesticks A nightmare demon and a crow demon, I feel it fits, especially considering how hefty a re-write these guys need, especially Fiddlesticks. Hm...if Swain/Beatrice/Both are a demon(s), and Fiddle's a demon, then perhaps there's a sinister connection considering the crows...

Ahri I know Riot's done some hefty rewrites, but I doubt they're gonna rewrite her in to being a demon. Let's not forget Ahri was once just a fox with a bit of magical sense about her; her current form is a result of magic she gained from a dying man. While no League means she's likely still feeding off of folks's souls, I doubt that makes her a demon. Remember: just because the inspiration for a character exists doesn't mean the character itself is a 1-1 copy. The Korean legend of the Kumiho is that a fox who lives to 1,000 years transforms and then seduced boys to eat parts of them, usually the heart. Have yet to see Ahri actually eating a heart yet.

Teemo Yes. Without a shadow of a doubt. Joking aside I wonder if he's met Tahm Kench before his moving to Bilgewater, considering that apparently all Yordles know of him.

Agreatusername7/8/2015, 8:57:40 AM1 votes

Youre right, Teemo is not a demon. He is the master of all demons. Teemo is Satan incarnate.