There are four stages to a demon's life: Egg, Cub, Beast, and Demon. Demon mothers lay anywhere from 2 to 4 eggs and the eggs are placed in the Clan Rookery where the weaker or injured demons care for them until they hatch into cubs.
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NOTE: information after this part contains info such as testing that is only applicable to eggs obtained through breeding and not demons obtained through other means. You can use the tests in your demon's back story but they are automatically assumed to have passed unless you want to RP them in exile.)
A cub is then taken to the clan hall where it is determined whether or not the cub is strong enough to survive and become a productive member of the clan. If the cub is determined to be strong enough they are taken to the training grounds of the clan where they are taught by the eldest of the clan of their ways and means of surviving. If they cub is determined to be weak or sickly it is abandoned and must scrounge around on it's own within the clan, shunned and unwanted. If the cubs survive their ordeals they will mature into beasts in about a year in character. As beasts they hunt out in the open lands of their clan's territory and work in packs to ensure clan survival, as they grow they learn who to trust and who to battle, friends and enemies alike are made and sometimes at this stage a beast may even find love.
Eventually the demon's strength grows even more and it is able to become it's final form, a humanoid creature with the dexterity of a man and the cunning of an animal. Full grown demons are now tested by the clan to determine if they are worthy of remaining part of it. If they pass they are rewarded with a high rank and can now go forth and help take more land for their clan. Failure is punished by exile and the demon is banished with the threat of death should they ever return to the place they once called home. Full grown demons can now find a mate and start a family though some choose to do so to form a clan of their own far from the one they called their own.
[The tests are determined via RNG and more information can be found out about these tests in the guild.]
Species
There are two types of demon known to Hell today, the Normal Demons and the Freeze Demons.
You will find info and images for these two types below. There may also be more types lurking in the shadows... only the future will tell!
Normal demons stand about six feet tall when fully grown though some bay be a bit taller. They posses sharp teeth and razor claws and are very formidable. Normal beasts are very quick and nimble, able to sprint across the open plains and over take prey in a matter of seconds. These demons live everywhere but do not like the frozen lands unless they manage to obtain a pelt from a freeze demon they've managed to kill.
Freeze Demons are taller then their normal cousins and covered in a soft, fluffy coat of fur that keeps them warm and allows them to live deep within the frozen lands where few of any other demons can reach. They gather in caverns high in the frozen mountains and can build grand clan halls out of the stone with their stronger then average claws. This species is more rugged and hearty then the norms but are also hunted for their pelts by them as their warm fluff enables the norms to travel the frozen lands to reap the rewards the land offers in rare food. Freeze demons are not as fast as a normal demon due to their fur and tend to remain in closer communities then the normal demons.
[Freeze demons do not undergo tests in their clans and few of them ever face exile.]
