Androxine Vortex
Archmage
Hey everybody! Haven't been on in quite awhile now. Anyway, I ran into a little snag and was hoping to get some help. Humans are under threat from demonic forces from a spiritual realm. These creatures have an eternal hatred for mankind and seek to claim their souls to enslave and torture for eternity. Pretty heavy stuff.
In this realm there are countless demons but there are those that are considerably powerful and have large influence and numerous servants. Even though every demon swears fealty to the Black Emperor (Lord of the realm) the demonic princes fight among themselves for greater power and to get higher on the totem pole.
I want to have these princes to each be distinct in their own way. Someone suggested to me to make them each represent certain emotions like have a Prince of pain, or terror, or war, etc. But I don't want to do anything like that because 1) they are supposed to be cunning and very intelligent and thus would make them seem narrow-minded and 2) suppose the Lord of Pain caused a huge massacre. Wouldn't that also cause terror and be counterproductive?
Instead I like the idea of having personalities rather than literal representation. The problem is that the story doesn't delve too much into these creatures but I dont wish to make them too vague. Any suggestions or ideas?
In this realm there are countless demons but there are those that are considerably powerful and have large influence and numerous servants. Even though every demon swears fealty to the Black Emperor (Lord of the realm) the demonic princes fight among themselves for greater power and to get higher on the totem pole.
I want to have these princes to each be distinct in their own way. Someone suggested to me to make them each represent certain emotions like have a Prince of pain, or terror, or war, etc. But I don't want to do anything like that because 1) they are supposed to be cunning and very intelligent and thus would make them seem narrow-minded and 2) suppose the Lord of Pain caused a huge massacre. Wouldn't that also cause terror and be counterproductive?
Instead I like the idea of having personalities rather than literal representation. The problem is that the story doesn't delve too much into these creatures but I dont wish to make them too vague. Any suggestions or ideas?