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[SirHoneyBadger]

Satan'el--of all Creation the being closest to God, in turn loved God so much that, when commanded to serve humanity, refused that command out of love for God, for Satan'el wanted nothing between himself and God. And when so commanded, and so refusing that command, he rebelled, and with a third of all the angels that were, made war on Heaven, and, finally defeated, Satan'el was thus cast out of Heaven by his very own brother, Micha'el, and fell to the ground, like lightning.

[Tormy]

Hellboy, to employ an more popular example, thought out of the normal demonic context is still one.

Hehe, this is a "weird" but good example in the same time. 

[madrain]

Biblical demons are incredibly uninteresting, considering how overdone they are in popular culture.  I could barf if I have to watch another stupid movie about some angel having a secret plot against god, or some angsty demon wanting back into heaven.  So far overdone, if it were a steak it'd have long since become a charcoal briquette.

I think making them instruments of destruction makes them far more interesting, but then again, I'm not 14 with a rage against my parents for making me wash the car.  I've long since moved past all that teenage angst stuff that originally got me interested in demons and vampires and the sort.

At this point in my life, I actually like my demons to be completely alien.  Think Lovecraft, or Robert E. Howard.  Anthropomorphized demons with human agenda?  Now that's simplified.

edited to add:  what was this thread originally about?

[SirHoneyBadger]

Biblical demons aren't often done particularly well, either, which is part of the problem. And yeah, you're right that the bottom of the bible-demon barrel has been scraped and rescraped until it resembles a finely polished mirror, but that doesn't mean that they started out as anything simplistic or uncomplicated.

Lovecraft has good monsters, I agree. I don't know that the whole "interdimensional horror" thing can or should really be expressed in DF terms, though.

"Cthulhu McElderGod 'TheMightyWorldSquicker' has risen from the dead. Cthulhu McElderGod 'TheMightyWorldSquicker' has gazed balefully at your Fortress, InnsMountain. Your Fortress, InnsMountain, has melted! Urist McUrist stops task-Urist McUrist's brain has melted! All tasks are stopped-Everyone has fallen into a Strange Mood! Everyone is laughing maniacally. Everyone is singing strange songs. Everyone is biting Everyone frantically. Everyone is fucking Everyone frantically. Everyone's right eye bursts into flame! Everyone's left eye bursts into flame! Everyone melts into Everyone. The World ShiningRoundTurquoise 'TheLonelyPlanet' stops turning. The World ShiningRoundTurquoise 'TheLonelyPlanet' has folded into itself. The World ShiningRoundTurquoise 'TheLonelyPlanet' has flown into space. The World ShiningRoundTurquoise 'TheLonelyPlanet' has been swallowed by Cthulhu McElderGod, 'TheMightyWorldSquicker'. Dwarf Fortress 'TheFunLosing' has stopped. Dwarf Fortress 'TheFunLosing'  is melting! Your Computer, Typey McFunPorn has stopped all tasks. Your Computer, Typey McFunPorn has fallen into a Strange Mood! Your Computer, Typey McFunPorn is laughing maniacally. Your Computer, Typey McFunPorn is growing tentacles! Your Computer, Typey McFunPorn is biting you frantically. Your Computer, Typey McFunPorn has grown an erection! Your Computer, Typey McFunPorn is fucking you in indescribeably awful ways! All tasks are stopped-User has burst into flame!"

[madrain]

haha, yeah maybe that would be bad :p