| Species | Mephisto |
| Over-race | Djinni |
| Classification | Living Soul |
| Family | Fell |
| Sphere | Darkness |
| Origin | Deserel bought the soul of some ifrits and turned them into mephistos |
| Lifespan | 1,000 years |
| Habitat | Desolate and abandoned places in temperate to subarctic mountains and forests |
| Food | Souls |
| Description | Mephistos appear to be human-like beings that mimic the attire and appearance of monks or mendicants, yet having serpentine eyes and fangs. They can take other forms if need be, included black roosters, two-headed crows, and serpents. |
| Procreation | With each other to create more mephistos. |
| Esoterica | As beings of fate and infernum, mephistos have an affinity for the arts of fate and infernum. They also wield shadow energy, damaskian powers, lunar aether, wind aether, rubedian aether, arnum, msawhat, mana, astral aether, mystery, the gates, symbolism, and karma. Heavenly energies and hegnh, flux and fortune are impossible for them to wield. |
| Special Powers | Mephistos appear to be human-like beings with animal features, but can shape change into certain animal forms (see above). They also have some inherent powers over infernal energies, creating demonfire once per year and vanishing into shadow at will. They can fly, have great strength and speed, and can see souls. They are exceptional liars and have the ability to terrify with their presence when they wish. Mephistos can create binding contracts with mortals, but only if the mortal is already corrupt. They never corrupt an innocent, for the soul of an innocent would kill them. Instead, they buy and devour the souls of evil mortals who wish for more power or something out of their reach, which they can grant through infernal powers. |
| Weaknesses | Mephistos hate the light and avoid it. Heavenly light, hegnh, fortune, and flux energies can harm them. |
| Nations | As the new Divines of Darkness arose, so too did new nations of mephisto: the original mephistos, who served Deserel; the blood mephistos, who serve Greneja and took to also drinking blood; the spider mephistos, who drink souls, blood, and eat flesh; and the fallen mephistos, who foolishly served the doomed Demon God and eat demon flesh. |
| Culture | Mephistos were created from corrupted ifrits after the war between the Divines and the djinn. They dwell in the ruins of the former nation of Deseria, hiding in its fell forests and mountain caves, or in the broken cities once dwelled in by mortals. They use their dark powers to spread rumors around the world of the treasures within the ruins so that greedy mortals will come there seeking the forbidden. Mephistos live in isolation, mostly, meeting rarely or forming rare duos to procreate. Young mephistos are left to fend for themselves unless they prove useful. |
| Notables | Qvetherin, Mephisto Manifest |
| Sample statistics | PRO 15 Demonfire (1/year) 22 |
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