Pantheon: Heliophagi

Pantheon: Heliophagi

Heliophagi are demon lords from the Dominions video game series. They hold power over darkness and some other aspects, depending on the heliophagus in question. After I converted the shadow demon from D&D, I realized that there is nothing stopping me from introducing the heliophagi in my D&D-like setting. Shadow demons appear when essence of a demon slain outside of the Abyss fails to reform properly. Thus, the shadow demons fall outside of the tanar'ri/obyrith/loumara/spider-demon classification. What happens if a demon lord is slain outside of the Abyss and fails to reform properly? A shadow demon lord, or heliophagus, happens. Makes sense to me.

Amaimon
Demon lord (Heliophagus)
Alignment: Chaotic Evil
Symbol: a flame spiral
Home plane: Abyss
Domain (-30%): darkness spells, demon summoning spells, fire spells
Portfolio: darkness, fire
Worshipers: cultists

Amaimon is one of the four currently known heliophagi. Like all the heliophagi, he is a demonic, winged figure composed of solid darkness except for his golden claws, horns, and hooves. Amaimon possesses power not only over darkness, but over fire as well. While Amaimon despises the sun, he respects its heat nonetheless.

Gorilon
Demon lord (Heliophagus)
Alignment: Chaotic Evil
Symbol: a black skull
Home plane: Abyss
Domain (-30%): darkness spells, demon summoning spells, spirit spells
Portfolio: souls, darkness
Worshipers: cultists

Gorilon is one of the four currently known heliophagi. Like all the heliophagi, he is a demonic, winged figure composed of solid darkness except for his golden claws, horns, and hooves. He is known to amass trapped souls in great numbers and trade them for valuable information. Rumors says that Gorilon was a simple shadow demon who attained the heliphagus status by absorbing a soul of dead deity.

Mabakiel
Demon lord (Heliophagus)
Alignment: Chaotic Evil
Symbol: a green eye surrounded by a black chain
Home plane: Abyss
Domain (-20%): darkness spells, demon summoning spells, necromantic spells, poison and disease spells
Portfolio: death, darkness, disease, poison
Worshipers: cultists

Mabakiel is one of the four currently known heliophagi. Like all the heliophagi, he is a demonic, winged figure composed of solid darkness except for his golden claws, horns, and hooves. Mabakiel is a bringer of misery and his mere presence will cause diseases to spread. He is also skilled in the necromantic arts, and he shares these secrets with his followers.

Mastema
Demon lord (Heliophagus)
Alignment: Chaotic Evil
Symbol: a golden pentagram
Home plane: Abyss
Domain (-20%): darkness spells, summoning spells, mind control spells
Portfolio: summoning, darkness
Worshipers: cultists

Mastema is one of the four currently known heliophagi. Like all the heliophagi, he is a demonic, winged figure composed of solid darkness except for his golden claws, horns, and hooves. It is said that even other demon lords are terrified by Mastema’s frightful presence. Being a master of mind control and summoning of any kind, Mastema grants his followers spells that can be used to amass a cult and call powerful extraplanar allies.