PHYLUM: FIEND

Those in the phylum of fiend are creatures of wickedness and native to the Lower Planes. A few are the servants of deities, but many more labor under the leadership of archdevils and demon princes. Evil priests and mages sometimes summon fiends to the material world to do their bidding. However, there have been rare conjurations by pure belief and fear that one might appear, and as such, telling tales and stories about then are taboo in some cultures. Classes of fiends are demons, devils, and dybbuks. Demons are evil agents of chaos. Demons also eat, but their need for sustenance is far different than mortal beings; demons absorb fear and hedonic emotion to feed. Devils are methodical and astute observers; however, their wickedness runs deep. They do not sleep nor breathe, but devils feed by absorbing mental energy that emits from doubt. Dybbuks are beings of pure evil. These monsters do not sleep or breathe, but these beings eat and sustain their lives from the soul energy dispersion that erupts from a lifesong upon death.