Demona

Name: Demona

Sex: Female

Pronouns: she/her

Species: Gargoyle (by night) / Human (by day)

Appearance: Physically, Demona is an attractive female gargoyle with a shock of red hair and pale blue skin. She is usually armed with a mace or a particle beam cannon or both. Her human form is that of an attractive red-haired, green-eyed woman, with a striking resemblance to her gargoyle form (close enough, in fact, that the musculoskeletal structure of her human head and her gargoyle head, according to a computer program of Robyn Canmore's, are virtually identical). As Dominique, she also keeps her fingernails trimmed to long, sharp points, giving her a slightly off-putting appearance as if she's not all human. Like all female gargoyles, her eyes glow red when she is angered, however, even as a human, if she gets angry enough, Puck's spell of transformation may glitch and her eyes will glow. She usually wears a gold tiara, a pair of earrings, an armband and an anklet as decorative jewelry. She allowed Lexington to use one of her gold armbands to divert the electrical current of the bars in the cell of the Hunters' Airship so that they could escape, but replaced the armband with another soon afterward. She also seems to favor midriff baring halter tops that hang off of one shoulder.

Description: Demona, once known as Angel and also known as The Demon, is a female gargoyle. She was once a member of the Wyvern Clan and was Goliath's former mate, known to him at least as his Angel of the Night. While Demona has spent the centuries as her own worst enemy, she's become one of the Manhattan Clan's greatest enemies, and is possibly the most dangerous gargoyle in the world. Dominique Destine is her human alias. First and foremost, Demona is her own worst enemy. She has spent a thousand years alone, and that loneliness was a huge factor in creating the present day Demona. It has affected her to the point where, for a multitude of reasons, she even chose "ALONE" to be her access code during the climax of "City of Stone" Part Four. At present, Demona continues to bitterly hate humans, and wants the entire species destroyed, despite the fact that she fully turns into one during the day (a gift from which she has received no insight). But she hates some humans more than others, such as the Hunters, Macbeth, and especially Elisa Maza. She is aware of the detective's feelings for Goliath and his for Elisa, and is utterly jealous (deep down, she loves the Goliath of her imagination, but the real thing is a disappointment to her). Besides, Elisa simply does not live up to Demona's beliefs about humans all being evil, traitorous, and hostile towards gargoyles, and that worries her even more. She also has strong hatreds for the Canmore Hunters, who have hounded her so often, and Macbeth, whom she still blames for the destruction of her clan in 1057 and his ongoing attempts to kill her. Despite her bitter, genocidal hatred for humanity; Demona is not above allying herself with humans if she can use them to her advantage. Examples include David Xanatos (whom she gained weapons and opportunities from), Anton Sevarius (who created the CV-1000 carrier virus for her), and Antoinette Dracon (who gave her control of New York City's underworld). Her relationship with Thailog had little to do with Thailog personally, and more to do with his resemblance to Goliath, the contrast in his personality, and her desire to be with someone she believed could share her worldview (though this belief was likely a combination of Thailog's deception and wishful thinking as Thailog has never indicated that he holds any grudge or hatred towards humans as a species). The one general exception to hatred in her heart at present is Angela, whom she has strong feelings for, but which as yet have not been enough to turn her from her path. Demona's hatred of humanity is still fueled in part by her repressed guilt. She knows deep down inside that she is responsible in part for the Wyvern Massacre, but is unwilling to consciously admit it, and perforce makes the human race her scapegoat, to avoid facing the blood on her hands. Unlike Macbeth, she is not suicidal. She possesses one "gift" that renders a considered suicide next to impossible. A stellar sense of self-deception. Nothing's ever her fault. Nothing's ever going to stop her. No one matters to her THAT much. (It's not true, but she believes it.) Angela's existence would also preclude suicide. Angela, in Demona's opinion, needs her too much. Demona has also taken it upon herself to decide who is a true gargoyle and who is not. As of 1997, she considers any gargoyle who doesn't hate and vie to destroy humans as "false gargoyles". When she united the Three New Keys to Power, she used Gungnir to target all humans, and as the spear targeted anyone she chose, it aimed at the human-influenced elements of her enemies, which satisfied her biases. Thus the human-made robotic shells of Coldfire and Coldstone were subject to control. Likewise, she was able to control Jade and Turquesa due to their wearing of the pendants forged by a human sorcerer. She further believed that she was not in danger come sunrise, as in her mind, she is a true gargoyle always no matter what form she's in. However, try as she might to subject Goliath to that same control as he "reeked of humanity", her subconscious couldn't perceive him as anything but a gargoyle. In contrast, when Goliath pointed out her hypocrisy as "Dominique", her control over the Keys began to waver which gave Goliath and Angela an opening that led to her defeat. Despite her rhetoric, subconsciously Demona might not fit her own extreme standards on what is a "true gargoyle". ("High Noon", "Everywhere", "Queen of All She Surveys") She also continues to have a strong craving for power, hoping that when she destroys humanity and gargoyles subsequently rule the world, she will rule over them. In fact, the human name she chose for herself, Dominique Destine, stands for divine destiny. The Archmage taught her an appreciation of power. But it's doubtful she'd acknowledge that influence. As she escaped growing old, she doesn't understand aging anymore than Xanatos understands true immortality, and has no patience for it. She even belittled Hudson for his age. Another of the many, many reasons for Demona's disposition was centuries of sexual frustration. At CONvergence 2014's Blue Mug panel, Greg indicated that Demona sees herself as the type that does mate for life, and that she was celibate for the vast majority of her thousand years alone, and that she remained celibate with Thailog for about three seconds. Demona is currently immortal and unaging thanks to the spell that the Weird Sisters placed upon her in 1040. This spell also ensures that she can only die if she kills Macbeth or he kills her. Demona can still be temporarily killed, or wounded, however she won't suffer a catastrophic injury. If Macbeth is close enough at the time that such an event happens, he will feel her pain – and vice versa, thanks to the magical link between them. The same may also apply to feelings of pleasure. At present, Demona turns into a human during the daytime thanks to a magical gift that Puck bestowed upon her, turning human at dawn and reverting back to a gargoyle at sunset. The process is very painful, and Demona's one consolation for this is that if Macbeth is close enough, he can share her pain. Even in her human form, Demona does not see herself as a human and continues to think of herself as a gargoyle, refusing to consider the possibility that the differences between gargoyles and humans are largely superficial. Whether Demona would produce eggs (as is usual for a gargoyle) or give birth to live offspring (like a human) would depend which of the two forms she was in at the time. Her human alias, at present, is Dominique Destine. She also prefers to get a few hours of sleep during the day as Dominique, rather than sleep at night (and although Puck's spell of transformation compensates somewhat, the lack of sleep still doesn't improve her mental outlook). Dominique sleeps in the nude. Demona is a cunning and resourceful opponent, dangerous warrior and a skilled sorceress. However, her anger and hatred have a tendency to interfere with her plans; she will in the heat of battle make the mistake of using her laser cannon as a club rather than firing it, for example, and she will often alienate her allies or betray them, thus losing their assistance permanently. This has, fortunately, resulted in Demona's efforts to destroy humanity all failing. Demona is also very mono-focused on her goals. She has no hobbies or interests, and focuses her efforts on research, study, practicing her sorcery, making investments, and other steps toward her goal. Demona currently resides alone in a townhouse in Gramercy Park, with appropriate decorations such as a door-knocker shaped like a demon's head. She has owned the house for decades.