Demonization

Demonization
Lucifer (Supernatural) turned the human woman Lilith into the first demon by torturing and corrupting her soul.
Power/Ability to:	Turn others into demons.

"When you sacrifice, you must cut yourself from Humanity..."

― Ubik to Griffith (Berserk)

"Demon Sunday school story? God prefers humans to angels. Lucifer gets jealous. And then he gets creative, and he tempts and twists a human soul into the very first demon."

― Ruby to Sam Winchester (Supernatural)

The power to transform living beings into demons. Variation of Conversion. Opposite to Angelization and Deification. Not to be confused with Demon Creation or Demonic Power Bestowal.

Also Called

• Demon Form (oneself only)
• Demonic Inducement/Transformation
• Demonification

Capabilities

Users can transform oneself or others into demons or demonic hybrids granting them demonic abilities and/or traits.

Application

• Demonic Power Bestowal

Variations

• Damnification
• Incubization
• Succubization

Associations

• Corruption Inducement
• Conversion
• Dark Energy Manipulation
• Demon Creation
• Demon Physiology
• Demonic Arm
• Demonic Force Manipulation
• Demon Soul
• Demonic Empowerment
• Geniefication
• Malefic Force Manipulation

Limitations

• Can be undone with Conversion Negation.
• May be irreversible.
• May be limited to certain type of demons.
• Process may be extremely painful.
• Weak against Demon Manipulation.
• Won't work on users with Conversion Immunity.

Known Users

• The God Hand (Berserk); via Behelits and the Sacrifice Ceremony
• Apostles (Berserk)
• M.O.D. (Blade Play)
• D'Hoffryn (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Devils (Chainsaw Man)
  • Darkness Devil
• Kellman (Charmed); through his brutal training academy
• Knansie (Charmed 2018 Series); via Resurrection
• Demons (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba); via Supernatural Blood
  • Doma
  • Kokushibo
  • Muzan Kibutsuji
  • Rui
  • Tamayo
  • Yushiro
• Order of the Sword (Devil May Cry 4); via the Ascension Ceremony
• Dragon Eater (Dog Days)
• Lu/Ciel (Elsword)
• Mirajane Strauss (Fairy Tail)
• Fried Justine (Fairy Tail)
• Tartarus Demons (Fairy Tail)
• Gray Fullbuster (Fairy Tail)
• Chernabog (Fantasia)
• St. Ajora (Final Fantasy Tactics)
• High-Class Devils (Highschool DxD); via "Evil Pieces"
  • Rias Gremory
  • Sona Sitri
  • Four Great Satans
• Professor Crowley (Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer)
• Oshira (Kakurenbo)
• Madelyne Pryor (Marvel Comics); while she was the Goblin Queen
• Dormammu (Marvel Comics)
• Belasco (Marvel Comics)
• Sara (Monster Girl Quest); via Queen Elf's ritual and her own monster blood.
• Demons (Musuko ga Kawaikute Shikataganai Mazoku no Hahaoya)
• Various Characters (Nightmare Campus)
• Greater and Archfiends (Ninja Gaiden Series); via blood-ties linking human and fiend, archfiends can bypass this
• Guildenstern (Onimusha Series); operated and resurrected Nobunaga and Ranmaru as -genma
• Aoi Satan (Sakura Wars)
• Lilith (The Shadowhunter Chronicles)
• The Demon King (The Seven Deadly Sins)
• Mael/Estarossa (The Seven Deadly Sins)
• Grayroad (The Seven Deadly Sins)
• Demons (Supernatural); by torturing human souls
• Lucifer (Supernatural)
• Moloch (Sleepy Hollow)
• Zolgear (Testament of A Sister New Devil)
• Ye Shen (The X-Dormitory)
• Angra Mainyu (TYPE-MOON)
• Kiara Sessyoin (TYPE-MOON)
• Chaos gods (Warhammer 40K)
  • Khorne
  • Slaanesh
  • Tzeentch
  • Nurgle
• King Magnifico (Wish)

Known Objects

• Nightosphere amulet (Adventure Time)
• Behelits (Berserk)
  • Crimson Behelit; used to transform its bearer into a God Hand
• Flesh of the Giants (Blood of Zeus)
• Blue Spider Lily (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
• Demon Swords/Evil Swords (Dog Days)
• Evil Pieces (Highschool DxD)
• Demon Chi (Jackie Chan Adventures)
• Infernal Cup (The Shadowhunter Chronicles)
• Martinet's concoction (Shingeki no Bahamut)
• Mark of Cain (Supernatural)
• Red Gnosis (The Legend of Heroes: Zero no Kiseki)
• Book of Demons (Valkyrie Crusade)
• Shadow Sword (Yu Yu Hakusho)

Gallery

The Nightosphere amulet (Adventure Time) transforms the wearer into a powerful demon.

The God Hand (Berserk) can transform humans who bear Behelits and reach their lowest point of despair into demons called Apostles via a ceremony that requires the sacrifice of that which the human holds most dear to their heart...

...Slan was one of five humans who were transformed into godlike demons by means of the Crimson Behelit, a special Behelit that appears once every 216 years...

Apostles (Berserk) can turn humans into demons by infesting them with their demonic essence or infusing them with demonic power, turning them into Apostle Spawn. Mozgus, pictured above, is a particularly powerful Apostle Spawn.

The flesh of Giants (Blood of Zeus) has the dangerous effect to demonized humans.

D'Hoffryn (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) can transform humans into Vengeance Demons.

Those who ingest the blood of Muzan Kibutsuji (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)...

...will become a demon.

Blue Spider Lily (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba) was responsible for turning Muzan Kibutsuji into the very first demon.

Tamayo (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba) converted Yushiro into a Demon to heal his terminal ill.

The Order of the Sword (Devil May Cry 4) use the Ascension Ceremony to turn their members into angelic-looking demons...

...as shown here with Sanctus.

The Dragon Eater (Dog Days) can corrupt and transform any living creature, including true dragons, into demons via its tendrils.

Jackal's (Fairy Tail) Etherious Form.

Doriate's (Fairy Tail) Demon Form.

Franmalth's (Fairy Tail) Etherious Form.

Ezel's (Fairy Tail) Etherious Form Slash Attack Mode.

Kyouka's (Fairy Tail) Etherious Form.

Torafusa's (Fairy Tail) Etherious Forms.

Tempesta's (Fairy Tail) Etherious Forms.

Marde Geer (Fairy Tail) in his Etherious Form.

Zeref Dragneel (Fairy Tail) resurrected his dead brother Natsu as his strongest Etherious, E.N.D.

Evil Pieces (Highschool DxD) can turn other beings into devils.

Asia Argento (Highschool DxD) being demonized by an Evil Piece.

The Hood (Marvel Comics) could sometimes assume a demonic form...

...by giving himself fully to the powers of Dormammu.

Ayame Fujieda (Sakura Wars) was infected with a demon seed by Aoi Satan, transforming her into the Kouma Aya-me.

Martinet's Concoction (Shingeki no Bahamut) can turn humans into demons.

When its bearer dies, the Mark of Cain (Supernatural) resurrects them, while transforming their soul into a demon...

...such as Dean Winchester...

....and Cain.

As the result of her Book of Demons being filled, Bookend (Valkyrie Crusade) became a demon herself.

Ye Shen (The X-Dormitory), as the Embodiment of Evil...

... can demonize and corrupt benevolent power-users...

... by fighting his brother, the Embodiment of Goodness.

The Shadow Sword (Yu Yu Hakusho) can convert any human it cuts into a demon.

The chaos gos (Warhammer franchise) turn their most loyal followers into demons, though this can be more of a curse than a blessing.

Videos

Supernatural - Dean becomes a demon - S9E23 - Logoless-2