Talk:Baphomet/@comment-12776-20140829103242/@comment-25113070-20140830104935

Here is how i see it, The Demon lord has overall control of the nature of Demons, as she was given control of them by the High god in days gone by. How this control works, and how she keeps it, is still speculative. I Believe that she fought off rivals and then was given the title of Demon Lord because of her being a lower class Demon, Meaning she has less of a chance of resisting the wishes of the high god. Since the god's in thier own musings, play Demons against Humans in blood sport.

Also Demons were far less powerful in time past compared to the current situation, although she was strong enought to gain the title of Demon lord for one reason or another.

But i think that the control she conveys, is more in the underlying nature of the monsters. Since the majorty of Demons were mostly simple and blood thirsty, it is easier to control them by adjusting their outlook, since you could not reason with them. Which is also another reason why more intelligent Demons fought to gain the priviledge of becoming the Demon Lord in previous eras.

But when it comes to Other powerful deities having sided with the Demon Lord, I believe that their own Power has a polarising effect on the Demons that come under their influence. So say for Demons of the Sea, They are mainly influenced by Poseidons Mana, And angels with their Angelic Mana are more Greatly influenced by The Fallen God when their Angelic Mana starts to become corrupted by other Demonic Mana.

So i think that, not just the Demon Lord has an overall effect on the monsters, but she certainly controls the values of thier nature, hence why they were turned into humanoid forms. Although the most powerful of them can still revert to thier original forms, and have a lot of free will to even fight against the demon lord if they wished.

I think the power/command is split between the Demon Lord and her supporters overall, with her supporters deffering to her for overall judgments. The subordinate hierarchy would then be split depending on which power the Demons deffered to.