Post by phanny on Jan 17, 2016 1:12:14 GMT
The Crossroads
—Bobby Singer, speaking to Crowley
History
A crossroads demon (pl. crossroads demons) is a type of demon that specializes in writing Faustian contracts and bartering for human souls, particularly virtuous ones. Like all demons, they were once HUMAN, and either sold their soul or performed enough evil in life to be sentenced to HELL. Those souls whose chief sin in life was avarice will eventually be warped into crossroad demons.
Crossroads demons are, in some ways, the jocks of Hell. They're lean and have more of the stereotypical demon characteristics - goat horns (which range in size from small bumps to top-heavy prongs), cloven hooves (sometimes paired with shaggy goat legs), and the occasional pointed devil's tail. Their eyes are a glowing red, somewhat like embers, with no variation between pupil, iris, and sclera. Crossroads demons can adopt a human form that resembles their form in life, but only within the bounds of a crossroads or SUMMONING CIRCLE. Like all demons, they can render themselves invisible. Also, they are physically capable of overpowering any human, in either their own or a POSSESSED vessel.
Crossroads demons can do just about anything - provided it's in the contract. Once the bargain is struck, reality is theirs to toy with, according to the terms of the deal. They can also sense souls, and 'read' them in a way - they can tell if there is a contract pending on a soul, and how much karmic smut the soul is carrying around. Once they've made a bargain, they always know the location of the soul they are due.
Summoning Rituals
According to Supernatural: A Crossroad Demon can be summoned by digging a hole in the dead center of a set of crossroads and burying a box containing a picture of the mortal wishing to make the deal, some graveyard dirt, and a bone from a black cat.
Powers and Abilities
They also appear to have control over Hellhounds which are shown as their main method of dragging a soul to Hell, although this not so much a power, as many types of demon have shown control over hellhounds.
"You demons. You think you're something special, but you're just spirits -- twisted, perverted, evil spirits, but end of the day, you're nothing but ghosts with an ego."
History
A crossroads demon (pl. crossroads demons) is a type of demon that specializes in writing Faustian contracts and bartering for human souls, particularly virtuous ones. Like all demons, they were once HUMAN, and either sold their soul or performed enough evil in life to be sentenced to HELL. Those souls whose chief sin in life was avarice will eventually be warped into crossroad demons.
Crossroads demons are, in some ways, the jocks of Hell. They're lean and have more of the stereotypical demon characteristics - goat horns (which range in size from small bumps to top-heavy prongs), cloven hooves (sometimes paired with shaggy goat legs), and the occasional pointed devil's tail. Their eyes are a glowing red, somewhat like embers, with no variation between pupil, iris, and sclera. Crossroads demons can adopt a human form that resembles their form in life, but only within the bounds of a crossroads or SUMMONING CIRCLE. Like all demons, they can render themselves invisible. Also, they are physically capable of overpowering any human, in either their own or a POSSESSED vessel.
Crossroads demons can do just about anything - provided it's in the contract. Once the bargain is struck, reality is theirs to toy with, according to the terms of the deal. They can also sense souls, and 'read' them in a way - they can tell if there is a contract pending on a soul, and how much karmic smut the soul is carrying around. Once they've made a bargain, they always know the location of the soul they are due.
Summoning Rituals
According to Supernatural: A Crossroad Demon can be summoned by digging a hole in the dead center of a set of crossroads and burying a box containing a picture of the mortal wishing to make the deal, some graveyard dirt, and a bone from a black cat.
Powers and Abilities
- Possession - Standard demon power.
- Super Strength - Standard demon power.
- Reality Warping - The Crossroad Demon's main power is that it can manipulate reality to make the wishes of the mortals it deals with come true, they can't however do this without a deal for a soul. Crowley reveals that their ability is purely down to a spellcasting, rather than innate power. Although never specified, there are limits to what they are capable of.
- Teleportation - They have the ability to teleport, and commonly appear when summoned to make deals.
- Immortality - As demons they have the potential to live forever, some have been known to make deals for decades.
- Invunerability - Standard demon power, still vulnerable to demonic weaknesses though.
They also appear to have control over Hellhounds which are shown as their main method of dragging a soul to Hell, although this not so much a power, as many types of demon have shown control over hellhounds.