User:CrappyScrap/Rise and fall of Daemon

Daemon during Digimon Adventure 01
Daemon was the first and strongest Digimon Apocalymon ever created, and his highest ranked servant. Daemon took part in drawing up Apocalymon's plan to conquer the Digital World, but already from the start he was plotting to get rid of his master and to some day rule on his own.

Daemon laughed when the DigiDestined arrived at File Island, and enjoyed watching them getting hopelessly beaten by Devimon and his dominions. When Devimon was defeated, however, Daemon became conscious of the need to ensure that Earth was neutralized so that it would no longer pose a threat. Exploring his immense abilities, he eventually learned he had the ability to open a portal between the two worlds. Apocalymon commended Daemon for his great discovery, and sent Myotismon, another one of his servants, to conquer Earth. Even though there was a prophecy telling that Myotismon would be defeated and the DigiDestined would grow stronger, Apocalymon was not worried; With the DigiDestined stuck fighting on Earth, he could launch his real masterplan and unleash the four Dark Masters in the Digital World. That way, he would be able to conquer the Digital World without being disrupted during the process. Myotismon eventually realized he was nothing more than a diversion, but when he did it was already too late for him; He had been defeated, and took refuge in Oikawa's body to regain his strenght. Neither Daemon nor Apocalymon was aware of this. Apocalymon expected to see the Dark Masters achieve a swift victory. Daemon was not so sure, but it didn't worry him; In fact, he was not interested in seeing Apocalymon beat the DigiDestined and that way become the ruler of the Digital World. Because of this, he misinformed Apocalymon regarding the strenght of the DigiDestined with the anticipation that once the Dark Masters had been defeated, Apocalymon would fight the DigiDestined on his own. This would be Daemon's chance to get his old master our of the way. When Apocalymon took the DigiDestined's crests, Daemon used his powers to allow their Digimon to digivolve without them. This shocked Apocalymon, but he didn't realize Daemon had betrayed him until it was too late. With Apocalymon out of the way, Daemon could finally start paving his own way to glory.

Daemon during Digimon Adventure 02
Daemon did not possess the same strenght as Apocalymon. He could not create a powerful quartet like the Dark Masters, but instead formed the Daemon Corps, a group consisting of LadyDevimon, MarineDevimon, SkullSatamon and himself. Unlike Apocalymon, he would participate in battle himself and had clear goals from the start; He wanted to capture Ken and use his powers of darkness to beat the DigiDestined for good. He was not so shocked when his allies were defeated, but it didn't matter much to him; He was stronger than all the DigiDestined combined, and faced Imperialdramon Fighter Mode, Shakkoumon and Silphymon without fearing the outcome of that battle. He withstood any attempts to dislodge him, and only laughed when the kids came up with a plan to open a gate to the Digital World and expell him. He then demonstrated his ability to open a portal himself and repeated that there was no way Ken get away from being captured. To his suprise, however, Ken managed to open a portal to the Dark Ocean, and Imperialdramon intensified his attacks in order to push Daemon in. Daemon only laughed; The DigiDestined believed he would be trapped if they could just get him through that gate, but he knew by himself that he could travel freely from the Dark Ocean as well. He told the DigiDestined he would return before allowing himself to be pushed into the gate.

Daemon during Digimon Adventure 03
Initially, Daemon planned to return from the Dark Ocean immediately. However, when he learned Myotismon had re-emerged in the form of MaloMyotismon, he abandoned his original plan; He would never cooperate with MaloMyotismon, and was uncertain whether he could actually beat him. Fearing a long-lasting stalemate which could only benefit the DigiDestined, Daemon decided to take his time and build up a new and stronger army. As Dragomon was by then the King of the Dark Ocean, Daemon engaged and defeated him and made him his slave. He then crowned himself the King of the Dark Ocean, and made it a bastion to be used as a springboard for his further expansion.

After three years in exile, he launched his long-planned invasion of the Digital World and Earth. Attacking at both fronts at the same time, he forced the DigiDestined to focus on the defense of Earth and thus conquered the Digital World without any stiff resistance. To demonstrate his powers, he confronted the DigiDestined and explained how he had been planning all this all the way since the beginning. He then reminded them about how they failed to beat MaloMyotismon three years ago and heavily relied on the power of the digivices to prevail, and told them that he had ensured they would not be able to pull that trick this time. In a desperate effort, the DigiDestined launched a combined assault where WarGreymon, MetalGarurumon, Imperialdramon Fighter Mode, MagnaAngemon, Angewomon, Zudomon, Lillymon, MegaKabuterimon, Garudamon, Aquilamon and Ankylomon all attacked him at once. Daemon responded by using his Dark Spreader attack, which instantly de-digivolved every one except the stronger of them, namely Imperialdramon Fighter Mode, WarGreymon, MetalGarurumon, MagnaAngemon and Angewomon.

Realizing how crooked the balance of power was in favor of Daemon, the DigiDestined desperately tried to talk sense into him, reminding him of the peace that existed before his lord Apocalymon had "opened Pandora's box", as Angewomon put it. Daemon revealed the whole story to the DigiDestined; How he had used his old master as a useful idiot, and how he had secretly assisted the DigiDestined six years ago. The kids were stunned and speechless, and Daemon, tired of the lack of action, launched the Dark Spreader towards them. The five Digimons who still hadn't de-digivolved had to use their own bodies to block the attacks, de-digivolving in the process. With everyone on rookie level, everything seemed hopeless, and the kids started to discuss the option of surrender. Unlike most of the others, however, T.K. refused to give up and reminded the others of how they had always overcome obstacles in the past, and his view was supported by Kari, Matt and Tai. Angered, Daemon fired his Slash Nail attack at T.K., mortally wounding him. His Crest of Hope suddenly started to glow, and as Daemon prepared to use his Evil Inferno attack which would kill the DigiDestined and burn up everything within a radius of 15 kilometers, Patamon started to glow and warp digivolved into Seraphimon for the first time. To Daemon's shock and dismay, Seraphimon used his Divine Breaker to block his powerful attack and save the DigiDestined. Scared by this unexpected and major change in the balance of power, Daemon called upon his Demon Army, consisting of hundreds of Ultimates and tens of Megas loyal to him, to join the fight. However, Seraphimon's holy light knocked them all out as they were approaching him, and Daemon realized that he was incapable of winning the battle. He concluded that if he couldn't conquer both worlds, he'd rather see them destroyed than restored to their peaceful state. With this in mind, Daemon launched his Apocalypse attack which would reduce both worlds to a burning inferno. Seraphimon, in return, launched his Strike of the Seven Heavens towards Daemon. It hit him and immediately caused him to break down. Before fading away, Daemon reminded the DigiDestined that Apocalypse would still destroy both worlds no matter how they would try to stop it. Seraphimon, considering his own fate as unimportant compared to the fate of two worlds, used his own body to absorb Apocalypse and sacrificed himself to save both worlds and the DigiDestined. Just before fading away and being reduced to a Digi Egg for several years ahead, Seraphimon promised T.K. that he would come back again just like he had done as Angemon on File Island six years ago. As the Digital World was restored to its original state, the other kids rushed around a collapsing T.K; He was mortally wounded, but would survive thanks to the light of Seraphimon. Losing his Digimon for the second time was very hard to swallow, but he understood it was a necessary sacrifice and accepted it.

Daemon during Digimon Adventure - The Golden Digimentals
In the Digital World, death is more than a feeling, but less than "death". When a being dies it either becomes a Digi-egg or, if completely destroyed, continues to live on in a different dimension before they regain their strenght and re-emerge - a process that sometimes can take several decades. In that case, they appear as ghosts when they visit the Digital World, and are fully capable of communicating with their living friends. They don't "die" in the normal definition of the world, but continues to live on in a different world. Some good beings are able to either return from "death" after some time or to be "rescued" by a handful of powerful Digimons.

When Daemon was destroyed by Seraphimon, however, his spirit clung on to life and refused to go to the Underworld in its entirety. Due to his immense powers, he entered a state which he lived on in neither worlds, but something between. While being unable to directly interfere in the Digital World or retaining any of his physical powers there, he was able to directly influence the hearts of Digimons that were possessed by feelings such as fear, anger, hate or jealousy; Thus creating new monsters in his absence. In a way, this new powers of him could become just as dangerous as his old powers, and he was determined to use these powers to get his revenge on good Digimons and the forces of light. Thus, a spiritual battle had begun. Daemon's first victim was Kokomon, an innocent little Digimon who was jealous of his brother Terriermon because he was favored by Willis, their human partner. Daemon used Kokomon's anger to corrupt him with an evil virus, causing him to leave Willis and Terriermon in a furious state. Very soon, he returned as Endigomon and started terrorizing Willis, prompting the intervention of the Davis, Cody and Yolei. In the ensuing clash, Endigomon digivolved to Kerpymon, a ruthless and powerful monster, and easily defeated Halsemon, Flamedramon, Digmon and Gargomon. The way he struck down Gargomon, the Champion form of his very own brother, convinced everyone that there was no way back for Kokomon - he had to be destroyed. Kari and T.K. then arrived at the scene with Angewomon, who attacked Kerpymon with her divine powers. She momentarily succeeded in dislodging Kerpymon due to her advantage against evil digimons, but Daemon intervened from the other side and used his powers to give Kerpymon the ability to heal himself, thus turning the tables once again in favor of Kerpymon. Very soon, Angewomon de-digivolved to Gatomon, and Daemon used his powers to prevent anyone from digivolving again. Nobody understood why they couldn't there and then, but they all realized they were in real trubble. When everything seemed hopeless, a glimpse of Seraphimon suddenly became visible in the skies. Being the only one who were able to defy Daemon's powers, he released the Golden Digi-Eggs before fading away again, thus giving Veemon and Terriermon the ability to become Magnamon and Rapidmon. They were both swallowed by Kerpymon, and met Kokomon's soul inside his body. Being the only part of Kerpymon that was still not corrupted by Daemon, his soul begged them to put him out of his misery as he was unable to stop or control his physical body himself. Reluctantly, Magnamon and Rapidmon unleashed their strongest attacks in the core of Kerpymon's virus, inflicting mortal wounds on him. Just before dying of his wounds, Kerpymon finally returned to his good self and expressed gratitude to the DigiDestined from freeing him, even though it cost him his life. At this point, everyone finally realized that Kerpymon was really the victim, and they all cried as he faded away with tears in his eyes. However, the story is not as tragic as it might sound; On the other side, Kerpymon was greeted by Seraphimon and welcomed to his new home, finally free from death, sorrow and pain.