Ordo Velum Mundi · Historical Archives Division
The Codex
The world has rules. The supernatural operates according to documented principles: belief-based power systems, Progenitor lineages, the seven societies, and the mechanisms the Velum Institute has spent seven hundred years mapping.
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Bestiary: Demonic (10)
Ankou
Classification: Demonic/Monstrous lineage / Death-Adjacent / Cyclical Servant subtype Regional concentration: Brittany (Bretagne), France; related figures in Wales (Ankow), Cornwall (The Ankou) Note: The Ankou represents a unique case within the Demonic/Monstrous lineage — a post-human entity created through the acceptance of death rather than flight from it.
Cadejo Negro / Cadejo Blanco
Classification: Demonic/Monstrous lineage / Liminal / Dual-Aspect Threshold Guardian Regional concentration: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize; related forms in Caribbean and northern South America Special classification note: The Cadejo is unique within the Demonic/Monstrous lineage as the only documented entity that maintains a...
Drekavac
Classification: Demonic/Monstrous lineage / Madness and Affliction / Vocality subtype Regional concentration: Southern Slavic region; highest concentration in rural communities of Serbia, Croatia, and Bosnia
Gashadokuro
Classification: Demonic/Monstrous lineage / Madness and Affliction / Mass Casualty subtype Regional concentration: Japan; particularly associated with the aftermath of battles, famines, and mass displacement events
Karakondžul / Karconcolos
Classification: Demonic/Monstrous lineage / Night Terror / Physical Embodiment subtype Regional concentration: Bulgaria, North Macedonia; diminishing-strength variants across the broader Balkan region Note on naming: Karakondžul (Bulgarian) and Karconcolos (Macedonian) denote the same entity. The slight phonetic variation reflects local linguistic drift across...
Mora
Classification: Demonic/Monstrous lineage / Night Terror subtype Regional concentration: Southern Slavic regions, with functional variants across Germanic and Scandinavian belief zones (Germanic: Mahr, Scandinavian: Mara) Known first appearance: Pre-Christian Slavic tradition, significantly reinforced following the 1314 Progenitor emergence
Oni
Classification: Demonic/Monstrous lineage / Primal Darkness / Karmic Punishment subtype Regional concentration: Japan; closely related forms in Korean tradition (Dokkaebi, with significant doctrinal differences) Note: The Oni category within the Hollow's Edge system encompasses a spectrum of entities from minor manifestations to Progenitor-adjacent power levels
Polednice
Classification: Demonic/Monstrous lineage / Madness and Affliction / Temporal subtype Regional concentration: Czech Republic, Slovakia; closely related variant (Poludnitsa) found across broader Slavic tradition
Psoglav
Classification: Demonic/Monstrous lineage / Death-Adjacent / Physical Predator subtype Regional concentration: Serbian and Croatian folklore; related chimeric death-demon concepts across Balkan and Near Eastern traditions
Velns
Classification: Demonic/Monstrous lineage / Death-Adjacent / Demonised Deity subtype Regional concentration: Latvia, Lithuania (as Velnias), with pre-Christian Baltic root traditions across the entire region