Rank: Arch Demon
Groups: Administrators, AoD Beta Demon, Heavenly Host Beta Demons, ITN Beta Demons, Registered, Registered Users, Subscribers Joined: 3/14/2014(UTC) Posts: 1,966
Thanks: 3 times Was thanked: 47 time(s) in 44 post(s)
|
Yes, the D'Orcs are mostly greater demon or greater. I believe in fact, it was me that said that while we were in the tunnels.
Historically, all "made" D'Orcs always showed up as greater demons. The later generations of D'Orcs, those born in the Abyss as D'Orcs could be lower. But with thousands of years to train, even the second generation can rise up.
Note that we have Ramses who came over in 1213 BC is only 3230 years old (aproximately) and he's an archdemon. He probably came over as a greater demon.
Now, the big thing is that D'Orcs born after Orcus died didn't have as much real experience, only training and sorties from Doom's Watch. So their advancement might have been limited, but as per Antefalken's discussion of demon babies, if both parents were Greater Demons, their children, when mature would also be greater demons.
Given that Darg-Krallnom and Arg-nargoloth are 70,000 plus years old, one would have to assume they are either princes or close to being princes. And arguably be are. Particularly if you look at my earlier arguments in other topics on power levels. There are lots of things, including social status that go into these ranks, it's not all sheer mana wielding power.
This true for a great number. If I were an enemy, I would assume that all the commanders, at the least, are arch-demons. There are also likely to be some archdemon D'Orcs who are not commanders, being more solitary fighters.
The biggest difference is that most of the D'Orc demons are not trained mana users, so their "power" will most likely manifest as intrinsic attributes, such as size changing, turning into flames, shape changing, lightning bolts. Think of those abilities that Tom had from the start of book 1. Also, being great warriors, it's likely that they can and do channel mana through their weapons, or that their weapons are actually part of their body (like Tom's robes) which is why they can change size with the D'Orcs.
|