Games: Human Characters Who Fused With Demons

Demons possessing or joining with mortals is nothing new as a premise in both games and other media. But recent anime like Chainsaw Man has breathed new life into this tried and tested trope. Because it turns out, a deal with the devil is still one of the most fun and busted ways to become overpowered; besides, it's fair trade, sort of.

Whether by trading their souls or by being a little too open to possibilities, quite a number of characters in video games have surrendered their bodies (and sometimes their minds) to demonic entities. Some of them were lucky enough to become protagonists, while others became cannon fodder enemies. The following characters are the best "demon"-strations of the trope.

8 Jackie (The Darkness)

Jackie Estacado from The Darkness games fused with the old secret family demon or spirit after his uncle assassinated him due to organized crime paranoia. The demonic entity, called The Darkness, saved him and promised him vengeance by granting him some nifty powers. It's a similar tale to antiheroes such as Venom and other reluctant and vengeful superhumans.

Thus, The Darkness explores this notion a lot through Jackie's grief and loss. Because it wasn't enough that the mafia killed him, they also kidnapped his girlfriend. At its core, The Darkness is a tale of revenge as players guide Jackie and his newfound demonic friend down a path strewn with dead and mangled bodies.

7 Sareth (Dark Messiah Of Might And Magic)

Sareth's liaison with demons is different compared to the rest. His father is an absentee dark lord imprisoned somewhere, so the old man sent his succubus demon named Xana to his son Sareth. The goal was to get Sareth to free the dark lord through Xana's directions since she was embedded into Sareth's consciousness.

Thankfully, Xana had bigger plans for Sareth and wanted him to take over his dad's job instead of freeing the old man. To that end, Xana offers more than powers to Sareth since she became his first counsel and even his lover— eventually after she re-assumes her own body. As far as demonic fusions go, this one is unique and quite endearing.

6 Lohse (Divinity: Original Sin 2)

Lohse the Bard is one of the companions or pre-set characters in Divinity: Original Sin 2 and her plight is quite a Herculean one. Her backstory involves getting possessed by Adramahlihk, an archdemon who's after the power of the Divinity, hence her possession of Lohse.

From time to time, Lohse will black out and do something strange and scary, much like how most women in exorcisms behave. Still, Lohse's willpower is strong, and she often manages to regain control of her will and body. In fact, Adramahlihk is more of a parasite within her; the game even involves a long quest to rid Lohse of such a predicament.

5 The Prince (Prince Of Persia: The Two Thrones)

dark prince vs the prince in prince of persia

The usually nameless Prince from the Prince of Persia games has been through a lot, but his struggle was likely at its height during the Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones game. In this title, he developed an evil alter ego unimaginatively named Dark Prince after toying too much with the Sands of Time and after his tussles with the time travel warden, the Dahaka.

Dark Prince is the negative impulses of the Prince made manifest within him, and it regularly bugs him in a tug-of-war for the host's sanity and morality. At the same time, the Prince does tap on the Dark Prince's powers in order to survive deadly encounters. In the end, the two of them were forced to battle it out in a symbolic final fight.

4 Arthas Menethil (Warcraft Games)

Speaking of corrupted princes, Arthas Menethil from the Warcraft mythos was once a prominent successor to the human Alliance kingdoms; that is until the demonic powers of the Dreadlords and the Lich King lured him. Through the Lich King's blade, Frostmourne, Arthas became the former's champion.

It's also worth noting that the Frostmourne was the demonic Burning Legion's invention, technically making Arthas' servitude with the Lich King a demonic fusion. By the end of the Frozen Throne storyline, Arthas became powerful enough to assume the Lich King's crown and therefore fuse with the Lich King himself, becoming one with him in the process.

3 The Wanderer (Diablo Games)

Speaking of becoming one with demonic entities and machinations, the Diablo games have no shortage of such events. The most notable one took place by the end of the first Diablo game after the Warrior class and character plunged the evil Soulstone into his forehead to presumably imprison Diablo.

That succeeded for a short time; Diablo shortly corrupted the Warrior, and he eventually became the Wanderer, or the next host of the Lord of Terror. It was a one-sided demonic fusion, of course, but the Wanderer somehow managed to stave off corruption; he even retained his human shell for an incredible amount of time before finally transforming into Diablo's full demon form.

2 Followers Of Chaos (Warhammer Fantasy Games)

There are so many demonic possessed beings to mention in Warhammer lore, but the most accomplished among them were the Everchosen candidates in Warhammer Fantasy. The best and most successful one was Archaon the Everchosen both in appearance and canon lore.

Prior to Archaon, there was Be'lakor, his father, who became a fully-fledged daemon prince after winning the favor of the Chaos Gods. Beneath them, there are also countless humans who have been chosen by the four Chaos Gods to represent their twisted ideals. Some of them became bloodthirsty fighters while others were turned into grotesque abominations.

The best ones are usually turned into greater daemons, who are just a couple of steps away from godhood.

1 Most Enemies In Doom Games

Like demon-human fusion in Warhammer lore, most hybrids in the Doom games are also crude and unholy outcomes of the union. Heck, in Doom, they are even more of an eyesore due to their cyber prosthetics, as if most of them underwent unfinished and improvised transformations into demons.

Sadly, for demonic possessee in Doom games, it's a one-sided affair. Most humans who succumb to demonic fusion lose their minds and become vandalisms of humanity's organic form. Presumably, the few who live long enough to survive the Doom Slayer's wrath are promoted into bosses or into more muscular forms though the pay rate is probably still mediocre despite the promotion.

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