I met the Queen of Shadows and her Demon Lover while on a walk in the neighbourhood. She was wearing her red hair, but I noticed her lover's eyes. I thought they would be summering in the Soul and had not expected to find them in the neighbourhood. His eyes called to me in recognition. We had met once before upon the dance floor. That was long ago before I made my way into the dark chamber where they dwell. She has no eyes. She sees not her lover's eyes. I am her eyes. We had danced the seven portals before I lost my memory in the darkness of the Well. In the darkness, the chamber danced and only voices filled the empty space. The three of us danced. The summer passed in long, dry days. The winter came and I returned home to the old neighbourhood. I had not expected them to visit, but they have come. Now they will dwell with me this summer and we will dance once again. My memory will return of those days in the dark chamber, the route I took there and the route that led me out. I will remember who she is. I will look into his eyes. I will drink the darkness of the Well and remember my Life. My life, or what is was before I became a follower.
I see the world through different eyes now. Ones oddly different enough to see through. I gaze upon the long winding lands, changed over the centuries. Totally confused as I can be! I view so many things that I loved in so much pain. And question myself as to, why should there so much change? What is the point of all this pity? And why is there always someone to blame? These lands are different now, diseased and decaying. The questions my eyes uncover, the answers hard to comprehend. For my existance is eternal. As I will myself, walk the Earth forever. I will try to understand what I have found.
But who are the Lilim I hear you say, well like the Prime Material, many races inhabit the Abyss. One of the most seductive and deadly are the Lilim. The Lilim are descendents and servants of the Goddess Lilith, although some can and do serve other lords. In particular the Goddess Hecate and the Demon Princes Graz'zt and Orcus. Regardless of who they are working for, all 'lilim' are Lilith's children. In the Targum Yerushalmi, the priestly blessing of Numbers VI:26 becomes: “The Lord bless thee in all thy doings, and preserve thee from the Lilim!”
The overriding goal of all Lilim is the corruption of human souls and the trafficking of larvae. This puts them more at odds with the Night Hags of Hades more than with the Baatezu or Tanar'ri. The Lilim are not involved with the Blood War. The Lilim are not harassed by the Molydeus, but they do often fight with other demon types. Mostly the Tanar'ri and Lilim avoid each other.
The Lilim all have three basic forms. The first, and some sages argue their natural, is a spiritual form. This form exists only on the ethereal or astral plane. It cannot be physically attacked but it can be affected by holy word, dispel evil, exorcism, or, spirit wrack spells. They can only be detected in this form via magic. This is the form that most Lilim (but not Lilitu) must revert to during the sunlit hours. The second form is that of an extremely beautiful humanoid female. The Lilim uses it's telepathy to construct a façade that their victim finds the most appealing. Anyone seeing this form must save themselves with magic or never be able to disbelieve it. This is the form that most encounter the Lilim. The third form is their demonic form. This form is what is encountered while the creature is in the Abyss or if it has been discovered while on the Prime Material. This form varies by creature type, but typically it is some combination of woman and animal, usually with giant wings, claws and vampire like fangs.
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