My experience is...bingo...Madfoxx...

Any demon conjured by his true name will know the tongue of his master, sort of automatically. Built into the spells/magic/I have no idea, just is.

Now different masters can summon in different tongues...

So, those of us who've been around the Astlanian block a few times have picked up multiple languages, in many cases.

Plus there is a common tongue for merchants and academics, and pretty much any region that was part of the Vargosite Empire speaks it, although maybe not exclusively. The various Etonian religions have also exported it to other continents that weren't part of the Vargosite Empire. So if the Etonians are there, someone will speak it.

It's what they speak in the Council States, it's what Tom speaks.

You might call it Vargosian, except that it's derived from Anna-An the language of the Anilords, which is in turn derived from ancient Anian (of the An empire) Not sure where it came from before then. Modern Vargosian isn't actually that similar to Anian anymore, other than some root words, but I don't think I've heard anyone speak Anian (other then a few demons) in close to two thousand years.

We've been here forever, we are eternal and undying...actually we just sort of cycle through big bangs...

There's a lot of history...but humans are extremely fertile. However, there are other races in Astlan, this particular story just seems to center on humans.

The same with the map...it was made by humans, they don't have good maps of non-human population settings...other than Jutungard...but it's pretty hard to miss the cities and halls there...they sort of stick out...

Well, I've heard rumors from Gastropê that he, Jenn, Elrose and Maelen are having to deal with several non-human races in Book II.

"You need sex as a species to survive so why do so many humans view it as a sin."

Huh? This is stupid. No one really said that sex is a sin. Well, fornication and adultery., also pedophillia and homosexuality, but not sex.

"I have read many stories where humans are the good guys, but if you are in a world with multiple sentient races and they have all banded together to kill your people, then you are probably not the good guys."

That does make some sense, however I never have come up much of fiction about multiple sentient races that banded together to kill humans. Well, there are those who kill humans but they never have banded together. Can you tell me a title of a book with this premise?

Oh! I misunderstand things.

Though, after some considerations, the not-good-guys thing might not be that correct. Afterall evil creatures could still band together to fight the good guys.

Wait? The wizards are a unified forces that work together as a unified front to deal with the demons? That is a first. Hack, the whole book starts with wizards killing one another (even if at the behest of a demon, his dupes, err I mean underlings, are normal mortals). Just take a look at what does happen when the wizards actually do work together, and even that is not to kill demons, merely to kick uninvited guests out of the city ;)

Just because I disagree with you, does not mean I am a wizard lover

Than again, I am a trickster spirit, and I find wizards amusing. All that arrogance, so easy to manipulate into doing foolish things

Hmm, by your description, not sure what the difference between them and the ArchDemons are...they work the same way...

Seriously, you can only trust the humble democite (like a plebocite--but with demons)

And by humble democite, I basically mean, me, and of course, my friends. i'm now up to more than one hand of fingers worth, which is a record for me...

So the question is this:

In the series title "Demons of Astlan"

who exactly are the demons of Astlan?

Technically...I, at least, live in the Abyss, not Astlan.

But....I do seem to spend a lot of time there lately.

Are you trying to scare the crap out of people in Astlan?

Cause that will do it.

So much of their comfort level comes from knowing as a fact what demons look like, and how they can and should and do behave.

The idea of "demons among us" would literally scare the living daylights out of them.

In fact...for those who are starting to suspect (Damien for example) it's having that very effect.