Jeremiah Stone - Forevers

In the world of Jeremiah Stone, angels and demons exist on earth much like in the movie Constantine. There are a few differences however; one of them being angels and demons only take possession a human body. For angels, certain religious sects solely exist for the purpose of preparing their body for the inhabitation of an angel’s spirit. Demons, however, simply take over the minds of the weak, though there has to be a level of belief in the divine for this to occur. Therein lies a problem, though. The power these godly incarnations possess limits the time they can normally occupy a human body. There are exception to this rule and they are called Forevers.

Forevers are angels or demons who share compassion towards their host’s well-being. Most importantly they are able to limit the power and knowledge they innately possess so as not to destroy the body they occupy prematurely. Because they are able to exist in harmony within the donor, they don’t treat the host’s body with disregard. In addition to this, the longer they spend within the body the more the body can adapt to the angel’s or demon’s abilities, such as their speed, strength, and constitution. However, there are very few angels and demons who possess the level of compassion necessary to occupy a body for longer than a decade or two. Those who can often become Forevers.

Within the world of Jeremiah Stone, there are far more demons on earth than angels. Most of the demons only spend a few weeks or months on earth creating havoc before they ultimately destroy the body they possess. This is because demons are naturally less compassionate, so there are only a few demon Forevers. Contrary to this are the angels, who have very few volunteers from which to select a host, but they can usually last much longer in their bodies.

Of all the angels, Isis is a perfect Forever. Her godly aspects of love, compassion, and fertility have allowed her to occupy the same body for over three millennia. During her time, she’s was the representation of an Egyptian god, but when Christianity began spreading across most of the world she adapted to the change and survived on Earth influencing other cultures towards peace. Her only problem is that she doesn’t age, always having the appearance of a woman between her early 20s to early 30s. This forces her to constantly move around giving up her sphere of influence thus not enabling her to affect real change within society except in times of war. Despite all this, she is well regarded among the angels because she has seen and experienced so much. In other words, her wisdom concerning humanity gives her a power few can match.

Hades, on the other hand, is a different type of Forever. He guides the world towards Armageddon; playing long-term angles which few demons can comprehend for the simple reason those demons can’t exist on the world more than a few months at a time. And even though Hades can only last a few decades within a host, he regularly cycles through host bodies while always searching for a host long before it’s needed. Once a new host is found, he cultivates the new host with promises of power and longevity until the host wants to become Hades. This desire to become Hades allows the demon to exist within the host longer than almost all other demons. For this reason, Hades is almost always a permanent fixture on Earth and one of the most influential demons man has ever encountered. And given that he has power over shadows and darkness, he is one of the most feared demons on Earth.