The Demon Lord council is an organization founded by Guy Crimson to help facilitate his game against Rudra. Throughout its history, the group has taken multiple titles, most notably the Octagram 「八星魔王, okutaguramu, lit. "Eight-Star Demon Lords"」 and the Ten Great Demon Lords 「十大魔王, jū dai maō」.
Background[]
Created by Guy around two thousand years ago as part of his game against Rudra,[1] the Demon Lord council is something of an international political organization not dissimilar to the Council of the West. It primarily consists of powerful individuals who rule over vast amounts of territory and are at the head of monster society.
The number of members and the name of the council has changed multiple times throughout history. Originally, there were only three members: Guy, the founder of the council and its indisputable leader throughout its various iterations, along with Milim Nava and Ramiris. Those three eventually came to be known as the Ancient Demon Lords 「最古の魔王, saiko no maō」, the original "generation" of demon lords.
Following the last Tenma war five hundred years prior to Rimuru's reincarnation, the maximum number of members was capped at ten and the name "Ten Great Demon Lords" was tentatively adopted based on its existing common use in human society.[2] However, the organization was eventually restructured and the name "Octagram" was ratified as the council's proper name, while also further reducing the maximum members to eight.
Walpurgis[]
In other words, the Walpurgis banquet is just the Demon Lords gathering together to update each other on each other's status while discussing trending topics. It's just that the humans certainly wouldn’t know about that, but it's really nothing dramatic.
RamirisWalpurgis 「魔王達の宴, warupurugisu」 is a special banquet where all of the demon lords gather, requiring at least three members to call one into session. During the banquet, things such as territorial disputes, treaties, and other grievances between members are mediated and decided by a majority vote. It was given its name by the Western Holy Church around a thousand years ago after that era's Great Tenma War concluded, being considered a bad omen by the human world ever since.[3]
Participation of all members is considered mandatory, being one of the few iron-clad rules among the Demon Lords. They are, however, permitted to send a representative in their place for whatever reason. In addition, they are allowed to bring up to two other people of sufficient strength with them to act as attendants. The number and strength of guests was originally unregulated, but was agreed upon by majority to two after an incident where over a hundred subordinates were brought in a display of power that eventually ended in both the Demon Lord and their men being destroyed by a certain annoyed senior member.[3]
The banquet was originally an affair of humble origins, being a mere gathering between members of the council to organize affairs while enjoying fine food.[3] It was after the numerous skirmishes between two members — the Curse Lord Kazalim and the Bloody Lord Roy Valentin — and the immense collateral damage resulting from them that the meetings became a more formal affair with established rules. Even the use of three members to convene a Walpurgis is a vestige from when the council had only seven members, remaining out-of-date with the current number of Demon Lords.[4]
Recruitment[]
In order for an individual to join the council, various conditions have to be met. Typically, they would require the backing of at least three current members and their recruitment would be discussed with a Walpurgis.[5]
There are also incidents where someone randomly declares themself a demon lord. In cases like these, the council will typically send a representative to test the strength of the would-be Demon Lord and their inauguration would then be decided during a Walpurgis.[5] The bare minimum requirement needed to be recruited via this method is possessing enough strength to qualify as a demon lord seed.[6] Anybody who fails, however, is usually purged by the council and sentenced to death.[5]
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References[]
- ↑ That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime light novel — Volume 16, Epilogue
- ↑ That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime light novel — Volume 6, Chapter 6
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime light novel — Volume 6, Chapter 2
- ↑ That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime light novel — Volume 6, Prologue
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime light novel — Volume 8.5 (pg. 159)
- ↑ That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime light novel — Volume 17, Chapter 4