Daemons by Symbolic Meaning

To choose your character's daemon species, find the trait on this list which most accurately sums up their personality in a single word. From the list of associated daemons, take the species whose traits are overall the most accurate match. This list is not comprehensive.

Daemon species are listed in approximate order of rarity; those lower on any list are generally less common, and harder to get approved.

Affectionate

  • Dove (affectionate, chaste, fidelity, gentle, innocent, patient)
  • Nightingale (affectionate, creativity, knowledge and learning, righteousness)
  • Dolphin (affectionate, charitous, kind)

Ambitious

  • Mole (ambitious, diligent, honest, industrious, precise in action)
  • Skunk (ambitious, air of intimidation, perseverance)
  • Elephant (ambition, strength, wit)

Air of Authority

  • Sheep (esp. ram) (authority, steadfast)
  • Tiger (authority, fearless, fierce when provoked, strength)

Air of Intimidation

  • Skunk (ambitious, air of intimidation, perseverance)
  • Buzzard (avaricious, air of intimidation, persistent)

Avaricious

  • Rat (avaricious, industrious, prudent)
  • Buzzard (avaricious, air of intimidation, persistent)
  • Horse (avaricious, bravery, courageous, dedication, loyalty, strength)
  • Crocodile (avaricious, fierce, protection, strength)
  • Dragon (avaricious, knowledge and learning, perceptive, quick-tempered)

Beauty

  • Peacock (beauty, knowledge and learning, vain)

Boldness

  • Coot (bold, clever, strategist)
  • Marten (bold, empathy, fearless, fickle, grace, vigilant)
  • Wolf (bold, fierce, solitary, swift action)
  • Wolverine (bold, fearless, quick tempered)

Brave

  • Salamander (bravery, protection, purity)
  • Horse (avaricious, bravery, courageous, dedication, loyalty, strength)
  • Leopard (bravery, courageous, magnanimity, swift action)
  • Lion (bravery, protection, strength, valor)

Charitous

  • Pelican (charitous, dedicated, humble, self-sacrificing)
  • Dolphin (affectionate, charitous, kind)

Chaste

  • Dove (affectionate, chaste, fidelity, gentle, innocent, patient)
  • Beaver (chaste, clever, dedicated, self-sacrificing)
  • Stork (chaste, contemplative, dedicated, prudent, vigilant)

Clever

  • Fox (clever, cunning, wisdom, wit)
  • Beaver (chaste, clever, dedicated, self-sacrificing)
  • Coot (bold, clever, strategist)
  • Monkey (clever, cunning, flexible)

Contemplative

  • Owl (contemplative, dignified, intelligent, observant, wisdom)
  • Grouse (contemplative, free spirit, spiritual)
  • Stork (chaste, contemplative, dedicated, prudent, vigilant)
  • Heron (contemplative, serenity, vigilant, wisdom)

Courageous

  • Wildcat (courageous, fierce, free spirit, vigilant)
  • Greyhound (courageous, loyalty, nobility, swift action)
  • Eagle (courageous, ingenious, perceptive, magnanimity, strength, swift action)
  • Horse (avaricious, bravery, courageous, dedication, loyalty, strength)
  • Boar (courageous, fierce, strength)
  • Leopard (bravery, courageous, magnanimity, swift action)
  • Griffin (courageous, perseverance, prideful, swift action, vigilant)

Creativity

  • Lark (creativity, optimism, vigor)
  • Nightingale (affectionate, creativity, knowledge and learning, righteousness)
  • Raccoon (curiosity, inquisitiveness, creativity))
  • Swan (creativity, grace, loyalty, passion)
  • Pegasus (creativity, perception, refinement)

Cunning

  • Plover (cunning, guile, wisdom)
  • Fox (clever, cunning, wisdom, wit)
  • Partridge (cunning, guile)
  • Serpent (cunning, guile, wisdom)
  • Spider (cunning, opportunistic, patient, tenacious)
  • Lynx (cunning, stealth, vigilant)
  • Monkey (clever, cunning, flexible)

Curiosity

  • Raccoon (curiosity, inquisitiveness, creativity))

Dedicated, Devoted

  • Beaver (chaste, clever, dedicated, self-sacrificing)
  • Pelican (charitous, dedicated, humble, self-sacrificing)
  • Stork (chaste, contemplative, dedicated, prudent, vigilant)
  • Horse (avaricious, bravery, courageous, dedication, loyalty, strength)
  • Cow (esp. bull) (dedicated, honest, strength, quick-tempered)

Dignified

  • Owl (contemplative, dignified, intelligent, observant, wisdom)
  • Ermine (dignified, purity)

Diligent

  • Ant (diligent, industrious, prudent, wisdom)
  • Squirrel (diligent, prudent, steadfast)
  • Mole (ambitious, diligent, honest, industrious, precise in action)
  • Meerkat (diligent, fierce when Protecting, patient, resourceful, social)

Eagerness

  • Hummingbird (eagerness, passionate, self-indulgent)
  • Falcon (eagerness, intensity)
  • Teal (eagerness, swift action)
  • Otter (eagerness, empathy, flexibility, grace, vigor)

Empathy

  • Marten (bold, empathy, fearless, fickle, grace, vigilant)
  • Otter (eagerness, empathy, flexibility, grace, vigor)
  • Duck (empathy, kind, peacekeeper, tolerant)

Facing of Fears

  • Bat (facing of fears, stealth)

Fearless

  • Marten (bold, empathy, fearless, fickle, grace, vigilant)
  • Wolverine (bold, fearless, quick tempered)
  • Tiger (authority, fearless, fierce when provoked, strength)

Fierce

  • Wildcat (courageous, fierce, free spirit, vigilant)
  • Boar (courageous, fierce, strength)
  • Wolf (bold, fierce, solitary, swift action)
  • Destrier (fierce, protection, strength)
  • Crocodile (avaricious, fierce, protection, strength)
  • Rhinocerous (fierce, tenacious, vigor)

Fierce when Protecting

  • Antelope (fierce when protecting, flexibility, self-sacrifice, swift action, tolerant)
  • Bear (fierce when protecting, perseverance, strength, wisdom)
  • Meerkat (diligent, fierce when Protecting, patient, resourceful, social)
  • Panther (fierce when protecting, gentle, intense)

Fierce when Provoked

  • Spaniel (fierce when provoked, integrity, loyalty, obedience)
  • Badger (fierce when provoked, honest, persistent, valor)
  • Merlin (fierce when provoked, gentle, refined)
  • Tiger (authority, fearless, fierce when provoked, strength)

Fickle

  • Marten (bold, empathy, fearless, fickle, grace, vigilant)

Fidelity

  • Bloodhound (fidelity, tenacious, vigilant)
  • Terrier (fidelity, loyalty)
  • Dove (affectionate, chaste, fidelity, gentle, innocent, patient)
  • Crane (fidelity, grace, serenity)

Flexibility

  • Otter (eagerness, empathy, flexibility, grace, vigor)
  • Antelope (fierce when protecting, flexibility, self-sacrifice, swift action, tolerant)
  • Monkey (clever, cunning, flexible)

Forethought

  • Nutcracker (forethought, social)
  • Parrot (forethought, integrity, intelligent, prudent, wisdom)

Free Spirit

  • Butterfly (free spirit, frivolous, kind)
  • Grouse (contemplative, free spirit, spiritual)
  • Wildcat (courageous, fierce, free spirit, vigilant)
  • Spoonbill (free spirit, grace, humility)

Frivolous

  • Butterfly (free spirit, frivolous, kind)

Gentle

  • Dove (affectionate, chaste, fidelity, gentle, innocent, patient)
  • Robin (gentle, serenity)
  • Rabbit (gentle, grace, lucky)
  • Turtle (gentle, humility, kind, protection, self-disciplined)
  • Lamb (gentle, innocent, pure, self-sacrificing)
  • Merlin (fierce when provoked, gentle, refined)
  • Panther (fierce when protecting, gentle, intense)

Good Memory

  • Crab (good memory, hoarder, imaginative)
  • Raven (good memory, self-discipline, self-sacrifice, wisdom)

Grace

  • Bustard (grace, nobility)
  • Rabbit (gentle, grace, lucky)
  • Marten (bold, empathy, fearless, fickle, grace, vigilant)
  • Otter (eagerness, empathy, flexibility, grace, vigor)
  • Crane (fidelity, grace, serenity)
  • Swan (creativity, grace, loyalty, passion)
  • Spoonbill (free spirit, grace, humility)

Guile

  • Plover (cunning, guile, wisdom)
  • Partridge (cunning, guile)
  • Pika (guile, stealth, turning weakness into strength)
  • Serpent (cunning, guile, wisdom)

Hoarder

  • Crab (good memory, hoarder, imaginative)

Honest

  • Mole (ambitious, diligent, honest, industrious, precise in action)
  • Badger (fierce when provoked, honest, persistent, valor)
  • Cow (esp. bull) (dedicated, honest, strength, quick-tempered)

Humility

  • Turtle (gentle, humility, kind, protection, self-disciplined)
  • Pelican (charitous, dedicated, humble, self-sacrificing)
  • Donkey (humility, serenity, patience)
  • Spoonbill (free spirit, grace, humility)

Imaginative

  • Crab (good memory, hoarder, imaginative)

Industrious

  • Ant (diligent, industrious, prudent, wisdom)
  • Bee (industrious, obedience, steadfast)
  • Mole (ambitious, diligent, honest, industrious, precise in action)
  • Rat (avaricious, industrious, prudent)

Ingenious

  • Eagle (courageous, ingenious, perceptive, magnanimity, strength, swift action)

Innocent

  • Dove (affectionate, chaste, fidelity, gentle, innocent, patient)
  • Lamb (gentle, innocent, pure, self-sacrificing)

Integrity

  • Spaniel (fierce when provoked, integrity, loyalty, obedience)
  • Nuthatch (integrity, unconventional perspective)
  • Parrot (forethought, integrity, intelligent, prudent, wisdom)

Intelligent

  • Owl (contemplative, dignified, intelligent, observant, wisdom)
  • Parrot (forethought, integrity, intelligent, prudent, wisdom)

Intense

  • Falcon (eagerness, intensity)
  • Panther (fierce when protecting, gentle, intense)

Intrigue

  • Goat (intrigue, perseverance, vitality, wit)

Justice

  • Lion (bravery, protection, strength, valor)

Kind

  • Butterfly (free spirit, frivolous, kind)
  • Turtle (gentle, humility, kind, protection, self-disciplined)
  • Dolphin (affectionate, charitous, kind)
  • Duck (empathy, kind, peacekeeper, tolerant)

Knowledge and Learning

  • Jackdaw (knowledge and learning, loyalty, wisdom)
  • Nightingale (affectionate, creativity, knowledge and learning, righteousness)
  • Peacock (beauty, knowledge and learning, vain)
  • Salmon (knowledge and learning, perseverance, steadfast)
  • Dragon (avaricious, knowledge and learning, perceptive, quick-tempered)

Lazy

  • Kite (lazy, perceptive, self-indulgent, succumbs to temptation)

Loyalty

  • Spaniel (fierce when provoked, integrity, loyalty, obedience)
  • Terrier (fidelity, loyalty)
  • Hedgehog (loyalty, opportunistic, protection, resourceful, steadfast)
  • Jackdaw (knowledge and learning, loyalty, wisdom)
  • Greyhound (courageous, loyalty, nobility, swift action)
  • Swan (creativity, grace, loyalty, passion)
  • Horse (avaricious, bravery, courageous, dedication, loyalty, strength)

Lucky

  • Magpie (luck, magic, spirituality)
  • Rabbit (gentle, grace, lucky)

Magic, Mystery

  • Magpie (luck, magic, spirituality)
  • Sphinx (magic, protection, prudence, secrecy)

Magnanimity

  • Eagle (courageous, ingenious, perceptive, magnanimity, strength, swift action)
  • Leopard (bravery, courageous, magnanimity, swift action)

Maternal

  • Kangaroo (maternal, observant, protection, social)

Methodical

  • Creeper (methodical)
  • Snail (methodical, steadfast)
  • Marsh Hawk (methodical, stealth)

Nobility

  • Grasshopper (nobility, wisdom)
  • Greyhound (courageous, loyalty, nobility, swift action)
  • Bustard (grace, nobility)
  • Cormorant (nobility, self-indulgence, swift action)

Observant

  • Owl (contemplative, dignified, intelligent, observant, wisdom)
  • Kangaroo (maternal, observant, protection, social)

Obedience

  • Bee (industrious, obedience, steadfast)
  • Spaniel (fierce when provoked, integrity, loyalty, obedience)
  • Ostrich (obedience, serenity)
  • Camel (obedience, perseverance)

Opportunistic

  • Spider (cunning, opportunistic, patient, tenacious)
  • Hedgehog (loyalty, opportunistic, protection, resourceful, steadfast)
  • Opossum (opportunistic, resourceful, strategist)
  • Kestrel (opportunistic, patient, precise in action)

Optimism

  • Lark (creativity, optimism, vigor)
  • Swallow (optimism, vigor)
  • Tern (optimism)

Passionate

  • Hummingbird (eagerness, passionate, self-indulgent)
  • Swan (creativity, grace, loyalty, passion)

Patient

  • Dove (affectionate, chaste, fidelity, gentle, innocent, patient)
  • Spider (cunning, opportunistic, patient, tenacious)
  • Kestrel (opportunistic, patient, precise in action)
  • Meerkat (diligent, fierce when Protecting, patient, resourceful))
  • Donkey (humility, serenity, patience)

Peacekeeper

  • Grosbeak (peacekeeper, tolerant)
  • Duck (empathy, kind, peacekeeper, tolerant)

Perceptive

  • Kite (lazy, perceptive, self-indulgent, succumbs to temptation)
  • Osprey (magic, perceptive)
  • Eagle (courageous, ingenious, perceptive, magnanimity, strength, swift action)
  • Pegasus (creativity, perception, refinement)
  • Dragon (avaricious, knowledge and learning, perceptive, quick-tempered)

Perfectionist

  • Peregrine (perfectionist, strength)

Perseverance

  • Skunk (ambitious, air of intimidation, perseverance)
  • Goat (intrigue, perseverance, vitality, wit)
  • Bear (fierce when protecting, perseverance, strength, wisdom)
  • Camel (obedience, perseverance)
  • Salmon (knowledge and learning, perseverance, steadfast)
  • Griffin (courageous, perseverance, prideful, swift action, vigilant)

Persistent

  • Badger (fierce when provoked, honest, persistent, valor)
  • Buzzard (avaricious, air of intimidation, persistent)
  • Shrike (persistent, resolute)
  • Reindeer (persistent, resolute)

Precise in Action

  • Mole (ambitious, diligent, honest, industrious, precise in action)
  • Kestrel (opportunistic, patient, precise in action)

Prideful

  • Frog (prideful, quick-tempered)
  • Griffin (courageous, perseverance, prideful, swift action, vigilant)

Protection

  • Chough (protection, strategist, vigilant)
  • Salamander (bravery, protection, purity)
  • Turtle (gentle, humility, kind, protection, self-disciplined)
  • Hedgehog (loyalty, opportunistic, protection, resourceful, steadfast)
  • Snow Goose (protection, vigilance)
  • Destrier (fierce, protection, strength)
  • Kangaroo (maternal, observant, protection, social)
  • Lion (bravery, protection, strength, valor)
  • Crocodile (avaricious, fierce, protection, strength)
  • Sphinx (magic, protection, prudence, secrecy)

Prudent

  • Ant (diligent, industrious, prudent, wisdom)
  • Rat (avaricious, industrious, prudent)
  • Parrot (forethought, integrity, intelligent, prudent, wisdom)
  • Squirrel (diligent, prudent, steadfast)
  • Stork (chaste, contemplative, dedicated, prudent, vigilant)
  • Sphinx (magic, protection, prudence, secrecy)

Purity

  • Salamander (bravery, protection, purity)
  • Ermine (dignified, purity)
  • Lamb (gentle, innocent, pure, self-sacrificing)
  • Deer (serenity, purity, solitude, wisdom)

Quick-Tempered

  • Frog (prideful, quick-tempered)
  • Cow (esp. bull) (dedicated, honest, strength, quick-tempered)
  • Wolverine (bold, fearless, quick tempered)
  • Dragon (avaricious, knowledge and learning, perceptive, quick-tempered)

Refinement

  • Merlin (fierce when provoked, gentle, refined)
  • Pegasus (creativity, perception, refinement)

Resolute

  • Shrike (persistent, resolute)
  • Reindeer (persistent, resolute)
  • Lobster (resolute, steadfast, tenacious)

Resourceful

  • Hedgehog (loyalty, opportunistic, protection, resourceful, steadfast)
  • Opossum (opportunistic, resourceful, strategist)
  • Goose (resourceful, vain)
  • Pheasant (resourceful, vigilant)
  • Meerkat (diligent, fierce when Protecting, patient, resourceful, social)

Righteousness

  • Nightingale (affectionate, creativity, knowledge and learning, righteousness)

Secretive

  • Sphinx (magic, protection, prudence, secrecy)

Self-Disciplined

  • Turtle (gentle, humility, kind, protection, self-disciplined)
  • Raven (good memory, self-discipline, self-sacrifice, wisdom)

Self-Indulgent

  • Hummingbird (eagerness, passionate, self-indulgent)
  • Kite (lazy, perceptive, self-indulgent, succumbs to temptation)
  • Cormorant (nobility, self-indulgence, swift action)

Self-Sacrificing

  • Scorpion (self-sacrificing, steadfast, wisdom)
  • Raven (good memory, self-discipline, self-sacrificing, wisdom)
  • Pelican (charitous, dedicated, humble, self-sacrificing)
  • Lamb (gentle, innocent, pure, self-sacrificing)
  • Beaver (chaste, clever, dedicated, self-sacrificing)
  • Antelope (fierce when protecting, flexibility, self-sacrificing, swift action, tolerant)

Self-Understanding

  • Snow Leopard (spirituality, self-understanding)

Serenity

  • Pigeon (serenity, virtue, wisdom)
  • Robin (gentle, serenity)
  • Donkey (humility, serenity, patience)
  • Deer (serenity, purity, solitude, wisdom)
  • Crane (fidelity, grace, serenity)
  • Heron (contemplative, serene, vigilant, wisdom)
  • Ostrich (obedience, serenity)

Social

  • Nutcracker (forethought, social)
  • Meerkat (diligent, fierce when Protecting, patient, resourceful, social))
  • Kangaroo (maternal, observant, protection, social)

Solitary

  • Deer (serenity, purity, solitude, wisdom)
  • Wolf (bold, fierce, solitary, swift action)

Spiritual

  • Grouse (contemplative, free spirit, spiritual)
  • Magpie (luck, magic, spirituality)
  • Snow Leopard (spirituality, self-understanding)

Steadfast

  • Bee (industrious, obedience, steadfast)
  • Snail (methodical, steadfast)
  • Hedgehog (loyalty, opportunistic, protection, resourceful, steadfast)
  • Scorpion (self-sacrificing, steadfast, wisdom)
  • Squirrel (diligent, prudent, steadfast)
  • Sheep (esp. ram) (authority, steadfast)
  • Lobster (resolute, steadfast, tenacious)
  • Salmon (knowledge and learning, perseverance, steadfast)

Stealth

  • Bat (facing of fears, stealth)
  • Pika (guile, stealth, turning weakness into strength)
  • Marsh Hawk (methodical, stealth)
  • Lynx (cunning, stealth, vigilant)

Strategist

  • Opossum (opportunistic, resourceful, strategist)
  • Coot (bold, clever, strategist)
  • Chough (protection, strategist, vigilant)

Strength

  • Peregrine (perfectionist, strength)
  • Eagle (courageous, ingenious, perceptive, magnanimity, strength, swift action)
  • Horse (avaricious, bravery, courageous, dedication, loyalty, strength)
  • Destrier (fierce, protection, strength)
  • Boar (courageous, fierce, strength)
  • Crocodile (avaricious, fierce, protection, strength)
  • Cow (esp. bull) (dedicated, honest, strength, quick-tempered)
  • Bear (fierce when protecting, perseverance, strength, wisdom)
  • Lion (bravery, protection, strength, valor)
  • Tiger (authority, fearless, fierce when provoked, strength)
  • Elephant (ambition, strength, wit)

Succumbs to Temptation

  • Kite (lazy, perceptive, self-indulgent, succumbs to temptation)
  • Thrush (succumbs to temptation)

Swift Action

  • Greyhound (courageous, loyalty, nobility, swift action)
  • Cormorant (nobility, self-indulgence, swift action)
  • Teal (eagerness, swift action)
  • Eagle (courageous, ingenious, perceptive, magnanimity, strength, swift action)
  • Wolf (bold, fierce, solitary, swift action)
  • Antelope (fierce when protecting, flexibility, self-sacrificing, swift action, tolerant)
  • Leopard (bravery, courageous, magnanimity, swift action)
  • Griffin (courageous, perseverance, prideful, swift action, vigilant)

Tenacious

  • Spider (cunning, opportunistic, patient, tenacious)
  • Bloodhound (fidelity, tenacious, vigilant)
  • Rhinocerous (fierce, tenacious, vigor)
  • Lobster (resolute, steadfast, tenacious)

Tolerant

  • Grosbeak (peacekeeper, tolerant)
  • Duck (empathy, kind, peacekeeper, tolerant)
  • Antelope (fierce when protecting, flexibility, self-sacrificing, swift action, tolerant)

Unconventional Perspective

  • Nuthatch (integrity, unconventional perspective)

Valor

  • Badger (fierce when provoked, honest, persistent, valor)
  • Lion (bravery, protection, strength, valor)

Vain

  • Goose (resourceful, vain)
  • Peacock (beauty, knowledge and learning, vain)

Vigilant

  • Bloodhound (fidelity, tenacious, vigilant)
  • Chough (protection, strategist, vigilant)
  • Snow Goose (protection, vigilance)
  • Pheasant (resourceful, vigilant)
  • Wildcat (courageous, fierce, free spirit, vigilant)
  • Marten (bold, empathy, fearless, fickle, grace, vigilant)
  • Heron (contemplative, serene, vigilant, wisdom)
  • Stork (chaste, contemplative, dedicated, prudent, vigilant)
  • Lynx (cunning, stealth, vigilant)
  • Griffin (courageous, perseverance, prideful, swift action, vigilant)

Vigor

  • Lark (creativity, optimism, vigor)
  • Swallow (optimism, vigor)
  • Otter (eagerness, empathy, flexibility, grace, vigor)
  • Rhinocerous (fierce, tenacious, vigor)

Virtue

  • Pigeon (serenity, virtue, wisdom)

Vitality

  • Goat (intrigue, perseverance, vitality, wit)

Weakness into Strength

  • Pika (guile, stealth, turning weakness into strength)

Wisdom

  • Ant (diligent, industrious, prudent, wisdom)
  • Grasshopper (nobility, wisdom)
  • Scorpion (self-sacrificing, steadfast, wisdom)
  • Pigeon (serenity, virtue, wisdom)
  • Raven (good memory, self-discipline, self-sacrificing, wisdom)
  • Owl (contemplative, dignified, intelligent, observant, wisdom)
  • Jackdaw (knowledge and learning, loyalty, wisdom)
  • Plover (cunning, guile, wisdom)
  • Serpent (cunning, guile, wisdom)
  • Fox (clever, cunning, wisdom, wit)
  • Parrot (forethought, integrity, intelligent, prudent, wisdom)
  • Heron (contemplative, serene, vigilant, wisdom)
  • Deer (serenity, purity, solitude, wisdom)
  • Bear (fierce when protecting, perseverance, strength, wisdom)

Wit

  • Fox (clever, cunning, wisdom, wit)
  • Goat (intrigue, perseverance, vitality, wit)
  • Elephant (ambition, strength, wit)
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