Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Summary
Buffy the Vampire Slayerfeatured many villains and supernatural creatures over its seven - season running , and although Vengeance Demons never became a Big Bad on the show , they were cite many times after Anya became one of the series ' main character . Joss Whedon ’s supernatural dramatic play followed the titular graphic symbol as she became a slayer of all things supernatural in the fictitious town of Sunnydale , California . Buffy fought against them with the help of her Watcher , Giles , and her friends , known as the " Scooby Gang . “The coming - of - long time TV serial reached cult picture status , growing into a enfranchisement , with thespinoff seriesAngel , novels , video secret plan , and cartoon strip known as the Buffyverse .
ThroughoutBuffy the Vampire ’s seven seasons , Buffy allot with many monster - of - the - week plot line , which intend face vampires and other vicious creatures , include Vengeance Demons . Some freak were more serious than others , while others became friend . Vengeance Demons were important in theBuffy the Vampire Slayerworld , because of Anya , a former Vengeance Demon who was part ofBuffy ’s Scooby Gang , and became a main grapheme on the show . Anya aid Buffy with many of her missions , andher origin story as a Vengeance Demon was one of the most interesting plots .
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The Origin Of Vengeance Demons
They Come From A Different Dimension
The first timeBuffy the Vampire Slayermentioned Vengeance Demons was in time of year 3 , installment 9 , " The Wish , " with Anya ’s first coming into court . However , their origin precede the event of the show . Vengeance Demons grant mankind in necessitate their deepest wishes . They are not part of the regular earth , and instead , they come from a blaze dimension called Arashmaharr . This alternative world is ruled by the Lower Being D’Hoffryn , the creator of the Vengeance demon , who is one himself . D’Hoffryn turned Anyanka ( previously called Aun and later Anya ) into a demon in the ninth century in Sjornjost , Sweden , and has a team of Vengeance Demons made up of mostly woman .
D’Hoffryn had the power to make more Vengeance Demons by appear before desperate human beings who wished to get revenge on the people who despise them , turning them into demons . Anyanka was nickname the Patron Saint of Scorned Women , as her initial desire to get retaliation on her lover , Olaf , caught D’Hoffryn ’s tending . Anya spent over a millennium deed over dark wishing to scorned women , asVengeance daimon have a unique form of immortality . They can live perpetually , and they age very easy , if they age at all . However , they can be pour down . All Vengeance Demons concentrate their big businessman on an object , ordinarily a necklace .
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How A Vengeance Demon Works
They Share Similarities With Other Creatures
There were manyhuge reveals in theBuffysequel , slayer : A Buffyverse Storyby Christopher Golden and Amber Benson ( who played Tara on the show ) , which saida Vengeance Demon can not have a body until it has bring together with a human being . The Audible novel is think the direct sequel to time of year 7 , reuniting severalBuffy the Vampire Slayercastmembers and following the story of the vampire Spike . It turn over deep into the Buffyverse , and " Episode 4 " touched upon the Vengeance Demons . Vengeance Demons worked similarly to other demonic spirits , such as vampires . It was when it was bonded that a Vengeance Demon became malevolent and immortal .
Buffy the Vampire Slayerintroduced Anya in time of year 3 , but she did n’t become a primary fiber until season 5 . However , it was in season 7 , episode 5 , " Selfless , " that the serial explored Anya ’s backstory and answered questions about her past . This instalment confirmed thatVengeance fiend maintain the human appearances of the citizenry they were beforeD’Hoffryn turned them into demons . The same episode revealed that they do keep a psyche , unlike vampires . However , once the transmutation is done , Vengeance Demons ' honest faces are heavily crease or decayed , and their appearances vary .
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How Anya Became Human Again
Anya Sacrificed Herself For Humans
Anya Jenkins , previously known as Anyanka in her Vengeance Demon form , became a human again through a serial of events . In " The Wish , " an substitute version of Giles stripped her of her demonhood and forced her to become a human after demolish her power center : her amulet called the Symbol of Anyanka . Since then , Anya stress her hardest to return to being a Vengeance Demon , to no help . Although she savour her employment for over a millenary , the central elements that led to Anya ’s humanisation had to do with her interaction with the Scooby Gang — in particular Xander Harris .
Anya and Xander ’s human relationship made her question the morality of her actions , and she startedto have doubt about the result of her job . She easy became more human throughout their relationship . Over the course of the series , Anya sputter to interpret human race and their emotions , and she almost always read the wrong thing . After all , despite having a soul , she spend so many yr focused on getting retaliation on hands .
However , after her breakup with Xander at the altar , Anya briefly returned to her old ways . She became so catch up with humans , and her human side had flourished , gain the demon weak . Because of this , she could no longer do the job without having any touch . She offered to sacrifice herself in " Selfless " after killing a crew of fraternity boys but failed , with D’Hoffyrin down Hafrek to teach her a lesson . However , Anya ended up dying in the last , sacrifice herself for mankind .
How Powerful Is A Vengeance Demon?
Vengeance Demons Shouldn’t Be Underestimated
The Buffyverse ’s Vengeance Demons were very powerful and immortal , but they did n’t have unlimited powers . They never became a Big Bad on the show , but some appear throughout the seasons , like D’Hoffryn and Halfrek . Vengeance Demons possess supernatural power , and most of them had skills related to their choose domain of expertise . Their primary power lie in wish granting . However , that power came with a hidden twist , as the wishes were often very genuine , cause chaos and injury — and they did n’t always give the wish - maker what they wanted . Vengeance Demons also could n’t grant wishes for themselves .
Although they were n’t the most hefty scoundrel that appeared inBuffy the Vampire Slayer , Vengeance Demons boasted superhuman enduringness . They were able to knock out adversary and snarf telling free weight , holding their own against knock-down beingness , include the Slayer . They were able to shapeshift to hide their truthful brass , as well as use teleportation and psychokinesis . And one of their most powerful features was their ability to show true empathy . They were capable to get multitude to trust them before fake them into making a wish , proving that Vengeance Demons were not to be overlook inBuffy the Vampire Slayer .
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