Rage Demon

Rage demon

“And so it comes to me at last. Soon I shall see the land through your eyes, creature. You shall be mine, body and soul.” ―rage demon from the Harrowing

Creature: Rage demon

Type: Demon

Rank: Critter, Normal, Lieutenant

Location

Origins: Burning Tower, Kinloch Hold, The Fade, Soldier's PeakAwakening: Blackmarsh UndyingDragon Age II: Abandoned Thaig, Danarius's Manor, The Fade, Harimann Estate, Sanctuary, Wilmod's CampInquisition: Flooded Caves, Hissing Wastes

Quests

Origins: The Harrowing, Broken Circle, Lost in Dreams, Soldier's Peak, Watchguard of the ReachingAwakening: Shadows of the BlackmarshDragon Age II: Bait and Switch, Enemies Among Us, Forbidden Knowledge, Repentance, Night TerrorsInquisition: Burdens of Command, The Ballad of Lord Woolsley, The Tomb of Fairel

Variations: Lesser Rage demon, Greater Rage demon, Burning tomb guardian

Appearances: Dragon Age: Origins, The Stone Prisoner, Warden's Keep, Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening, Dragon Age II, Heroes of Dragon Age, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Trespasser (mentioned), Dragon Age: Magekiller

Rage demons are one of the most common types of demons encountered; they are fueled by and attracted to rage, but are ultimately simpler and less devious than their kin.

Background

Encountered in the Fade, the true form of a rage demon is a frightening sight: a thing of pure fire, its body seemingly made of amorphous lava and its eyes two pinpricks of baleful light radiating from its core. The abilities of such a demon center on the fire it generates. It burns those who come near, and the most powerful of its kind are able to lash out with bolts of fire and even firestorms that can affect entire areas.

Fortunately, even powerful rage demons are less intelligent then most other varieties. Their tactics are simple: attack an enemy on sight with as much force as possible until it perishes. Some rage demons carry over their heat-based abilities into possessed hosts, but otherwise the true form is mostly seen outside of the Fade when it's specifically summoned by a mage to do his bidding.

—Transcript of a lecture given by Vheren, Templar-Commander of Tantervale, 6:86 Steel

Since a spirit's power derives from the complexity of its host concept, rage demons are among the weakest of malicious spirits. Anger is a simpler emotion than envy or desire, so its avatars are accordingly simpler. Rage demons rarely resort to deceit, as demons of those aforementioned types often do, opting instead to assail its target with as much force as possible until it perishes.

Involvement

Dragon Age: Origins

Notable rage demons

Rhagos

Shah Wyrd

Quests

Broken Circle

The Harrowing

Lost in Dreams

Soldier's Peak

Watchguard of the Reaching

Locations

Apprentice Quarters

Burning Tower

Circle Tower

The Fade

Soldier's Peak

Abilities & Skills

Aura of Fire

Fire Bolt

Flame Blast

Slam

Greater rage demons also use:

Fire Burst

Inferno

Fireball

Strategy

Rage demons are usually encountered in two varieties: Critter-ranked lesser rage demons and Normal or Lieutenant greater rage demons. Besides having more health and dealing more damage, the latter also possesses several additional abilities. Both types however are immune to Fire damage, but have Cold vulnerability, to the point where a single Winter's Grasp might instantly kill a lesser version at full health. Like all demons, they're immune to stun and knockback/knockdown effects. However, they can be shattered and unlike abominations, they have normal reaction to Nature damage.

A boss-level greater rage demon can be fought at the end of the quest Watchguard of the Reaching. He doesn't gain any new abilities when compared to regular greater rage demons.

The rage demons faced in the Fade can be dealt with effectively in either the Spirit or Burning Man forms, as the Spirit form has Winter's Grasp and the Burning Man form provides immunity to all their attacks.

Dragon Age: Awakening

Quests

Shadows of the Blackmarsh

Locations

Blackmarsh Undying

Dragon Age II

Rage Demons follow the rogue archetype in Dragon Age II; as such, they slink away to strike at the more vulnerable members of Hawke's party and can even steal Health Potions.

Quests

Bait and Switch

Enemies Among Us

Forbidden Knowledge

Repentance

Night Terrors

Locations

Abandoned Thaig / Hidden Dungeon

Danarius's Manor (Hightown)

The Fade

Harimann Estate (Hightown)

Sanctuary (Darktown)

Wilmod's Camp (Wounded Coast)

Resistances

Cold: Low

Fire: Normal (Immune on Nightmare)

Electricity: Normal

Nature: Normal

Spirit: Normal

Dragon Age: Inquisition

All rage demons in Dragon Age: Inquisition are melee attackers.

Notable rage demons

Lord Woolsley

Quests

Burdens of Command

The Ballad of Lord Woolsley

The Tomb of Fairel

Locations

Flooded Caves (Crestwood)

Hinterlands

Hissing Wastes

Abilities & Skills

Cold Vulnerability

Fire Resistance

Rage demons will occasionally enlarge and gain the following abilities:

Barrier

Immunity: Physical Effects

Immunity: Fear

Immunity: Asleep

Immunity: Paralyzed

Immunity: Taunted

When the barrier is destroyed, the rage demon will return to its initial size and lose all the immunity bonuses.

Variations

Lesser Rage demon

Greater Rage demon

Burning tomb guardian

Codex entries

Codex entry: Rage Demon

Codex entry: Beyond the Veil: Spirits and Demons

Codex entry: Blighted Werewolf

Codex entry: Demonic Possession

Codex entry: Werewolf

Notes

In Dragon Age: Origins, rage demons rise up from the floor of the room, invisible (and un-targetable until they do so). At death, they always sink back in, with a small black circle of (presumably) their essence appearing during the process. This process leaves no loot on its own, although in some circumstances they will leave behind a small white bag of loot.

In Dragon Age: Inquisition, rage demons also sink through the ground and walking over the spot where they were killed often has residual sound effects.

See also

Heart of Rage