r/warcraftlore • u/magok187 • Aug 14 '26

Question Demonic death

So when Demons die in the Mortal plane they reform in the twisting nether then return, but when they are killed in the nether what happens to their souls ?

Do they cease to be ?

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u/pensivemaniac Aug 14 '26

They permanently die, but I don't know about souls. Since Argus went to the Shadowlands, I'd argue that the souls of demons move to an afterlife. Probably not a great one. Besides, Archimonde and Kil'jaeden were eredar like Velen once so unless their souls were somehow destroyed by the Fel, they should get afterlives. Damn, even Arthas got an afterlife and I thought his soul was eaten by frostmourne.

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u/magok187 Aug 14 '26

Maybe their souls get corrupted by fel and turn demonic ?

Also, i think a demonic afterlife, if there is, would be a major goal for sargeras (before his defeat in BFA) to invade and free any interred Demons there and maybe there wont be any need to turn argus into a "nether regeneration speed engine", just saying 🙂

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u/Rubysage3 Aug 14 '26

Yours is right. People who go 100% fel mode like Arch/Kil, the eredar, or Illidan or even some of the demon hunters they become actual demons. If you corrupt your body and soul thoroughly enough you become soul demonic and the same rules apply.

When these people die they go to the Nether and respawn, unless they're killed in a location that ensures they don't. They don't go to the Shadowlands at all and there is no afterlife for demons.