Lachender Demons

The Painted Face Demons, or clowns as people call them, are beings that entered this world from another to cause overall chaos through different means. Contrary to what most people believe upon encountering a Painted Face Demon, they aren't related to actual demons, as they are currently classified as extra-terrestrial beings. Painted Face Demons act like harmless pranksters majority of the time, but this can vary based on the subspecies and ranks. Currently there is only one Purebred Painted Face Demon that can be found in eldham, but that will not last due to the clowns... interesting biology

Painted Face Biology
Painted Faces are known for their clownlike appearance and friendly attitude, however the truth is much more disturbing upon closer inspection. The "Costumes" they wear aren't costumes at all, they are fibres produced by the body to simulate clothing. Though some mutations can make these costumes more horrific, this is only a minor issue when it comes to the painted faces. Another biological difference is the fact that clowns do not have any organs, instead they seem to have a multi-coloured liquid that functions like blood. It is not recommended to ingest this sugary substance for a reason that is going to be touched on later. Painted Faces has a chance to be mutated past being a human sized clown, such as inflating like a balloon to a point where they can only roll around or stretching to the size of a juvenile Dragon, looking like stretched cheese. these mutations are rare however, as they are handed out when they are either given by their patron god as a punishment or a gift. Painted face demons are naturally extremely lightweight to the point of being able to be lifted by a small child, due to the lack of organs (commonly compared with a big rubbery water balloon). To offset this, Painted face demons have rubbery skin that is very resistant to most weapons to prevent the liquid from pouring out and the clown exploding into a cloud of magical confetti and extremely acidic blood.

The most dangerous aspect of a painted face demon is the fact they can make more clowns using the multicolored substance, although they can only do it if Lachengott (The Laughing god of Clowns) permits the creation of a new Painted face demon. The Ritual requires the aspiring clown to ingest the Substance, then a sacrifice to Lachengott, this sacrifice can be anything, but is most effective if it is a live creature or a Beastfolk. Upon a successful ritual to create a new painted face demon, they are sorted into a subspecies by Lachengott himself based on their worth. If they are lucky they can be sorted into a higher tier of clown such as a Whiteface or a Harlequin, if not they will just be sorted into a Auguste clown or a jester, these species of clown are still being still being discovered. The process of turning into a clown is agony as the acidic properties of "Clowns blood" will melt your innards and multiply, causing half dissolved organs to be expelled through All exits. After transformation the clown stops feeling pain and stop needing to ingest food or water. As stated before, one cannot become a clown against their will they must be chosen by the painted faces to be worthy of their "gift", this gift may be a positive or a negative depending on the person. A Painted face that was "forsaken" by Lachengott may gain negative mutations, or worst case scenario they can be reverted to a low tier clown such a as a Tramp or a Blackface, the lowest in clown society. Painted faces also can be pureblood, yet these Demons are nearly impossible to find. these clowns are usually thrust into leadership positions and are one of the only clowns that can initiate the ritual without Lachengott permission as they are his Direct offspring. These are the only clowns that cannot truly die, only banished to be summoned once more.

At the end of a Painted face demons life, the strange property that keeps the the body of the clown together fades away. This leads to the clown exploding into the acidic "clowns blood" and strange bits of colored paper they refer to as confetti.

Painted Face Behaviors
Painted face demons are varied in their methods to cause mischief, as general rule the the lowest tiers play harmless tricks to the highest tiers can go up to toppling governments and causing wars just for a laugh. A Painted faces main motivation is to conduct a "Prank" worthy of the amusement of Lachengott, so that he May give them his blessings. In order to achieve this they concoct a "scheme" to annoy citizens of a city, or other demons in a Circus(a location in a group of clowns reside). They aren't reported to be afraid of what who they prank whatsoever, this sometimes leads to a clown getting exiled or even killed by the victim in question. These Pranks can range from the "minor" scheme done by low tier clowns such as filling the local storage shed with paper or stealing a prized sword from the local warrior, to "Major Scheme" which are usually preformed by higher tiers that can be dangerous if left unchecked such as secretly causing a security crisis with another nation or even spread rumors that there is a revolt about to happen. Sometimes are large group of Painted Face Demons may congregate in a Circus to begin a "Scheme of Lachengott", a event that only a purebred painted face demon can initiate. From text that was found in the entrance portal ruins, that these schemes are thought up by Lachengott himself, whether it be humiliating another worlds god, destroy an entire country for fun or even destroy a world, the last one is said to be very rare due to worlds are considered toys by Lachengott to invade and annoy. It is fortunate that the "Scheme of Lachengott" event has not occurred in the world of Stoneworks, it is recommended to keep watch over a Circus in case of a Scheme brewing.

Painted Face demons are normally social creatures, congregating in groups of up to 40 or more, these groups are known as troupes. Though there are rare instances a congregation of up to 100, this anomaly is referred to as a circus, and can be a risk to the integrity of a city. Painted Faces are comparable to a invasive species, they are not native to eldham or rathnir but rather a alternate pocket dimension in which Lachengott and Stiller resides. Clowns who did not join a city or nation move through the world in a Troup of up to 20, creating temporary camps as they go, these painted faces are usually Tramps or clowns that were exiled because of their pranks. These clowns are reported to be harmless to the nations they set up camps nearby, as they teardown the camps as they move to the next location

Painted Face Demons are generally unskilled and biologically disadvantaged in direct combat due to the fact they cannot wear armor without being slowed to a crawl and the fact that they explode like a acidic water balloon when something pierces their tough skin. However most clowns are intelligent enough to use trickery and indirect combat to defeat their foes, they rely on turning people against each other by subtly tricking the victims into believing that their former friend is the true enemy while the clown sits back and enjoys the conflict. Painted face demons do not care who wins a conflict, for they may be long gone after the winner realizes why the conflict happened in the first place. other than that, the only type of clowns that are skilled enough to avoid getting hit are jesters and harlequins, who are more civilized than their clown brethren.

Painted Face Demon Subspecies
Painted Face Demons have multiple Subspecies that are biologically different yet are all still painted faces. Usually general term is "clowns" but there are many different ranks and species within the painted face family. It should be noted that painted faces are very competitive with each other, due to all of them wants the love of the laughing god, who shall be touched on later. The Painted face society are divided into "Ranks" in which all the subspecies are sorted into, The purebreds are at the top of the ranking system and the blackfaces are at the bottom. Painted faces can be assigned as "ringleaders" in order to organize a group of rowdy and unpredictable clowns, although purebreds

The Purebreds
The purebreds are above all of the clowns, even above the Harlequins, each Sibling represents each of the clowns. The Purebred are the laughing gods minor children, the first painted face demons. The Purebred are always competing with one another, as they wish to reach their sister Stiller (The First Mime) who had previously reached godhood against Lachengotts wishes.

The first Harlequin has yet to be discovered, but it is written that he is the favorite of Lachengott. it is said that the First blessed was the one who defeated the silent one with a rubber balloon sword. The First whiteface clown that has not shown itself but within the texts he is blessed by Lachengott with the ability to open portals to other dimensions to achieve Lachengott will. One of the three siblings that came to our world, the Grand schemer, The first Auguste clown, it is written that he is chosen by Lachengott to spread his Painted face demons throughout Eldham. The grand schemer spent no time in heading to the east He left a single Auguste clown in his stead and named him lord of Schemes, and now he watches over the progress of the clowns in the east. It is said that he once beat a god of wisdom in a game of chess The first jester was also assigned to go to Eldham with The Grand Schemer, however due to the extreme rivalry between the two, the jester went to start the spread of his jesters in the east of Eldham. It is said he tricked Lachengott himself into giving him the crown of the laughing god, upon knowing this, Lachengott found it amusing and let him keep it. The first tramp, a clown that was giving the curse of bad luck because Lachengott thought it was amusing, he resents his god yet was the third sibling to enter eldham to spread bad luck to any unfortunate nation that he resides in. He moved to the north The last of the children of Lachengott and the first blackface clown, it is said that he had slain the first buffoon because they had a disagreement, as punishment, Lachengott put him through a loop of the worst sounds he had ever heard, and kept growing ears all over his body so he cannot escape the torture
 * The First Blessed (Harlequin)
 * The Great Clown of The Portal
 * Grand Schemer of Lachengott
 * The Grand Deceiver of Lachengott
 * The Unlucky one
 * The Forsaken One

The High Tiers
The high tier Painted face demons are are highly regarded by the low tiers, due to the fact that they are the most successful and most dangerous of the clowns, such as the harlequins skill in combat, or the Whitefaces endless schemes The rarest of the clowns are the Harlequins, a refined version of the jester. It is said They are the children of the first Harlequin, who leads them with the mindset that they shall form elite troupes that enforces Lachengotts will. They have the defining feature of being made up of gold patterns and silver masks. The most intelligent of the clown genus, unlike the Auguste or the buffoon, they are the most serious in their pranks, forming entire groups of Painted faces in order to execute a major scheme in the name of Lachengott. These clown can be Identified by their completely white faces and aura surrounding them
 * The Harlequins
 * White face clowns

The Low Tiers
Low tiers Are the most common of the Painted face demons, they are also the most petty of the group. They are commonly found within the darkest areas of the city, coming out only to enact pranks on the populace. They commonly follow a high tier, or aspire to become a high tier themselves. Buffoons are widely regarded as the least threatening of the clown family, as they have the lowest intelligence for a painted face demon. Ever since the death of the First buffoon, they have been targeting blackfaces as revenge. The most common clown you can find, they usually congregate in groups of 50 in the western part of the map and join a city, establishing a district to be the "slums". They would build a statue to Lachengott and simply start pranking everyone in a 100 km radius. The first Auguste was the first to enter this world, and his children followed. They also have a Bitter rivalry with the more civilized jesters, who prefer to make chaos secretly The second most common clown you can find, Troupes of these painted faces are difficult to find due to them blending in with the daily city life. Their method to making Lachengott laugh is to subtly make changes to a city so that the livelihoods of the citizens get incredibly worse. They believe that Auguste clowns are the most uncivilized of the painted face demons, and thus they hate these particular clowns
 * Buffoons
 * Auguste clown
 * Jesters

The Forsaken
The Forsaken of Lachengott are the unlucky clowns that somehow ran ill across Lachengott, and gets transformed into the slum dwelling "sad clowns" The last of the clown family, and the most unlucky clown there is. No matter what they do, they cannot please Lachengott, even if they somehow succeed in a Scheme. They are mostly seen as homeless people with makeup on These are the true forsaken, no painted face demon wishes to be cursed to be the worst of the painted faces. The first blackface was the one Purebred that had betrayed Lachengott and faced the wrath of a angry god. These are the most recognizable as a non human as they are hunchbacked and horribly disfigured with a painted on black face.
 * Tramps
 * Blackface

Children of Stiller
The children of stiller are not exactly painted face demons, as they only wish to preform and build magnificent structures to impress the silent one. Lachengott hates these painted faces, due to the fact that they remind him of Stillers betrayal The only type of Children that stiller had created was the mimes. completely black and white individuals, it is difficult to determine whether if they are indeed painted face demons. These "demons" do not wish for conflict, they only want to build great cities and preform to their goddess.
 * The mimes

Lachengott and Stiller
The religion that these creatures follow are curious, for if they come from a pocket dimension, then who would be the master. Texts recovered from the ruins of the portal from which the first painted demons came to this world highlight a entity known as Lachengott, a laughing god of trickery and clowns, who was said to have travelled to other gods realms to annoy the other unknown gods just so he can get a laugh. He had created 8 children to help him in his task to gain a laugh out of others expense, however one of these "first clowns" had defected and managed to ascend to godhood, as she disagreed with Lachengotts vision and believed that the magic of performance was the correct way to become entertained. This Was Stiller, the god of performance and mimes, she believed in the beauty of a intact world left without the meddling of an invasive god, and thus she and her children foil the plans of the followers of Lachengott.

Painted face demons follow this god to the point of obsessions, building statues to Lachengott almost in everyplace they reside, as they cannot exist without Lachengotts blessing. Stillers children does not need Lachengotts blessing in order to survive, as Stiller protects them from Lachengotts wrath. Painted faces and Stillers children hate each other more than anything, so much so that they are willing to topple nations just to foil one another. Lachengotts realm is outside of our realm, only the purebred can exit or enter his realm, even The silent one Stiller, although Lachengott himself prevents Stiller from entering.

Lachengott is what is considered a chaos god, a god that causes as much unrest and chaos as he can for a cheap laugh, he teaches his children this too, and he wishes for the painted face demons to attempt to make him laugh, and in return he shall grant them gifts. He treats worlds as toys for him to enter and play with to his hearts content, much to the gods who own them irritation. One such god was a Beastfolk god whos name was long forgotten, challenged Lachengott to a game of wits, the laughing god was amused and played her game. Somehow the Goddess managed to outmaneuver the god of schemes and managed to beat him in a game of chess, enraging the invasive god. he was forced to leave as promised and now he orders his followers to challenge and beat a Beastfolk in chess in order to gain his blessing, all because he got kicked out of a world by a Beastfolk

History of the Painted Face Demons
It is speculated they appeared in Eldham only recently like a invasive species, with three of the purebred had entered Eldham through a portal that has yet to be found in the center of eldham, these purebred were the Grand schemer, the Great Deceiver and the Unlucky one. They all went west, east and north respectively, spreading the seeds to create the painted face demons. Around this time Stiller had entered, and had went to the south to watch the painted face demons start to manifest alongside her mimes. The first painted face demons that were created in eldham had started to affect the culture around them, which may have been the origin of the jester and clowns that have been integrated into culture. These first clowns were killed off by Stillers forces in order to prevent them from causing trouble.

Present day, there are still a few painted face demons waiting for a chance to do a little trolling once more.

Trivia

 * All of the Painted face demons are based on real types of clowns
 * The Painted face demons and Lachengott are heavily based on the Warhammer chaos factions as well as a little bit of scaven and Harlequins
 * They are also based on Killer Klowns from outer space