Talk:Elias Ainsworth/@comment-24567055-20171203162958/@comment-26674801-20180511221842

I was actually born in a Slavic country and I can tell you that he is no Bies. Yes, biesi (plural) are often depicted having horns, however that's it. A bies is basically an imp, a lesser demon, a mischievous or evil spirit. Think The Exorcist (movie) or My Name is Legion (Bible story). When a person is believed to be possessed by biesi - it is never by a single one. Being possessed by biesi is absolute opposite of everything Elias does and is - the possessed is in a constant state of insanity, violent rage or idiotic joy. You can't reason with the person (or the spirits possessing the person). And this is also true for their natural state when not possessing anybody. Remember Disney's Night On Bald Mountain? all the lesser devils in it are biesi and that's what they do - dance, scream, fight. They are barely intelligent. A less intelligent and more chaotic and evil form of a pan or a satyr. But even a pan possesses some sort of an arcane power. Whereas Elias can perfirm magic - a bies can't do anything special, even when there is horde of them. Also a typical bies doesn't look like him. Again, think pan or styr: a human, yet ugly face, horns, sharp teeth, excessive bodily hair, sometimes hooves and tail, sometimes not, some weird skin color, etc. No scullhead, never a giant. Frankly I fail to see what trait of Elias apart from horns made you think he is a bies.