Several Walpurgis were effectively just get-togethers where they caught up with each other, and they spent many of them just trying to come up with a cool name for themselves to no avail. The awe-inspiring "Walpurgis Banquet" where the Demon Lords gather together originally began, as Ramiris put it, as tea parties between her, Milim, and Guy where they would just hang out. Not-So-Omniscient Council of Bickering: As Rimuru learns, the Demon Lords mostly tend to their own matters outside of non-aggression pacts.Going even further on the "Demon Lord" point, despite the name, Guy is the only actual “Demon” among the Demon Lords, with the rest of them being a Dragonoid (Milim), a Fallen Angel (Dino), a Vampire (Roy and Luminous), a Harpy (Frey), a Lycanthrope (Carrion), a Deathman (Clayman), a Fairy (Ramiris), a Giant (Dagruel), a former human (Leon), and of course…a slime (Rimuru).The rest of them were either Demon Lord Seeds (Carrion, Frey, Clayman, Roy) or beings that couldn't undergo the evolution in question due to their physiology (Leon is a True Hero rather than a True Demon Lord, Ramiris due to her status as a high-level Spirit affected by Guy and Milim's magical energies, and Dagruel because he's such a pure Holy-aligned being in whom it's impossible for the Demon Seed to take root because its so anathema to his nature) but were still acknowledged for their power. Despite being called "Demon Lords", only four of them (Guy, Milim, Dino, and Luminous) were actually True Demon Lords as acknowledged by the World.When Rimuru joins, Clayman is killed, and Carrion and Frey step down to become Milim's subordinates, they decide to update the name to something closer to accurate to chronicle the start of a new era (and, on Veldora's suggestion, appointed Rimuru to the job because he's good with naming things), as no one was very keen on just calling themselves the "Eight Great Demon Lords". They kept the "Ten Great Demon Lords" name mostly because they got tired of changing it and it just so happened to accurately describe their numbers during this period of time. They themselves had tried giving themselves a name, but every time they agreed on one their numbers ended up shifting and rendering it out-of-date. The title they had at the start of the story, "Ten Great Demon Lords", wasn't actually coined by them but rather the humans. Might Makes Right: While the Demon Lords all have their own agendas and philosophies they live by, their rhetoric during the Walpurgis Banquet devolves down to "survival of the fittest." If one Demon Lord has a bone to pick with another, none of the others would interfere (outside of certain circumstances) since someone not powerful enough to defend themselves aren't worth listening to anyway.While a sufficiently powerful individual can technically declare themselves as a demon lord, they also run the risk of getting the ire of a current demon lord simply based on being arrogant enough to put themselves on the level of the current members. This how Leon Cromwell got to be a member and also how Rimuru attains his place among their ranks. If one of the current members does not approve of this, they may challenge the aspiring being to combat and if the incumbent demon lord is defeated, the aspiring being can now take the vacated spot. Klingon Promotion: In order to ascend to the ranks of the great demon lords, one must be powerful enough to be recognized by at least two of the current members.Carrion and Frey stepping down and becoming Milim's subordinates in effect means their territories are now a part of her jurisdiction. Asskicking Leads to Leadership: They are both the rulers of their respective domains and the most powerful beings in their territories.Originating with the ascensions of Guy Crimson, Milim Nava, and Ramiris, they have long held a strong sway over the world vying for power either openly or secretly with the humans and each other. The Demon Lords are among the feared beings of the setting, considered to be the most powerful and highest-ranking monsters currently existing in the world.
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