The the world of Supernatural demons are by far and away the top spooks! They are the one constant thgourhout the whole evolution from Sam and Dean merely being hunters in the good fight against all manner of monsters to their uber-roles in the whole cosmic apocalypse thing. Of course, like Angels, demons have classes, to which they are not confined, they can be promoted or demoted depending on their behavior in service to hell. And some of them are pretty damn powerful, such as the "yellow eyed demon" that literally is the first monster shown in the series. Typically most demons are a bit like worker bees--and when they take over a person, they are most easily recognized by their pitch black eyes, which they can hide at will most of the time.
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| John, Sam & Dean's Dad, possessed by the Yellow Eyed Demon |
Like angels, demons must inhabit, or possess, a human body in order to manifest in any kind of stable form. They can be exorcised from that body, but not without a great deal of effort, at least for "normal people." Usually the human host doesn't survive long after being exorcised because while the demon has possession of their bodies, the vessel can withstand all kinds of punishment that an ordinary person can't; so when the demon is forced to leave, the body reverts back to non-superpower, normal human mode, injuries and all. When the demon is forced to leave, they can be seen for a very short time as a black smoke before re-entering the hell realm. Sam eventually develops the ability to exorcise demons with his own power--later he is even able to kill them....because, well, he's part demon himself. Supernatural's demons typically must be tricked into a special "glyph circle" that traps them through the power of the magical symbol. Some can be kept out spaces with rock salt.
While most demons have black, or even red eyes (like the crossroads demons that people make deals with for their souls), the yellow eyed demons are of a seriously higher order and much fewer and far between. At least one so-called demon, Lilith, would often take the form of a little girl, had solid white eyes; though it turns out that she is a fallen angel, like Lucifer, so in the greater cosmos of the show, she's not really a demon per se. Demons, even beings as powerful as Lilith can be killed, not merely exorcised. The colt pistol that was found in the possession of vampires had very specialized bullets that would kill demons--the catch, of course was that they only a had a very few of these bullets to use, eventually getting down to just one when they needed it most.
Later the boys come in possession of the special knife/dagger that will kill a demon outright, but like the Colt, it kills the host as well. As mentioned above, Sam is eventually able to kill them at will, although some are easier for him than others. As far as supernatural powers are concerned, the powers that demons can display on earth varies with their rank and power. Among the various things that they can do: pin people against stuff with 'mind power,' toss objects around and at people fighting or trying to stop them, call on or off the fierce hellhounds that claim souls of the willing damned and make "phone calls" back to hell with human blood.
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