Behemoths (God's Demon)

""Four simultaneous deafening hammer-blows knocked the immense gate inward and the Behemoths lurched forward and over the twisted hinges, entering the vestibule and grinding the front ranks of enemy legionairies underfoot.""

- "God's Demon", by Wayne Douglas Barlowe, page 387

In the book "God's Demon" by Wayne Douglas Barlowe, Hell suffers civil war. With the mysterious absence of Lucifer countless eons ago, Beelzebub, quasi-demon Monster, has ruled Hell ever since. Yet a change is stirring: Sargatanas, hero of the war for Heaven and ruler of the city of Adamantrix, seeks to return to the Heavenly realm, to be redeemed by God. But before he can do that, he must defeat the forces of Beelzebub!

Both sides in the bloodletting make use of Damned souls, who saturate hell and are shaped and resized for various uses, such as building bricks. Sometimes these beings are reformed as mighty beasts of burden, massed together to become munching tanks, or, rarely, become terrible siege beasts, known to all as Behemoths.

Behemoths were once cruel East Asian Emperors, who were turned into mighty war monsters, much larger than the elephants of earth yet retaining the memories and knolwedge of their former lives. Ridden by Demons minor, or lesser demons, these beasts are huge, black, and covered in volcanic armor and rich caparisons. These beasts can trample to death demons. Their chin blades can slice and impale any fallen angel, and their mighty fleshy hammers can smash the lords of Hell to pulp! They can cause mass mayhem and murder on the battlefield, as well as demolish walls and mighty fortifications. Indeed, Seige warfare is what these beings were originally designed for.

In the civil war of Hell, these beings were used to devistating effect, slaughtering much of the forces of dark Beelzebub.