"We're more of the love, blood, and rhetoric school. Well, we can do you blood and love without the rhetoric, and we can do you blood and rhetoric without the love, and we can do you all three concurrent or consecutive. But we can't give you love and rhetoric without the blood. Blood is compulsory. They're all blood, you see." ― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
"We're more of the love, blood, and rhetoric school. Well, we can do you blood and love without the rhetoric, and we can do you blood and rhetoric without the love, and we can do you all three concurrent or consecutive. But we can't give you love and rhetoric without the blood. Blood is compulsory. They're all blood, you see." ― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
In the original old lore of wow the dreadlords were stated to be one of the few truly demonic species.
However a lot of retcons later blizzard changed it all and now god knows what is true...
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I don't think there is an original demonic race.
Personally I think every single demon we see used to be something non-demonic on their home planet until somehow it got infused with massive amounts of Fel energy.
Maybe the Twisting Nether were expanding. Maybe it sucked in physical planes somehow, idk.
It would make sense as we saw how literally anything can be turned into a demon after consuming enough fel.
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There are demonic races and then there are individuals and/or entire populations that can become demonic.
It's both. There are born demons and converted demons.
I think the evidence, albeit circumstantial, is heavily weighted in the direction as well. But until conclusively proven to be internally true, I think it better to not rewrite the known history of an entire species on what is at least currently an article of hearsay.
"We're more of the love, blood, and rhetoric school. Well, we can do you blood and love without the rhetoric, and we can do you blood and rhetoric without the love, and we can do you all three concurrent or consecutive. But we can't give you love and rhetoric without the blood. Blood is compulsory. They're all blood, you see." ― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead