Seven Great Demon Lords

Seven Great Demon Lords (七大魔王) is a collective term for the strongest Demon-type Digimon. Usually, they don't interfere with each other, neither cooperate or become hostile with each other regardless of their interests or disagreements.

They were once high-ranking Angel digimon, especially among beings of goodness. However, they each committed a deadly sin and. When Lucemon instigated a rebellion against God, alongside other Angel digimon that fell, they were deleted to the Dark Area by the Digital World's system (or perhaps the very human that created the Digital World), and being sealed there as punishment, continuing to exist as a deadly sin, a desire that they each pursue, subsequently becoming Demon Lords. Belphemon was sealed in the deepest parts of the Dark Area, and as its power was too immense, its data was put in a by that very same system.

Currently, the Seven Great Demon Lords are the chief nobility of the Dark Area, residing within the heart of that world, the, and each member has the right to command legions of the "Nightmare Soldiers", if they so wish. They are also able to subvert the cycle of reincarnation presided over by Anubimon—instead of having the chance to be reborn, the data of their victims becomes their own flesh and blood. Among the Seven Great Demon Lords, Lucemon: Falldown Mode is said to be the strongest. Some of their members became inmune to the X-Program and were depicted as stronger against Digimon with X-Antibody.

Many of the evil digimon who are transferred to the Dark Area may challenge the Seven Great Demon Lords to gain status and fame, but few have returned alive. For instance, Dark Knightmon X aims for a place among the Seven Great Demon Lords.

Despite their might, however, certain other demonic digimon are powerful enough to stand outside their authority, such as Grand Dracumon, who is so strong that even the Seven Great Demon Lords cannot interfere with him.

In 2007, the Seven Great Demon Lords secretly released the crack program Tempest into the Digital World, that affected the Four Holy Beasts, among other digimon, causing world wide rampage as a consequence that eventually led to the L&R War.

=Members= These are the known members of the Seven Great Demon Lords. There are 7 members in total, each representing one of the. They are all Demon Lord type Digimon (There are also more Demon Lord type Digimon, but only this 7 are mentioned to be members of the Seven Great Demon Lords). (Note: The X Digimon still count as the same Demon Lord).

Crowns
Each of the Seven Great Demon Lords has their own crown (冠, Kanmuri) displayed in one of the seven colors of the visible spectrum of light.

The center of each crown depicts a of one of the, a group of seven mythological entities who, under God, ruled over the 196 provinces of Heaven and presided over the natural world for 490 years each. They are mentioned in works such as  and are each associated with a, which is also displayed on the crown directly above the Olympian Spirit seal, and corresponds to a particular sin.

Within the space between the two concentric circles is text stating a designated Level; this is "666" for all the crown where "666" is the "", a concept mentioned in the Book of Revelation, System; the demon that traditionally represents the respective sin, and Code which identifies a sin associated with the aforementioned demon. At the bottom of the inner circle is text which specifies a caution for a Purgatory Level ranging between 1 and 7.

The structure of the text is in the following format:


 * LEVEL:___ SYSTEM:___ CODE:___ (repeated twice)
 * CAUTION! PURGATORY LEVEL ___

In Digimon Savers: Another Mission, the crowns are displayed on card keys in the following format:

Having the appearance of the dragon of Revelation, it is Lucemon's final form. As was told in the Revelation, it carries the Crowns of the Seven Deadly Sins upon its head, and it holds the globe of darkness, "Gehenna", which absorbs all attacks. Before the all attacks are nullified, and it is said that the world will perish when Lucemon takes this form. However, Lucemon's true form (Lucemon Larva) exists within the, and Satan Mode is no more than Lucemon's reflection. Therefore, no matter how many times Satan Mode is attacked, those attacks will not reach the true form, Lucemon Larva. Its Special Moves are a flame of destruction which purifies everything (Purgatory ), and a light of annihilation fired from the seven Crowns.

Ogudomon, also known as the Super Demon Lord of Atonement (贖罪の超魔王, Shokuzai no Chō Maō), is a grotesque Super Demon Lord who has seven legs and eyes, as well as an eighth eye. As it includes the whole of the Digital World's sins, and is a mysterious personification with the ability to atone for them all, the power of a Digimon with even a small amount of malice is counterbalanced, and it is impossible for it to defeat Ogudomon. Its Special Moves are running wild while lustful, and a shock-wave which is played from its oral-area. Also, it pulverizes its opponent with its enormous legs.

Like Lucemon: Satan Mode, it carries the Crowns of the Seven Deadly Sins upon its head.

Gate of Deadly Sins
Although very little is known about it, the seven crowns are also engraved on the Gate of Deadly Sins.

Tower of the Seven Deadly Sins
The Towers of the Seven Deadly Sins are mysterious buildings.

In Digimon Collectors they begin appearing across the Digital World and they attract Digimon exhibiting their respective sin, as well as the Protagonist, who is sent to investigate them by the Royal Knights. Although the protagonist defeats the Great Demon Lords lurking within each tower, this only serves to bring about the manifestation of Ogudomon's tower, as well as the Super Demon Lord itself.

In Digimon World -next 0rder- International Edition the Seven Great Demon Lords each create one of the Towers whilst living in the Dark Area, however they are absorbed by the Grudgeful Hand, after which it destroys the Dark Area.

Ogudomon's Swords
Ogudomon has seven swords stuck in its body, said to contain the abilities of the Seven Great Demon Lords.

Each sword is inspired by the physical appearance of each of the Demon Lords, and features the crown of their respective sin floating above it, while embedded in Ogudomon's legs.

In Digimon Chronicle X, the Seven Diablomon X serving Lucemon X were able to summon Ogudomon's swords after absorbing the Seven Great Demon Lords, in their X-Antibody forms, and using them in their battle against the Royal Knights.

The Lucemon: Falldown Mode card, Bo-137t, which is based on the anime character, states that the Lucemon of Frontier was a member of the Seven Great Demon Lords.

Belphemon, along with the other great demon lords, almost brought ruin to the Digital World long time ago. However, he was sealed deep inside an ancient ruin in the Digital World. Professor Akihiro Kurata found his Digitama and brought it to the real world at some point of time. He nurtured the Digitama that eventually hatched into Belphemon Sleep Mode. Kurata's plan was to use Belphemon as his ultimate weapon for both Digital World and Human World domination.

The group is mentioned by Ulforce V-dramon as a powerful Demon Lord-class group of Digimon. In his story, Ulforce V-dramon explains that the Royal Knights confused Homeostasis prophecy of the "Red and Blue Dragon" that will destroy the world with Leviamon and Belphemon. Ulforce V-dramon also mentions that the rest of the Demon Lords, except for Lilithmon, didn't wanted to get involved in the war and maintain a neutral position. It is highly implied that Lucemon and Bagramon had a raw at some point in an attempt to defend their respective very opposite positions.

The Seven Great Demon Lords all decided they wanted the X-Antibody for themselves, so take advantage of Grand Dracumon's plan to defeat Digimon and send them to the Dark Area.

As they are the incarnation of the sins, the Seven Great Demon Lords will exist while the sins still exist.

The Seven Great Demon Lords appear as a collectable card set.

<!-- シスタモン大暴走！？デジタマパニック！！The Great Sistermon Rampage!? DigiTama Panic!! ：LordKnightmon delivers a mysterious DigiTama to Cherubimon, the Sistermon show up to help, just as strange Digimon are attracted by the egg. They escape, and the Sistermon resolve to care for the egg, as LordKnightmon observes from afar, stating that this is a good turn of events.

最凶のデジモン！アルカディモン誕生！！The Most Wicked Digimon! Arkadimon's Birth!! The Sistermon and Hackmon continue to care for the Digitama, which has mysteriously blackened. However, when the egg hatches, its Baby Digimon suddenly vanishes, and Dynasmon appears to request their help in looking for it.

最凶のデジモン！アルカディモン誕生！！The Most Wicked Digimon! Arkadimon's Birth!! They track the baby down and find that it has evolved to Arkadimon Perfect, which is evolving to Arkadimon Ultimate as they watch. It flees again, and they follow it to a strange tower. LordKnightmon　and UlforceVeedramon arrive, and inform them that this is the "Tower of the Seven Deadly Sins" which Yggdrasill had been looking for, and Arkadimon had somehow been responsible for an attack that sealed the power of Magnamon, Duftmon, Examon, UlforceVeedramon, and LordKnightmon.

七大罪の塔　－暗黒の女神編－The Tower of the Seven Deadly Sins ~The Goddess of Darkness Chapter~ The Tower of the Seven Deadly　Sins reappears, and a request is sent to Tamers around the country. Lilithmon is found within it. She is defeated, but seems...satisfied. Afterward, Alphamon, who was trapped within, appears to thank them for freeing him.

七大罪の塔　－黄金の古狐編－The Tower of the Seven Deadly Sins ~The Schemer of Gold Chapter~ The Tower of the Seven Deadly Sins reappears in a volcanic area, and a request is sent to Tamers around the country. Barbamon is found within it. He is defeated, but seems...satisfied.

援軍の武者竜　－オウリュウモン－Reinforcement Warrior Dragon ~Ouryumon~ Ouryumon appears, with information about the Tower and a promise to fight alongside the protagonist in the future. Then the tower reappears on a cliffside!

七大罪の塔　－目覚めの咆哮編－The Tower of the Seven Deadly Sins ~The Roar of Awakening Chapter~ The Tower of the Seven Deadly Sins reappears on a remote cliffside, and a request is sent to Tamers around the country. Belphemon is found within it. He is defeated, but seems...satisfied.

七大罪の塔　－消失の楽園編－The Tower of the Seven Deadly Sins ~The Paradise of Loss Chapter~ The Tower of the Seven Deadly Sins reappears on an idyllic countryside, and a request is sent to Tamers around the country. Lucemon is found within it. He is defeated, but seems...satisfied.

七大罪の塔　－絶望の深淵編－The Tower of the Seven Deadly Sins ~The Abyss of Despair Chapter~ The Tower of the Seven Deadly Sins reappears from beneath the turbulent sea, and a request is sent to Tamers around the country. Leviamon is found within it. He is defeated, but seems...satisfied.

七大罪の塔　－混沌の業火編－The Tower of the Seven Deadly Sins ~The Hellfire of Chaos Chapter~ The Tower of the Seven Deadly Sins reappears on top of a great mountain, and a request is sent to Tamers around the country. Demon is found within it. He is defeated, but seems...satisfied.

七大罪の塔　－最後の決闘者編－The Tower of the Seven Deadly Sins ~The Duelist of Finality Chapter~ The Tower of the Seven Deadly Sins reappears in the wilderness, and a request is sent to Tamers around the country. Beelzebumon is found within it. He is defeated, but seems...satisfied.

七大罪之塔　－贖罪の超魔王編－The Tower of the Seven Deadly Sins ~The Super Demon Lord of Atonement Chapter~ All Seven Great Demon Lords have been captured, but the world has not regained peace -- an aura of negativity still fills the Digital World. Suddenly, a great roar fills the air, and the Royal Knights realize that the various appearances of the Tower of the Seven Deadly Sins were bait to attract the sinful and lure Ogudomon back to the world. Hackmon and the Sistemon arrive at the tower too late, as Ogudomon has revived. Gankoomon shows up to inform them that Hackmon's hidden power is the only thing that can defeat Ogudomon, against Omegamon's objections. Apparently, Yggdrasill ordered Hackmon not to fight, or the Royal Knights to not fight Ogudomon, or something? Unclear. Anyway, Hackmon evolves to Bao Hackmon, rips apart Ogudomon, and the Royal Knights reminisce that sometimes even Yggdrasill can be wrong.

Ogudomon manifested through the accumulated darkness of the sins that were being collected by each tower -- Digimon/humans consumed by Pride were drawn to the Pride tower, etc. The SGDL were a byproduct of that process, since they're basically composed of the deleted data of sinful Digimon. In the scene introducing Ogudomon, they mention that the SGDL were mere distractions after all. -->

The "Towers of the Seven Deadly Sins" that appear alongside the Digital World after Arkadimon is defeated start to collect the essence of all sins, as a prelude to the advent of Ogudomon. Yggdrasil sent Ogudomon as a way to find superior beings that could defeat it, otherwise the whole world would collapse. The Royal Knights are unable to do anything against Ogudomon, due to in their words "the meaning of Justice can mean some evil depending on the interpretation", casting doubts on Yggdrasill's own judgement itself.

According to Mikagura Mirei, the Seven Great Demon Lords are multiversal constants, they exist throughout the entire multiverse, and all we see in the franchise are just fractions of the original Demon Lord. They exist in all the parallel universes because of the power they possess. The will of the universe couldn't allow such extraordinary powerful beings to exist, so they were dispersed across the multiverse in order to weaken their powers. It's a kind of seal, and by existing in each world, their power is dispersed. This phenomenon is described as a "providence of the universe", a system that isn't maintained by anyone and simply naturally works.The official English localization of the game explains this as each Demon Lords dividing their existence as a method of self-protection. These fractions are connected with each other and when an avatar is defeated their powers are sent to all other avatars through the Multiverse. No matter how many times they are defeated, they will always return as long as there are sins.

One of the problems of defeating one of its members is that the one who tries to face one of the Seven Great Demon Lords is committing a "sin" and soon after the fight against the Seven Great Demon Lord the one that faced them will be punished by the Digital World's system to suffer "karma" under certain circumstances. It is also said that they are above all the magic Digimon being the highest of the high.

In "Dragon's Land Chapter 1: The Key of the Dragon Stream" in Digimon Linkz, Volcanicdramon transforms the Seven Great Demon Lords into mutants that hold the Key Code, the clues to restores the Digital World. Along with Hina, the Player challenge the seven demons to gather the Key Codes. After collecting the seven Key Codes from each Demon Lord, Hina talks to the player. She says that they have gathered all the key codes but an error occurs and the program cannot be started unless using the IP of the administrator. Surprisingly, that IP matched to Volcanicdramon!

Members
The Seven Great Demon Lords are listed here in order of ascending Purgatory Level. This ordering is a reference to "the levels/terraces of purgatory" mentioned in the epic poem,  by. In the poem, each level represented a different one of the seven deadly sins and presented ways to atone for each sin. As a person progressed, they would eventually make it to the top of the "", reaching. The structure of the "Mountain of Purgatory" analogous to the Seven Great Demon Lords' Purgatory Levels is the following:

Trivia

 * Each one of the Seven Great Demon Lords represent one of the and are based on seven demons from Judeo-Christian mythology, a reference to 's, as well as incorporating elements from and references to the epic poem ' by , and ' (Clavicula Salomonis Regis).
 * In the Digimon Card Game, the Gate of Deadly Sins「大罪の門 Daizai no Mon」can be seen in the background of the card EX2-044.