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Originally posted by HotNifeThruButr:
I don't play Spring and Autumn, since it is incredibly limited in unit choices, and I like my high morale imperials, but do demons set off that glaring weakness? Are there only Demons of Heavenly Rivers and Fires or are there more?

As Rabelais mentioned, S&A Celestial Masters fly. They also have two random picks instead of one, with same low price of 250 g. There aren't any other demons, but like Barbarian Kings, S&A can summon dispossessed spirits.

Unlike the default theme, where you need to fight to gain a mage able to summon your Celestials, with S&A's initial gem income (and recruiting one CM and Master of the Dead) alone you can summon your first Demon of the Heavenly Rivers on the second turn, DotH Fires on third, and 15 dispossessed spirits on fourth, if you want. So, their troops may be weaker, but you've got summons a lot earlier.

I must disagree with Rabelais, as I've found Demons of the Heavenly Fires extremely useful. They are flying, so can be deployed fast along your CMs and their armour-piercing attack can kill even Ulm's knights. I've got into a habit of searching my first provinces for magic sites, and immediately when I've got enough income to faciliate monthly castings I've set one CM to summon Fire Demons and one Master of the Dead to summon Dispossessed Spirits monthly. Probably not most efficient way of using resources, but it is nice to have some reserves.

Demons of the Heavenly Rivers, on the other hand, haven't found any place in my armies. To each their own.