Demon Kid

The Demon Child is a potential party member in Fear & Hunger.

Attributes
The Demon Child does not start with any equipment. They can only wield The Dagger (+5 Attack) or the Skeletal Arm (+20 Attack), and can only wear leather body armor. Their combat capabilities are identical to those of the Girl, in that they can be controlled in battle and use these weak weapons.

The Demon Child can also be sacrificed the same way The Girl can, willingly being killed at a ritual circle, fed to The Human Hydra, or sold to Pocketcat. This is useful for players who want to use these options to advance with a more disposable party member.

Recruiting the Demon Child
The Demon Child can be 'birthed' by using the Sylvian spell Demon Seed on a corpse. This will give the player a baby demon companion, who will grow at a supernatural pace until the game informs the player that the child is large enough to assist them in fights and allows them to name the child.

The Demon Child can be spawned again if the player uses them for a Sacrifice, although Pocketcat will not accept a second Demon Child.

Lore
The ability to create a child by mating with a corpse is mentioned in Blood & Flower magic I.

"'I know of the 1st secret of Sylvian: If I sprinkle my seed inside the womb of a freshly deceased, the life that is left lingering in that corpse will sprout a son in my name. A son that will a life of violence.' -Blood & Flower magic I." Sylvian's flower magic is an expression of Sylvian's intense, twisted love for mankind. The ability to create life using the remaining life in a corpse is in alignment with this, but the child's violent tendencies are not.

Trivia

 * The Demon Child's horn eyes resemble the horn eyes of the Night Lurch, a malformed creature that used to be a violent rapist.