Editing Former Mamono Lord

'''Former Mamono Lords''' are those [[Monster Girls|monster]]s who held the top spot before the current [[Succubus]] [[Mamono Lord]]. For all the uncountable ages of the [[Monster Girl Encyclopedia world|world]] except the current one, the Mamono Lords have been grotesque, bloodthirsty horrors commanding hordes of gibbering, flesh-eating monstrosities.

Little is known about ''any'' of the previous Mamono Lords, although there is a little information on the one who was likely the ''first'' mamono lord, a giant apophis large enough to coil around buildings. Historical events during this reign included the defeat of the [[Pharaoh]]s and the breaking of their [[Desert region|desert]] kingdoms. Aside from this, information is very sketchy. Even its ultimate fate isn't specified, although the ''usual'' fate of Mamono Lords is to be slain by [[human]] [[hero]]es sent by the [[Chief God]], and it seems probable that this is what happened to this former Mamono Lord.

"Mamono Lord" isn't just a title given to the strongest monster; there is metaphysical baggage that comes with the job. The Mamono Lord serves as a sort of nexus for the monsters and their [[Mamono Mana|mamono mana]]; "''Fear and respect towards the Mamono Lord is imprinted in [monsters'] instinct. All of the monsters are subordinate to the Mamono Lord, and they know from birth that the Mamono Lord's energy flows within them. In the age of the former Mamono Lords, the Mamono Lord ruled the monsters through terror and fear using its immense power''" <ref>[[Monster_Girl_Encyclopedia_World_Guide_I:_Fallen_Maidens#The_Monsters.27_Hierarchy_and_the_Mamono_Lord|''Fallen Maidens''; The Monsters' Hierarchy and the Mamono Lord]]</ref>. [[Wandering Scholar]] relays the monster's account that the former Mamono Lord - and all its predecessors - were somehow being secretly manipulated by the [[Chief God]]. According to them, when the world was created by the [[original Chief God]], the reason that Mamono Lords were included in the grand design was to maintain the yin-yang balance between the number of humans and the number of monsters. When monsters grew too numerous, the Chief God would empower human heroes; but when the humans grew too numerous, the Chief God would manipulate the Mamono Lord to lay waste to human civilization. Needless to say, [[The Order|Order]] dogma strongly refutes this as grotesque heresy, and maintains that the first Mamono Lord and the monsters "''emerged from the darkness''" <ref>[[Monster_Girl_Encyclopedia_I#The_Truth|''MGE-1''; The Truth]]</ref> contrary to the [[gods]]' plan.

When a Mamono Lord falls, what usually follows is a chaotic and bloody interregnum where the surviving monsters butcher each other in an effort to secure the title for themselves. Since this is the period of time where human civilization generally builds itself back up, the position of Mamono Lord can presumably lie vacant for centuries or millennia. In a departure from the usual course of cyclic history, this ''isn't'' what happened after the former Mamono Lord's destruction. Instead of civil war, the monsters united behind a [[succubus]] to quickly produce a new leader <ref>[[Monster_Girl_Encyclopedia_I#The_Utopia_the_Mamono_Lord_Dreams_Of_.28p230.29|''MGE-1''; The Utopia the Mamono Lord Dreams Of]]</ref>.
==Known Mamono Lords==
*'''Apophis:''' The Mamono Lord responsible for the destruction the [[Desert region|Desert Kingdoms]] in ancient times.
*'''Draco-Mamono Lord Malef:''' The progenitor of [[Malef Dragon|Malef Dragons]].
*'''Tiamat:''' Rumoured to be the mother of monsters, who gave birth to many different species of monsters with very different appearances and characteristics and whose traits has been passed on to the species that are her descendants.
*'''Creator of the cursed swords:''' The Mamono Lord who created the [[Cursed Sword|cursed swords]] many generations ago.

==Book Information==
===[[Monster_Girl_Encyclopedia_World_Guide_I:_Fallen_Maidens#The_Monsters.27_Hierarchy_and_the_Mamono_Lord|The Monsters' Hierarchy and the Mamono Lord (''Fallen Maidens'')]]===

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However, the hierarchical relationships aren't ones of absolute obedience like they were in the age of the former Mamono Lords. As of the present, the hierarchical relationships have become extremely loose. In the age of the former Mamono Lords, lower ranked monsters were practically treated like slaves by the higher ranked monsters, but in the present it's entirely formal during times such as when maintaining a dungeon, capturing men as a group, or battling the forces of the Order. Outside of such situations, they mostly have a basically equal relationship.But even so, organizations such as the Mamono Lord’s army and Sabbath, etc. do definitely observe a hierarchy, but although the monsters respect and love the higher ranked monsters, the lower ranked monsters don't absolutely obey the higher ranked monsters, and the higher ranked monsters don't restrict the lower ranked monsters. 

Especially when it comes to squabbles over human men, rank is meaningless, and they compete equally as individual females for the right to mate first with the male. If lower rank monsters were given orders that interfere with them having sex with men, they would of course express displeasure, and it's also understood that the higher rank monsters should refrain from issuing orders that get in the way of the lower rank monsters having sex with men. In the age of the former Mamono Lords, lower rank monsters would often kill higher rank monsters and steal their positions, but as of the present, since the monsters hierarchical relationships are loose, and they lack a lot of interest in things other than sex, such killing no longer occurs at all.

The “Mamono Lord” who is considered to be an absolute being by the monsters is an exception to the rule of vague, loose hierarchical relationships. She reigns supreme over the monsters. Fear and respect towards the Mamono Lord is imprinted in their instinct. All of the monsters are subordinate to the Mamono Lord, and they know from birth that the Mamono Lord's energy flows within them.

In the age of the former Mamono Lords, the Mamono Lord ruled the monsters through terror and fear using its immense power, but, appropriately for a succubus, the current Mamono Lord rules the monsters by giving them more pleasure and happiness. The current Mamono Lord doesn't bind the monsters through power and laws, but the Mamono Lord and the monsters are linked through mamono mana, and the monsters are strongly influenced by her, so it's possible for them to know her will to a certain degree. Formerly even the Mamono Lord position was decided by monsters killing each other. New Mamono Lords rose to power through rebellions, but the current Mamono Lord prefers pleasure, and doesn't like killing, and because of the way she rules, the monsters of the present have no desire whatsoever to rebel.}}
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