In actuality, "daemonblight" is the veiled term invented by the Abbey to refer to the corruption of humans due to malevolence, resulting in daemonic transformation. Malevolence has always existed and turned humans into daemons; however, it was the Opening that allowed for humans to see these daemons, fueling the myth of daemonblight and its sudden appearance in the world. This information is not common knowledge, however, as only high-rank exorcists and malakhim know of this fact; for the latter, the subject is taboo and not meant to spoken of. Eizen comes forward with this revelation when the group returns from Haria, having witnessed an outbreak of daemonblight in the village upon seizing the therion held within the Palamides Temple. In addition, it is later revealed that therions are da