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A succubus (plural succubi) is a type of demoness referenced in various works of fiction.

Literature

• Honoré de Balzac's short story "The Succubus" concerns a 1271 trial of a she-devil succubus in the guise of a woman, who, amongst other things, could use her hair to entangle victims.
• F. Marion Crawford's short story "For the Blood is the Life" (Wandering Ghosts, 1905) is a vampiress tale.
• Charles Williams's 1937 novel Descent into Hell portrays an academic who consciously rejects the potential affections of a real woman in favor of a physically identical but perfectly obedient and pliable succubus.
• Richard Matheson's short story "The likeness of Julie" portrays a teenage succubus named Julie.
• Stephen King's The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger, and the rest of The Dark Tower series, Roland encounters a succubus in a circle of stones while following the man in black. This succubus then later helps an incubus in impregnating Susanna Dean with Roland's child, Mordred, a villain in later books.
• Toni Morrison's Beloved novel's protagonist, Beloved, has been discussed in academic works as a modern use of this theme
• In Orson Scott Card's novel Treasure Box, a witch conjures a succubus who represents the dreams and desires of the protagonist in order to convince him to open a mysterious box.
• The White Court of vampires in Jim Butcher's Dresden Files are described as succubi and incubi. One of these incubi is the major supporting character Thomas Raith.
• Bartimaeus Trilogy, Jonathan Stroud describes a succubus as a kind of demon preferred by male magicians, and also that Mr. Tallow might be the offspring of a magician and a succubus.
• Kenneth Rayner Johnson's 1979 novel, The Succubus, outlines the story of a male afflicted by the incarnation of the demon Lilith.
• Graphic novel Kagetsu Tohya features a succubus named Ren.
• Succubus Blues, a 2007 urban fantasy novel by Richelle Mead, features succubus Georgina Kincaid trying to find a vampire hunter. It is the first in a series centered on Georgina.
• Hell on Earth, a dark paranormal series by Jackie Kessler, stars the succubus Jezebel, who runs away from Hell, hides on Earth as an exotic dancer, and learns the hard way about being mortal.
• Operation Chaos novel by Poul Anderson, the protagonists are visited shortly after being married by a succubus/incubus who changes genders in its attempts to seduce both of them.
• In Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series, the main character, Anita Blake, finds herself becoming a succubus.
• Thomas Middleton's play A Mad World, My Masters, the philandering Master Penitent Brothel is tempted by a succubus assuming the form of his illicit partner, using song and dance in a failed attempt to seduce him.
• Felix Castor series of books (2006-9), by Mike Carey, features a succubus who takes the name Juliet, gives up feeding on men and enters into a lesbian relationship whilst working as an exorcist.
• Eric (1990), by Terry Pratchett (from the Discworld series), has a small reference to succubi in which a demonologist describes how his grandfather spent his entire life trying to summon one only to succeed in conjuring a Neuralger, a female demon that has a headache every night.
• For Love of Evil (1988), by Piers Anthony, succubi, including Lilith, make up the Kingdom of Hell, which reflects Dante's 7 Circles of Hell.

Gaming

Succubi often appear in fantasy fiction and role-playing games as beautiful, scantily-clad women with bat wings. Succubi are prominent in the sexual aspects of fantasy fandoms.

• Dungeons & Dragons, the succubus is a type of tanar'ri demon

Tabletop

• Warhammer 40,000, succubi are squad leaders for Dark Eldar Wych squads, while incubi form the bodyguard of Dark Eldar lords
• A succubus named "Sophie" is the mascot for the tabletop miniatures company Reaper Miniatures

Video games

• Catherine (video game), Catherine, the character for which the game is named, is a succubus and is central to the game's main conflict.
• Darkstalkers has two characters, Morrigan and Lilith, who are succubi and also appear in several other Capcom titles, in particular cross-over fighting games. Lilith is actually a third part of Morrigan's power which takes form itself after being separated for a long time, and since then Lilith is now back to Morrigan but sometimes still retain her shape as a succubus. Although in most games Succubus appears as evil beings, Morrigan is an anti-heroine as she is not evil despite her demonic appearance as a succubus.
• Devil May Cry 3, Dante is almost seduced by, yet manages to fight against, a succubus named Nevan. Her appearance is that of a seductive woman with long red hair covering her breasts, and with her lower body shrouded in bats. Amongst others, her attacking methods include striking her opponent with lightning.
• Diablo, succubi are among Diablo's closest companions. Their appearance has caused some controversy because of their moaning and scant clothing.
• Dragon Age: Origins, the desire demons play the role of the succubus, although they prey on a wider ranges of desires (e.g. wealth, power) and are not just limited to lust
• Drakan: Order of the Flame, succubi is a type of enemy
• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and Castlevania: Lament of Innocence, Scarlet is a succubus who appears as a boss and as one of Dracula's attendants, similar to Carmilla, who also is a boss in Castlevania: Circle of the Moon. Succubi are also recurring minor enemies found throughout the castle in many of the games in the Castlevania series.
• Planescape: Torment, Fall-From-Grace (or "Grace") is a chaste succubus priestess who can join the player's party. A beautiful blonde woman with bat wings, she is the only healer in the game and may be a potential romantic interest for the player's character. Fall-From-Grace is voiced by Jennifer Hale.
• Disciples II, succubus is the highest class available in the Witch upgrade tree for Cultists in the Legions of the Damned. They are capable of transforming an entire enemy party into Imps.
• Star Ocean: Till the End of Time, a succubus appears as a monster in Level 2 at the Maze of Tribulations; her attacks include Charm Person, which causes the chaos status ailment on male party members
• The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, the fourth boss, the "Diabolical Cubus Sisters", seems to stem its name from the last five letters of "succubus". Their nature in the game is quite similar to that of the succubus, enticing Link in saving them so in the end they can steal his lifeforce
• Warrior Kings (RTS), succubus is a unit available to Pagan players through the Henge (which are constructed by the High Priestess). Succubi are able to charm enemy units, thus making them switch to the player's side, possess a unit and make him commit acts of heresy to stop opposing peasants from working, and send enemy units into a rage, where they will attack anyone near them
• Disgaea: Hour of Darkness and Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories (PlayStation 2) and Disgaea DS (Nintendo DS), succubus is a class of demon that has the appearance of a lightly dressed woman with horns and bat wings, much like that of Morrigan Aensland from Darkstalkers; they also have comically large breasts.
• Overlord, succubi are encountered as strong enemies and a particular succubus queen is responsible for the corruption of one of the seven fallen hero antagonists in the game, each of whom embodies one of the seven deadly sins—the sin in this case being lust; they attack by seducing the player's minions, then capturing them, and flying away and killing them one-by-one
• Heroes of Newerth, Succubus is a playable hero whose abilities focus primarily on seducing and mesmerizing opponents. She is depicted as an attractive red devil girl.
• Might and Magic Book One: The Secret of the Inner Sanctum, in the town of Portsmith, where only women live, and male characters are drained of life, a succubus is found in a hidden area
• Heroes of Might and Magic V, Succubus and Succubus Mistress are magic units in the Inferno faction and have red skin, wings, horns, claws, and cloven feet; Succubus Mistress also has fire instead of hair and more intense red skin
• Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, Xana, a being tied to the protagonist Sareth, is later revealed to be a succubus. Also, succubi are mentioned in books found during the game.
• Warlords: Battlecry II, succubi are flying units available to the Daemon race. The daemon's Titan is also a very large blue succubus named Balora (or at least seems to be).
• In the latest games of the Shin Megami Tensei: Persona series, Persona 3 and Persona 4, a persona called Succubus can be created.
• Lost Kingdoms and Lost Kingdoms II, a succubus is one of the monsters the protagonist must fight against and can capture and use via mystic cards. It appears as a thin pale scantily clad woman with batwings
• Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures, succubi is a type of enemy
• Starship Titanic, by Douglas Adams, features a transportation system consisting of robots connected by pneumatic tubes, called the Succ-U-Bus, an ironic pun: the Succ-U-Bus speaks with a deep male voice (voiced by Adams himself), and does not behave at all like a succubus
• Noctropolis, a 1994 DOS computer third-person adventure game by Flashpoint Productions, Inc. and published by Electronic Arts. In the game, the player assumes the role of the character Peter Grey, a lonely bookstore owner who winds up in the world of his favorite comic book. In this game is a character known as The Succubus.
• The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, Succubus is a minor character who is accused of murdering young townsmen. She is presented as a beautiful girl with horns, goat legs and a small tail. The main character may engage in a sexual intercourse with her.

MMORPGS

• City of Heroes and City of Villains, succubi are members of the Circle of Thorns arcane enemy group and appear as red-skinned women with small horns and thigh-high boots. Their powers include Come Hither (confusion), Entrance (hold), Hellish Bolts, and Blackclaw (combat attacks).
• EverQuest II, the necromancer class can summon a succubus, which has red skin, a devil tail, a short skirt, and a tube top; she grows horns when fighting, and is voiced by Susan Boyd
• Gaia Online has an evolving item called Alruna's Rose. This item, upon completion, features a pair of scantily-clad demons named Alruna the Succubus and Anurla the Incubus; the item gained infamy and popularity on the website for the provocative items and poses it yielded each phase
• Mabinogi, Succubi are the boss or bosses in a solo or advance run of the Rabbie Dungeon
• Ragnarok Online, the succubus is a high-level dark attribute monster
• The Matrix Online, Succubi are Merovingian/Exile-affiliated NPCs who have the appearance of a beautiful woman and have a purple, red, or green see-through dress with matching long hair and eye colors
• World Of Warcraft, players who choose the Warlock class can summon a succubus as one of their controllable demons, who is depicted with bat wings, dark hair, pale red skin, hooves instead of feet, and a barbed tail, and whose abilities include "Seduction", a skill which renders humanoid monsters and players immobile
• Vindictus, The succubus is a boss type monster. she wears black clothing and has long black hair and black boots.
• Shaiya, Succubi are female monsters located outside Gliter city. They are not dressed, with pale skin and claws.
• Lineage II,The succubus are winged female monsters, dressed in seductive clothes.They are described as being either low-rank servants of the land dragon Antharas or maids employed by Palibati Queen Themis, a powerful undead located in the Seal of Shilen.

Film

• Necronomicon - Geträumte Sünden (1968), Jess Franco
• La plus longue nuit du diable (The Devil's Nightmare) (1971), Jean Brismée
• Spectre (1977) television film by Gene Roddenberry, the main character Sebastian is lured by a succubus in the opening minutes of the episode
• Species, features the aliens Sil and Eve who were inspired by the legend of the succubus
• Saint Sinner (2002), 19th century monk is sent to the 21st century to retrieve two succubi that he unleashed.
• Succubus: The Demon (2006), a man grieving over the loss of his wife attempts to raise her soul, only to instead summon a succubus
• Succubus: Hell Bent (2007), about the ancient Lilith as she attempts to hunt down the direct descendant of Adam and can only be stopped by the direct descendant of Eve
• Beowulf (2007), Grendel's mother (played by Angelina Jolie) is depicted as a succubus who has children by the kings of Denmark (apparently naturally) who grow up to be monsters of varying kinds who afflict the kingdom
• Jennifer's Body (2009), portrays a teenage cheerleader-turned-succubus who kills the boys in her town
• Splice (2010), centers around a genetically engineered and seductive hybrid, resembling the classical succubus and even going so far as to changing gender, as per an incubus.

Television

• X-Files episode "Avatar", Assistant Director Skinner has troubles with a succubus that he has seen since he served in the Vietnam War
• South Park episode "The Succubus", Chef falls in love with and plans to marry a succubus. The boys defeat her by singing the love theme from The Poseidon Adventure backwards
• In the Masters of Horror episode, Jenifer, a policeman succumbs a succubus-like female who can entrance men in spite of her hideous appearance.
• Charmed episode "She's a Man, Baby, a Man!", Prue becomes a man in order to attract a succubus who is murdering local men. The succubus is portrayed as a beautiful woman with a razor-sharp tongue who sucks all the testosterone out of a mans body. They were previous witches who made a pact with darkness to keep themselves from heartbreak.
• The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest episode "Eclipse", Jonny and Jesse try to save Hadji from a succubus-like creature
• She-Wolf of London episode features a succubus who could cause immediate and extreme aging in her victims
• Hex, the demon Malachi turns the women he has sex with into slaves, which Ella Dee refers to as "succubi"
• Reaper episode "Cancun", Sock falls for a succubus who feeds off human life and whenever she kisses him, he gets a rush of energy but loses a year of his life
• Poltergeist: The Legacy episode 23, "Black Widow", the group encounters a succubus in which is unkillable and develops feelings for the character "Nick"; they are only able to stop it by using enchanted chains that sap her strength and dumping her in a river
• Superboy (TV series) season 1, episode 25 "Succubus" (1989) features a succubus
• The Gates (TV series) (2010) features different mythological and occult creatures, among them succubi
• Ugly Americans (2010) Comedy Central animated series features a succubus main character named Callie Maggotbone
• Lost Girl (TV series) (2010) is a Canadian television series that features a succubus, Bo, as the main character. Bo has to feed on the energy of humans, both female and male, to sustain herself.
• Kolchak: The Night Stalker episode "Demon in Lace", a succubus is the cause of the mysterious deaths of men
• "Metalocalypse" episodes "Klokblocked" and "Black Fire Upon Us" feature Lavona Succuboso, a woman who intends to use a "loin extractor" to extract the semen of Nathan Explosion and use it to impregnate the women in her group Succuboso Explosion, to create a race of warriors that will conquer the world. May or may not be an actual succubus.

Anime

• Viper GTS, H anime, features three succubi who have sex with men in the mortal realm (including each other) in order to steal their souls. Angels in heaven realize the souls stolen by the succubi are not able to reincarnate, so they travel to hell and try to "purify" the female devils with a huge orgy in order to sap them of their sexual strength.
• Rosario + Vampire anime and manga, two of the characters, Kurumu Kurono and her mother Ageha, are both succubi. However, Kurumu is quite innocent as a succubus.
• Darkstalkers (the American cartoon version) features, among its villains, the succubus Morrigan Aensland.
  • Night Warriors OVA, based on the second Darkstalkers game, also features Morrigan Aensland
• Goshusho-sama Ninomiya-kun anime's plot involves a succubus moving in with the protagonist
• In Bleach, in episode 304, Rukia Kuchiki was dressed as a succubus for Halloween.
• Astarotte no Omocha! features the ten-year-old succubus princess Astarotte Ygvar (Lotte). She is the heroine of this series.
• Omamori Himari the character called Ageha.
• Words Worth the character called Delta.

Comics

• Satana, the Marvel Comics character, is a succubus
• Pibgorn webcomic, Drusilla is a succubus dressed in mufti
• Lilim Kiss, Lilim is a succubus
• In the webcomic Sinfest, the major supporting characters Baby Blue and Fuchsia are succubi, working directly for the devil.
• Mark of the Succubus, a world of demons and the main character is a succubus called Maeve
• Hellblazer, John Constantine, star of the DC Comics series, befriends the succubus Chantinelle
• Udon comics created, among other titles, by Capcom a Darkstalkers comic that ran for six issues and a trade paperback. In the comic itself the Succubus Morrigan Aensland plays a large role, her other half Lilith is seen only briefly in the Belial prequel and on the cover of some of the issues. Udon has implied it intends to continue the Darkstalkers comics in the future.
• Darkness Within webcomic stars a succubus named Nicole Richards; Lucia and her mother Lilith are also prominent succubi in the series and Lucia's brother Roger is an incubus
• Demon Candy: Parallel webcomic, the main characters include two succubi, Victoria and Noelle, and an incubus, Jonathan
• Soul Eater, a succubus wearing nothing but an apron appears within the Book of Eibon in the chapter "Lust", where the main cast has their sexes swapped. The succubus is defeated after being seduced herself by the male Blair, who effortlessly blasts the demon away.

Music

• Joey Ramone, lead singer of The Ramones, wrote a song called "Succubus" which was rejected by the band because they did not know what a succubus was
• British band Cradle of Filth have written several songs about succubi
• Norwegian band Dimmu Borgir have a song called "A Succubus In Rapture" on their album Enthrone Darkness Triumphant, which describes this creature
• Cliff Richard's "Devil Woman" tells of one man's bad luck with a beautifully evil woman
• Steely Dan's song "Two Against Nature" includes a description of a succubus, "Madame Arzulie, she come last night, bang you silly but leave a nasty bite"
• The Rolling Stones' song "Dancing With Mr. D" depicts an encounter with a succubus
• The succubus is frequently visually depicted in linear notes and cover arts of Jim Steinman works
• Part 3 of the song "FantasMic" by Nightwish briefly mentions a succubus.
• Utah-based band N!temareTheory claim their name derives from an ancient succubusTemplate:Citation needed
• The indie rock band 9-Volt Tongue had a song in 1997 called "Satan Drives a Thunderbird", in which the lyrics were about a succubusTemplate:Citation needed
• The Grammy and Academy Award winning American hip-hop star, Eminem mentions the word "succubuses" to describe women in the song, "Space Bound." He raps, "Don't ask me why I have no love for these motherfucking hos/Blood sucking succubuses what the fuck is up with this..."
• The song Serpentine from American rock band Disturbed's fifth studio album Asylum is reportedly about a succubus who utilizes her sexuality to seduce men.
• Namibian band Lisava only write songs about the Succubus, Lilith.