Div-e Sepid (دیو سپید)

The White Demon. Not just any demon, but the overachiever of Mazandaran. Strong, terrifying, and apparently very committed to making bad situations worse.

Key Kavus, Shah of Iran and part-time enthusiast of terrible decisions, decides it’s a great idea to invade Mazandaran. You know, the literal land of demons. What could possibly go wrong? Predictably, everything.

Enter Div-e Sepid. He captures Key Kavus, his commanders, and the elite soldiers who were probably rethinking their career choices mid-battle. Then, just to really drive the point home, he blinds them with sorcery and throws them into a dark dungeon. Because simple imprisonment is for amateurs.

So there they are: a king, his army, all sitting in magical darkness, likely wondering how this escalated so quickly from “bold campaign” to “complete disaster.”

Eventually, Div-e Sepid gets defeated by Rostam, who — because normal solutions are boring — uses the demon’s blood to restore Key Kavus’s sight. Medicine, but make it unsettling.

Div-e Sepid, by the way, has a son named Shabrang. Which is either a touching detail about demon family life or just proof that even embodiments of chaos have a domestic side.