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'''"Demon"''' is the [[Covenant]] name for all [[Spartans]]<ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]], page 243, "Voro strained to isolate the human word for demons from their objectionable speech... ''Spartans''".</ref><ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]], page 349, "They would take no chances with these human demons, these 'Spartans' ".</ref><ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]], page 372 - "The Fleet Master Elite snarled at Kurt, and the translation filtered through his helmet's speaker: 'One last fight demon' ".</ref>, but is most commonly used in reference to [[John-117]]. This is primarily due to the fact that the Covenant fear the Spartans, because of their ability to destroy hundreds or thousands of Covenant soldiers. They particularly fear the Master Chief because of his destruction of [[Alpha Halo]], and other [[Forerunner]] artifacts. Because they treat these as relics and the Forerunners as gods, it is possible they see the [[Master Chief]] as the opposite, a demon.

Demon could possibly mean a particularly powerful foe, and they might call Spartans "demons" because they rarely ever die, comparing to a demon's immortality and are bringers of great destruction and defeat ([[Master Chief]] and [[Installation 04]]). This is supported in [[Halo 3: ODST]] where enemy [[Unggoy|Grunts]] refer to the player, who plays as an [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper|ODST]], as a "demon". Also, a demon's immortality could be part of the [[UNSC]] myth of how Spartans never die, they only go [[MIA]]&nbsp;or WIA.