Fiend: Noun - a. Devil b. Demon c. a person of great wickedness or maliciousness (but the secondary meaning approximates fanatic or - fan!)
And the word lends itself in adjective form to "fiendish". A most delectable word for creating an image of a most horrible character.
According to Webster's 9th Collegiate: 1. perversely diaboloical and, in a less intense definition, 2. extremely cruel or wicked.
For example:
And when one is a fiend, one tends to have helpers in one's fiendish endeavors. Rather than "helper" of course (such a benign and generic word) or "assistant" (too clinical), I prefer the word:
MINION - a servile dependent.
And isn't "servile" too perfect?
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