The relationship between the Others, humans, and Demon Hunters was far more complicated than a simple three-way battle between opposing factions. The Others and Demon Hunters were absolutely irreconcilable enemies, but with humans—a massive, complex, and unpredictable group—mixed into this endless struggle, the situation naturally became even more complicated. You couldn't expect a race of several billion people to stand united in support of either the Others or the Demon Hunters, much less expect them not to produce a few nonmainstream groups. There would always be people who feared that the world might not fall into chaos soon enough, or that they might not die soon enough. Groups that worshiped demons, Werewolves, or Vampires had existed continuously from ancient times to the present. Just as the Demon Hunters had failed to completely eradicate the Others, humanity's orthodox churches had failed to completely eradicate these heretical organizations. Like their masters, the latter had been forced underground, but they continued to thrive.
Not only had they survived, they had even found entirely new ways to make a living in this new era. They had reorganized into companies, and quite a few were even publicly listed! In the past, what they signed with their dark masters had been called contracts; now, they were called employment agreements. In the past, offering sacrifices had been called worship; now, it was called turning over profits. The incantations recited during worship rituals had once been called spells; now, communicating with their dark masters was called delivering annual work reports. These days, even when a Vampire summoned the humans under its command for a lecture, it did so under the banner of an annual corporate cultural exchange. A few especially reckless ones even invited local reporters to come and take a look...
Of course, the ones who courted