>>40651297ya, possession is not even close to subtle influence.... they hound you over and over again until almost none of the real person is left, they become a shell, the person silently preserved to some extent but almost entirely gone, having no authority over their body or mind anymore.
Their are very distinct stages of; leading UP TO possession (stuff the demons do to GET you to eventually let them in), and stages OF possession. Its funny; the more dysfunctional the possessed usually, the better the situation, it means the demon needs to harass and assault the person in some way to get them to stop resisting (and of course resisting your possessing demon is good). But ya its not subtle, possession is not subtle....
you find their names by asking, over and over. Its a long story, but, they cant stand being personal, thats why they give you their name, its existentially perfectly painful if you really try and "reach" them; they resist a lot, they will pull off insane distractions, confuse you logically, mess overwhelmingly with your senses, but if you just keep at it and keep commanding them and "stay live" (long story....) they give it. No material things wields any authority whatsoever; no magical phrase, no prayer, really it all comes down to a personal battle, you have to stay yourself and keep trying to "reach" them, commanding them to give the name, and they will give it.
Why does the name matter? they hate being personal, they cant be "reached" personally. They have ONE name which perfectly matches them as a person; not super literally (like, a wind demon wont have the name "gale" or whatever), but in terms of the "vibe" of the word and the feeling it give off culturally.