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Due to its unique and grotesque shape, Ahriman is often mistaken for an art sculpture in the Ballet Twins. As a result, many novice Investigators are left with lifelong trauma when they first encounter an Ahriman... You just passed by a certain "sculpture" when it suddenly moves... And that fearful moment frozen in place is the perfect moment for Ahriman to launch a surprise attack. "Corin, don't be fooled by how it looks... It's no fancy art." "Now, let's clean it up."
اهريمنAhriman is the Middle Persian equivalent of Angra Mainyu (Avestan: 𐬀𐬢𐬭𐬀⸱𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬎Aŋra Mainiiu, "destructive/evil spirit"), the main adversary in Zoroastrian religion and creator of divs, sorcerers and everything else that is evil.
In line with this, the Chinese name of this enemy is 恶灵Èlíng, "Evil Spirit".
In Islamic discourse, Ahriman embodies the absolute evil (the Devil) in contrast to Iblis (Satan), who represents an original noble being still under God's power, and is mostly a stylistic device to refute the idea of absolute evil.