User blog comment:NaiflidG/Relating to Alastair in "On the Head of a Pin" and "Caged Heat"/@comment-5619706-20141114040541/@comment-11331875-20141114043016

Good point. I do tend to think that demons (and angels) have all of the abilities that the same species members below them do, in addition to their own, but as I said to the contributer below, the idea that it's not as cut-and-dried as that is intriguing because of all the variables it brings to the table. What you said about some individual demons having unique powers but not necessarily being stronger than higher-level demons reminds me in particular of the Seven Deadly Sins, who were powerful but obviously not on Azazel's level, since Pride implied that he would've had to obey Azazel and/or Sam if Azazel was still alive to impose and enforce his rules when his army arrived topside.