People should kind of realize that these 5 (or more) assailants came into a portal dimension hunting a Demon (and ex-member of their gang) fully knowing that he'd have protection.  It'd be all good to dispatch a bunch of punks without a fight, but this has been building up a big and just because your character is X doesn't meant that he or she is so badass that they can or even should kill these NPCs without working at it.<br/><br/>Rev has said we can create a bunch of NPCs of our own to add to the badguy's ranks.  If you're wanting to show a bit of what your character can do (and I know we all do) then make some human scabs to dispatch without blinking an eye and allow Rev's NPCs the respect warranted GM NPCs and not assume they don't have some tricks up their sleeves as well.