Well, first item on the list is to get a Simulacrum, seeing how eager my fellow board members are willing to toss me to the metaphorical wolves. (Damn, but you guys want that update bad.)
Avatar is an Iron Lich from the old computer games, Heretic.
And yes, the title is a joke about demi as in half. Those things were positively huge! Giant disembodied heads mustering all four elements against the poor player... It was fun! (Especially their whirlwinds)