Baal

Baal, also called Bael or Zekram Bael, is one of 72 demons summoned by King Solomon and ranked first of the Ars Goetia. He is the progenitor of the 72 Pillars' Bael Clan of pureblood devils.
==Overview==
According to the Grand Grimoire, Baal (or Bael) is the head of the infernal powers. He is also the first demon listed in Wierus' Pseudomonarchia daemonum. According to Wierus, Bael is the first king of Hell with estates in the east. He has three heads: a toad, a man, and a cat. He also speaks in a raucous, but well-formed voice, and commands 66 legions.
Bael teaches the art of invisibility, and may be the equivalent of Baal or Baalzebub, one of the Seven princes of Hell.
==Appearance==
Baal appears as a roguishly handsome old man who radiates an aura of strong dignity and nobility. His eyes are described as peaceful and are a royal-purple color. His silver-and-black hair is slicked-back hair and reaches his waist in terms of length, and he also keeps a short beard. His voice is described as hoarse and authoritative.
He wears a noble attire in shades of purple lined with gold, dragging behind his back is a velvet cape imprinted with his demonic sigil in glittering gold. He also wears a crown in the shape of an arachnid, embedded on it are the heads of a human, a cat, and a toad.
Like other demons, he lost his wings to Michael when the Celestial Prince tore them out after banishing them into Hell. As such, he replaces his original five pairs of feathered wings with bat-like ones formed of purple-colored destructive energy. His eyes were also plucked out by Michael, and his current ones are illusions placed on top of his hollowed eye sockets that bleed viscous black blood without control.
==Personality==
Baal is known as a strange and complicated figure in the devil nobility. His characteristics are unbefitting to that of his status as the first of the Ars Goetia, as he can easily become angered by actions of those who are evil, but also enjoys laughing over the mistakes and failure of do-gooders. He considered himself as a "Chaotic・Neutral" figure, with heavy emphasis on the "chaotic" part.
Despite his age and power, he has a relaxed and fun-loving side to him. He likes to tease his descendants for their actions and often pick petty fights between them just for his own amusement. He's also a not-so-secretive pervert, having hundreds of consorts throughout history, and a legendary collection of the most infamous and depraved pornography in the Netherworld.
He takes great pride in his house and their Housecarl, and although he does take great importance in traditional teachings and values of high-class nobility, he sees his descendants' beliefs in blood purity as nothing but ignorance and expresses disappointment in the supremacists within his bloodline.
While being known as having officially retired, he's still an extremely influential figure within the Netherworld's politics, basically acting as the power behind the throne of the Great King Faction, the largest and most powerful faction of pureblood supremacists. However, according to him, this is due to his sense of duty as he knows his descendants would lead them to ruins had he not taken over.
And true to his words, he is an extremely dutiful and responsible man, greatly opposed his regular demeanors, and weighs the needs of many over the needs of a few. He has no problem sacrificing people for the sake of his realm, and would gladly place the blame onto himself if it means his people are spared. As he once admitted to Issei, nobody has any idea how much blood he had sacrificed for the Netherworld's sake and the devil-kind's survival.
==History==
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==Powers & Abilities==
===Abilities===
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===Powers===
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==Equipment==
: Baal wields an ornate demonic sword in the form of a shamshir, created by devils of the Mulciber Clan. He can imbue the sword with his infernal energy so its blade can be infused with his Power of Destruction, allowing him to create slashes of destructive energy capable of disintegrating anything they hit.
==Quotes==
==Trivia==
*Back in Heaven, Baal once ranked as a Cherub.
*The name "Baal" means "lord, master, or husband" in Northwest Semitic languages.
*Baal can only be summoned during nighttime from March 21st – March 30th.
*Baal's favorite colors are black and gold.
*Baal favors frankincense over all other kinds of incense.
*While he's older than the stars that made up Aries combined, Baal claims he is "spiritually an Aries".
*In demonology, Baal is said to be the demon who grants his invoker invisibility, popularity, and knowledge of scientific subjects.
*Baal was the one who started the rumors of the current Four Great Satans being ten times stronger than the original Satans, both as a way to boost the Anti-Satan Faction's morale during the Devil Civil War and as petty vengeance against the original Satans.
*During the English Reformation, the word "Baal" and derived epithets like "Baalist" were used as slurs for the saints and their devotees, much to Baal's personal amusement.
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