Marduk Kurios

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== Summary ==
Satan, true name Marduk Kurios, though he has gone by many others, is a powerful demon who rules over the underworld as one of the Lords of Hell. While it is unknown whether he truly is the angel cast down from Heaven by God long ago or just the most powerful of the many pretenders to that name, what is certain is that Satan has often attempted to gather more power and conquer the entirety of both Hell and Earth, sometimes seeing his attempts foiled by his two half-human children, Daimon and Satana Hellstrom. 
== Powers and Stats ==
Tier: , from up to , for the final host | . At least , up to . in Hell
Key: Undead Hosts | Satan
Name: Marduk Kurios (True name), Satan, Lucifer, The Morningstar, Lord of the Pit, Prince of Darkness, The Devil, Baphomet, The Black Halo and an innumerable amount of other names
Origin: Marvel Comics
Gender: Varies between hosts | Male
Age: Varies | At least millennia
Classification: Demon, Hell Lord
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|-|Undead Hosts=Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Hive Mind (Type 2), Basic Magic, Hellfire, & Demonic Magic, Transformation (All hosts can conceal their demonic identity and appear humanGhost Rider Vol 6 Ch 2), Possession (The remains of Satan's soul possessed random corpsesGhost Rider Vol 6 Ch 4), Absorption and Empowerment (Every time one of the 666 hosts dies its power goes back to the others, making each a bit stronger), limited Extrasensory Perception (Each host can vaguely sense the presence of other onesGhost Rider Vol 6 Ch 17), Illusion Creation (Had an illusory Lucifer appear in front of Ghost RiderGhost Rider Vol 6 Ch 5), Immortality (Type 2, One host survived being impaled by a burning crossGhost Rider Vol 6 Ch 7, while another one was unaffected by a hole in his chest and heavy burnsGhost Rider Vol 6 Ch 12), Soul Manipulation (Able to take people's souls when making a dealGhost Rider Vol 6 Ch 9), Explosion Manipulation (The Headless Horseman host could make its head explode), Damage Reduction (The Headless Horseman host wore body armor meant to reduce impacts), Flight (The same host had a device able to fly and carry him. When there were only two hosts left, they could sprout wingsGhost Rider Vol 6 Ch 19), Necromancy (Can resurrect the dead), Weapon Mastery (Able to throw improbable objects in a lethal way, such as pool cues or glass shardsGhost Rider Vol 6 Annual 1), Fire Manipulation (Can spit fireGhost Rider Vol 6 Ch 14), Resistance to Basic Magic, Hellfire, & Demonic Magic
, all of Satan's abilities for the final host
|-|Satan= All previous abilities to a much greater degree minus Hive Mind and Absorption/Empowerment, Basic Magic and Hell-Lord Physiology/Magic, Immortality (Type 1 and 4. Hell Lords are able to resurrect in a short period of timeX-Factor Vol 1 Ch 252, as many of them have shownThunderbolts Annual 2000. They are also all millennia old), Invisibility (Can become invisibleStrange Tales Vol 1 Ch 11), Fire Manipulation, Temperature Manipulation, Sealing and Soul Manipulation (All members of the Hellstrom family can use the soulfire more commonly associated with DaimonLegion of Monsters: Satana), Time Travel (Soulfire can be used to travel through timeMarvel Spotlight Vol 1 Ch 16), Earth Manipulation (Caused an earthquakeMarvel Spotlight Vol 1 Ch 12), Possession and Soul Manipulation (Possessed Linda Littletrees by taking her soulGhost Rider Vol 2 Ch 3), Size Manipulation (Can appear much larger than usualMarvel Spotlight Vol 1 Ch 13), Likely Summoning (Can summon his minions anywhere), Transformation (Transformed into a beautiful man to seduce Daimon Hellstrom's mother), Telepathy (Made his voice heard to Daimon on Earth), Teleportation (Teleported Daimon from hell to his room), Dream Manipulation (Affected Daimon's nightmares, tricking him into accepting a pactMarvel Spotlight Vol 1 Ch 15), Illusion Creation (Appeared in a mirror, only to his son and not the woman besides him), Soul Manipulation (Fused Son of Satan's two personalities), Avatar Creation (Has appeared in various incarnations, such as Baphomet the goat demon. These avatars can be killed but Satan's true self will not be harmed. Stated he had an innumerable amount of faces and incarnationsDefenders Vol 1 Ch 105), Abstract Existence (Type 2. Satan is a manifestation of the evil in man's heart, a physical projection of mankind's collective unconsciousnessDefenders Vol 1 Ch 111), Corruption (Corrupted Hellcat into his demonic servantDefenders Vol 1 Ch 100), Disease Manipulation (Killed Hellstorm's grandparents with cancerHellstorm: Prince of Lies Vol 1 Ch 2), Madness Manipulation (Drove Hellcat to insanity with just a glimpse of his true formHellstorm: Prince of Lies Vol 1 Ch 9), Regeneration (Likely Low-Mid or Mid. Should at least share his son's regenerative abilities), Regeneration Nullification (At least Low-Mid, likely Mid. Should be superior to his son's Regeneration Negation. Owns the Soulcutter, a weapon that could easily negate Wolverine's healing factorWolverine Vol 4 Ch 3, although the latter's regeneration was weakened in HellWolverine Vol 4 Ch 2), Resistance to Fire Manipulation, Soul Manipulation and Sealing (Even Satan's avatars, which are much weaker than his normal self, are immune to Daimon Hellstrom's soulfire), as well as Basic Magic and All the powers of other Hell-Lords
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Attack Potency: Varies (Each host gets stronger as the remaining ones die. Even after only a few died, the remaining ones could already fight Base Ghost Rider) from Street level (More powerful hosts had attack potency comparable to durability, which should apply to weaker ones as well) to Galaxy level (The final few hosts could injure a full powered Ghost Rider or snap his chainsGhost Rider Vol 6 Ch 18), High Hyperverse level for the final host (When the other 665 hosts are killed the final one will allow Lucifer to bypass the restriction that prevents him from using his true powers on Earth) | Varies. At least Galaxy level, up to High Hyperverse level (Easily defeated Daimon Hellstrom. Much stronger than any of his normal hosts, was the source of Hell Lord Daimon Hellstrom's powers. Should be comparable to other Hell Lords outside of Hell like he is in it), High Hyperverse level in Hell (Was the source of Hell Lord Daimon Hellstrom's powers. Hell Lords are able to wage wars on even grounds with each otherX-Factor Vol 1 Ch 251, which would put Marduk on the level of Mephisto or Satannish among many others. Hell Lords share a level of existenceSilver Surfer Rebirth: Legacy Vol. 1 #5, March 2024 with their realmsHellstorm: Prince of Lies Vol. 1 #2, May 1993, with netherworlds being pan-dimensional realitiesThunderbolts 2000 Vol. 1 #1, May 2000 infinitely transcendent of the universeDoctor Strange and Doctor Doom: Triumph and Torment Vol. 1 #1, July 1989.)
Speed: Varies from Unknown to Massively FTL+ (Kept up with a full powered Ghost Rider), Massively FTL+ for the final host | Massively FTL+ (Much superior to before, comparable to Mephisto. Easily defeated Daimon Hellstrom)
Lifting Strength: Varies from Unknown to Superhuman, likely Stellar, up to Infinite for the final host | Stellar, up to Infinite (Should be superior to his son Daimon and Comparable to other Hell lords), Immeasurable in Hell (Hell-Lord are Higher Dimensional beings within their realms and Hell Lords shareSilver Surfer Rebirth: Legacy Vol. 1 #5, March 2024 a level of existenceSilver Surfer Vol 3 #100, January 1995 with their realmsHellstorm: Prince of Lies Vol. 1 #2, May 1993, with netherworlds being pan-dimensional realitiesThunderbolts 2000 Vol. 1 #1, May 2000 infinitely transcendent Doctor Strange and Doctor Doom: Triumph and Torment Vol. 1 #1, July 1989 of the universe) 
Striking Strength: Varies from Street level to Galaxy level, High Hyperverse level for the final host | Varies. At least Galaxy level, up to High Hyperverse level, High Hyperverse level in Hell
Durability: Varies from Street level (The first host Ghost Rider met survived being punched through a window and several meters awayGhost Rider Vol 6 Ch 1) to Galaxy level, High Hyperverse level for the final host | Varies. At least Galaxy level, up to High Hyperverse level, High Hyperverse level in Hell
Stamina: Superhuman. Even a cross through the stomach couldn't kill one of the hosts even though not many of them had been killed then. | Higher than before, likely Infinite in Hell (His son, who has access to a much smaller portion of Hell, stated that in his own realm, he could literally fight forever, before confirming that he'd be just fine after years of fightingMarvel Divas Vol 1 Ch 4) 
Range: Up to Tens of Meters with Fire Manipulation | Varies through Size Manipulation, likely at least Tens of Kilometers with soulfire (His son, who is much weaker, could project his soulfire all over New YorkHellstorm: Prince of Lies Vol 1 Ch 8), High Hyperversal with various abilities in Hell 
Intelligence: Likely Genius. Known as the Prince of Lies Together, Satan is a skilled manipulator, always setting up the perfect situation to force whoever his target is into a situation where they will accept a deal with the devil. Came up with a strategy to sidestep his inability to properly manifest on Earth using his enemy's abilities. With Mephisto, once came up with a devious plan to conquer Earth, manipulating Dr. Strange alongside many other superheroes and ultimately only failing because of his feelings for his own son. 
Standard Equipment: Varies | None notable 
Weaknesses: Satan cannot have the hosts kill themselves to strengthen the remaining ones, as that would send those souls back to Hell. It's possible that not all abilities are available to the hosts before some of them are killed. The hosts can be knocked out or even left brain-dead, which prevents the others from getting their power as they are not actually dead. They also each have their own individuality and will conspire against each other to attempt to be the final host | Cannot manifest his true power on Earth 
Notes:
* Before making any changes to this page, please read the Power-scaling Rules for Marvel and DC Comics.
* Note that as many demons have laid claim to the name of Satan/Lucifer, not all appearances of Satan-named demons should be attributed to Marduk Kurios by default.
* It was determined that Marduk Kurios and the Lucifer that appears in Ghost Rider Volume 6 are likely to be the same being in this Content Revision Thread.
* While Satan was originally the being to have turned Johnny Blaze into the Ghost Rider, it was later retconned to be Mephisto.
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