Satan

Satan is a demon whose first appearance in Obey Me!'s Main Story and Nightbringer's Main Story was in Lesson 1-2. He has six brothers, and as the fourth-most powerful of the seven, he holds the title of "fourth-born." He also possesses the title "Avatar of Wrath" and is a representative of that sin. As one of the main characters in both Obey Me! and Nightbringer, he is included in both games' Intimacy system.
== Appearance ==
Satan has layered, blond hair with a part in the middle. His skin is pale, and his eyes are a gradient of teal green and lemon yellow. Like his siblings, he has painted nails, his being kelly green in color. His appearance is in some ways the polar opposite of Lucifer's, such as his light-colored hair while Lucifer's is dark, and a common pose that Satan takes when standing is a mirrored version of Lucifer's. Satan and Mammon and are the only brothers whose final design was not changed after their original concept arts.
As seen in the official height chart, Satan is the third-tallest of the seven brothers, only somewhat taller than Leviathan.
== Personality ==
Satan is a lover of knowledge and of possessing knowledge. His room is filled with books and tomes, all of which he has read, and he spends much of his time reading in the House of Lamentation's library. In Lesson 9-7 (OM), he told MC that "Knowledge is power. People respect someone who's well-informed."
Satan also spends much of his time visiting places like art galleries and museums. This is because he wants to do his best to make sure he "grows as a person," as he commented in the Devilgram The Search for Self. He can at times look down on some media forms, such as manga. However, after Leviathan pranked Satan by replacing his book with manga in the Trick Quest Devilgram, Satan read it, and admitted he may have been too critical about manga. 
In many ways, Satan is both a loner, yet also a socialite. He spends much of his time in the House of Lamentation or the library reading alone, and regularly goes places by himself. However, as seen in the Devilgram Why Do People Love Cats, he often makes new acquaintances at the many "upscale" places he tends to visit, and these people then invite him to attend events where he makes even more acquaintances. He commented in the same Devilgram that when people invite him places, he tends to accept, but only if it interests him.
Satan's analytic personality lends to his interest in drama stories, and he is especially fond of mystery or detective stories. In Lesson 12 (OM), he delights in using his skills to solve the mystery of of a murder than happened on a train in the Human World. His ability to predict the way people will behave or how events will unfold can backfire against him, however, when he's proven wrong. Satan is not the Avatar of Wrath without reason, and can easily become angered when things don't go his way. When he presented MC with rare and expensive gems in the Devilgram For You..., his lack of understanding as to why MC refused his gift angered him. Losing a game of chess to Leviathan in the Being the Oldest Devilgram also set him off, presumably because he knows that he's a talented chess player, and became frustrated when he didn't gain his expected victory.
Despite his outwardly assured appearance, Satan can be very insecure. He worries at times that he's too average, too plain, and lacks an interesting personality. He also can feel like he has no interests or attachments to anything as strongly as his brothers do, as he admits in the Devilgram Be You. This may be why he often fixates on cats and cat-related things.
Satan admitted to MC in the Devilgram The Avatar of Wrath that he does not know how to swim, which is a fact he was embarrassed to confess. He apparently learned how to swim at some point after this, however, as he is capable of swimming in the Devilgram A Vacation to Remember.
=== Likes ===
==== Cats ====
Cats are more than just a "like" to Satan. In the chat Worries 1, Lucifer worried that Satan's love of cats "[had] begun to border on obsession." This is likely because Lucifer mentioned that when he tried to express his concerns about Satan's fixation, Satan told him "he didn't want to think about anything but cats." Satan encountered a cat for the first time in Lesson 9-8 (NB), and the previously mentioned chat is likely at a point in time shortly after this.
In the Devilgram The Search for Self, Satan admitted that he feels a sense of emptiness inside him that "seems to disappear" when he plays with cats. Unfortunately for him, Lucifer doesn't allow him to have a pet cat. Issue 3 of the RAD Newspaper explains that when Satan was given permission to have a cat in the past, things "spiraled out of control," and the House of Lamentation was filled with cats.
In the Devilgram The Search For Self, Satan was shown to be friendly with a local stray he named "Sir Cat." A number of stray cats often visit the House of Lamentation's garden, which Satan buys food and toys for, as he told MC in the Devilgram A Very Catty Birthday. There are also multiple stray cats that he fed at Serenity Manor. As he's known to purchase food and treats for cats, in the Devilgram Major Cleaning Mission, Lucifer mentioned having borrowed cat treats from Satan to lure a cat that got into the House of Lamentation back outside.
In the chat Right Before You Go to Bed, Satan said that checking the Devildom cat blog is the last thing he does before bed, as it gives him energy for the next day. His laptop in the Student Council is covered in cat stickers, and has a cat wallpaper, as mentioned in Lesson 71-1 (OM).
In a series of daily chats, Satan mentioned his top five favorite cat poses. Starting with Number 5, they are: stalk-straight tail, slow blink, making biscuits, headbutting, and belly flops.
==== Other Likes ====
* In Issue 5 of the RAD Newspaper, Satan is declared a fan of classical music, particularly symphonies.
** In the chat Let's Form a Band 3, Satan said that ska music is enjoyable regardless of age or gender.
* One of Satan's favorite hobbies is reading, and he is shown to appreciate multiple genres.
** As shown in the Devilgram The Search for Self, Satan spends enough time in the Royal Library that he knows where everything is and how to best navigate the place.
** In his 2020 birthday event Happy Birthday! Dear Satan, he was excited to participate in the Devildom's first-ever Bibliobattle, an event where the participants introduce a book of their choice and then vote on the best book.
** In the Devilgram Major Cleaning Mission, Satan mentioned leaving a few books here and there throughout the House of Lamentation.
** In the chat Book Jacket Debate, he mentioned that book jackets add to the experience of reading a physical book, so he prefers to keep them on.
** In the chat Satan's Reading Method 1, Satan said he occasionally finishes a whole book in one sitting if it's particularly interesting.
** In the Pop Quiz A Party for You (Septet), Satan mentioned that the scent of books and old paper calms him down, as well as the atmosphere of a library.
* One of Satan's favorite shows is The Mid-Fall Murders, which is a crime-suspense series that was mentioned in Lesson 11 (OM).
* He is also a fan of mystery movies, as alluded to in one of his Home Screen dialogues.
* Satan isn't precisely a fan of fast food, but does like food that he can hold in one hand such that he can eat while reading, as mentioned in Lesson 29-1 (NB).
* According to the Which Are You? chat, Satan prefers chunky red bean paste over smooth because it has more bite to it.
* Satan thinks pancakes taste best when topped with magma butter, as he says in a Home Screen dialogue.
* In the Pop Quiz Valentine's Day Showdown, Satan said that he enjoys the bitterness of dark chocolate.
* As he mentioned in the chat Animal Café, he also likes hedgehogs (preferring them over squirrels, chinchillas, and rabbits), and told MC that he planned to make one his familiar.
* Like Beelzebub, Satan is a big fan of Devilcat, the cat mascot of Devil's Coast.
** When given a Mont Blanc of Desire, Satan mentioned that he and Beelzebub once fought over who would purchase a pair of Devilcat pajamas.
** A similar argument was mentioned in the chats A Hair-Trigger Temper and My Love Is Bigger Than Yours.
* According to him in the Who's Your Type? chat, his type is "someone whom [he] has a mutual understanding with when it comes to [his] anger."
* He is a huge fan of the arts, and is known for frequently visiting art galleries and events.
** He has invited or accompanied MC to art exhibits several times, such as in the chat Invitation to the Museum and the Devilgram The Search for Self.
** He has also been known to purchase art pieces to display in the House of Lamentation.
*** As revealed in the chat The Modern Art Piece, Satan likes modern art, and bought a piece to display in the entrance hall so his brothers could also enjoy it.
*** In the chat Views on Beauty, Satan explained that the type of beauty he prefers is "artistic beauty", referring to his new sculpture, rather than Asmodeus's new makeup look.
* In the chat Let's Exercise, it was shown that Satan is interested in archery.
** This is also mentioned in the chat Archery.
* Out of the four seasons, Satan likes spring the most. In one of his Home Screen dialogues, he calls the season "relaxing."
* In the Devilgram The Root of Wrath, Satan mentioned that while he doesn't know anything about constellations, he does like looking at them.
* As seen in the Pop Quiz The Fangol Ultra Bowl, Satan's favorite Fangol team is the Destroyer Sharks.
=== Dislikes ===
* In his Cursed Cutlery dialogue, Satan mentioned that he dislikes green peas, although this is something he tries to hide from others.
* Satan seems to dislike things being thrown at his head more than most people.
** In the chat Pillow Fight 2, Satan was hit in the face with a pillow, which made him furious.
*** In the chat Pillow Fight 3, Satan was even more enraged when he found out Asmodeus sent Solomon a picture of that moment.
** In the chat The Search For Mammon 2, Mammon told MC that he accidentally threw a piece of trash at Satan, and was hiding in the woods in fear of Satan's wrath.
** In Lesson 26 (OM), a food fight broke out in a café at Devil's Coast. Satan became enraged after being hit in the face with a plate of pancakes.
* According to the chat Spirit Week, Satan found the RAD Newspaper Club account annoying, so he turned off their notifications.
* In the chats Hostile Response 1 and Hostile Response 2, Satan expressed annoyance with Asmodeus because he had been using "baby talk" for the entire day.
=== Talents and Skills ===
* There have been several times that Satan demonstrated having an excellent memory.
** Despite the Devildom's Royal Library containing "every single book ever published here in the Devildom," Satan stated in the Devilgram The Search for Self that he knows where every book is located.
** In Lesson 51-7 (OM), he said that he also remembers every book in the House of Lamentation's library.
** In the chat A Trueborn Cat Enthusiast, Satan mentioned knowing the names and living places of every single cat in town.
** In the chat Satan's Reading Method 1, Belphegor called Satan weird for not using bookmarks. Satan replied that he simply has no use for them, and stated that he doesn't need one to remind him where he left off when reading.
* Satan is a skilled Chess player, and though he complained in one of his Home Screen dialogues that he's never defeated Diavolo at chess, it was implied that he won a game against him in Lesson 56-12 (OM).
* It was implied that Satan knows how to drive and that he also knows how to ride a motorcycle in the chat Satan's Ride.
* In the Devilgram A Unique Gift, Diavolo considers Satan to be the most artistic out of the seven brothers.
** Satan was able to teach Diavolo how to draw a portrait and owns numerous art related books. However, Satan claims he is only slightly better at art than his brothers.
* In the chat Archery it is revealed that he does archery.
=== B's Log Surveys ===
==== January 2022 Issue ====
Translated by: Joye0627
* Personal Survey 
** Satan's motto is "Wisdom is the treasure of all generations."
** The daily day section is to pet a cat.
** He starts his baths by washing his left arm.
** His dream is to have a cat.
** If the Devildom disappears tomorrow, he wants to put a curse on Lucifer for not being able to break his sleeping habits.
* Love Survey 
** Satan is the active one when it comes to love. He wants to "bind and monopolize his lover."
** He cherishes relationship anniversaries and special dates of remembrance.
** For relationships with obstacles, he chose to face it with passion.
** He won't have days when he can't sleep thinking about the person he likes.
** He is able to express his feelings openly.
*** Satan crossed out "yes" and re-selected "no" on the question of whether it is impossible to express his feelings openly.
** He has things to be jealous of.
== Powers and Abilities ==
Satan is the fourth most powerful demon brother and the Avatar of Wrath. As such, anger is the most powerful emotion he experiences, and it manifests itself in his magic. In the Devilgram Be You, Satan explained that his rage emits a lot of energy, which is too much for humans to handle. In one of Asmodeus's Home Screen dialogues, he said that Satan potentially has the power to end the world if he was angry enough. When Satan became angry in the Devilgram Be You, most of his brothers were afraid of him, which further suggests this might be true. Lucifer is not afraid of Satan's wrath, but as shown in Lesson 26 (OM), he does seem to view it as a threat or danger. During that lesson, Satan became enraged during a food fight in the Ghost Café at Devil's Coast, and Lucifer took action to distract Satan so he wouldn't destroy the entire café.
Satan is also particularly adept at curses. In the chat Assignment 1, when Leviathan asked for help on his curses and hexes homework, Mammon and Beelzebub immediately agreed that was a job for Satan. In the chat How to Make Someone Read a Cursed Letter, Satan sent Lucifer several cursed letters that were enchanted to activate if he tried tearing them up or throwing them away without reading them, thus forcing Lucifer to read every single one.
In the Devilgram The Ghost Ship, Satan used magic to break a ship in a bottle in half in order to remove and repair it, which would have to be done without magic.
Satan does not seem to possess much physical strength. In the chat What's up With the TV? 2, he mentioned that he used to be able to pick up their TV. However, unbeknownst to him, said TV was filled with static spiders, so he needed help from Beelzebub.
== Etymology ==
* Satan's name comes from the "entity in the Abrahamic religions that seduces humans into sin or falsehood."
** In Hebrew, Satan (שָׂטָן) is a generic noun meaning "accuser" or "adversary."
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