Lucifer

> "I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High."
>
> -Lucifer (The Bible, Isaiah 14:14)

Lucifer, also known as "Satan" or "The Devil," is an incredibly powerful demon and one of the first entities to be damned to Hell.

## Lucifer

Lucifer in his human form, but with his red eyes revealed

### Aliases

The Devil, Satan, The Morningstar, The Prince of Darkness, The Antichrist, Father of Lies

## Biography

### Angel

Lucifer was originally created before the beginning of time as a powerful archangel of God. He was the most beautiful of all angels and the leader of the angelic host for many years.

For millenia, all was peaceful and well. But one day, God declared that his son, Jesus Christ, would be the only one with full authority to carry out God's plans. Lucifer quickly grew incredibly jealous, and he quietly tempted some of the angels into a revolt against Him. He failed, but was not immediately punished for his rebellion. Again and again God offered him forgiveness and reinstatement of his role as an archangel, as long as Lucifer repented and returned to submission. The efforts were ones only God could attempt, and were done in an effort to convince him of his wrongs, and return him to the path of rightousness. Had Lucifer been willing to return to God's side, again humble and obedient, he would have been reinstated to his role as the head archangel. But instead, he stubbornly stayed his path, and said time and time again that he did not have to repent. By then, the Lord of Heaven was forced to take action, and Lucifer and all who joined him were cast from Heaven into Hell, and they all became the first demons. In the Book of Isaiah within the Bible, there is a passage in refrence to his fall from grace, where it is written, “How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations.”

### Demon and Lord of Hell

After his fall, Lucifer began using the name of Satan, meaning "one who resists" in Hebrew.

As a demon, Lucifer is now mainly responsible for Hell, the place that the Bible refers to as a place of everlasting punishment for the Devil, his fallen angels, and all evil entities. Like all others trapped within it, Lucifer is tortured for eternity within Hell and has tried to escape for millions of years. He is destined to reign over the punishment realm for eternity.

As the ruler over all demons, he continues the struggle against the kingdom of God by seducing humans into sin, corrupting them, and by stealing human souls to gain power and reduce the number of those who will enter the kingdom of God.

## The Occult

When he fell from heaven, Lucifer's powers created black magic. His powers began both witchcraft and dark magic on Earth, and was directly involved with the creation of the first powerful entities like werewolves.

He also personally taught dark magic to only the most evil of students at Scholomance, deep in Transylvania, in groups of thirteen at a time. Of his many students included one named Vlad Tepes III, who would become Count Dracula.

#### Involvement in Witchcraft

Many covents of witches throughout the world have worshipped Satan for centuries and made sacrifices in his name hoping to be blessed with his power. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Lucifer spread unrest and Protestants and Catholics alike accused many people of practicing witchcraft and making contracts with him.

The Puritans living in New England’s early colonies were also terrified of Satan. They believed he gave powers to witches who were faithful to him, and this fear is what gave rise to the Salem Witch Trials in Salem, Massachusetts. Puritans accused at least two-hundred people of witchcraft between 1692 and 1693, twenty of whom were executed. Not one of the executed were true witches, as actual witches were able to escape persecution with Satan's help.

#### Deals With the Devil

If a human desired power or had dark goals, they may make a deal with Satan himself. According to Christian beliefs, the pact is made between a person and the Devil directly or through another demon representative, and usually involves trading a human soul for diabolical favors. The favors tend to include youth, knowledge, wealth, fame and power. The bargain is nearly always a dangerous one, as the price of the demon's services is the wagerer's soul. Another price may be that individuals who make the pact must kill children as sacrifices or offer them to the devil at birth.

Deals could be of two kinds, oral or written. An oral pact with the devil may be made through rituals or incantations done to attract a demon to negotiate with. The human would then ask for the wanted favor and offer their soul to the devil in exchange. The demon will then appear, and the pact will be made. The only evidence of the deal afterward is the witches' mark, a permanent mark where the marked person was touched by the demon to seal the pact. It is also believed that on the spot where the mark was left, a marked person could feel no pain.

A written pact is similar, exactly the same in the case of attracting the demon, but also includes a writte section, usually signed with the conjurer's blood.

## Powers/Abilities

* **Angel Physiology**: Unlike other fallen angels, whose powers greatly faded, Lucifer was so powerful beforehand that even a fraction of his power eclipsed most entities. As a former archangel and the first angel ever created, Lucifer is one of the most powerful beings in the universe.
	+ **Immortality**: As a fallen archangel, Lucifer has an infinitely long lifespan. Time does not degrade his body, like with all immortal beings. He is also immune to all diseases and toxins, and he does not get tired or require food, water, oxygen, or sleep to sustain himself. He can survive in harsh environments unaided, even in the vacuum of space.
		- **Invulnerability**: Lucifer is immune to nearly all forms of damage and injury. Bullets, knives, and other ordinary forms of damage have no effect on him.
	+ **Nigh-Omnipotence:** Having been the leader of the archangels before his fall from grace, Lucifer is incredibly powerful. His power is second only to God himself, and he can perform incredible feats of power. However, his power is still not even close to that of God's.
	+ **Superhuman Strength, Speed, Stamina, Reflexes, Endurance, and Senses:** As he once was the most powerful archangel of all, Lucifer posesses an incredible degree of physical powers. He can easily destroy humans and even angels with only his bare hands. His speed is that of a falling star, and he can never get tired.
	+ **Shapeshifting:** Lucifer can change his shape into any person he chooses, even having the ability to appear as inhuman beings like snakes or insects.
	+ **Teleportation:** Lucifer can travel to any location almost instantly, even across incredibly distances like through the reaches of space or across dimensions.
	+ **Supernatural Detection:** Lucifer can detect and see the true form of beings invisible to the human eye. He also can detect the prescence of powerful supernatural entities such as vampires or angels.
	+ **Telekinesis:** Lucifer can inflict kinetic energy on matter with his mind. He is incredibly skilled with telekinesis, even being able to tear being apart with nothing but his mind.
	+ **Telepathy:** Lucifer can read the thoughts, souls, and memories of all but the most powerful of entities. He is also able to sense the emotions of others and can determine if someone is lying by looking into their eyes. When he met Abe Locke, he was able to read his soul and learn that he was already evil-hearted and a perfect witch candidate.

* **Magic**: Lucifer is capable of using various, even forbidden, magical spells for many purposes. His fall from grace is what created dark magic itself. and he can also use that occult magic to form deals with mortals in exchange for power.
	+ **Weather Manipulation:** Lucifer can summon and dispel severe storms, rain, thunder, and other weather events at will. He also later taught this skill to Vlad Tepes III at Scholomance in the 1400s.
	+ **Power Distribution**: Lucifer is capable of distributing power to others through deals or even on a whim.

* **Soul Absorbtion**: Through deals or trickery, Lucifer can steal the souls of other entities to make himself more powerful.
* **Pyrokinesis:** As the Lord of Hell, Lucifer can control any fire around him precisely and can even summon and control hellfire itself. Hellfire burns both the soul and the body of any entity, causing unimaginable suffering.
* **Intellect:** Lucifer possesses immense knowledge of many things, including all forms of magic, the occult, and knowledge of the universe from his millions of years alive, but is not fully omniscient like God is.
	+ **Master Manipulator**: Lucifer can understand the mental and emotional weaknesses and desires of people and determine how he can use them to his advantage. He is very skilled at trickery and temptation and frequently uses this skill to make deals with and even control mortals.