Bael

Siblings: The Powers

**Bael** is ranked as the first of the Ars Goetia and principal king of Hell, ruling over the East along with being the head of the infernal powers. Bael is the first of the 72 Spirits of King Solomon and governs 66 to 250 legions of demons and spirits.

## Description

While his Semitic predecessor was depicted as a man or a bull, the demon Bael was in grimoire tradition said to appear in the forms of a man, cat, toad, or combinations thereof with the appearance of a king or soldier or with the heads of the three creatures onto a set of spider legs. He is able to make his conjurer invisible.

## History

### Fall from Grace

Bael was amongst the order of high angels that joined the ranks of Lucifer during the War in Heaven only to be cast out alongside his fallen cohorts into the abyss which was then formed into and established as Hell. His activities in Heaven were unknown but according to the *Zohar*, Bael was equal in rank to the archangel Raphael.

After the governing system was set, Bael became a Duke of Hell, with 66 legions of demons under his command. Bael was originally prominent King of Hell before being overtaken by Belial. In the *Livre des Esperitz*, Bael is described as a king ruled by Orient (Oriens), still possessing the power of invisibility, as well as the power to garner the favor of others, but ruling over only six legions of demons.

*Sloane MS 3824* mentions Baal, in "Of the Demon Rulers," as a king ruled by Oriens, attributed with teaching science, granting invisibility, and controlling 250 legions of spirits. Bael appears in later editions of the Grimoire of Pope Honorius, under Astaroth, as a prince whose powers include (again) invisibility and popularity. According to Rudd, Bael is opposed by the Shemhamphorasch angel Vehuiah. It is also believed in the *Grand Grimoire* that he is a direct subordinate of Lucifuge.

### Worship on Earth

He was an agricultural and fertility deity of Canaan. Many minor deities of ancient Syria and Persia carried the name Baal, which means “the lord.”

According to the Canaanites, Baal was the son of El, the High God of Canaan. He was the lord of life and ruled the death-rebirth cycle. He engaged in a battle with Mot (death) and was slain and sent to the underworld. The crops withered, until Baal’s sister, Anat, the maiden goddess of love, found his body and gave it proper burial. The Canaanites worshipped Baal by sacrificing children by burning.

The term "Baal" is used in various ways in the Old Testament, with the usual meaning of master, or owner. It came to sometimes mean the local pagan god of a particular people, and at the same time all of the idols of the land. The name is drawn from the Canaanite deity Baal mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the primary god of the Phoenicians.

## Powers and Abilities

**Demonic Divinity:** Bael has the "Demonic" form of Divinity, and divine powers granting them an immense amount of raw power beyond the mundane, making Bael divine demonic beings by nature and a dark divine being, a status which can be obtained by several different ways. Bael can gain this type of divinity by having an dark divine ancestry (being born a demon-deity), being transformed into an divine demon either by another more powerful divine demon, a deity, higher being such as a transcendent demon, ascended transcendent demon, etc, Bael has dominion and godhood in the divine and demonic aspects which makes them formidable in both worlds capable of overcoming all manner of demonic entities by sheer will alone. However, at times Bael of the demonic divinities are more powerful or even weaker than other deities depending on the type of divine being they are in question, some may even equal original dark divinities due to both being connected to darker forces.

**Greater Divinity:** Bael has greater/major divinity and almost all divine powers granting them immense amounts of higher powers beyond the mundane, making Bael the an advanced divine being by nature, a status that can surpass many of forms of divinities in the existence making the users very powerful divine entities who are practically nigh omnipotent above other divine beings or at least very close to it in their respective universes and beyond.

**Supreme Divinity:** Bael has supreme divinity and all divine powers granting them an Infinite amount of supreme power beyond the mundane, making Bael the Absolute highest divine being by nature, a status can surpass all other forms of divine/divinities in the existence making Bael a supremely powerful divine entity who is Omnipotent, forever above all other divine beings in their respective universes and beyond.

**Demon Manipulation:** Bael can create, manipulate, and destroy demons to do their bidding, whether it is to kill others or simply be slaves to Bael. Bael could potentially create and manipulate an entire army of demons.

**Demonology Mastery:** Bael, either innately or through training, is a master of demonology, the study of demons. They research the behavior, abilities, weaknesses, and anatomy of demons to pursue the documentation and categorization of them.

**Dermal Armor:** Bael has or can generate an innate armor as a part of their body, which is resistant to attacks, harm or pain, and temperature extremes. The armor varies from obvious, physical defenses, such as scales, thick skin/fur, natural shield, armor or shell, in-organic skin, etc, to bone-nodules below the skin, particularly wide/sturdy rib cage, blubber, or simply dense muscle.

**Hybrid Physiology:** Bael possesses the genetic traits and abilities of two or more different species.

**Transcendent Hybrid Physiology:** This power grants Bael great levels of power by combining two or more transcendent dna of two or more species possibly including a race of gods. Since Bael is a transcendent hybrid being, Bael can control the abilities/capabilities/powers of the species/race/creatures they transcend but on a godly level. Theoretically, being a extraordinary powerful cyborg could also be considered as a transcendent hybrid, of technology and organic material.

**Natural Weaponry:** Bael possesses some form of natural weaponry, including claws, fangs, horns, beaks, clubbed tails, etc., and knows how to use them.

**Physics Manipulation:** Bael can create, shape, and manipulate the Laws of Physics, everything dealing with matter and its motion and behavior through space and time, along with related concepts such as energy and force, including momentum, friction, vectors, inertia, etc. They could, for example, change the direction a ball moves and how fast it travels.

**Psychic Entity Physiology:** Bael's "body" is formed from psionic forces and materialized thought making them immune to all forms of physical attacks. Due to being a psychic entity, Bael would have psionic powers that would appear limitless maybe even god-like.

**Quantum Manipulation:** Bael can manipulate quantum physics, a branch of physics that explains the behavior of matter and its interactions with energy on a microscopic scale. The interactions in this scale are mostly unpredictable, as particles interact differently in contrast to macroscopic material due to the complexity of quantum mechanics and the universe's fundamental interactions occurring at this level.

**Science Intuition:** Bael, either innately or through training, is a master of the field of science and all their variant studies, allowing them to intuitively understand scientific information like no other and learn and master any scientific phenomenon with ease.

**Superpower Manipulation:** Bael can create, manipulate, remove, change, etc., the supernatural energies/properties in all beings that give them their powers, including themselves, thus allowing every variation of superpowers and manipulative ability.

**Transformation:** Bael can morph into superior, more powerful versions of oneself. At times, the appearance of such forms is merely cosmetic, while in others, Bael's body is completely altered.

**Telekinesis:** Telekinesis (from Greek: τηλε- "far off" and κίνηση "movement") is the ability to influence/control/manipulate matter or another aspect of a physical system with the ‘mind’ or through other non-physical means. Commonly, the most fundamental trait is to move or otherwise interact with objects (or to generate and apply physical force on a target, or potentially, an area) both from a distance and without physical contact.

**Omni-Manipulation:** Bael can manipulate anything and everything. This is can be physical (matter, energy, the space-time fabric, etc.); or metaphysical (soul, mind, life, death, logic, aspects of reality, and even concepts). Bael has complete control and precision over absolutely everything and whatever is beyond. They can manipulate the totality of all things to the highest degree; there is nothing imaginable and unimaginable that Bael cannot perfectly manipulate.

**Telepathy:** Bael has telepathy, the ability to receive and transmit information with one’s mind without physical interaction. However, many other mind-based abilities fall under telepathy due to those powers overlapping with the core concept of telepathy, allowing a telepath to interact with their own mind and the minds of others in a variety of ways. Some of the more common abilities also considered telepathy would be perceiving the thoughts of others and detecting the presences of other minds through extrasensory means. Bael can influence or completely control the minds of their targets and manipulate their thoughts, memories and emotions at will. Potentially, they even control Psychic energy from their telepathic abilities, strengthening their previous powers and maybe even gaining new ones.

**Teleportation:** Bael can teleport; moving instantaneously from one location to another without physically occupying the space in between or transfer matter (beings/objects, including themselves) or energy from one point to another without traversing the physical space between them. This can be achieved by various means, including causing the atoms/molecules to travel at light-speed, warping the space, or use quantum superposition, in which Bael teleports by spatially rearranging the subatomic contents of a system.

**Meta-Teleportation:** Bael can teleport absolutely *anything* to literally *anywhere*: any place and time they desire, including physical locations such as: in a locked room, in Space, in Heaven, or in Hell, as well as metaphysical places such as: inside a dream, inside a heart, inside thoughts, and even inside people or yourself.

**Portal Magic:** Bael is able to perform a form of magic that allows them to utilize portals, either magically manipulating them or using them to cast spells.

**Portal Manipulation:** Bael can create, shape and manipulate portals, allowing them to control portal size, location/destination, etc.

**Demonic Magic:** Bael is capable of using demonic magic to achieve several feats such as creating, destroying and reconstructing anything, sometimes even to warp reality. This type of magic is usually used by a dark and evil entity or those related to them.

## Quotes

*"Yes, I have fallen. I fell to the sunless and cinder-choked land below and was stripped of my boons of agriculture, but I gained more in exchange. I could, say, teach you an alternative to a thermonuclear weapon that doesn't bathe the blast site with radiation or teach you the true solution to reversing the warming of the air of the mortal world. But I require a gift in return. Choose what you desire wisely, mortal." - Bael.*