The Princes of Hell

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> It's just a name. Doesn't mean anything.
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> Ramiel to Crowley on the **Princes of Hell**, *Stuck in the Middle (With You)*

The **Princes of Hell** were the very first generation of demons, created by the fallen archangel Lucifer, the Devil himself shortly after the creation of Lilith. They are only four Princes of Hell, Azazel, Ramiel, Dagon, and Asmodeus, and were created in that order. Lucifer created them himself long before the creation of Atlantis and even before the Stone Age, making them the oldest demons in all of existence. In the demonic hierarchy of Hell, they ranked among the highest, eclipsed only by the original demon Lilith in power, age, capabilities and rank. Saving only Lilith, the Princes of Hell are the oldest and most powerful demons in all of existence. They are the rightful successors to the throne of Hell. They were originally generals of all Lucifer's demonic armies and were tasked by Lucifer to lead the demonic armies in an all-out war against God and Heaven. Crowley noted that the Princes of Hell originally were demonic war generals and led a vast army of millions of demons, tens of thousands of Hellhounds, and thousands of other demonic entities in a war against God and Heaven, and the Princes were able to kill several thousand angels with their own power during the war. The Princes of Hell were fiercely and completely loyal to Lucifer and devoutly served him and blindly followed his every command for eons until his imprisonment by God himself. After his imprisonment by God himself in the magical, impenetrable cage, the Princes of Hell (except Azazel) eventually gave up hope in finding their father/creator Lucifer and eventually retired on Earth. They became separated from Hell, opting instead to hide out on Earth. The one known exception to this was Azazel, who remained completely loyal and devoted to Lucifer until his death. After a promise to rule at Lucifer's side, Dagon briefly served him once more as the protector of his son. Following the deaths of Azazel, Ramiel, and Dagon, Asmodeus was the only remaining Prince of Hell and became the King of Hell. Following Asmodeus' death at the hands of the archangel Gabriel, the Princes of Hell were left extinct.

## History

### Background

Template:QuoteevenAfter creating the very first demon, Lilith, Lucifer created the four Princes of Hell as the first generation of demons aside from Lilith. Lucifer created them himself shortly before the Pleistocene Ice Age and long before the creation of Atlantis, making them well over 2.6 million years old. These ancient demons were Lucifer's rightful successors to the throne of Hell and acted as generals of all demons and the demonic forces of Hell. They were also created before Cain when Lucifer passed the Mark over to him, and the Knights of Hell who were also handpicked by Lucifer as an elite fighting force of demons trained by Cain as far superior to regular demons, and were the first of the fallen humans.

### Living On Earth

Eventually, three of the Princes, Ramiel, Asmodeus, and Dagon lost interest in Lucifer's plans and left Hell to live peacefully on Earth. These Princes of Hell were believed to have been killed afterwards by even the angels, but the demons simply allowed everyone to believe so. Apparently unknown to most demons, Asmodeus attempted to release the Shedim at some point but was stopped by Lucifer himself and punished for it. Though Asmodeus left Hell, he remained loyal to Lucifer. Also at an unknown point in time, Dagon apparently failed Lucifer, and sought to please him in any form, and maintained a healthy respect and fear of him.

### Azazel's machinations

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However, Azazel remained fanatically loyal and completely devoted to his father/creator Lucifer and became the Ruler of Hell, setting out to find a way to release Lucifer and begin the Apocalypse at any cost. In 1972, Azazel was able to contact Lucifer in his cage from St. Mary's Convent and was given instructions to release Lilith from Hell to find a very special child to act as Lucifer's vessel. Azazel went on to make a series of deals that would allow him to enter the homes of couples with six-month-old children in ten years time.

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In 1973, Azazel eventually comes across Mary Campbell, the future mother of Lucifer's true vessel Sam. After taking possession of her father, Samuel Campbell, he kills her mother and stabs himself to kill his host. Mary's fiancé, John Winchester, is the demon's next victim. However, Azazel makes his usual offer, giving her the chance to resurrect John, she reluctantly agrees and the deal is sealed.

At the time of fulfilling the deals, Azazel killed several of the mothers if they interrupted him, including Mary Winchester. This set her husband John and his sons Dean and Sam to become hunters on a path of vengeance.

### Azazel's Death

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With the help of Jake Talley, Azazel succeeded in releasing Lilith, but was killed by Dean with the Colt. As a testament to his strategic mind as a general of hell's army, Azazel and his master plan, despite his death, was a success; Azazel's ritual prepared Sam's body as Lucifer's vessel, Lilith then broke the seals on Lucifer's cage, freeing the fallen archangel, and thus started the Apocalypse which almost succeeded.

### Aftermath of The Apocalypse

In 2010, following the defeat of Lucifer, the King of the Crossroads Crowley approached Ramiel to take rule of Hell as was his rightful place with Lucifer locked away and Lilith and Azazel dead. However, Ramiel refused, stating that Azazel had been a fanatic but the other Princes had lost interest in Lucifer's plans long ago and simply wished to be left alone while living on Earth. Ramiel bestowed the position of Ruler of Hell onto Crowley for his ambition, though made terms on this arrangement of never bothering him or his siblings. Before leaving, Crowley left the Lance of Michael and the Colt with Ramiel.

### Downfall of Two Princes

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In 2017, a resurrected Mary Winchester was sent by the British Men of Letters to steal the Colt from Ramiel. The attempt left Wally dead and the Seraphim Castiel mortally wounded. As they hid, Crowley informed the group on the Princes' history before going to speak with Ramiel on sparing the group. Ramiel tossed Crowley aside and fought the Winchesters. Ramiel was eventually killed by Sam Winchester with the Lance of Michael and Castiel was saved, but Ramiel warned that his sister, Dagon, had taken an interest in Lucifer's son. Indeed, Dagon later saved the pregnant Kelly Kline from two angel assassins sent to track her down and kill her.

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Under the promise of ruling at Lucifer's side if she protected his son, Dagon served as Kelly's protector from both angels and hunters. With less than a month left before Lucifer's child is born, he briefly empowers Castiel and gives him the power to kill Dagon, leaving Asmodeus as the only surviving Prince of Hell.

### Asmodeus' Reign

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A few days after the birth of Jack and Lucifer being trapped in an alternate reality, the last Prince of Hell Asmodeus takes control of Hell. Asmodeus announces that he will rule until Lucifer returns or Jack takes his place with Asmodeus as his advisor. Asmodeus states that the era of Crowley is over and under Asmodeus, Hell will return to fire and brimstone. As one of his first acts, Asmodeus attempts to use Jack to release the Shedim but is stopped by the Winchesters and the Prophet Donatello Redfield.

Following Lucifer's return from Apocalypse World in a weakened state, Asmodeus imprisons his "father" and Castiel and takes full power in Hell for himself. With the threat of Michael looming, Asmodeus ramps up his search for Jack, hiring Arthur Ketch to help him search. At the height of his power and after the escape of Lucifer and Castiel, Asmodeus procured the archangel blade which is the one weapon that can kill an archangel such as Lucifer or Michael. He also reveals that he holds the archangel Gabriel prisoner, using Gabriel's grace as a source of power.

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After Asmodeus brutally beats him, Arthur betrays Asmodeus and rescues Gabriel, stealing the archangel blade and Asmodeus' store of Gabriel's grace in the process. Incensed, Asmodeus tracks Gabriel to the Men of Letters bunker and leads a demon incursion to recapture Gabriel and kill Sam and Castiel. The threat to his friends causes Gabriel to snap out of his traumatized state and fight back. Asmodeus proves to be no match for the enraged archangel who incinerates the demon. With Asmodeus dead, the Princes of Hell are left extinct.

## Characteristics

The Princes of Hell are among the most powerful demons shown thus far. They all have yellow eyes. They are the generals of all demonic armies only below Lilith, but above demon's elite guard like the Knights of Hell, that are confirmed by Cain as soldiers.

## Physical Appearance

It is unknown how a yellow-eyed demon's true form looked like; however, as they walked the Earth, they manifested as an incredibly massive cloud of black smoke, much larger than an ordinary demons black smoke. Their smoke form is noted by Sam and Dean to be thousands of feet long. Dean stated of Azazel’s smoke form, “huge” and also “much bigger than any demon i’ve ever seen” Azazel's smoke shape appears to resemble the shape of a skeleton. As they possessed human vessels, it came to no noticeable change besides that their eye color changed to yellow. Their true face is noted to be “truly terrifying, dark and hideous” by Sam who saw Azazel’s true face thru his vessel in his dreams. This is also the reason why Azazel was called **The Yellow-Eyed Demon** before his real name was known, or why before the title **Princes of Hell**, this species was only referred to as **Yellow-Eyed Demons**

## Powers and Abilities

> If anyone - anything - anything or anyone at all - bothers a Prince of Hell, it's gonna be on your head, Crowley. And you don't wanna know what happens when you piss us off. You don't want to make an enemy of any of us. You have no idea what we’re capable of. Were stronger and deadlier than you could ever imagine. The things we could do to you is beyond imagination. You better hold up your end of the deal, or unimaginable, infinite pain, torture and torment will be coming your way. Even Hell itself couldn't compare to the things we will do to you. We will walk into Hell and annihilate everything and every little demon in our path and think of your worst nightmares but a trillion times worse. We were trained, taught, empowered, and created by Lucifer, the Devil himself. We could end you with a thought. Any demon protecting you we will obliterate with a snap of our fingers, and there will be nothing you can do to stop us.
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> Ramiel, *Stuck in the Middle (With You)*

> The Princes of Hell were created by Lucifer, the Devil himself before the Stone Age, and granted them immense power and made them almost impossible to kill and even made them strong enough to kill angels with their own power. They unlike any other demons. They are immensely powerful, ancient demons. The oldest of the old demons and the worst of the worst demons. The oldest and most powerful demons to ever exist. They are not ordinary demons, they are far superior than any other demon in all of creation. They are very ancient, very old, very powerful malevolent forces. They are a billion times more powerful, dangerous and terrifying than virtually all demons that has ever existed and more powerful than all of them combined. They can very easily kill ordinary angels in an instant with their own power. They are more powerful than Cain, Alastair, Abaddon, even me. Saving only Lilith, they are the oldest and most powerful demons that has ever existed. They are the very fist generation of demons, shortly after Lilith. There are four of them. Azazel, Remiel, Dagon, and Asmodeus, and were created in that order. They were created by Lucifer, the Devil himself several million years ago, shortly before the Pleistocene Ice Age and long before the creation of Atlantis. They were all rightful heirs to the throne of Hell, hence the name "Princes of Hell". They all have yellow eyes and they rank the highest authority in the hierarchy of Hell. They were granted tremendously powerful and uniquely rare abilities and immeasurable power by Lucifer, he granted them extraordinary powers that is rare and unheard of in all other demons. He made them all-powerful, immortal, indestructible, and far more powerful than ordinary angels, and virtually impossible to kill, they have the power to effortlessly kill angels with their own power, they could stomp on them like insects. They were trained, taught, led, transformed, and empowered by Lucifer himself, and he trained them to be generals of all demonkind and commanders of Hell's demonic armies to lead a war against God and Heaven. They are undeniably a threat to creation. Demons and even common angels are gnats compared to them. They are like the superman of demons or the archangels of demonkind. Arch-demons if you will. Together, they could annihilate the entire demon race and Hell itself. They are Nowhere near as powerful as any of the archangels, but massively powerful indeed. They can very easily annihilate any demon in an instant, even me. They are the worst of the worst, the evilest of evil, and the darkest of dark, they are relentless, sadistic, savage, ferocious, and wrathful demons of the highest rank in Hell, they are Hell's most powerful, savage and feared wrath. Their name alone terrifies all demons and creatures in Hell. Even Lilith and Alastair gave them a wide berth and was fearful of them. Hell itself is not as terrifying, dark and brutal as they are. They are truly fearsome force to be reckoned with. They are so dark and vicious that even Hellhounds have a sense of self-preservation around them and kneel before them in their very presence. They are much like demonic weapons of mass destruction. You don't want to ever cross them. Every single demon and evil creature in Hell fears the Princes. They could plunge Earth into darkness, chaos and blood and they are bringers of death, destruction, darkness, chaos, and annihilation. They have killed millions, even billions of people. They have tempted, corrupted and destroyed countless humans in Satan’s name. They are clever, strategic, efficient, tactical, and more vicious than you could ever imagine. They take what they want and achieve anything they put their minds to. They are practically impossible to defeat or kill. They are among the most dangerous beings in all of creation. My advice would be to never mess with them. Trust me, they are not the common black-eyed minions or red-eyed grunts your used to killing and defeating with ease. Remember how difficult dealing with Azazel was, it took you boy's and your father years and years to defeat and kill him and you barely did it. He could of easily killed both you boys and your father a trillion different times in a trillion different ways. Well the other three are his siblings are just as ruthless, relentless and savage as he was, and they'll kill you without hesitation or make you slowly suffer by torturing you in ways that defy even your imagination. Do not make an enemy of them. They will peel your skin off from your entire skeleton with a butter knife if there in a good mood and feeling generous.
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> Crowley,  *to Sam and Dean*

> The Princes of Hell... the oldest and most dangerous of all demonkind, four ancient demons of immense power and absolute evil, created, trained, led, taught and empowered by the fallen archangel Lucifer, the Devil himself. Their origins can be traced back to before the Pleistocene Ice Age. They are the only demons that can kill angels, up to the Seraph class with their own power. Most demons fear them more than they fear death and even Hell itself. Even Hellhounds fear them and obey their commands. When a Prince of Hell gives a demon an order that demon will stop at nothing to accomplish it or die trying. The Princes originally had millions of demons under their absolute control and no demon ever defied them or disobeyed them. They were Lucifer’s generals, and served him for eons as generals of all demonkind, and led vast armies of demons and hellhounds in the war against God and Heaven. They easily defeated countless armies of angels and were undefeated against them. Virtually all demons are incredibly terrified of the Princes and would rather kill themeselves than to anger them. You do not want to make an enemy out of a Prince of Hell. They are far more ruthless and fierce than you could imagine or comprehend. They are immensely powerful bastards and truly terrifying demonic forces that can destroy virtually anyone and anything that stands in their way. They can kill angels with their own power, they unquestionably pose a great threat to humanity, Heaven and most of what God created. They could plunge the Earth in darkness and bloodshed. They could end all of humanity in less than one day. I’m surprised God himself has not locked them away in the deepest, darkest depths of Hell for the threat they pose. You do not want to make an enemy of them.
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> Author Ketch,  *to Sam and Dean*

As some of the first demons ever created, the Princes of Hell are among the oldest and most powerful demons to ever live, being created by Lucifer himself before the Stone Age (over 2.6 million years ago) representing the very highest authority in Hell after Lucifer and Lilith. The Princes of Hell encountered by the Winchesters display many unbelievably powerful and sometimes extremely rare abilities and possessed immeasurable power. It is noteworthy that while they are all considered the same class of demons and share some powers in common, they also appear to each possess their own different abilities. According to Lucifer, he gave the Princes their incredible powers when he created them, and made them powerful enough to easily overpower and kill lesser demons, reapers, ghosts, hellhounds, and even ordinary angels with their own power. They are even able to easily overpower and kill powerful angels such as Seraphs, but are absolutely no match for archangels. In *The Thing* and *Bring 'em Back Alive*, it was revealed that Asmodeus, once the weakest Prince of Hell, grew infinitely more powerful by regularly injecting himself with the grace of the archangel Gabriel for eight years, infinitely enhancing Asmodeus’ already-immense power, and granting him newfound abilities and unlimited power and making him perhaps the strongest demon to ever live.

* **Demonic Possession** - As demons, the Princes of Hell require a vessel to walk the Earth.
* **Super Strength** - As among the oldest and most powerful Demons, the Princes of Hell possess extradionary levels of superhuman strength, and enhance their hosts physical strength to an incalculable superhuman level. As Princes of Hell, they are immensely physically stronger than all humans, animals, demons, monsters, alphas, ghosts, vengeful spirits, reapers, hellhounds, demigods, deities, leviathans, and common angels. They are even much stronger than high-tier angels, such as Seraphs and Grigori. Though, their physical strength is nowhere near on par with any archangel. Their physical strength is virtually incalculable and limitless, and are able to lift, move, carry and exert millions of tons of force and mass. Azazel enhanced his host's physical strength to an immeasurable superhuman level, to an even enormously greater extent than all other demons and even regular angels do. Azazel was able to effortlessly snap John's neck with a flick of his wrist with only one hand and could effortlessly overpower humans, demons, ghosts, monsters, hellhounds, reapers, and angels. He was able to effortlessly lift vehicles over his head and throw them large distances with great force, tear humans apart limb from limb in an instant, decapitate humans with a mere punch, flip over 100-ton bulldozers with great ease, punch thru 18 inches of reinforced iron walls without difficulty, snap humans neck a full 180 degrees, picked up a 1-ton anvil and sent it flying with immense force over 1,000 yards, send demons flying over a mile with an uppercut, shatter solid concrete with a single blow, and easily smash thru over 10 million tons of building rubble in a few minutes. He stated that he could throw Dean into orbit with his bear hands. Ramiel was strong enough to effortlessly overpower and throw Crowley around like a rag doll, a very powerful demon in his own right, with enough force to instantly knock him unconscious for over an hour and easily overpower and beat Castiel to a bloody pulp, a Seraphim. He also threw Castiel thru a wall causing him to fly hundreds of feet outside and effortlessly stopped an accelerating truck speeding at him which Mary used to try to smash over him with. Dagon effortlessly overpowered and swiftly defeated Castiel and the Winchesters all at once in combat, casually breaking Dean's arm at one point and easily lifting Castiel off the ground with one hand and throwing him around like a rag doll and making him caused him to bleed immensely and greatly harmed him with her bear hands and punches him as well as throwing Sam through the air with immense force and knocked him unconscious with a single punch. Asmodeus effortlessly overpowered and beat Author Ketch to a bloody pulp, a mere human, but a professional killer, high-level merecenary hunter, and expert combatant. Asmodeus casually overpowered and swiftly knocked him unconscious by throwing over 50 feet in the air against the solid wall and with a couple punches, and easily lifted Ketch in the air over his head and slammed him on a table with enough force that caused him to be knocked out for hours. Like his older siblings, he is even strong enough to rip a reinforced iron door off of its hinges, tear humans apart limb from limb in seconds, and effortlessly send humans flying immense distances with punches with great force. He even is strong enough to easily overpower Castiel a Seraph nearly killing him with his bear hands.
* **Super Speed** - The Princes of Hell can run, move and react at extraordinary superhuman speeds, and can appear and disappear faster than a blink of an eye. Azazel stated that he can move faster than the speed of light. They can transverse anywhere inatantly. He can move so fast that it was impossible for Dean and Sam to follow him or see where he was going. He was running and moving so fast that he appeared as a blur. Though, he can teleport, he likes to use super speed just as much to play with his victims heads and a display of power. He also noted that he can transverse around the entire universe (93 Billion light-years) in literally one second. Dagon, Ramiel, and Asmodeus has displayed immense superhuman speeds by appearing as a blur and moving and going so fast that it is completely impossible for the human eye to follow. Ramiel noted that he prefers to use super speed as opposed to using teleportation. Stating tha he likes "physical work" he was able to run circles around Mary, Sam and Dean so fast he appeared a mere blur and his movements were completely impossible to see or follow, he was seemingly moving at the speed of light while he was running in circles of Sam, Mary and Dean. Asmodeus was able to use super speed from sitting down to getting in Author Ketch's face instantly faster than a blink of an eye. He also used it again when he was able to throw ten punches to Author in a mere microsecond. Dagon stated that when she is bored she runs all across Earth and noted it only takes her a few seconds to She stated that she once physically ran from California to New York in a literal microsecond.do. She also used super speed against four vampires trying to attack Kelly Kline able to rip them apart limb from limb instantly. She also was able to effortlessly defeat Sam, Dean and Castiel in literally less than one second using super speed and was able to effortlessly dodge speeding Colt bullets. They are among the fastest beings in existence.
* **Telekinesis** - Azazel could move people and objects using only his mind. He was very skilled with this ability, able to use it on multiple targets at once, restraining them so they couldn't even cry out for help, and throwing grown men considerable distances, by flicking his wrist. He was able to keep Mary pinned to the ceiling, without even being in the room. Dagon was similarly able to fling around several hunters effortlessly. Ramiel was telekinetic as well as seen with him closing the doors of his house with a wave of his hand, but appeared to prefer physical combat to use telekinesis to fling his enemies around. Asmodeus was able to casually pull a demon to him with just a hand gesture, and with a hand gesture sent Castiel and Sam flying several meters against a wall with great force.
* **Biokinesis** - Azazel demonstrated the ability to physically injure humans, even inducing fatal internal bleeding with a mere glare. One of the omens of Azazel's arrival also included mass cattle deaths. Asmodeus was able to make the Winchesters and Donatello Redfield choke with a hand gesture. When Asmodeus clenched his fist, the demons that he smote started gasping for air before the smiting took place.
* **Pyrokinesis** - Azazel could generate and manipulate fire to an immense degree. His power over fire was extensive enough that he could render entire buildings, towers, and even small towns ablaze in minutes or even seconds. Azazel could also augment fire and put it out with a snap of his fingers. He was able to easily incinerate humans and other beings simply by waving his hands, burning them to ash. Daniel was able to easily extinguish holy fire circles, and release fire at targets out of his hands in a similar manner to a flame thrower. Dagon launched a fireball at the Winchesters with great force which cuased them to be knocked out unconscious, and would of been killed by the flames if Castiel hadn't of intervened and put out the flames with a wave of his hand. Asmodeus was able to effortlessly light a demons face on fire with a mere hand gesture for sassing him, and caused them demon to scream in agonizing pain.
* **Immunity** - Being demons with yellow eyes, the Princes of Hell possessed enormously stronger resistance than the other common demons.
	+ **Azazel** - Could endure multiple drops of holy water on the shirt without pain and enter houses that are protected by massive salt barriers. He was completely immune to iron, salt, holy water, devils traps, exorcism rites, also able to walk on holy ground. He could even easily endure being fire-hosed with holy water and being completely unharmed and smiling at it, which would of terribly burned common demons and caused them unbearable pain. He could easily walk thru massive salt, touch iron and not being burned or harmed at all, walk thru devils traps, and even unaffected by exorcism rites.
	+ **Ramiel** - Highly resistant to the demon-killing knife and angel blades, however, the knife and angel blade caused him a slight amount of pain. Ramiel was immune to devil's trap bullets and devil traps.
* **Invulnerability** - Princes of Hell cannot be harmed by normal means. The only weapons known to be able to kill them are the Colt, the First Blade, Death's Scythe and the Lance of Michael. When Dagon was shot several times, she was not only unharmed, but it appeared to cause her no pain. Castiel states that Dagon is extremely hard to kill, at one point. Similarly, when Dean shot Asmodeus the only effect was for Asmodeus to drop his disguise.
* **Immortality** - The Princes of Hell are immortal and can potentially live forever. They have existed since the Old Stone Age, making them over 2.5 million years old. Among the oldest demons to ever live with only Lilith, the very first demon, being older. They are so old that they consider a 1,000 years equivalent to one day. Remiel called Crowley, a 350-year-old demon kid. Even by demon standards, they are very old and ancient. John Winchester called Azazel an *"extremely old and ancient demon"*. Asmodeus stated that he and the other Princes served Lucifer for "eons". Similarly Dagon referred to the Seraphim Castiel as "kid" when fighting with him. Azazel noted that he has existed for millions of years. Castiel noted that the Princes are even as old or older than most angels. Though, they are infinitely younger than archangels.
* **Resurrection (by deals)** - Azazel was able to resurrect dead humans, though he had to first make a deal with a living human, he explicitly stated that he couldn't resurrect people unless a deal was made, dismissing it as "red tape". Despite demon deals channeling the power of human souls to grant wishes, Azazel did not need to claim a person's soul to resurrect people, one of the only demons shown to do this.
* **Super Stamina** - The Princes do not require food, water, oxygen, rest, or sleep to sustain themselves or their vessels. They do not get tired, they do not get hot or cold, they do not sweat, nor get hungry, thirsty, exhausted, sick, or feel pain. They do not need to urinate or defecate. They also have a unique threshold and tremendously vast resistance to pain. They do not feel any pain for conventional or mortal means, such as, guns, knives, bombs, fire, lava, poison, acid, toxins, blunt force trauma, strangulation, drowning, etc. They do feel pain for certain supernatural weapons.

* **Reality Warping (by deals)** - Azazel could alter the world around him in the context of a demonic deal. Unlike all other demons, he did not require a soul to *power* the deals he made. However, he still had to obey the rules of the demonic soul deals. As he said in reference to Sam's resurrection at the end of Season 2, "You see, demons can't resurrect people unless a deal is made. I know, red tape--it'll make you nuts."
* **Teleportation** - Azazel could travel instantly from one place to another including Hell and Earth without occupying the space in between, he was quick enough to use this to avoid bullets from the Colt. He was able to move fast enough to kidnap Sam and remove him in seconds. Dagon was very profit isn't with this ability, she was able to use this ability to quickly dodge attacks and teleport from speeding bullets from the Colt, using it in a similar manner to super speed. Asmodeus teleported away from Jack after he became enraged.
* **Dream Walking** - Azazel could enter others' dreams, he used this ability to enter the dreams of his special children when they were asleep in *All Hell Breaks Loose - Part 1* and *All Hell Breaks Loose - Part 2*. He was mentioned as having done so in *Simon Said* and *Hunted*.
* **Weather manipulation** - As great masses of demons can, Azazel's presence alone could cause thunderstorms, wildfires, hailstorms, massive temperature fluctuations, and sudden gusts of wind. When Dagon teleported to where the Winchesters were with Mick Davies and Renny Rawlings, her mere travel caused powerful gusts of wind, rainstorms, temperature fluctuations, thunder, and lightning strikes. When Asmodeus appeared outside a bar, thunder and lightning struck.
* **Healing (by deals)** - Azazel restored a comatose, dying Dean to full health in *In My Time of Dying* and repaired John's broken neck in *In The Beginning* though in both cases he had to make a deal to do so.
* **Electromagnetic Interference** - Azazel's mere presence caused lights to flicker, electronic devices to go haywire, and clocks to stop. He could also do this at his will.
* **Electrokinesis** - Dagon was capable of generating extremely powerful electricity strong enough to cause severe pain to an angel as a form of torture. She could even electrocute humans, monsters, demons, and angels just by touching them, either to torture them, cause pain or kill them. She can also launch electric bolts at targets powerful enough to electrocute them to death.
* **Memory Manipulation** - Azazel could erase memories as seen when he erased Dean's memories of his near-death experience and John's memories of Azazel killing him.
* **Super Senses** - Azazel was able to tell Dean wasn't one of his Special Children, simply by smelling his neck. Ramiel also could sense Castiel's "smell". He could also smell and instantly sense if someone was hiding near him without even knowing that they are there. Dragon was able to instantly sense that angels were within a few miles away. Daniel was able to easily detect that Castiel was rotting away and dying in a barn miles away after he stabbed him with the Lance of Michael. overall, the Princes senses are enhanced to an extreme superhuman level, allowing them to hear, smell, detect, taste, and see things that are completely impossible for humans and animals.
* **Flight** - When in his disembodied smoke form, Azazel could fly.
* **Spell Casting** - Azazel was able to perform a ritual, by sacrificing a group of nuns, which allowed Lucifer to speak to him while he was still in the Cage.
* **Molecular Combustion** - Simply by touching an angel, Dagon was able to make them combust into dust. Agonizing was able to easily explode fifteen angels by placing her palm of her hand on them and making them explode into dust instantly. When she does this, the palm of her hand glows red in a circle that she presses against the angel in question and turns them to dust instantly. Asmodeus also displayed a version of this ability, turning a man to dust with just a wave of his hand. Amaze was also able to easily combust a priest with a wink of his eye and instantly exploding him into a shower of blood and gore.
* **Mind Control** - The Princes of Hell have the power to control and influence the actions, emotions, behaviors, thoughts, and perceptions of humans, animals, demons, and lower beings. Dagon was able to compel Dr. Turner to tell Kelly Kline "everything is a-okay." Asmodeus was able to place the Prophet Donatello Redfield under his control, though his use of the power had a more subtle effect on Donatello. Azazel was able to mentally command one of his special children's parents to commit suicide.
* **Thermokinesis** - Dagon was able to heat up the Colt to the point that the barrel fell off and the legendary and powerful supernatural gun was damaged possibly beyond repair. Azazel was able to emit extreme heat with his hands and touch Dean causing him to scream in agonizing pain. He also caused Dean's whole body to painfully burn from inside and out and caused Sam's body freeze from the inside out. Dagon was able to burn an angel to ashes from the inside out. As mode us was able to make Author Ketch's blood boil and cause him to be so unbelievably hot to the point where he was screaming in agonizing and unbearable pain. Azazel made an entire town drastically increase in temperature by his presence alone, causing it to be from 68 degrees to 118 degrees fahrenheit.
* **Photokinesis** - When Asmodeus arrived at Needham Asylum, his presence emitted a strong white light. Dagon was able to kill two hunters by releasing an overwhelming white light from her hands causing them to be disintegrated. Dagon was able to easily obliterate an entire hospital with her demonic white light, and killing everyone inside by burning them from the inside out which was 200 people.
* **Smiting** - With just a wave of his hand, Asmodeus was able to effortlessly smite over fifty demons at once who were all Crowley loyalists, killing them all in a similar manner to angels and Sam when drinking demon blood.
* **Shapeshifting** **(Through Grace)** - Asmodeus was able to transform into the shape of others in a manner similar to the Alpha Shapeshifter. According to Lucifer, he did not give Asmodeus this power and he got it from somewhere else. This was confirmed to be the case as Asmodeus regularly stole the grace of Gabriel to help boost his powers.
* **Voice Mimicry** - Asmodeus was able to mimic Castiel's voice on a phone call to trick the Winchesters.
* **Clairsentience** - Ramiel was able to sense Crowley's arrival in his home and detect the Winchester's and Castiel's whereabouts Asmodeus was able to sense the presence of immensely powerful beings such as Lucifer when he returned to the Main Universe and the Prophet Donatello Redfield. He actively tried to use this power to search for the Nephilim Jack but could not find Jack while he was cloaked.
* **Energy Blasts** - Asmodeus was able to fire large blasts of energy, similar to what was seen done by Lucifer and the Apocalypse World Michael.

## Weaknesses

Due to their immeasurable power and status as the Princes of Hell, as among the oldest and most powerful demons in existence, they have very few weaknesses.

### Harming, Misleading, or Trapping

* **Holy Fire (possibly)** - It was used against Ramiel to trap him before he broke free by using the Lance of Michael. However, even before breaking free, Ramiel was more amused than anything to have holy fire used against him.

### Banishing and Killing

* **The Colt** - This gun was able to kill one.
* **Lance of Michael** - The Lance was able to kill one.
* **Nephilim** - In general, Nephilim are far more powerful than Angels, and according to Nephilim lore, Nephilim become far more powerful than the Angel who sired them. While empowering Castiel, Jack, the Nephilim spawn of the Archangel Lucifer, was able to bestow Castiel with the strength to easily overpower Dagon, render her powerless and burn her to ashes. Asmodeus immediately fled rather than face Jack's wrath after angering him.
* **Archangels** - An Archangel can easily nullify all of the powers of any Prince of Hell, render them completely powerless and helpless, and effortlessly annihilate them in an instant. The Princes of Hell we’re subservient to the fallen archangel Lucifer and we’re his creations. Lucifer could easily severely hurt Dagon by merely screaming while telepathically communicating with her and was able to easily terrify and intimidate Dagon by casually threatening to cause her eternal torture and pain. Lucifer was able to inflict lasting scars upon Asmodeus' face after becoming angry over Asmodeus released the Shedim. While confident of his superiority in Lucifer's severely weakened state, Asmodeus showed immense fear of what would happen if Lucifer regained his full power and stated that “we’re all dead in an instant once he regains his full power. He will inflict unimaginable and infinite torture, pain and torment upon me and then instantly disintegrate me with a snap of his fingers then he will tear Hell apart and annihilate the entire demon race”. He even showed extreme fear at the thought of having to face an Alternate Michael as well. Even in a extremely weakened state with very low grace, the youngest and weakest archangel Gabriel effortlessly obliterated Asmodeus and incinerated him into nothingness with a mere hand gesture, despite Asmodeus’ empowered state and immeasurable power fueled by Gabriel’s grace and Gabriel’s severely weakened state and diminished grace though it exhausted most of his regained strength. Further proving that no matter how empowered or enhanced a Prince of Hell is they are still absolutely no match for any archangel, even one that is in a significantly weakened state.

## Known Princes of Hell

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## Deaths

### Killed By

#### Azazel

* Dean Winchester

During the Battle of the Devil's Gate, the ghost of John Winchester emerged from Hell and pulled Azazel from his vessel long enough for Dean to retrieve the Colt. After Azazel overpowered John and reentered his vessel, Dean shot Azazel in the heart with the Colt, killing him.

#### Ramiel

* Sam Winchester

During a fight between the Winchesters and Ramiel, Sam struggled with Ramiel over the Lance of Michael until Mary Winchester created a distraction by stabbing Ramiel in the back with an angel blade, allowing Sam to gain control over the Lance of Michael. Sam then stabbed Ramiel in the heart with the Lance of Michael, ultimately causing the Prince of Hell to combust into dust.

#### Dagon

* Castiel

As Dagon prepared to kill Castiel, Jack empowered him from the womb, allowing Castiel to restrain Dagon one-handed and render her powerless. Castiel then set Dagon and her vessel ablaze, burning Dagon to ashes.

#### Asmodeus

* Gabriel

When Asmodeus was torturing Sam and Castiel, Gabriel broke free of his captors and healed himself. After knocking aside a blast from Asmodeus, Gabriel set both Asmodeus and his vessel ablaze, burning him to ash.

#### Azazel (Apocalypse World)

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In 2020, God decided to destroy the Multiverse, including Apocalypse World. If Azazel wasn't dead by then, he was killed when God destroyed his world.

## Lore

In demonology, the Princes of Hell are the seven highest-ranking demons, which correspond to the Seven Deadly Sins. The identities of these demons vary sometimes, though Lucifer and Satan often appear as Pride and Wrath.

### Peter Binsfeld's classification:

* Lucifer: pride
* Mammon: greed
* Asmodeus: lust
* Leviathan: envy
* Beelzebub: gluttony
* Satan: wrath
* Belphegor: sloth

### The Lanterne of Light:

* Lucifer: Pride
* Beelzebub: Envy
* Satan: Wrath
* Abaddon: Sloth
* Mammon: Greed
* Belphegor: Gluttony
* Asmodeus: Lust

## Appearances

* Season 1
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* Season 3
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* Season 4
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* Season 6
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* Season 9
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* Season 10
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* Season 12
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## Trivia

* Yellow-eyed demons aka the Princes of Hell are the first known demon type whose iris is only colored and their sclera is white. The only other known demon type with a colored iris and white sclera is Samhain.
* All Princes of Hell have yellow eyes.
* As mentioned in *The Essential Supernatural*, the yellow eyed demons are the demon army generals. However, it never happened because three of the four princes of hell and yellow-eyed demons lost their belief in Lucifer and their interest in hell. The only prince of hell and yellow-eyed demon was Azazel, however, he was shot before Lucifer escaped from his cage, which is why he could not serve him as a general.
* As the son of Crowley, the former King of Hell, Gavin MacLeod considered himself to be a Prince of Hell.
* Although they are called "Princes", Dagon is female. However, she is still specifically called "Dagon, Prince of Hell" by Castiel to the Winchesters when he warns them about her.
* Similar to Archangels, there are also only four Princes of Hell.
* According to Crowley, with Azazel and Lilith's death, Ramiel was the next in line for the throne of Hell. This indicates that the Princes of Hell, like Archangels has an order.
* Of the four deceased Princes of Hell, two have been killed by one of the Winchester brothers. Dagon and Asmodeus were instead killed by angels. Additionally, all but Asmodeus were killed by a member of Team Free Will.
* Of all the deceased Princes, only Azazel left any form of physical remains. Ramiel was exploded into dust and Dagon and Asmodeus burned to ashes, but Azazel left behind his deceased vessel.
* Before his death, Ramiel possessed both the weapon that killed his brother Azazel and the weapon that would ultimately kill him.
* Although not revealed until the 12th season, Princes of Hell were the first demons to appear on the show, with Azazel appearing in the *Pilot*. They were also the first supernatural creature to appear as Azazel appears in the very first scene of the show.
* In each case that a Prince of Hell was killed by a Winchester, it was done with the aid of one of their parents. In the case of Azazel, John Winchester distracted him long enough for Dean to get the Colt and shoot Azazel. In the case of Ramiel, Mary Winchester distracted him with an angel blade to the back, enabling Sam to grab the Lance of Michael and stab Ramiel.
* In *Supernatural: One Year Gone*, Dean has to stop a plot to raise the Four Princes of Hell. In the non-canon novel, the Princes are Lucifer, Belial, Leviathan and an unnamed fourth Prince.
	+ In *The Satanic Bible* by Anton LaVey, the "The Four Crown Princes of Hell" are Satan, Lucifer, Belial, and Leviathan.
* In *The Memory Remains*, Sam discovers that the Men of Letters had very little on the Princes of Hell among their many books on demons and nothing useful.
* Both Azazel and Dagon survived attempts on their lives with the Colt. While Azazel was eventually killed with the legendary gun, Dagon avoided all attempts to kill her with it and eventually destroyed the Colt.
* While Azazel, Dagon, and Asmodeus had at least one demon serving them, only Ramiel acted alone.
* According to Ramiel in *Stuck in the Middle (With You)*, "Prince of Hell" is actually just a title reflecting the position and status of himself, Azazel, Dagon, and Asmodeus.
* As seen in *The Rising Son*, the Princes of Hell are mentioned in John Winchester's Journal. It is unclear if they are named in it as the Winchesters were unaware that Azazel was one until Crowley told them, but the journal at least mentions the fact that there are only four of them.
* Ramiel is the only Prince of Hell to be killed in his inaugural episode. He is also the only one of the Princes to appear in only one episode.
* Azazel and Asmodeus are the only Princes of Hell to be portrayed by multiple actors.
* Lucifer called Asmodeus "the runt of the litter," indicating that he is the youngest and/or the weakest Prince of Hell. He later stated that Asmodeus is his weakest creation. Gabriel's story also called Asmodeus "the weakest of Hell's Princes" before he started injecting himself with Gabriel's grace.
* The Princes of Hell are collectors. Azazel collected Special Children, Ramiel collected weapons, Dagon tried to collect Jack and Asmodeus collects powers.
* Asmodeus is the only Prince of Hell who was not in some way connected to the Colt. Azazel and Ramiel owned it briefly and Azazel was killed by it while Dagon had three attempts made to kill her with the gun.
* Every single Prince of Hell has been shot by Dean Winchester at least once. Dean shot and killed Azazel with the Colt in *All Hell Breaks Loose - Part 2*, he shot Ramiel with devil's trap bullets in *Stuck in the Middle (With You)*, he shot Dagon multiple times in *The British Invasion* and he shot Asmodeus once in *The Rising Son*. He also attempted to shoot Dagon with the Colt in *The Future* but failed. In contrast, Sam has only shot Azazel in *Devil's Trap* and Dagon in *The Future*.
* Azazel is the only Prince of Hell whose vessel is not destroyed upon his death.
* Azazel is the only Prince of Hell that appears to have no single long-term vessel. While he kept the vessel he took in *In My Time of Dying* until his death, that was the course of about a year. Ramiel had his vessel for at least seven years, Dagon appeared to have kept hers for a long time and Asmodeus's vessel was used by Asmodeus for so long that it bore the scars Lucifer inflicted upon him for unleashing the Shedim. Before taking the vessel he died in, Azazel took multiple other vessels to complete a task and then appeared to discard them rather than keep them permanently.
* Azazel is the only Prince of Hell to have an Apocalypse World counterpart mentioned. His counterpart's fate is unknown, but he is mentioned by Bobby Singer in *All Along the Watchtower* and *Good Intentions*. Given God's ongoing destruction of all alternate realities, it is currently unknown if Apocalypse World even exists anymore and as such if this Azazel is alive or dead if he hadn't been killed already.
* Azazel is the only Prince of Hell to have their demon smoke form shown rather than just the vessel they use to manifest on Earth.
* Yellow-eyed demons are the only known ancient and powerful demon species, both with a special eye color and a title like Princes of Hell. Other ancient and powerful demon species either have no special eye color or no title.
	+ Lilith as well Alastair are both ancient, powerful and white-eyed demons, but have no special title.
	+ Abaddon was an ancient and powerful demon who was erroneously dubbed the last surviving Knight of Hell, but had no special eye color.

## References

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1. ↑ *First Born*