Loremaster

* Intro
* Success
* Curious
* Gift
* Pie

"Another one's awake! And such a handsome specimen at that."

**~~~Loremaster, The Science Demon**

**Loremaster** is an antagonist to Subject 67 in *Examtaker*. She is also the future side of Azazel and the new ruler of Hell, as well as the master of its fallen queen Lucifer.

## Appearance

Loremaster is very pale, with long hair and horns painted white. She possesses a black arrow-tipped tail like the other demons, and wears a crimson polo shirt with a black tie under a black suit vest and gray slacks, topped off with a pair of crimson safety glasses. Over this outfit she wears a white lab coat with the sleeves rolled up to expose her forearms, which have been replaced with robot arms.

## Personality

Like Azazel, Loremaster is obsessed with knowledge and research. Compared to the angelic Azazel however, she is much more merciless in her pursuit of results, granting her more of a "Mad Scientist" archetype. Loremaster is cheerful, affable, and enthusiastic, being quick to give compliments and rarely holding grudges. That said, she can also be flippant, immature, and capricious, most evident in her disappointment at the death of Subject 666. She firmly believes herself to be an angel, and is in denial of all evidence to the contrary. She seeks to write the grandest possible report on the nature of sin and the relationship between humanity and demons, and will stop at nothing to obtain what she wants.

## Trivia

* Loremaster is actually Azazel far into the future after descending to full demonhood. However, she denies that she has actually transformed into a demon, and claims to still be an angel working for Heaven and is just wearing a disguise.
	+ An early hint to identity is that her "Curious" portrait is almost exactly like Azazel's "Taking Notes" portrait.
* She painted her horns white to appear older.
* At some point she lost her arms in an unknown battle, replacing them with robot arms.
* The entire vibe of Examtaker is hugely different due to Loremaster's presence and influence acting as a major contrast from former Hell-ruler Lucifer:
	+ Lucifer is a very old demon; Loremaster is a very young one.
	+ Lucifer's Hell is warm-colored, grungy, run-down, and medieval; Loremaster's Hell is cold-colored, sterile, precise, and technological.
	+ Lucifer is very prim-and-proper and reserved; Loremaster is more overtly goofy and enthusiastic.
	+ Lucifer turns out to have a kind side and a sense of real empathy; Loremaster comes across as borderline deranged and obsessive, and her goofy attitude belies her side that cares only for her research.
	+ Lucifer never directly opposed the Helltaker and in fact tried to protect him from Judgement, even if her efforts were defied quite easily; Loremaster is personally responsible for all the suffering Subject 67 goes through, and despite everybody else's efforts her torturous experiments are successfully pulled off.
	+ Lucifer was the demon closest to the Helltaker and still remembers him fondly; Loremaster seemingly cares nothing for him, with her as Azazel following the Helltaker simply for the benefits of extending her "research" regarding the demons.

## References

1. ↑ Like Judgement and Lucifer. See vanripper's twitter comics for reference