Virgil

**Virgil** is an exiled **demon**, former Prince of **Hell**, and the "brother" of **Mephisto** and **Crowley**. A trickster demon by nature, Virgil is seen as an unpredictable wild card by those on both sides of the **Lucifer's Cage** conflict. The former owner of the **Ace of Spades.**

 He is a crafty and confident trickster demon who enjoys causes chaos and trouble for mortals for no reason aside from it being fun.

## Description

### Appearance

Virgil's human form is that of a handsome man in his mid to late 20s, with stylish, dark hair, chiseled features, and piercing blue eyes. He has fair skin, a muscular build, and stands just under six feet tall.

He favors comfortable, trendy clothes and favors leather jackets and the color black. When needed, Virgil has a number of handsome tuxedos and suits to choose from, although he doesn't often find the need to dress so formal.

### Personality

Virgil has a relaxed, blithe attitude most of the time, approaching even the most dire situations with a sense of dark, macabre humor. He rarely shows respect to others, regarding almost everyone with sarcasm, pet names, and rude comments; his demeanor is confident and casual.

The demon has a unique worldview, seeing humans, demons, and even angels as cogs in a greater machine--and himself as the monkey wrench in that divine order. He visualized this orchestration through the use of a chess board he used to keep in his office, which involved moving a combination of chess, othello, checkers, and other game pieces in a bizarre sort of game that only he understood.

He believes that he has a thorough understanding of human nature, which enables him to predict their reactions with a high degree of accuracy; even though he no longer possesses demonic telepathy, he remains one step ahead of those around him.

Virgil was once one of the most feared and respected of the Princes of Hell. Extremely cunning and supremely confident, Virgil is able to talk his way out of almost any situation. He possesses a silver tongue, though he is generally considered untrustworthy by those who know him. Even other demons handle Virgil with caution.

Most see Virgil as the type who would just as soon sell you out behind your back as protect you from a rampaging monstrosity. Those who have dealings with him find he has a way of snaking around a conversation, and they waste a lot of time trying to decipher his true agenda.

Virgil enjoys pushing buttons and causing mischief for its own sake, and he often puts others in situations just to see how they will react. He may be charming and cunning, but while he has a great many acquaintances, he has remarkably few friends.

## Biography

### Background

Like all Balor, Virgil was once an **angel**. He served in the Second Choir, under **Lucifer.**. He has only vague memories of the first days but can remember the soft, cool embrace of Heaven. When Lucifer began his **rebellion**, Virgil was an early convert and managed to convince his closest friend--the demon who would become Mephistopheles, to join in the rebellion with him.

The Dawn War was terrible; a war between angels that shook the very foundations of Heaven. A third of all angels were wiped out in the fighting, and both Lucifer and his own host were warped from the act of slaying their own. Lucifer was ultimately defeated by **Michael** and along with the entirety of the Rebellion, were cast down to Hell.

In Hell, Virgil took on his true name and drank of the blood of **Asmodeus**, completing his transformation into a demon proper, becoming the Second Son of Asmodeus. It was Virgil, who so hated humanity and Heaven, that volunteered to corrupt the perfection of **Eden**, and he turned into a serpent to tempt **Eve** and cause the downfall of humanity.

In the wake of the fall of Eden, Lucifer was bound in the Cage and Virgil took on the role of a Prince of Hell. He would spend millennia wandering the Earth, causing mischief and strife, tempting good people to wickedness, desecrating holy ground, and leaving entire cities to burn.

### Exile

Throughout the centuries, Virgil and Mephistopheles engaged in a tense rivalry, with his older brother growing more resentful of him as time passed. This came to a head in the late 18th century when Virgil discovered that his brother had been assigned the task of awakening the Leviathan. For reasons not entirely understood, Virgil worked against Mephisto, resulting not only in the failure of the mission--but in the destruction of much of Hell's Earthly armaments, cultists, and even a small host of demons and setting their efforts back centuries.

The brothers were brought before Asmodeus who ultimately would exile them both from Hell, cutting them off from its infernal power. They were sent back to Earth, stuck in a single human form and unable to use the majority of their power.

They would go their separate ways but Virgil would occasionally find Mephisto and cause mischief for him. It seemed little amused him as much as making his brothers' life hard.

### Life on Earth

Virgil has seemingly made the most of his time on Earth. He has cultivated many contacts and his reputation is infamous throughout supernatural circles. He has been involved in a number of famous incidents, including (but certainly not limited to):

* 1800s - Virgil has hinted that he may have had something to do with the **Portrait of Dorian Gray**.
* 1939 - Started World War II as a way of one-upping Mephisto, who started WWI.
* 1950s - Stoked the fires of the Cold War.
* 1960s - He has taken responsibility for the success of the Rolling Stones, who all sold their souls to him for success. The song *Sympathy for the Devil* was written about him.
* 1974 - Killed the last remaining members of the Order of Merlin in San Francisco.
* 1979 - Responsible for the Three Mile Island disaster.

### Recent History

By 2004, Virgil had appeared in New York City, NY under the name Virgil Lukas and was working as an information broker. He lived in San Francisco briefly in 2006, before settling in Sacramento in 2008, when he opened his own bar, the Ace of Spades, as a front for this business.

In 2010, he began working with Edgar Nulph.

### Appearances

#### Urban Arcana

**Season 1**

* *Mirror, Mirror -* S01E01
* *Dead on Arrival* - S01E02
* *Hell Hound on My Trail* - S01E04
* *Lucky Charms -* S01E05
* *An Interlude -* S01E06
* *Road Trip* - S01E07
* *Alien -* S01E08
* *The Diabolist -* S01E09
* *Universal -* S01E10
* *Vampire Diaries -* S01E11
* *Wish -* S01E12
* *Fatal Attraction -* S01E13
* *Trolling Around -* S01E14
* *Thirteen Crows -* S01E15
* *The Labyrinth* - S01E16
* *The Sacrifice -* S01E21

**Season 2**

* *The Lost Bunker* - S02E02

## Relationships

### Arthur Reid

There are few people Virgil loathes and despises as much as he does Arthur Reid. Virgil has attempted to rid himself of the vampire hunter for some time. He'd outright kill him without hesitation, if doing so wouldn't completely isolate him from Odessa (which he knows it would).

### Asmodeus

There are few beings in Creation that Virgil fears. Asmodeus is absolutely one of them. The thought of seeing Asmodeus fills Virgil with terror and he will do whatever he has to in order to insure that he won't ever have to again.

### Betelgeuse

The two chaos demons have developed a sort of bitter rivalry with each other over the centuries, which has intensified recently. The pair are both intent on being the one to destroy the other and they are evenly matched; Virgil lacks Betelgeuse's raw power, strength, and ferocity but Betelgeuse lacks Virgil's cunning and resourcefulness.

### Crowley

Virgil saw Crowley, his younger brother, as nothing more than a craven, sniveling coward for millennia. Thus, he paid Crowley little heed or attention as, over centuries, Crowley's power and ambition have grown. He has come to learn that Crowley had been behind their exile, it is Crowley who has playing them all and attempting to orchestrate Lucifer's release. Little makes Virgil more queasy than the idea of Crowley being in charge of Hell, so he has been working to stop his efforts alongside Odessa and the others. While Virgil has been a secret double agent for months, it was recently revealed that Crowley had known of Virgil's betrayal all along.

Virgil's getting real tired of Crowley's bullshit.

### Edgar Nulph

Edgar and Virgil have an uneasy sort of relationship. Edgar hates and distrusts the demon, due to his actions throughout Season 1. Virgil respects Edgar, claiming that he is "exceptionally smart and magically talented--for a human". Their relationship is very tense.

### Haniel

Haniel is maybe the closest thing Virgil had to a friend for a long time; both free spirited exiles from their homes, forced to live among humans. Their views on humanity differed, but they did manage to find a little common ground. However, the events of the past several months have more or less sundered this friendship. Haniel keeps Virgil at a distance and treats him with caution.

### Mephistopheles

Virgil and Mephisto have a very complex relationship. Both angels from the same choir going back to Creation, the pairs' fates have been entwined since the beginning. They possess an intense hatred and fierce love for one another at the same time. Virgil has been making Mephisto's life hard for centuries, but will destroy anybody who would bring his brother harm.

### Odessa Nulph

Odessa is unlike any other mortal Virgil has ever met. She is a girl outside of her time. She is strong, determined, passionate, intelligent. She is cultured and beautiful. She is Virgil's desire; he needs her as a flame needs oxygen. He craves her, he desires to possess her. While their relationship has been complicated, Virgil seems to hold Odessa's safety and happiness as his highest priority. While he tried to keep her at arms length for a time, her relationship with Arthur brought out Virgil's possessive, petty, cruel side.

It seems now that their fates are forever connected, and Virgil knows she'll likely be the death of him.

## Character Information

### Notable Items

* **Demon Killing Knife -** This magical knife is capable of actually killing most balor if Virgil manages a kill shot.

### Skills & Abilities

* Deception
* **Exiled Demon Abilities**
* Hand-to-Hand Combat
* Intelligence gathering
* Larceny
* Subterfuge

## Trivia

* While a great many individuals know him by the name "Virgilius", this is not his true name. This name is known to a select few, including Asmodeus, and is one of his most closely guarded secrets.
* Virgil is friends with a number of famous artists, actors, and musicians. This list includes Madonna, Banksy, and George Clooney.
* Favorite foods are apples.