Barbatos

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**Barbatos** is a deer demon and both a duke and an earl in the Ars Goetia.

## Appearance

Barbatos appears as a peach-skinned demon with curly black hair that fades into bright green. He has green eyes with black sclera as well as pentagram-shaped pupils. He has a scar running from the top left to the bottom right of his face. He has a pair of green deer-shaped horns coming out of his head, and large black feathered wings coming out of his back. He has silver star earrings dangling from his ears, and he wears a black shirt with a loose collar, a brown sweater, black pants and brown dress shoes.

## Personality

Barbatos is calm and collected, only ever angered by one demon- Lucifer, due to personal history. Besides that, he is dedicated and finds pleasure in working, which is why he took on the duties of both a duke and an earl in the Ars Goetia. He enjoys the finer things in life, and holds a high standard of life quality for himself. He is close friends with a demon named Diavolo, who serves as his opposite.

## History

Barbatos was created Venti in the Godly Plain along with the rest of the first-generation angels. Venti, however, was born with a large concentration of magic in his eyes, misshaping his pupils into a six-pointed star and giving him the ability to find the location of any object in the world. He could not control this ability, however, causing any object he looked at directly to become "marked" in his eyes, causing him headaches, dry/sore eyes, and occasionally caused blood to leak out of them. For his own safety he covered his eyes with his bangs, effectively blinding himself. To compensate, he taught himself to summon magic eyes that would allow him to see without the hindrance of his abilities. He spent a lot of his years practicing with various blades, as well as a bow and arrows, in order to qualify to be a hunter angel. After a few years of trying, he was approved and was placed in a group with Lucifer, as well as two other angels named Simeon and Luke. The four of them quickly became good friends, and while Lucifer valued his pride, it was not until Lucifer convinced them to come down with him on a questionable mission that this became apparent. Due to a miscalculation, the group ended up in the middle of the ocean, stranded on a rock. Lucifer refused to admit he made a mistake, and they bickered among themselves for a while until they were attacked by the Leviathan. Lucifer convinced them to kill the creature despite it's sacred status, and Venti joined his allies and friends in the battle. The battle came to an end when the Leviathan burned off one of Simeon's wings, causing him to fall into the water. The remaining three angels managed to kill the Leviathan, but by the time they had Simeon had sunk so far into the sea that it became almost impossible to bring him back to the surface. Lucifer dived in in an attempt to save his friend, but as soon as he did Venti and Luke were confronted by representatives for the Council of Angels, and were cast into the Underworld. During their fall, Luke's wings caught on fire from the heat and the air pressure, and Luke burned alive in the sky, falling as ashes to the ground. Venti survived the fall, however, and he mourned the loss of his friends. He aimlessly wandered the Underworld for a long time, regaining his sense of everything and becoming accustomed to both his new and old abilities. Once he realized how powerful he was, he joined the Ars Goetia. When Lucifer fell into the Underworld, the now-renamed Barbatos attacked him when Lucifer tried to visit him, letting out years of pent-up resentment towards his former friend. The two of them are not on speaking terms as of the present day.

## Trivia

* His birthday, December 8th, is a reference to how Barbatos is the eighth spirit in the Lesser Key of Solomon. His birthday is in December to make him a Sagittarius, as a reference to when Barbatos can be summoned.
* His abilities include his ability to see the location of any object in the world, though without the physical drawbacks he had as an angel, the ability to speak with animals, doing fortune readings with the help of his cards, and, ironically, being easily able to reconcile disputes between friends.
	+ He can't use the last ability on himself, although sometimes he wishes he could, as he's growing tired of the constant anger he feels towards Lucifer.
* He frequently acts as a servant to the kings in the Ars Goetia.
	+ Barbatos feels no hatred towards Asmodeus, and in fact feels somewhat sorry for them on account on the amount of pressure they must have been under.
* He's considered one of the most intelligent demons in the Underworld alongside Baal and Stolas.
* His favorite color is green.
* His favorite food is salad greens with a light amount of dressing. His favorite drink is herbal tea.
	+ He is a vegetarian.
* His front teeth are slightly longer than the rest of them, giving him small buck teeth.
* His favorite genre of music is gothic rock.
	+ This surprises most people as he comes across as more of a classical music enjoyer.
* He doesn't play video games or even watch TV, preferring to read books.
* He is considered attractive, but he doesn't really care all that much about it.