Mammon

**Mammon** is a major recurring character in the *Divine Comedy*.

He is a greedy and corrupt fallen angel who rules over the Greed Circle and the founder (and owner) of Hell's banking system. Mammon is also one of the Seven Emperors of Hell thus making him one of the most powerful beings in the Inferno.

He is depicted as sleazy and snake oiling mafioso with the image of a charismatic and smooth-talking casino owner who pulls any sinner or demon with greed in their soul to consume themselves with their own greed in his casinos. Mammon would also be the catalyst behind Blitzø and Fizzarolli's destruction of their friendship when he lured Fizzarolli down the path of greed and left both his family and friends behind.

## History

### Background

Like his fellow emperors, Mammon was once an angel that resided in Heaven. Mammon was one of the architects for many of Heaven's grand palaces and dwellings. He was particularly captivated by the glimmering and otherworldly minerals that could be found on other planets throughout the cosmos. This fondness turned into an obsession to where he would start to think about the value these minerals could hold. As he joined with Mulciber in constructing and designing Heaven's palaces, he would decorate the interior and exterior with these minerals that breathed a lavish and luxurious air to it.

Mammon was also said to have been the one to design Lucifer's outfit, adorning it with every precious stone in an intricate manner which impressed Lucifer greatly, resulting in him joining the Morningstar's gang. Mammon, however, would be more focused on the shimmering stone of gold and silver rather than the beauty of Heaven's exterior design, this put him at odds with not just Mulciber but also several angels. Lucifer even claims that Mammon's love for "shiny things" reached to the point where he would stare at Heaven's golden pavement rather than God or Goddess.

Even when the war in Heaven was erupting, Mammon was more focused on taking all the precious and valuable stones from Heaven and make a run for it. However, he would be intercepted by Zadkiel who knocked the bag of jewels out of his hand as they fell towards the Earth. Enraged, Mammon fought against Zadkiel which then became a two-on-two as they were caught in the fight between Gabriel and Beelzebub. Mammon and Beelzebub fought the two archangels with Zadkiel and Mammon's battle taking them to one of Heaven's forges. In the end, Mammon was defeated by Zadkiel during a brutal battle, but Zadkiel wasn't finished. He had two of his angels restrain Mammon while poured molten gold over Mammon's face to forever remind him of his insatiable greed. After that he was cast out of Heaven and fell into the abyss alongside the others.

### Ruler of Hell

After his fall and recovery, Mammon's face would forever be burnt, hardening into a black onyx-like material while the rest of his body would be coated in gold. Mammon joined his six cohorts in shaping the abyss into what would be known as Hell with their own song and music. With Hell's foundation complete, Mammon was among the first to go out and explore what he had created and upon traversing a circle, he discovered underground precious metal and stone that Lucifer commissioned him to use in order to built a stronghold for them and the others. This stronghold would be Pandemonium and his claimed territory would be the Greed Circle as he is appointed as one of the Seven Emperors of Hell.

Over the millennia, Mammon would tempt humans to indulge into their greedy and avaricious nature, committing some of the most heinous acts and betrayals for the sake of coin; he claims that it was more fun during the Iron Age and medieval period as it was more bloody and widespread for people to go to war for money. Mammon was also the one who introduced alchemy to humanity, particularly during Ancient Egypt, and taught them how to use their own urine to make gold.

As society progressed, Mammon would invent the banking system of Hell, becoming the owner of the Great Dragon Bank, the largest bank in all of Hell which produces and distributes most of the realm's currency, and essentially being one of the wealthiest, if not **the** wealthiest, of the seven emperors, establishing himself as a powerful business tycoon, the "Great Gatsby of Greed" as he is called by his underlings, who comes off as a suave and charismatic mafioso with a taste for criminal profit that runs like a business.

## Trivia

* He is based on the demon of the same name, who, in the New Testament, is depicted as the Demon Prince of Greed, and is an entity that promises money and material wealth to others, and is often associated with the greedy pursuit of gain.
	+ Mammon's name in Hebrew translates to "money", which has then been adopted in modern Hebrew to also mean "wealth". His name also means "wealth regarded as an evil influence or false object of worship and devotion".
* Mammon's theme song would be "Money Is Such a Beautiful Word" by Henry Mancini.
* It is often believed that Mammon is the richest of all the monarchs though the series writer claims that it depends on the impact of the vice on humanity. This would indicate that Satan and Lucifer are among the richest next to him.
* According to the series writer, Mammon's favorite drink is Scotch.
* Mammon claims that he was the one who gave King Midas his golden touch and not Dionysus as the latter was passed out drunk while hung on a tree branch.
* Mammon and Asmodeus are gambling companions where Belphegor calls them "GamBros".
* Mammon invented the fast food chain with Beelzebub.
* He has a pet golden tiger.
* The currency that Mammon's factories produce are revealed to be cherished trinkets given to Charon as payment to board his ship that are crushed down and processed to become a medium of exchange.