Vox

**Vox** is a major antagonist in the *Divine Comedy*. He serves as the secondary antagonist of volume one, a minor, yet pivotal, antagonist in volume two, and a major antagonist in volume three.

Formerly known as Vincent Jones, he is a technologically-themed and powerful Overlord who controls both the Pride and Sloth Circle's TV broadcasts, streaming services, and numerous other multimedia, granting him an enormous amount of influence. He is also the CEO of Vogitek, a large conglomerate in Sloth that distributes music and sells various products.

He is perhaps more well-known for being Alastor's most hated arch enemy and rival, a relationship which primarily stems from their differing views on technology. He is also a member and leader of the Vees.

## Appearance

Vox is a slim, technology-themed sinner standing at about 7'0". He has a giant flat-screen TV for a head, and his eyes are bright red with light-blue pupils, and his left eye has black stripes with a blue, jagged pupil. He has two small antennas on the top of his head that protrude from the top of the hat. He sports a mouth full of sharp, light blue teeth, and has what appears to be blood dripping from the left side of his mouth. His eyebrows are different colors; the left is white, and the right is light blue. He has sharp, light blue claws, and dark skin.

His everyday wear consists of a black, striped suit with a black and red striped vest, and a bluish-white undershirt with a broadcast symbol on the chest. He has a red bowtie and a whitish blue undershirt. He sports a black top hat with red and blue broadcast and radio wave symbols on it. Whenever he uses his powers, his teeth, undershirt, and claws glow a bright shade of blue, and he often becomes surrounded in a blue and red distorted electric aura. He is capable of giving himself accessories such as glasses by swiping his screen.

## History

### Background

Vox was known as Vincent Jones when he was alive but aside from that much of his early life and background as a human is unknown as he does not disclose information regarding his previous life with anyone even with Valentino and Velvette. But on certain occasions he reveals a tidbit of his past life during one of his talk shows but mainly as a joke at his own expense. Through these pieces of information gathered it is indicated that Vox was once a popular and successful salesman who would promote his products in television ads. Due to his need to become popular and massive ego, Vox has hidden insecurities that likely stem from his past which also implies that in the beginning he was not all that popular but was determined to be a "big shot" one day.

Overtime, Vox's popularity soared as he would not only advertise products of his own making but also products owned by other companies to which said companies sought to hire him as his charisma and charm aided in developing increased demand for these products. Vox was so consumed with his popularity and power that he went so far as to kill anyone that would so much as outshine him. His actions of course had consequences as Vox was killed by his own co-workers out of sheer jealousy and vengeance for the unbearable workload he put on them.

### Arrival to Hell

Following his death, Vox's soul was cast into Hell, condemned to the Pride and Sloth Circles. Discarding his human name and instead calling himself "Vox" he would grow into becoming a powerful demon, accumulating vast amounts of influence and power through his charm and experience with multimedia technology. He would become a vassal of the Sloth Circle for Belphegor given that Sloth is a technologically advanced Circle of Hell and dervies on developing products and machinery that allows sinners and demons to indulge in their slothful tendencies. This in turn would also make him a beneficiary for Belphegor.

Vox was at the height of his power and was enough to even gain favor from the likes of Lucifer and Asmodeus. However, Vox would find resistance in the form of Alastor who was immune to his hypnotic televisual influence and found his showboating annoying as well as heavily detesting his views on modern technology. This sparked a heated rivalry between him and the Radio Demon. At some point Vox would also come into contact with Valentino, and the two began a burgeoning, parasitic yet consolidarity partnership. Overtime the moth demon forged a relationship with Vox simply to leech off of his money and power, which allowed him to elevate to the status of an Overlord himself.