Moloch

Siblings: The Cherubim

**Moloch** was a fallen angel and prince of Hell that masqueraded as a pagan fertility god. He is infamous for his appetite towards children of the faithful.

## Overview

Moloch was the god of the Ammonites, portrayed as a bronze statue with a calf’s head adorned with a royal crown and seated on a throne. His arms were extended to receive the child victims sacrificed to him. Milton wrote that Moloch was a frightening and terrible demon covered with mothers’ tears and children’s blood.

He appears in the Old Testament as a god that Moses forbade the Israelites to worship. Moloch worship was practiced by the Canaanites, Phoenician and related cultures in North Africa and the Levant.

## Description

He is depicted as a massive humanoid bull, with demonic features. Rabbis claim that in the famous statue of Moloch, there were seven kinds of cabinets. The first was for flour, the second for turtle doves, the third for an ewe, the fourth for a ram, the fifth for a calf, the sixth for a beef, and the seventh for a child. It is because of this, Moloch is associated with Mithras and his seven mysterious gates with seven chambers. When a child was sacrificed to Moloch, a fire was lit inside the statue. The priests would then beat loudly on drums and other objects so that the cries would not be heard.

## History

### Background

He is listed among the chief of Lucifer's angels, and is given a speech at the parliament of Hell, where he argues for immediate warfare against God. He later becomes revered as a pagan god on Earth. He was also the one to give the oath system in Hell, which later on, was called Moloch's Oath.

### Activities on Earth

Moloch is presented as a foreign deity who was at times illegitimately given a place in Israel’s worship as a result of the syncretistic policies of certain apostate kings. The laws given to Moses by God expressly forbade the Jews to do what was done in Egypt or in Canaan. “You shall not give any of your children to devote them by fire to Moloch, and so profane the name of your God”.

Yet kings such as Ahaz and Manasseh, having been influenced by the Assyrians, are reported to have worshipped Moloch at the hilled site of Topheth, outside the walls of Jerusalem. This site flourished under Manasseh’s son King Amon but was destroyed during the reign of Josiah, the reformer. “And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the sons of Hinnom, that no one might burn his son or his daughter as an offering to Moloch”.

### Anung Un Rama

According to the mystical prophecy "Anung Un Rama, Urush Un Rama", Moloch is one of named casualties in a civil war within the ranks Hell, which was started when the cambion Hellboy killed a weakened and crippled Satan using the legendary Twin Blade. With the highest leadership gone, the countless legions of lesser demons turn against the infernal nobles and brutally killed them. Moloch is one of many casualties, alongside Astaroth, Suriel, Uziel, Amdusias, Beelzebub, Behemoth and Leviathan. However, it is unknown if this prophecy was true or a false prophecy created by Nyarlathotep.

## Personality

He is often described as a rash, irrational and murderous demon, who wants to continue to wage war against God and Heaven. Moloch is often disregardful of his own tubulous predicaments, which is evident when he deemed it imperative to take the fight to God even after they were banished and punished for their transgressions.

Although, this was likely because he himself enjoyed the thrill of war so much and was the reason why his suggestion was overruled, likely on the account that Satan recognized that Moloch was more brawn than he is brain and is a fallen angel attributed to warfare and lives for the thrill of combat.

Moloch also finds particular pleasure in making mothers weep; he specializes in stealing their children.

## Powers and Abilities

**Absolute Storage:** Moloch has an unlimited storage capacity and can store absolutely anything as well as manipulate everything that has something to do with storing, imprisoning, binding, sealing, etc. Moloch with this power can store anything or anyone without any limitations of any kind such as time, amount or mass.

**Authority:** Moloch has the power of authority; a power that grants them the right to rule, enforce orders, and establish laws within their dominion, even extending to the supernatural realm. This authority bestows upon them total control over their designated domain including supernatural elements, such as mystical forces, living entities, mythical creatures, and otherworldly dimensions that shape their environment.

**Chimerism:** Moloch either has or can fuse genetically with other species, Moloch is able to shift between several or any species they want. Exact effects vary by individual and the species they fuse with.

**Bovine Deity Physiology:** Moloch with this ability either is or can transform into a Bovine Deity, a god/goddess who represents or is associated with Bovines, like cows, bulls, buffaloes and calves. Bovine Deities are common in mythology and were important among the civilizations they were present in, especially in places like Egypt, Mesopotamia, Eastern Anatolia, Crete, Greece, Iran, South Asia, Rome and Ireland.

**Fallen Angel Physiology:** As an archetype, a fallen angel is angel either exiled from heaven or corrupted by dark powers or evil intent. In some cases, they are considered to be demons and vice versa in Christianity. The most common manifestation of the fall is in the coloration of the wings, which usually turn dark, or the manifestation of a dark halo. Though they have fallen from grace, they still retain some of their heavenly powers even if it's minimal and are not actually evil but merely fallen out of favor with heaven.

**Demon Physiology:** Moloch possesses the traits, attributes, characteristics and/or abilities of demon, a malevolent spirit usually of Satanic divinity or associated with Hell. They achieve this either through full or partial transformation into demons, choosing to mimic certain aspects of demonic beings, or simply already being a demon in the first place. Most commonly Moloch retains their general form but with some additions; horns, claws, fangs, and tail are common, as are wings, more fit (muscular and/or larger) body and color change (red, blue or black dominate) but there are several kinds of demons who are far less humanoid, varying from strange, surreal or even absolutely horrific.

**Fertility Inducement:** Moloch can induce fertility, the natural desire and capability of growth and reproduction, including restoring fertility to infertile/sterile area/beings. In animals, this increases both the number and health of offspring's and gives the parents, in plants in increases the fertility in the soil, causing healthy botanical growth.

**Fire Manipulation:** Moloch can freely generate, shape, and manipulate fire, the rapid oxidation of a material in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products, flame being the visible portion of the fire. Depending on the substances alight, and any impurities outside, the color of the flame and the fire's intensity will be different. Moloch can also completely control the temperature of the fire at will.

**Land Lordship:** Moloch has authority and control over the Land, a place where all return from whence they came. Moloch can control the earth and all things linked to it to a limitless degree.

**Life-Force Empowerment:** Moloch becomes stronger, faster, more durable, etc., when they come in contact with life-force, possibly unlocking abilities related to the affinity and enhancing the existing powers. Moloch may be able draw sustenance from the life-force or even slow or stop aging.

**Soul Empowerment:** Moloch becomes stronger, faster, more durable, etc. when they come in contact with, are near or are in the possession of the soul of oneself and/or others, possibly unlocking abilities related to the affinity and enhancing the existing powers. Moloch may be able to draw sustenance from the souls or even slow or stop aging.

**Sacrifice Empowerment:** Moloch becomes stronger, faster, more durable, etc. from the sacrifices of oneself or others, possibly unlocking abilities related to the affinity and enhancing the existing powers. Moloch may be able draw sustenance from the sacrifice or even slow or stop aging.

**Monetary Manipulation:** Moloch can create, shape and manipulate money, currency and wealth, including coinage, notes, gems/jewels and anything that is used as currency. This include any currency that is digitalized.

**Sacrificial Power:** Moloch can perform powers of extraordinary feat through sacrificing of anything, like objects, elements, souls, beings or oneself.

**War Manipulation:** Moloch has the power to influence all forms of conflict including mental, physical, spiritual and conceptual ones, regardless of the area and numbers involved, control how they progress and draw power both from the conflict alone as well as the dying. They are, naturally, extremely skilled in all form of fighting, weapons, and both strategy and tactics as well as statistics of war.

## Trivia

* *Moloch* has been used figuratively in English literature from John Milton's *Paradise Lost* to Allen Ginsberg's "Howl", to refer to a person or thing demanding or requiring a very costly sacrifice.
* It is likely that the motif of stealing children was inspired by the traditional understanding that babies were sacrificed to Moloch.
* Moloch is still worshipped today by the Bohemian Club at the Bohemian Grove in the shape of a giant owl. His worship involves a ritual known as the "Cremation of Care".

## Quotes

*"I mean, children are okay sacrifices, but why them in particular? Children play host to pure souls that have yet to live a life in a mortal body. These souls are harder to convert into demons than regular souls. Plus, I run the risk of that soul escaping and being eaten by another demon or something. I vastly prefer the souls of adults. Malleable like clay and easier to influence so they share my ideals." - Moloch.*