Lucifer Morningstar

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### Other Aliases

The Devil, Lord Satan, The Morningstar, Lightbringer, Old Scratch, Prince of Darkness, Dark Lord, Death Lord, Dread Lord, First of the Damned, King of Contrivance and Manipulation, Great Serpent, King Lucifer, Lord Satan, King of Hell, Prince of Hades, Prince of Lies, Creator of Suns

### Relatives

Divine Presence (Father/Creator)
Michael and Gabriel (Brothers)
Angels (Siblings/Peers)
Elaine (Niece)

### Affiliation

Triumvirate of Hell ***(Formerly)***,
Heaven ***(Formerly)***

### Base Of Operations

Lux, Los Angeles, California
Perth, Australia ***(Formerly)***
Hell ***(Formerly)***

## Status

### Occupation

Night Club Owner, God of his Creation, King of Hell ***(Formerly)***

## Origin

### Creators

Neil Gaiman, Mike R. Carey, Sam Kieth, Mike Dringenberg

  *Why do they blame me for all their little failings? They use my name as if I spent my entire day sitting on their shoulders, forcing them to commit acts they would otherwise find repulsive. 'The Devil made me do it.' I have never made any one of them do anything. Never. They live their own tiny lives. I do not live their lives for them.*
—**Lucifer** src

 *Of all the angels he was the wisest, the most beautiful, the most powerful. Saving only his Creator, he is, perhaps, the most powerful being there is.*
—**Morpheus** src

**Lucifer Morningstar** is one of three nigh-omnipotent Demiurgic Archangels that were created by the Divine Presence, before the creation of the DC Multiverse. He was given Hell as his own domain after he rebelled against the Presence. After 10 billion years of ruling Hell, he decided he no longer wanted to do what he believed was expected of him, and so he abandoned Hell and "retired" to Earth.

## History

#### Fall to Hell

Lucifer Morningstar eventually started leading a rebellion and starting a war in Heaven, Lucifer was defeated in battle by his brother, Michael, and was cast into a shapeless void known as the Chaoplasm alongside the other rebel angels. After falling for nine days (Or the Presence teleported Lucifer and himself there), Lucifer arrived in Hell, which was empty at this point in time, aside from himself and the other fallen angels and demons. The Chaoplasm was transformed into a desolate and barren expanse known by many as Hell, the final destination for damned souls. Eventually humans began showing up, drawn to the realm due to their own guilt. Having never been so close to a human before, Lucifer began experimenting with them. He took them apart, wanting to examine his father's creation closely to see how they worked. Due to Lucifer's brutal methods of examination, this became the first torture in Hell.

Lucifer later became the Great Serpent to tempts Eve to eat the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge on Garden of Eden. Eve eventually ate the fruit, and gave some to Adam who also ate. God learns of their transgression and banished them from the garden.

### Rulership over Hell

Lucifer had ruled as lord of Hell for ten billion years. Over that time, he had manipulated the various demons of Hell against each other, provided a place for dead mortals to be tormented, and led the war against Heaven.

Lucifer was forced to share his power after The Great Darkness's return. A Triumverate was formed, with Azazel and Beelzebub, but Lucifer retained the majority of power.

#### The Wild Hunt

Early into Lucifer's time as ruler of Hell, Odin and a group of Norse hunters traveled into Hell while on the "Wild Hunt", a mythological hunt across all of creation in an attempt to slay the Hunted God. Seeing that they had killed the creature in his domain, Lucifer appeared before the hunters and told them that any being killed in Hell would not be allowed to leave. Intimidated by his power, Odin apologized for treading on Lucifer's domain and offered him a deal. He promised to sow the myth of Lucifer into the minds of some of his own worshippers, granting him power, in exchange. Lucifer declined, as he sought no worshippers. Odin explained to Lucifer that it would be more so as a sign of respect between Kings. This wasn't enough for Lucifer however, as he wished to be invited on the next Wild Hunt, along with Odin's initial offer.

Odin followed through with Lucifer's request and brought him on the next hunt. Lucifer easily killed the Hunted God before anyone else and asks what they would hunt next. Odin then tells Lucifer that the Hunted God would eventually be reborn at a later point in time. This was unacceptable to Lucifer, who then resurrected the Hunted God, killing it over and over again, until it's essence was almost completely gone.

### Leaving Hell

At some point during his rule, he had become bored with this existence. He became tired of the various stereotypes that mortals held of the devil, such as the idea that he purchased and traded for souls, which were largely untrue. He also resented the assumption that he caused the evils that humans did- he did not, in fact, have anything to do with the actions of the mortals who ended up there, he simply punished them.

At another point in time, Dream of the Endless entered Hell searching for his Helm that had been stolen from him when he was imprisoned. After Dream recovered his helm and slighted him, Morningstar threatened to destroy Dream.

Lucifer eventually abandoned his lordship over Hell. He had become tired of his reign over Hell, and felt it an unfair punishment that he should have to rule there forever simply because he once rebelled. These feelings were catalyzed when he was visited by Dream. Lucifer expelled all demons and damned souls from Hell before locking Hell's gates and handing over the key to Hell to Dream. Lucifer made Dream cut of his wings before leaving Hell.

Eventually, control of Hell was handed over to two Angels, Duma (the angel of silence) and Remiel ("who stumbled rather than fell"), while Lucifer simply retired to Earth, specifically to Perth, Western Australia.

### Life on Earth

Now running a piano bar called "Lux" in Los Angeles with the assistance of his Lilim female consort, Mazikeen. Lucifer's "restful" retirement was disturbed by a series of associates from his past, and after various catalytic events, he endeavored to create a multiverse in competition with that of (and presumably against the wishes of) his father, Yahweh. This puts him on a collision course with several powerful mystical entities that have a vested interest in the new creation and draws the angelic host into the fray - including his twin brother, Michael and his niece Elaine.

## Personality

Lucifer is portrayed as sophisticated and almost charming, similar to the stereotypical Christian devil. Beneath his charisma, however, Lucifer is a deadly and Machiavellian character, with no regard for human life or indeed any life other than those he can use to his advantage: a proud and vindictive fallen angel who has no qualms using powers second only to those of his father, Yahweh. In fact, Lucifer is described as having been the wisest, most beautiful and most powerful of all the angels in heaven, and he retains these traits even after his fall. Despite his egotistic and narcissistic tendencies, he does follow something akin to a code of honor- there are few beings in existence he respects (his brother Michael and the Angel Duma among them) and only two he could be argued to care about (Mazikeen, his wife, and his niece Elaine), though his actions on their behalf are almost always for his own benefit, and it is doubted by all that he would help them otherwise. He also refuses emphatically to lie (which he considers crass and undignified), insists on paying back debts, and keeps his word- though this must not be confused with virtue.

## Powers, Abilities and Skills

### Power Level

**High Outerversal**: Lucifer Morningstar is the second most powerful being in creation, equaled only by his brother, Michael, and surpassed only by their father, the Divine Presence. Lucifer was gifted with the will of the Presence himself, the **Lightbringer** power. Concepts like **Infinity** are merely local phenomenon to him. Time and Space are extensions of the mind and will, which he embodies as its he's divine will that shapes creation. Lucifer is also able to manipulate any external force for any effect he desires. Together, Michael and Lucifer are capable of creating anything from living beings to entire Multiverses. Lucifer is even stronger than the Endless and the only known beings able to rival and surpass his power are Michael and The Presence.

### Powers, Abilities and Skills

* Demiurgic Archangel Physiology: Lucifer is an infinitely powerful being.
	+ Nigh-Omnipotence: Lucifer is truly the most powerful nigh-omnipotent being across all of the DC Universe.
		- Omniscience/Nigh-Omniscience: Lucifer has knowledge of creation's entire history. He also knows information about others that they don't even have knowledge of themselves, stating that "the world is a book, some words stand out from the page. Lucifer picks and chooses when he wants to be Omniscient.
		- Omnipresence/Nigh-Omnipresence: Lucifer picks and chooses when he wants to be Omnipresent.
		- Absolute Will: Lucifer’s true power is the **Will of God** which basically means anything he wants, happens, basically reality warping. His will is reality.
			* Omni-Manipulation: Lucifer is able to manipulate creation with no limitations.
				+ Absolute Force Manipulation: Lucifer is able to manipulate any external force for any effect he desires.
		- Absolute Immortality: Lucifer will never grow physically old and can live forever. He is older than Creation. Death has no claim on him. Only the Presence is said to have the ability to destroy him.
		- Absolute Speed Flight
		- Absolute Mind
			* Hyper-Cosmic Awareness
			* Absolute Intelligence
			* Omni-Perception
		- Fear Inducement
			* Meta Fear Inducement: Lucifer terrified Dream.
		- Deception Mastery
		- Absolute Combat
		- Omni-Weaponry
			* Absolute Swordsmanship
		- Interrogation Mastery
		- Intimidation Mastery
		- Occultism
		- Architect: He built a house and a multiverses.
		- Business Mastery
		- Equestrian Mastery
		- Omnilingualism
		- Supernatural Musicianship
			* Piano Mastery
		- Supernatural Throwing
		- Locality Tracking

### Weaknesses

* Lucifer's only weakness is that he can't create something from nothingness.

## Stats and Feats

### Attack Potency

**Unknown** | **Outerverse Level**: His mere presence shattered the Mansion of Silence. He can burn pages from Destiny book which contains everything that is, was, and will ever be. Lucifer would burn Creation at Will, if anything happens to Mazikeen.

### Speed

**Massively FTL+** | **Immeasurable**: Faster than other high-level angelic entities, who can fly across the multiverse in minutes or even seconds. He can circle the Earth before his image left Mazikeen's eye. **Massively FTL+** processing speed, Described as having reactions "As near as possible to being instantaneous." Processed the universe's 20,000,000,000 year history in the blink of an eye.

### Lifting Strength

**Unknown** | **Immeasurable**: Lucifer held a planet in his hands. Created a Multiverse.

### Striking Strength

**Unknown** | **Outerverse**: Lucifer beats Fenris, who previously destroyed the Throne of God. He destroyed Logos with a touch.

### Durability

**Unknown**: He took a spear through the chest and recovered in a few minutes. | **High Outerverse**: He took a direct blast of The Dunamis Demiurgos Explosion from his brother Michael (which contains the Infinite Power of God). He took an attack filled with the Infinite possibilities of Death from the Basanos. He is abstract, he doesn’t physical body nor organ to live.

### Range

**Unknown** | **High Outerversal**: Capable of moving in, and comprehending the nature of the boundless void which is beyond all definitions of space and time. He passes through Multiverses. Escaped his function and went outside of the Presence's plan.

### Intelligence

**Nigh-Omniscient**: Lucifer's intellect makes him a formidable adversary, allowing him to be 10 steps ahead of others. While powerless in The House of Windowless Rooms he was able to manipulate the gods in the realm who attacked him and drive them to their own deaths. | **Omniscient**: His prescient knowledge is to the extent that he even knows how minor events in the present will effect the future. Lucifer has knowledge of creation's entire history. He also knows information about others that they don't even have knowledge of themselves, stating that "the world is a book, some words stand out from the page.

## Paraphernalia

### Weapons

* **The Sword of Eden**
* **Flaming Sword**
* **Leviathan Blade**: Lucifer possesses a sword forged from the spine of an infant Leviathan, a mythical sea serpent. This blade was gifted to him by Lady Sin.

### Equipment

* **Moonlight Blade**: Lucifer carried a magical blade made up of calcified moonlight, which had the power to cut into the fabric of reality, allowing its user to travel anywhere in the multiverse. Lucifer created this blade himself through magic ritual.

## Notes

* This character or object is an adaptation of Lucifer, a character or object in traditional stories. These include, but may not be limited to religious texts, myth, and/or folk lore. More information on the original can be found at Wikipedia.org.

## Trivia

* Lucifer means "Bringer of Light", "Light Bearer" in Latin. His (supposed) name in Hebrew is Sammael, which means "Poison of God".
* The character was physically modeled after rock musician David Bowie.

## Related

### Footnotes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 *Lucifer* #75
2. ↑ *Lucifer* (Volume 3) #1
3. ↑ *Lucifer* (Volume 3) #15
4. ↑ *Swamp Thing* (Volume 2) #49
5. ↑ *Swamp Thing* (Volume 2) #50
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 *Sandman* (Volume 2) #4
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 *Lucifer* (Volume 3) #18
8. ↑ *Sandman* (Volume 2) #23
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 *Lucifer: The Morningstar Option* #2
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 *Lucifer* #16
11. ↑ *Lucifer* #26
12. ↑ *Lucifer* #14
13. ↑ *Lucifer* #15
14. ↑ *Lucifer* #53
15. ↑ *Lucifer* (Volume 3) #19
16. ↑ *The Sandman Universe* #1