Moloch

**Moloch** also known as **The Beast**, **Moloch the Beast of Eternal Darkness**, and at one point ***Obsidian,*** is a Majesty-Class Fallen, and is regarded as the most enigmatic of all the Fallen.

## Appearance

### In silhouette

Moloch prefers to keep to the darkness and shadows, where he always appears as a silhouette. He appears to have a humanoid shape with a head and cloak-covered body. He also appears to have antlers. His eyes usually glow bright white, but they can also appear with red pupils and sclera colored yellow, light yellow, and light blue.

### In the light

His body is made out of what looks like Edelwood, with twisted faces and holes covering him entirety. His antlers resemble tree branches. His face is also revealed to have a mouth and a nose, but no ears. He has two arms with long-fingered hands.

## Personality

Moloch is a mysterious and manipulative being. He is solely motivated by his own self-preservation and is indifferent to the pain and suffering caused by his actions. The Beast is very well spoken and speaks matter-of-factly, traits he uses to lull his victims into a false sense of security. To accomplish this he may also feign concern. He is a master of deception, knowing exactly what to say to get people under his power. He typically has an even temperament, but threatening the lantern or defying him for too long can cause him to lose some composure.

The Beast has a tendency to sing. He has a song for chopping the Edelwood and another song directed to his intended victims.

## Biography

Moloch originates from the Unknown, a place between realms that act's as a sort purgatory for those have yet pass on. The Unknown is home to many beings who find themselves in familiar surroundings to suit the era they are from but all of them know of the Beast that hides in the dark forest, looking for new victims to change into trees made of Edelwood and used to keep the lantern that holds his soul lit. No one there knew that the Beast used be one of them, a soul who had yet to pass on. This soul however was most wicked." He enjoyed hunting anyone or anything that wandered into the forest that was his home, preying on the innocent. Then one day, what you could call the caretakers of the Unknown had enough and decided if he was to act like a beast, then he would *become* a Beast."

He was cursed to forever wander the dark forests of the Unknown, his body turned to wood, antlers he had taken as trophies grafted into his skull and his very soul placed inside the lantern he always carried, leaving him as an immortal husk. So as long as the lantern remained lit his soul would remain unharmed but if it were to be extinguished he would be lifeless without it and still trapped in his new body. The only way to keep the lantern lit would be from the oil found in Edelwood trees that he had the ability to plant from the pieces of his own body but the more he planted the more of his body he would lose. Then one day he found a loophole in his punishment."

By mentally tormenting anyone unfortunate enough to wander into his forest the Beast was able to curse them, turning them into Edelwood
trees and when he fed the oil from those trees to his lantern. He would regain what he lost by absorbing the lost souls he had taken into his body. He effectively became an even greater monster when the point of it all had been to punish him."

Eventually The Beast would lose his Lantern to a brave soul who fought him for it but the Beast in turn would deceive the woodsman into thinking the lantern now contained the soul of his daughter. Forging a deal for their supposed mutual benefit the soul woodsman cut down the Edelwood trees the Beast planted and grinded the wood into oil for the lantern which he kept safe at all times, never knowing that his daughter's soul was never in the lantern.

Eventually the woodsman discovered where the trees had come from when the Beast trapped a young Greg Universe and begun the process of turning him into a tree and reneged on the deal. The boy's brother came to the rescue and discovered that the Beast's soul was resided in the lantern. After that,
 the woodsman blew out the lantern and the story of the Beast came to an
 end…Or rather it would have."

As the Fallen known as Sammael would find a way into the Unknown, and discovered The Beast's Lantern. He learned that if it was relit the Beast would return but Sammael decided it would be on his terms. He applied a bit of my own special brand of oil from the Pools of Darkness surrounding his home and with a bit of fire magic the Dark Lantern was lit once again…And the Beast was brought back."

Only he was now no longer simply a Beast. The essence of Grimm bonded with him and the souls he had corrupted, changing him into a new kind of Beast with a thirst for destruction that all of the Fallen and Grimm share. It even allowed him to manifest a physical form into this plane of existence where he has been greatly useful to the Fallen. He had become Moloch, the Beast of Eternal Darkness.

## Powers and Abilities

* **Nature Manipulation:** Moloch has demonstrated a great control over nature to the point he's able to create a entire forest.
* **Darkness Aura:** Moloch has shown this variation of darkness manipulation by always hiding his appearance in a cloak of darkness.
* **Eye beams:** He displayed this ability during his clash with Dani, Artemis, and Superboy after attempting to capture them after they escaped Van Kleiss lab.
* **Regeneration**: As a Majesty Class Fallen and Spirit Moloch is able survive and heal from wounds that would normally prove fatal to others. As demonstrated when Sammael twisted his while berating him.
* **Psychological Torture**: Moloch has shown and gained a reputation of being a master at psychological torture, able to make his victims fall into the deepest depths of despair.

## Relationships

### Allies

**Black Velvet** - It is possible that Moloch might not only be close to his fellow Fallen Black Velvet, but also be in a relationship with her. As it is implied in their interaction when Black Velvet returns to Dimension GF-007 during GrimmFall: Wacky Races.

**Sammael -** Sammael is the one who recreated and resurrected The Beast as the Fallen Moloch the Beast of Eternal Darkness, after his demise in the Unknown. Moloch has been shown to seemingly loyally serve him as both a spy and pseudo right hand of sorts. Though Sammael himself has stated to fellow Fallen General Skarr that Moloch deep down only cares for himself, his lantern, and ways to become truly power. But is is unclear how true that statement is, or how Moloch truly views Sammael.

### Enemies

**Greg Universe** - He considers Greg one of his sworn enemies, as he along with his brother were the cause of his demise and one of the few to actually survive and even beat him despite his power. Now wanting nothing more but revenge against him, but bides his time and is more than happy harming those close to Greg. After they meet again but is forced back away, Moloch swears that he will have his revenge one day. Stating it was only a matter of time.

**Wirt Aylward -** Moloch considered Wirt a sworn enemy after he and his brother escaped his clutches during their adventures in the unknown, and were the cause of his demise. He took great pleasure in settling the score by causing the car accident that killed him. As well as likely enjoyed causing Wirt's brother Greg to blame himself in the aftermath for his brothers death, unaware of Moloch's involvement.

**Beatrice -** Beatrice has been stated to be a long standing enemy of Moloch, potentially ever since Wirt and Greg's adventures in the Unknown.

**Scotty Blake -** Moloch has apparently encountered and clashed with Scotty in the past, attempting to turn him into one of his Edelwood trees. But Scotty apparently triumphed forcing Moloch to retreat, and the Fallen has apparently carried a deep grudge ever since.

**Dani Phantom -**  Moloch inflicted great mental and emotional trauma on Dani, which would later lead to her losing all her memories. When Genki and Kani Sanban along with Master Splinter attempted to remove her memories of her encounter with Moloch and her resulting trauma, only for things to go wrong with her losing all her memories instead.

**Artemis Crock -**

**Superboy -**

**Railspike -**

**Shinkalions -**

## Background Information

Moloch is the main antagonist known as The Beast from the animated miniseries Over the Garden Wall

## Trivia

* It has been confirmed that despite being recreated by Sammael from The Beast to the Fallen Moloch the Beast of Eternal Darkness. After Sammael retrieved The Beast's lantern from the Unknown after his demise do to Wirt and Greg. That he has existed reborn before the brothers were even born. As he's been confirmed to have been around during the era of WW2, and even earlier as evidenced with the the infamous living puppet Pinocchio. As one of the reasons that the Blue Fairy gave life to the puppet was in hopes of creating a counter to Moloch himself.