Belphegor

Siblings: The Principalities

**Belphegor**, once a fallen angel, has become an Archdemon who reigns over the sin of Sloth. He is one of the Seven Princes who govern Hell and aids individuals in their quest for revelations.

## Overview

Belphegor entices individuals by planting ingenious ideas for wealth-generating inventions in their minds, leading them down the path of greed and selfishness. He serves as a lieutenant of Hell, carrying out missions on behalf of Satan. During his earthly sojourn, he developed a strong connection with the city of Paris, France.

Originally, Belphegor was a member of the order of Principalities among the angels, but following his fall, he assumed a demonic role associated with one of the ten Sephiroth governing the Tree of Life. Specifically, he opposes the 6th Sephiroth, which is associated with the angel of beauty. Their adversarial relationship arises from the belief that beauty is a subjective matter, and disputes should not mar it, as beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and its appreciation is diverse. Should Belphegor's influence grow too strong, it could corrupt the intrinsic beauty in the world, leading to ruin.

Belphegor was the patron deity of Moab, an ancient kingdom located along the shores of the Dead Sea's eastern side, in what is now Jordan. He was associated with phallic symbolism, sexual indulgence, orgies, and general debauchery. According to De Plancy's Dictionnaire Infernal, he was Hell's representative in France, making his adversary St. Mary Magdalene, one of the patron saints of France.

## Appearance

Belphegor's depictions can vary widely in accordance with the role he assumes. At times, Belphegor takes on the form of a stunningly beautiful woman, completely naked, using this allure to ensnare those susceptible to his charms. However, in other instances, Belphegor transforms into a monstrous male demon, characterized by leathery skin, imposing horns, long, sharp teeth and fingernails, and a gaping, menacing mouth. This duality in his appearance reflects the multifaceted nature of this demon, capable of both seductive manipulation and terrifying malevolence.

When he met Wright's mom, he appeared as one of the French soldiers, dressed in their uniform with "evilness in his eyes". His skin was abnormally pale with running black veins beneath seemingly stretch and taut over his skull, long locks of golden hair fallen touching his shoulders, and sharp pointed teeth. Many of the demon nobilities stated that Wright inherited his demonic eyes: glowing blood-red irises with the scleras the color of tar.

## Personality

Inventions created by followers of Belphegor will possess alien geometries and illogical structures, allowing them to serve as perpetual motion machines. But despite their functionality, any who succeed in creating these devices will progressively grow to be to slothful to make use of their invention, invariably promoting the further decadence of the human species. As the mental and physical state of the inventor deteriorates, so too will the invention until both are destroyed.

## Powers and Abilities

**Apathy:** Belphegor with this ability can suppress or negate emotions in themselves or do not possess emotions at all, allowing them to ignore; emotional distractions, suffering from psychological/emotional stress, and/or feeling from affecting their thinking processes. In some cases, Belphegor is simply unable to feel emotions of any kind.

**Demonic Technology:** Belphegor can combine technology with the energies of the infernal realms, demons, devils, and those things related.

**Fallen Transcendent Angel Physiology:** Belphegor either is or can transform into a Fallen Transcendent Angel: a leader of a group of angels who rebelled against God and were cast into Hell. Strangely, Belphegor not only keep their power but still have access to angelic powers as well as demonic ones even though Belphegor is not a full-fledged demon. Furthermore, Belphegor's angelic essence could be different than just plain angel like Transcendent Hybrid of possibly Transcendent Dragonborn (Angelic Dragon),Transcendent Cyborg (Angel-Machine), Transcendent Nephalem (Fallen Transcendent Angel/Ascended Transcendent Demon), Deity (Angelic Deity), Transcendent Nephilim (Fallen Transcendent Angel/Transcendent Human) , etc which in turn could push Belphegor's potential and all other abilities far beyond normal transcendent angels.

**Golden Luck:** Belphegor is fated/lucky to a life filled with riches, continuously attracting wealth. It will make Belphegor incredibly wealthy to the point where money trouble will be unknown, allowing them to live the life of a nabob.

**Ignorance Embodiment:** Belphegor embodies oblivion and ignorance, the lack of knowledge or awareness. At the most fundamental level, Belphegor would possess key physical characteristics and/or personality traits related to the concept they're personifying. Belphegor embodies oblivion and possesses abilities and traits that can distort or outright erase another's knowledge, memories, cognition, or even consciousness itself. Most of the time, they can induce unawareness and ignorance in others, causing them to be oblivious in battle. It can also be used offensively, as they can use their conceptual representation to delude others into believing them. Belphegor's capabilities can be tied to their sheer ignorance, hence hard to stop out of Dunning-Kruger bravado or mere obliviousness.

**Illusion Manipulation:** Belphegor can manipulate illusions/hallucinations, causing targets to see, hear, touch, smell or taste things differently from what they truly are. At its base, Belphegor can distort the shape and size of an object or area. More complex applications include causing targets to misinterpret the distance or number of an object, causing objects or entire landscapes to appear or disappear, distorting the sensory experiences of targets etc. With its near-limitless potential, Belphegor can achieve a plethora of effects, like being extremely stealthy, or discombobulating and confusing targets, hiding and masking objects or places, causing targets to unknowingly hurt each other, and so on.

**Inspiration Manipulation:** Belphegor with this power can manipulate the inspiration of others or themselves.

**Knowledge Projection:** Belphegor can project knowledge onto another mind, allowing either instant transferal/learning/understanding or slower process where the target integrates the knowledge without a risk of overflow. Belphegor can transfer either knowledge, experience or both in various degrees.

**Meta Army Manipulation:** Belphegor can create, summon, or otherwise gain control to/over any/all armies, including real armies, fictional/imaginary ones, abstract/cosmic/transcendent beings/entities, gods, demons, the living, the dead, undead, spirits, amortals, beings with control immunity/negation, and/or even armies from other series/verses outside of Belphegor's own, etc. and control it unchallenged.

**Sloth Embodiment:** Belphegor becomes an embodiment of sloth and gain power from laziness of others and oneself, Belphegor can even use sloth of others or oneself to transform into a more powerful form. Belphegor can make the enemies lack motivation to attack or want to do anything. They can summon other beings to fight in their stead, and can cause others to commit suicide from not wanting to do anything.

**Toilet Demon Physiology:** Belphegor gains the traits of a toilet demon, a malevolent spirit from numerous world cultures that were believed to exclusively haunt bathrooms, often bringing misfortune and death to any they came across - they are the direct opposite of a toilet deity in that they bring forth disease and other small-scale calamities, it may fall to a toilet deity to help ensure such evil spirits do not inhabit the area but often it also falls upon mortals to keep these spirits at bay (for example by ensuring good hygiene).

## History

### Origins

In his celestial past, Belphegor was a member of the choir of Principalities. While in Heaven, he struck up a friendship with Asmodel, a cherub and fellow principality who served as an angel of the forests. However, Belphegor did not particularly relish his angelic duties and instead preferred to indulge in idleness amidst the opulence of Heaven, which foreshadowed his slothful inclinations. In addition to his celestial responsibilities, Belphegor took great delight in crafting unusual and intricate objects from a variety of materials, a hobby he considered to be his personal passion.

### Fallen from Grace

However, his slothful attributes were finally starting to overtake the angel when during a conflict against Hell, the demon lord Merihem had struck and slain his principality friend which to even this day, Belphegor has not forgiven him. After her death, Belphegor experienced the five stages of grief until he had accepted it and started to fall into the sin of Sloth.

In contrast to most rebel angels, Belphegor did not align himself with Lucifer's faction during the celestial conflict against Heaven, nor did he actively fight against the rebellion on God's behalf. His refusal to take a side in the conflict and his penchant for idleness led to his Father's punishment. Consequently, he was cast down to Hell, alongside the other rebel angels. In this descent, Belphegor underwent a transformation, transitioning from being an angel of God to becoming the Archdemon of Sloth.

### Demonic Ascension

Belphegor, along with Asmodeus and Mammon, was roused by the resonating call of Lucifer's voice emanating from his confinement within a vast crater deep within Hell, a consequence of their descent from Heaven. Following their awakening, Belphegor joined Beelzebub in a quest to locate the cage imprisoning Lucifer. Once they successfully found it, they assumed control of Hell, compelling every demon, including Merihem, to bow to their authority. Belphegor derived particular satisfaction from witnessing this display of submission.

Belphegor took part in the construction of the Pandemonium Realm given his talent and interest in machinery. He participated by crafting of the many inner workings of the capital whilst Mulciber and Mammon worked on both the exterior and interior. He was then present at the Pandemonium Realm during Lucifer's Rally, officially declaring himself as an enemy of God forever for doing nothing to Merihem.

At the gathering, Belphegor received the anointment as one of the Seven Princes of Hell, joining Beelzebub, Mammon, Asmodeus, Leviathan, Satan, and Lucifer in this esteemed rank. This promotion stirred considerable confusion and disturbance among the assembly of demons, as many perceived Belphegor as the laziest and least formidable among their ranks. Nevertheless, Lucifer discerned the profound potential for malevolence within Belphegor and staunchly defended his appointment, quelling any objections and silencing those who questioned the choice.

### Belphegor on Earth

During this, the pagan god Baal Peor who ruled over the Moabites as their patron was killed by the True Archangel Merkabah. Afterwards, his essence and soul had joined with Belphegor to be united as one.

Despite his inclination to avoid hard work and remain in Hell, Belphegor had several significant exploits during his time on Earth, with one of the most notable being his impersonation of a pagan deity and leading the Moabites away from the path of God as their patron deity.

Belphegor is notorious for sowing the seeds of destruction through his influence. He beguiles individuals by instilling them with ideas for inventive creations that promise riches and fame, but this process invariably corrupts them, fostering selfishness and paranoia, especially regarding the protection of their inventions and success.

During the time of the Exodus, under the guise of Baal Peor, some factions of Israelites began offering sacrifices to Belphegor. This transpired because they had engaged in relations with Moabite women who enticed them to worship their local god. The sacrifices to Belphegor provoked such intense anger in Moses that he condemned those who worshipped Belphegor to death. By the time the offerings to Belphegor ceased, 24,000 people had perished. There remains a dispute over whether they were directly slain or whether Moses invoked a plague that caused their demise.

### Modern Day

Belphegor received a mission from Hades and Satan to descend from Hell to Earth in search of conclusive evidence regarding the existence of marital happiness. Rumors of such contentment had reached the demon realm, but the denizens of Hell were skeptical, believing that humans were inherently incompatible and incapable of living in harmony. Belphegor's sojourn in the human world, however, quickly persuaded him that the notion of married happiness was, in fact, unfounded.

During 2010, an unknown demon gathered most archdemons, Belphegor included, to convince them to team up and work together to accomplish their ultimate goal.

## Quotes

*"I never understood why laziness is considered a sin. Laziness is normal to have. Do you know something that in my opinion should be considered a sin? Stupidity. Stupidity should be a sin, because stupid people not even Satan can stand for them. Seriously, Satanel would rather deal with the murderers than the guys who believe the earth is flat or that vaccines cause autism." - Belphegor.*

*"I am the greatest scientific mind in all of this realm, not Astaroth, not Beelzebub and certainly not ‘him’. There is no one in Hell who can surpass the scientific mind of Belphegor." - Belphegor.*

*"It is indeed true that an idle mind is the devils workshop..." - Lucifer about Belphegor.*

*"More than that! I am probably one of the true believers who is raising their hands in supplication to HIS INFERNAL SPLENDOR. Let us bask in his radiant darkness." - A Demonic Cultist about Belphegor.*

## Trivia

* He has some connection with the date of March 11.
* The story of Belphegor's venture to Earth is found in various works of early modern literature, hence the use of the name to apply to a misanthrope or a licentious person.
* Belphegor is known to hate many of his brethren.
* His name is a corruption of Baal-Peor, the name for the god of the Moabites.
* He is known as the "Lord of the Opening" because he can open passages to Hell, Heaven and anyone else using the void itself.
* According to some sources, there was no record of him having been seen on Earth for over a century as of 1903.
* He is one of the only Princes to have ever married a mortal; though it was not a happy marriage and when he returned home he denounced marriage as a whole.
* It said that He is the enemy of beauty and hates all things beautiful.
* Belphegor's prime is widely associated with the number of the beast, 666.