Philip Engel

The following information is based on events in *The Devil's Apprentice*, *The Die of Death*, *The Wrongful Death*, *The Angel of Evil* and *The Fallen Angel* and contain spoilers.

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**Philip Engel** (pronounced [fil:ip eng-gol]) (Danish: *Filip Engell*) is a teenage boy, born a human but having been devil briefly twice. Philip has traveled through the afterlife, primarily Hell, and experienced many things that has challenged his own faith and morality. Three months before Philip was born, his father, Victor Engel, was killed in a car accident, however it was later revealed to be the work of Victor's tempter, Mastema, in an attempt to darken Philip's soul, as he would become Philip's tempter after Victor's Death. This however had the opposite effect and Philip became as good a human as can be. Since then, his mother has always told Philip that if he is good, he will get to go to Heaven and be with with him. As a result of the dice game between God and the Devil, Philip was classified as a "number 1", the kindest, sweetest, most responsible kind of human, but nevertheless Lucifer succeeded in bringing out Philip's shadow sides.

One Summer Philip was pushed by the bully Samuel out in front of a car, driven Mortimer, Death, he died and came to Hell. An ailing Lucifer had picked Sam as his apprentice and heir but by mistake had gotten and was stuck with Philip. Philip fell in love with the she-devil Satina Dargue and gained an archenemy in Aziel Stofeles, Satina's ex-boyfriend who hated humans. The Devil succeeded in making Philip a devil by making him believe Satina and Aziel were still together, but after making up the two discovered Lucifer's disease was caused by Aziel poisoning him. Philip cured Lucifer at the last second, and without his anger, Philip's features vanished. Aziel was banished to Outer Reach and Philp sent back to Earth by Mortimer's sister, Vita, Life. On Earth only 2 seconds had passed but Sam was so shocked at what had happened that he became friendly towards Philip. Half a year later, Philip was brought back by Mortimer and found his stolen die so that immortality would stop spreading among humanity. He was the witness of Lucifer's choice to make the devils mortal and the start of an evil rebellion formed as a result of this, lead by Aziel Stofeles. A short time after Philip's last journey, he was forced to return to Hell to save Sam who had accidentally swallowed a summoning pill Philip had brought back from Hell. Philip and Satina travelled to Paradise and met God, and to Hades where they found Sam. Philip was once again made a devil when Satina was abducted by a husher loyal to Aziel.

Philip played a major part in the Great Devil War, rescuing Satina from Aziel's "New Hell" in Outer Reach and rescuing the vargar boy Howel Valfoot from Aziel's war camp. During the battle of Hell Philip lost his mind to a husher when he came to rescue Lucifer, but he was saved and healed by Jesus after God and his angel army came to Hell's rescue and won them the war. A night later, Philip was knocked out by Aziel and brought by him to the torture chamber below Lucifer's castle. Here Philip managed to kill Aziel after Aziel had cut off Philip's tail, wings and horns, and he saved his father from a mortal wound by having him drink a few drops of juice from an apple from the Tree of Life. Philip had also become a human once more, however a part of the devil would never let go of him. Philip witnessed the murder of Grumblebeard in the time leading up to the war, and he knew another murdered devil, Grimleg. During the war, he witnessed the death of Howel Valfoot and knew several of the fallen, including Hisser and Bucklehorn S. Erpant. After the ordeal with Aziel, Philip was finally allowed four hours with his father. According to Mortimer, Philip could never return to the afterlife of his own accord since his hourglass had been cracked, in a fight that had happened between Philip and Aziel in Death's basement during his second trip, but he still chose to return to Earth. Sam chose to remain as he was becoming a devil by then.

After one and a half years, Philip was brought back to Hell because God believed something horrible would happen and thought that Philip had proven to be a valuable player before. Mortimer had repaired his hourglass so that it would be possible. On Earth, Philip had felt imprisoned in his own life and had not been able to put his experiences in the afterlife behind him. As a result of his knowledge of God's existence, Philip had gained supernatural abilities, which he used in both good and evil ways. In Hell, eight years had passed and Satina had a new boyfriend, Dagon. Philip felt that God only saw him as a piece in a game of chess and wondered why an all-knowing god didn't know what was wrong. Philip discovered a conspiracy when Jesus and his son disappeared from Paradise and the monster, Lilith, showed itself in the garden. The clues led Philip and Satina to a forgotten underworld where they found Lilith, mortally wounded. She showed Philip her memories, and Philip saw how she had abducted Jesus and his son and how Jesus had been forced to resurrect Aziel Stofeles.

Philip Engel became famous among the devils of Hell when he exposed Aziel and his mother's conspiracy to kill Lucifer, and he was dubbed "the Bane of the Great Conspiracy" by the Devil himself. As a devil, Philip was particularly good at transformations. Philip's first trip to Hell changed his personality so that he was not unconditionally good, but even though he has been a devil and still has some of that devil in him, he is still human and not evil. Philip's change also made it easier for him to gain friends and a girlfriend.

## History

### Early life

Before Philip Engel was born, his father, Victor Engel, lost his life in a car accident.

## Physical appearance

Philip Engel has flaming red hair and deep blue eyes.

As a devil, he had deep, black eyes, a pair of enormous black bat wings growing from his shoulder blades that allowed him to fly and which he could fold together, a long tail growing from his rear, and two long, sharp, smooth and curving black horns growing out of his forehead. The first time Philip became a devil, his horns were longer than most devils his age and in the end longer than Lucifer's, though he was truly as evil. His skin had also become pale because of the lack of sunlight in Hell where it was always night. The second time he became a devil, the horns were longer than that of most devils. As a devil, Philip's blood had also become black and in the membranes of each wing there were black blood veins.

Following Philip's second detransformation from a devil into a human, two bumps remained where his horns used to be, resembling the bumps he had had there while growing his horns the first time he became a devil. The bumps, which are the only part remaining of the devil he once was, will never go away and will serve as a reminder of his experiences in the afterlife. In a sense, the bumps make Philip a part-devil.

## Personality

Philip was always the polite type. He never did anything wrong and always helped people.

## Abilities

As a human Philip does not have any special gifts or abilities. He is relatively weak, not very good at drawing and very ordinary in many ways.

While a tempter, Philip was able to read people's thoughts, even being capable of seeing thoughts, dreams and memories when looking into people's eyes. He was also excellent at transformations, moreso the second time he became a devil than the first. He was brilliant at tempting others too.

## Appearances

### *The Great Devil War*

* *The Devil's Apprentice*
* *The Die of Death*
* *The Wrongful Death*
* *The Angel of Evil*
* *The Fallen Angel*
* *The Fallen Devil* (to be released in English fall 2020)

## Trivia

* Philip Engel is called Filip Engell in the original Danish versions of the *Great Devil War* books, and like in the English translation, "engell" means angel, though not specifically in Danish. The Danish word for "angel" is "engel", which happens to be the name chosen for the English translation, although it is pronounced different, and in addition "Engell" is also pronounced slightly different than the Danish "engel" ("angel" in Danish).

* In the *Devil's Apprentice* musical the character of Philip Engel (Filip Engell) was played by Oscar Dietz.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Devil's Apprentice*. Høst & Søn, October 19, 2018 (English print-on-demand paperback). Høst & Søn, October 11 2018 (English e-book). (Original Danish version published September 30, 2005 by Høst & Søn)
2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Die of Death*. Høst & Søn, October 19, 2018 (English print-on-demand paperback). Høst & Søn, October 11 2018 (English e-book). (Original Danish version published August 31, 2007 by Høst & Søn)
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Angel of Evil*. (Publication House) October 20, 2019. (Original Danish version published April 29, 2010 by Høst & Søn)
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Wrongful Death*. Høst & Søn, October 19, 2018 (English print-on-demand paperback) (Original Danish version published April 30, 2009 by Høst & Søn)
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Fallen Angel*. (Publication House) Month #, 2020. (Original Danish version published September 15, 2015 by Høst & Søn)
6. ↑ PublishingPerspectives.com: Devilish Danish Bestselling Kids Series Seeks English Readers.