Charlie Morningstar

**Charlie Morningstar**, full name **Charlotte "Helel" Morningstar**, is one of the main protagonists of the *Divine Comedy*.

She is a princess of Hell, the daughter of Lucifer and Lilith, and heir to the throne of Hell. Charlie would come to commission and own a rehabilitation center in the hopes of redeeming sinners and show both Heaven and Hell that there's always a second a chance to do the right thing.

## Appearance

### Normal Form

Charlie is a tall, slender but beautiful female Nephilim, standing at around 6 feet tall or over. She has long, blonde hair, with lighter blonde highlights, which is tied into a twice-banded low ponytail. Her blonde bangs flip to her left with a curl.

Her lips are black and she has rosy red cheeks, which she inherited from her father. Her pupils are red, her sclera is light yellow, and she has thick black eyelashes, both top and bottom. Her outfit consists of a small black bowtie and black suspenders, with an untucked white, long-sleeved dress-shirt. Over this she usually wears a fitted red tuxedo jacket with dark-red lapels and a pair of red fitted pants. She wears black and white saddle shoes.

### True Form

When taking a more demonic appearance, a pair of dark-reddish horns protrude from her head and her eyes' sclera turn bright red with slit pupils. She can control the appearance of her horns at whim as they don't need to appear whenever she accesses her demonic form. Charlie's full demonic appearance has her not only reaching gigantic sizes, but growing two pairs of arms, six eyes with black sclera and bright blue irises, and gains what seems to be 'fur' but also behaves like fire with a blue, yellow, and reddish orange theme. She has an assortment of eyes around her chest, shoulders, abdomen, legs, and arms. Her hair takes on a more ethereal appearance as well and sports two massive wings both avian and chiropteran. The wings themselves also have a multitude of eyes.

## History

### Background

Charlie, then called Charlotte, was born to Lucifer and Lilith and while her exact age is unknown it is often implied that she is hundreds of years old. Charlie was an only child growing up and had little to no companions to play with though her father would be the one to play such roles. She would always be spoiled by not just her parents but also her extended family though due to her purity she was the prime example of "spoiled but never rotten". She was also quite sheltered as a child as her parents often shielded her from the horrors of Hell and later the Exterminations. Unbeknownst to her, Charlie slowly began to experience a fever not knowing it was due to her nature as a Nephilim. At some point, Charlie would also meet her cousins and developed a close bond with all of them since they were in essence her only friends at the time.

However, tragedy struck when an "eight" year old Charlie succumbed to her "fever", barely breathing and shaking. In a panic, her parents sought to find a way to repress the sickness but to no avail as there was seemingly no cure to avert the lethal symptoms of being a Nephilim. Desperate, Lucifer was forced to take Charlie to Limbo - as it was close to Heaven as it could get - and called out to anyone for help. To his surprise, Raphael answered the call and quickly took to curing Charlie of her illness, all under Heaven's notice as well. Raphael's remedy proved to be a success as Charlie was slowly beginning to heal though she was not informed of the fact that it was her archangel uncle that saved her life.

When she was "ten" years old, one of the annuel Exterminations would begin though she was unaware of what all the fuss was about. Unfortunately, as Charlie was being escorted by one of the demonic servants of the Morningstar family in their car, the servant would be impaled and dragged out the car by an Exterminator who then brutally kills the demon right in front of a horrified Charlie. The young princess would escape from the car, narrowly avoiding the danger before hiding in an alleyway, and it was from there that she took in the full scope of the brutality and horror that was laid in front of her. Destroyer Angels, also called Exterminators, would descend from Heaven to hunt down and violently kill any wayward sinner in Hell. To say that Charlie was traumatized was an understatement. She hopelessly called out to her parents, only to run into a strange figure who donned a golden angelic helmet with a blue thin visor.

The figure leaned down and calmed the panicked Charlie before leading her away from danger. He led her to a building where he then pulled out an angelic retractable dagger, giving it to Charlie before telling her to defend herself as the world is "not as pleasant as you think". As he was showing her how to hold the dagger, the figure shielded her from the ongoing bloody massacre with his wings and when she got the hang of it, he put her to sleep. She was found by Razzle and Dazzle who then took her back to her relieved parents but Charlie would be forever scarred by what she had witnessed.

### Project Redemption

During her later years, Lucifer would then reveal to Charlie the reasons behind this annual purging of sin and evil; despite Hell being an indescribably massive kingdom and realm, humans would be dying left and right, filling the Circles up till they practically fall off the edge. As a solution, the monarchs of Hell reached an agreement with the powers of Heaven where they would send a host of Destroyer Angels that would cull the overgrowing population of Hell. In Lucifer's words, it's a "win-win" as Heaven would have less sinners and demons to deal with while Hell would not be concerned in ruling over an overabundance of sinners (in other words less paperwork). Charlie asked her father if there was an alternative and peaceful way to do this to which Lucifer said that there isn't, especially given the relationship between Heaven and Hell so nothing will be peaceful between them.

As she grew, Charlie began to think of alternate solutions, ones that involves less or no killing at all. All the while she would often take strolls around Hell and speak to several sinners, questioning them on what they had done to end up in Hell with some being heinous and others outright unjust. She reached a conclusion where she could perhaps build a temple of sorts that would allow sinners to be rehabilitated and get in touch with God. She presented this idea to her parents but the reaction was not the one she had hoped for. Lucifer cruelly shut her plans down, berating his daughter over the idea of her wanting to aid a bunch of "lowlife jackanapes" who are down here for good reasons like murder, rape, and other atrocities. While Charlie understands that, she also realized that there are sinners who were sent to Hell for unjust means that did not involve blatant murder such as suicide or even minor sins. Lucifer dismissed the claims and once again told Charlie that if they were sent down to Hell for a reason then they will **remain** in Hell for that reason regardless of the scope of their crimes. This was the hallmark of Lucifer and Charlie's strained relationship.

Things only grew worse in the first month after the Extermination. In that month, Charlie defied and went against her father's words where she decided to build a church at Odds Bodikins, called the Chapel Perilous, in order to have a place where souls could still intone with God. This would be something akin of a "prototype" rehab center. However, upon having hearing of this, Lucifer destroyed the church three days in and angrily scolded Charlie for daring to not only have the audacity to build a church in Hell but to also defy him and his wishes. The two would come to argue back and forth during the process. When Lucifer heard about Charlie using the family's vacation home as another rehabilitation center, Lucifer would be stopped by Lilith who convinced him to let Charlie discover how the world works on her own. Lucifer left Charlie to her devices, but he made it clear that she would not have his support over this.

## Personality

In contrast to her father and several other members of her family, Charlie is known for her compassion and kindness. She is a highly determined, perky, optimistic, spirited, and passionate being. Unlike a majority of the demons in Hell, Charlie cares about her friends and her people. She is shown to be very kind and generous towards those around her, doing everything in her power to make people happy, and is determined to make her kingdom a better place. Charlie's jovial and buoyant nature often has her befriend many people. As Husk pointed out, Charlie's greatest strength is her fearlessness and perseverance. So much that even Gabriel and Raphael were impressed by Charlie's hard work, and had encouraged her to keep surprising others and wishing her luck. Perhaps most inspiring is her willpower, for despite suffering many tragedies and wallowing in her lowest points, Charlie remained steadfast which is a testament to her indomitable will.

She is naive as she is theatrical, while also bursting with passion, so much so that she is considered to be among the most lively of demons in the Inferno. She is bubbly, radiant, and very determined in her goals no matter how minor they are. She also has a huge passion and love for musical theatre. Even as a child she was energetic and a social butterfly while also being very eager to make friends. She herself can be a very dedicated friend to where her cousin once told Vaggie that the "rejects in the hotel" would not find a better friend than her. Charlie is also quite curious about others to where she invades their personal spaces a little; when meeting new people at the hotel she is very eager and excited to know more about them. It's been alluded that Charlie inherited the lion's share of her father's positive personality traits and very little of the negative. Charlie is, however, no pushover either, as she can stand up for herself and has proven to be a very capable fighter as seen during her fights with the likes of Metatron, Azazel, and Helsa Von Eldritch. She is also highly protective of her friends and family to where she resorts to violence if either of them are harmed.

Because of her cheerful and lively disposition, she is often ridiculed and looked down upon by both her peers as well as her people. Even though most of her family members care for and protect her, they too would try to have Charlie present herself in a more respectable light, a lecture she especially receives from her father Lucifer with who she almost always argues with. In fact, Charlie's most prominent relationship is with Lucifer. As she grew, she struggled and failed to get her father's approval especially over her plans of rehabilitating sinners. While she does love her father, their arguments only result in their relationship becoming strained and rocky. More than once, Charlie's uncles would compare their arguments to that of Lucifer and God's.

However, even Charlie is not without flaws. One of her defining characteristics is her determination but while not considered a flaw it can lead to stubborness as Charlie would go against the orders of her father as well as others for the sake of gaining a positive outcome in whatever task she pleaded but was rejected. Much like her father, Charlie is something of a rebel herself which again mirrors the relationship between Lucifer and God as she disobeys her father's orders and goes against his wishes. But while Charlie does not so to incite conflict in the long run, Lucifer worries that Charlie's naivety coupled with her rebellious attitude will reverberate and result in disastrous future events. In addition, Charlie tries to see the good in people even when said people exhibit no redeeming qualities. When facing the likes of Vox or Azazel, she tries to reason with them and that it is not too late only to be shut down; Vox outright told her that she needs to "wake up" and that she is living in a fantasy. Even so, Charlie knows that not all demons are redeemable since she admits that she knows how evil some of the Overlords can be and Alastor likely not going to change for the better. But she does prod around to see if she can get result from time to time.

Charlie is revealed to have low self-esteem and feelings of inferiority. In the aftermath of disastrous events, Charlie would lament and wallow in shame and sorrow towards herself. When Mephisto came to check on her, Charlie expressed her sadness, stating that she thought if she wanted make to a difference enough she could prove that second chances are possible and changes are needed for the betterment of the three realms. Charlie even confessed to her mother that she doesn't know what she is actually doing and that she even sometimes doubts the idea of redemption actually working especially since she is practically going against a natural law of order purportedly set forth by God Himself. Worse of all, Charlie is prone to blaming herself for events that transpired where her allies and family were dragged in and injured in the process. She believes that setting up the hotel only became a beacon for all sorts of troubles. Even when it has nothing to do with her Charlie would still feel guilty over the circumstances. This also results in her breaking down crying in despair and anger, going so far as to even curse at God while angrily demanding on what He wants from her and that she hates Him.

## Trivia

* Her theme song would be "Almost There" by Anika Noni Rose.
* Charlie is said to draw several parallels from Jesus Christ.
* Though Charlie is very much like Lucifer she ironically plays his role of when he defied God. This is to where much like Lucifer, Charlie defies her father to build a better kingdom and world for both her people and humanity.
* Charlie rarely, if ever, drinks alcohol but seems to only do so when she is severely stressed. Her preferred drinks are frappuccinos.
* She used to be in a band during her college years. The members consisted of her and her two cousins Lucious Validus and Jane Beelzé where she was the drummer.
* Charlie was unaware of having an extended family in Heaven as her father and uncles refused to speak of them.
* Several characters noted that Charlie and Lucifer's current relationship mirrors that of God and Lucifer before the war in Heaven.
* It is revealed that Charlie still has her old room in Satan's palace when she was living with her cousin Lucious during nursery.