Hasser

**Hasser**, also called **Araphel**, is a seraph and eldritch god of darkness that spawned from the primordial void predating the Macrocosm. He claims dominion over its representative realm Oblivion, even deeming himself the “exemplary brood whom the unholy father praises above all others,” and has declared war on his fellow gods for invading his hollow kingdom.

## Appearance

Hasser was traditionally an amorphous mass of darkness; he would conjure his current humanoid anatomy from the art piece entitled *Satan Arousing the Rebel Angels*, taking the guise of an adonis before it inevitably deteriorated, becoming desiccated in appearance and developing bestial features such as sharp teeth, narrow pupils, a lengthy barbed tongued, and clawed fingernails that were permanently colored black. He additionally has deathly pale – almost zombie bluish – skin that is cold to the touch, with certain areas being partially cracked or drier than others.

His hair was originally completely devoid of perceptible color, light, or even mass, thus appearing as though it was simply a flowing river of nothingness, similar to a black hole. This changed when he gained more physicality within the lower dimensions, obtaining a platinum mess of hair in place of the previous pitch-black threads.

Hasser has been depicted as wearing a “shroud of primordial darkness” around himself, though this is never actually shown and he makes no comments on the fabled covering.

## Prowess

* **Divine Physiology**: Hasser is an unfathomably powerful alien god who possesses superhuman attributes and powers that far exceed most chief deities. He was more than capable of exterminating immortal beings with nothing other than his preeminent physical strength, and single-handedly brought down the high heavens by imposing his omnipotent will.
	+ **Abyss Manipulation**: Hasser possesses the ability to create, control, and manipulate a fount of eldritch darkness — a manifestation of the primordial void that existed before the universe itself. It allowed him to project various attacks in physical or metaphysical form that were strong enough to gravely injure Saint Michael. He was also capable of summoning his armies from the shadows cast by the angelic foot soldiers opposing him, along with blanketing large areas in shade to blind opponents and disorient them, or using it to completely engulf enemies and render their powers inoperable.
	+ **Molecular Reconstruction**: Hasser was able to take apart and reconfigure inanimate objects at will, as well as use bio-transmutative abilities to manipulate the form of all organic mass. This allows him to alter the appearance of himself or others and even the functionality of cells within the body, but the process required to accomplish such a feat calls upon hefty concentration; however, clumsy adjustments that merely deform his targets in randomized fashion are far easier and quicker than precision changes (normally killing targets soon after if the changes don’t properly work to keep them alive).
		- **Size Alteration**: Hasser can manipulate his physical size, as well. He has shown himself capable of growing from the height of an ordinary man to the size of several planets, alongside massively shrinking entire stars to fit into his pocket and release them later at full size.
	+ **Weather Manipulation**: Hasser has summoned dark clouds on multiple occasions, and conducted a ceaseless cosmic storm that was virtually impassable by conventional means. He can also generate explosive, trajectory-changing red lightning from the sky, which has shown to be capable of reducing celestial structures to rubble and people to black ash.
	+ **Dimensional Travel**: By phasing through or outright breaking the barriers that separate his multiverse’s realities, Hasser is able to enter different dimensions – doing so rather casually and in quick succession. Some dimensions seem to be harder to enter than others, however, especially ones that are inherently filled with sanctity.
	+ **Nigh-Omniscience**: Hasser perceives time in a non-linear fashion – this means that he sees the past, present, and future simultaneously, as well as the workings of the multiverse. He was aware of every being within existence, including those who never existed, were absolutely erased, or dwelled beyond reality, alongside jokingly stating he knew how and when people would die.
	+ **Invulnerability**: Hasser possesses incredible durability and is practically unable to suffer harm from most physical or energy-based attacks, but remains susceptible to magical ones that naturally bypass his particular defenses. It is also noteworthy that his invulnerability only works when placed against those of inferior or equal power, as those even slightly stronger will have an advantage.
		- **Psychic Immunity**: He has shown to be fully resistant to all psychic phenomena and can’t be moved with telekinetic abilities or mentally intercepted via telepathy.
	+ **Amortality**: Hasser is considered unable to truly die. Despite being called an “undead god,” Hasser was never actually living to begin with, and does not require any form of sustenance such as oxygen or food to survive.
	+ **Necromancy**: Hasser was able to raise an innumerable amount of dead soldiers from the grave, even resurrecting a deity whom he subsequently killed multiples times before finally severing their head. He later requested advice from a deceased sultan named Selim.
	+ **Necrosis Inducement**: Hasser engendered profound levels of decay within immortals on several occasions, effectively killing otherwise imperishable beings via his inexorable corrosive abilities and demonstrating enough power to slay death-defying gods.

### Weaknesses

* **Holy Magic**: This includes artifacts, fields, entities, techniques, and supernatural powers that are spiritually hallowed in some way or another. He has demonstrated the ability to withstand powerful attacks from Excalibur, and persisted through the combined attempts of the Highest of the Host.

## Paraphernalia

* **Armor of the Adversary**: In the earliest moments of his dark crusade, Hasser created a suit of symbiotic armor that was originally solid black, but he later emblazoned its chest with a red dragon insignia which would represent his opposition to The Radiance. It is unknown exactly what abilities the armor possesses, though it has been capable of shapeshifting to manifest a cape, waist cloth, spider legs, bat-like wings, and draconic helmet.

* **Sword of Demise**: To compensate for his lack of actual weaponry, the infernal blade known as Demise was forged, imbued with enough necrotic power to systematically cause the degradation of several million celestial warriors and further corrupt several deities into virtual mind-numbness.