Aziel Stofeles

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

**Aziel Stofeles** (pron. [ˈæziˌɛl ˌstoʊfəˈliːz]) was a male devil and a tempter. He was one of the greatest opposers of Lucifer's decision to remove the devils' immortality. Aziel was Satina's ex-boyfriend. He was the son of a devil woman and a human man and was therefore half devil and half human. Following Lucifer making the devils mortal, the majority of the devils left Hell in protest and joined Aziel in Outer Reach, where Aziel was building a New Hell in the city of Enoch. Intending to usurp Lucifer, Aziel begun to build up an army of rogue devils and accursed, and quickly rumors of an impending war came to Hell. When Aziel Stofeles' army finally attacked Hell, it appeared they would win, howevever at the last minute God and his army of angels came to Lucifer's rescue, defeating Aziel's army. Aziel, however, managed to escape and tracked down Philip Engel to Lucifer's castle, and knocked him unconscious, after which he chained him in the torture chamber below the castle and cut off his horns and tail. Then Philip fainted from the pain and Aziel removed the chains so that he could cut off his wings. Philip came to himself some time after, and as Aziel was about to kill him Mortimer came into the chamber, which distracted Aziel enough for Philip to grab one of his severed horns and stab Aziel in the heart with it, killing him.

## Physical appearance

Aziel Stofeles had flame-red hair, often slicked-back, two black horns that stuck straight up in the air, so spikey they looked like they had been sharpened, and a pair coal-black eyes. On the index finger of his right hand he wore three large gold rings, each engraved with the words "Trickster Champion" in ornate script, his prizes for winning the Festival of Tricks three years in a row. He was a head taller than Philip Engel.

After being bitten by Tempus, the snake's venom aged him with several of thousands of years.

## Appearances

### *The Great Devil War*

* *The Devil's Apprentice*
* *The Die of Death*
* *The Wrongful Death*
* *The Angel of Evil*

## Trivia

* Aziel Stofeles is the main antagonist of the *Great Devil War* series.
* In the *Devil's Apprentice* musical the character of Aziel Stofeles is played by Bjarke Atterdag.
* Aziel Stofeles is pronounced *AE-zee-ehL STO-fehl-LES*.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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. ↑ 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. ↑ 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)
4. ↑ Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Angel of Evil*. (Publication House) October 20, 2019. (Original Danish version published April 29, 2010 by Høst & Søn)