Chrollo Lucilfer

* 2011
* Anime

*For the original character of the **Hunter x Hunter** franchise, see Chrollo Lucilfer.*

**Chrollo Lucilfer** クロロ・ルシルフェル (Kuroro rushiruferu) is an antagonist in *Hunter x Hunter* and part of the Phantom Troupe. He is Ryoji Mochizuki and Yuzuki Fukase’s older cousin.

## Appearance

Chrollo is a young man with black hair and grey eyes. Two of his distinguishing features are the cross-shaped tattoo on his forehead and a pair of orb-shaped earrings. He is usually seen wearing a dark purple coat that has white fur on the collar and wrists, unbuttoned to reveal his muscular physique. The coat is imprinted with a golden St. Peter's Cross on the back.

## Personality

Chrollo is calm, intelligent, and charismatic, as he seems to be a born leader and able to hold the Troupe together despite the volatile personalities of its members. While he is a very capable strategist, Chrollo is also very confident in his own fighting abilities as well as in those of the other members of the Spiders. He always has at least two people with him, which is why Hisoka Morow found it so difficult to fight him. After he has admired the items that he targeted and acquired, Chrollo sells them all. It is also stated that Chrollo likes antique books.

Unflinching and unshakable, he is also an observer of human nature. Gon's hostility toward the Troupe led Chrollo to reflect upon the nature of himself and his actions. Additionally, when fighting Hisoka, who refused to back down even after seeing the extent of his abilities, Chrollo expressed a fascination for the inner workings of human beings. However, by his own claim, he sees no difference between a puppet and a person.

Chrollo shows no fear of his own death, even anticipating it. Melody stated that his heartbeat sounded as if he was happy living alongside death. To Chrollo, the Troupe is more important than his own life. He once stated that the survival of the group comes before the well-being of the leader, stressing that the head of the Spider is just another limb that can be sacrificed for the survival of the whole. In order to prevent their negative fortunes from coming true, Chrollo ordered the Troupe members to stay close and to assist one another.

The only people Chrollo seems to care about are his fellow Troupe members. When he reads his fortune written by Neon which alludes to Uvogin's death, he cries for him. Later on, he orchestrates a massacre of Mafia members as a requiem to his fallen comrade. After the deaths of Kortopi and Shalnark at the hands of Hisoka, Chrollo appears visibly distraught and furious, vowing to kill him as soon as he sees him.

Like the other Troupe members, Chrollo is cold-blooded and not above inhuman mass murder, most notably when they brutually massacred the Kurta Clan. In addition, his use of **Indoor Fish** on an assassin reflects his apathetic nature towards his enemies. There is also an implied hostility between Chrollo and Silva Zoldyck, most likely stemming from their previous encounter after Silva's killing of a Troupe member.

Chrollo is a skilled actor and quite manipulative, as shown when he met Neon Nostrade and "befriended" her to steal her fortune-telling ability. During that time, he presented himself as an amiable and helpful man, always enthusiastic and smiling, who also displayed curiosity. However, Chrollo only intended to learn about Neon's ability to fulfill one of the conditions needed to steal it.

Chrollo is shown to have been emotional, caring, and bright as a child. He also always brought fresh flowers for the graves of children in church. Father Lisores comments to a Meteor City elder that he sees much promise in Chrollo because of his spirit and original ideas.

## History

### Name-sake

Chrollo could be short for *Chronos*  (Greek: Χρονος) or Khronos Is The Greek God of Time. He is often mistaken for the titan Cronus for their similar name. Chronos was portrayed as a man turning the zodiac wheel in Greco-Roman mosaics. He is similar to the god Aion in that he represents cyclical time.  Another source claims that Chronos had the head of a three-headed serpent. The heads were those of a man, a bull and a lion.

He and his sibling and consort Ananke, the goddess of inevitability who was also in the guise of a serpent, revolved about the primordial world egg until they split it apart to make the earth, sea, and sky. The Orphic cult said that Chronos fashioned a silver egg in Aether and gave birth to Aether and Chaos. The gods Phanes and Hydrus emerged from the egg, and they later gave birth to the first gods and the cosmos. Erebus, The Moirai, Hemera and Horae.

Lucilfer is based of Lucifer, The name of the Devil in Christianity. the planet Venus is linked to his prescence. The name of the being was then adopted by Christianity as a term for the devil. In the relevant Bible verse (Isaiah 14:12), where the Greek Septuagint reads (ὁ ἑωσφόρος ὁ πρωὶ) the phrase is typically translated as "morning star" or "shining one" rather than as the proper noun Lucifer as found in the Latin Vulgate.

The word "Lucifer" (Light-Bringer) is a proper noun in English and is capitalized as the name of the planet in its morning aspect. It was frequently personified and treated as a god in Greco-Roman culture and in some tales, he was thought to be the son of Aurora (the Dawn). The Roman poet Catullus gave the planet's evening aspect a similar name, "Noctifer" (Night-Bringer).

He is best known for being the embodiment of evil and the archenemy of all good people. The Devil's character and narrative have changed over time, and he has been referred to by a variety of names in different cultures, including Beelzebub, Lucifer, Satan, Baphomet, and Mephistopheles. His physical attributes have also changed over time, including having horns and cloven hooves in place of feet. But this evil being—and his army of demons—continue to inspire fear in humans as the polar opposite of everything that is right.

He is Traditionally seen as an angel that disobeyed God and was expelled from heaven together with other "fallen" angels before the creation of humankind (or occasionally a jinn in Islam). The important Bible verses that lend credence to this idea are (Ezekiel:28:14–18) and {Isaiah:14:12–17). Additionally, Jesus claims in (Luke:10:18) that he witnessed Satan fall like lightning from heaven. All three of the main Abrahamic religions identify Satan as the demon (a serpent in the Genesis story) who enticed Eve to eat the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden and so served as the impetus for humanity's fall.

## Relationships

* Ryoji Mochizuki (Cousin)- Ryoji is Chrollo's youngest cousin, Ryoji had no prior knowledge of his existence, and the two had a very neutral relationship. Chrollo always believed he really was related to him and knew the powers he exhibited.

* Yuzuki Fukase- His second youngest cousin, Yuzuki and Chrollo both knew each other but she finds his demeanor scary and doesn't approach him often, but Chrollo sees Yuzuki as a close relative to him regardless. When Yuzuki becomes apart of Nyx Avatar, he became emotional watching her disappear, that he promised both protagonists that his heart will be in them.

* Erebus— In the Myth, Erebus, the Personification of Darkness is part of Chronos’s offspring. Erebus gave birth to Thanatos along with many other deities.

## Trivia

* Chrollo’s name sake is possibly based off of Chronos, the god of time. Ryoji’s and Yuzuki’s relationship with him also correlated with the myth.

## Gallery

Chrollo in the 2011 Anime wearing his black coat.Chrollo and Ryoji.Ryoji and Chrollo art by Nawell Mora.Chrollo in his black coat outfit.Chrollo summoning his Nen in the Manga.Chrollo beat up from a fight.Chrollo Anime Key art.Chrollo (1999 Anime) Key art.Young Chrollo
## References

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronos

Chronos. (2022, December 9). In *Wikipedia*. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronos
2. ↑ https://www.greekmythology.com/Other\_Gods/Primordial/Chronos/chronos.html

GreekMythology.com, The Editors of Website. "Chronos". GreekMythology.com Website, 09 Apr. 2021, https://www.greekmythology.com/Other\_Gods/Primordial/Chronos/chronos.html. Accessed 15 November 2022.
3. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucifer
4. ↑ https://www.history.com/topics/folklore/history-of-the-devil
5. ↑ https://www.britannica.com/topic/Satan

Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Satan". Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 Aug. 2022, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Satan. Accessed 11 December 2022.