Azazel is a demon appearing in Preludes and Nocturnes and Season of Mists.
History[]
Origins[]
Azazel's original form
Originally, Azazel was a angel from Heaven; an eater of sins. He sat up on a hill. The villages would give over their sins to a goat and send that goat into the wilderness. Azazel would eat the goat and the village's sins along with it. However, more sins Azazel ate, more his hunger grew. He was eventually condemned to Hell by God along with the rest of Lucifer's rebel army, for introducing sin to humanity.[1]
Azazel later became one of Lucifer Morningstar's co-rulers of Hell; part of the triumvirate formed by Beelzebub, Lucifer, and Azazel after a civil war in Hell destabilized the realm.[2]
Dream's return[]
It returned in Season of Mists. After Lucifer evacuated and closed Hell, he left the key to the gates to Dream. Azazel was one of the petitioners for the key, and the right to rule Hell, with the Merkin and Choronzon. "I seek the return of our lands, the lands of my people, the lands from which we have been unjustly expelled. I do not come as a mere ambassador, but as the representative of all daemonkind...." Azazel offered "a sweetener" to its demand, it offered to return to Dream his former lover Nada in exchange for the key.
Dream said he would take the matter under consideration. Eventually, however, the key was given into the care of the angels Remiel and Duma. Angry, Azazel renounced Dream's hospitality and told Dream to retrieve its hostages from within it if he dared, or it would consume Nada. The overconfident Azazel had forgotten that in Dream's realm, Dream was the power, and the demon had no defenses against him. Dream ironically then imprisoned Azazel, the former djinn, in a small bottle and stored it in a chest beside the Corinthian's skull and the bottled city from Fables and Reflections.
Hell & Gone[]
In Hell & Gone, Azazel arrives with the rest of the Triumvirate when Mary Locke appeared in Hell for her brother's soul. Azazel later takes part in the war of Hell against Mary with its legions of demons. However, under the effects of the Music Box, Azazel begins devouring its own cohorts, among them, ironically Choronzon.
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
- Demonic Physiology: As a supernatural creature from Hell, The average demon possesses the potential for the following power set:
- Possession: They can possess human bodies and use them as hosts while also manifest his supernatural powers through them.
- Accelerated Healing: They are capable of rapid cellular regeneration of his host bodies.
- Immortality: They do not age, get tired, don't require food, air, or water; and can potentially live forever unless they are killed.
- Superhuman Strength: They are supernaturally strong.
- Superhuman Speed: They can move at superhuman speed.
- Shapeshifting: They can take on the appearance of other people or cast illusions that make look like another person.
Ancient Powers[]
- Angelic Physiology: As a former angel of Heaven, Azazel possesses supernatural powers related to his celestial nature.
- Holy Power: They could generate and manipulate divine light in the form of rays, shields, or sacred weapons.
- Wings: Angels possess radiant wings, often adorned with feathers, which symbolize their divine nature and grant them celestial power.
- Flight: With their wings, they can soar through the sky, earth, and other realms, moving at incredible speeds.
- Wings: Angels possess radiant wings, often adorned with feathers, which symbolize their divine nature and grant them celestial power.
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