Woland(The Master and Margarita)

Full name Lucifer Aliases/Titles Satan Mephistopheles Dr. Theodore Voland Mr. Voland Monsieur Voland Consultant Historian German Age Calculated in millennia Race/Species Devil Occupation Lord of the Dark Forces Powers/Abilities Near Omnipotence Reality Manipulation Exceptionally insightful intellect Clairvoyance Immortality Invulnerability Teleportation Reality Manipulation Time Manipulation Having a retinue and summoning it at any time Personal steed of darkness Cunning Manipulative charisma Unbreakable will Ability to turn beings into supernaturals Ability to instantly create various objects Extensive knowledge of the entire universe Goals To find out about the situation of people in various in the present times (Temporarily abandoned) Host an annual ball Send the Master and Margarita to the chambers (Successful) Crimes Evasion of justice Murder Psychological pressure Scam Conspiracy Organized crime Desecration Villain type Satan Description of Woland: a tall man, who looks to be about forty years old. He has a high bald forehead and a face covered with deep wrinkles. Some of the character's features: platinum and gold crowns on his teeth, a distorted face (the right corner of his mouth is down, one eyebrow is higher than the other), different eyes (one is green, "with a golden sparkle at the bottom", the other is dead, "empty and black"). Woland has a low voice, giving "a drawl to a wheeze on some syllables". A typical feature of Satan is lameness (he explains this to Margarita as chronic rheumatism). When Woland first appears, he is dressed in an expensive grey suit, wears a grey beret and carries a cane with a black knob in the shape of a poodle's head. Before the events of the series Little is known about the past. According to him, he was personally present at the execution of Yeshua Ha-Nozri, known as Jesus Christ. He was also present at a dinner with the philosopher Immanuel Kant. The devil had a relationship with an unknown witch who caused a wound to his leg, and it takes a long time to heal. However, according to him, "It will heal in 300 years." Episode 1 At the beginning of the series, Woland was walking in the park, where he met the poet Ivan Bezdomny and the secretary of MASSOLIT, Mikhail Berlioz, who were talking among themselves about the fact that God does not exist. Upon hearing this, Woland sat down next to them, introducing himself as a professor of black magic, and began his conversation with them. They talked about God, death, and Woland insisted that God exists, and said that he was personally present at the execution of Jesus Christ. And then Woland predicted Berlioz's death, and also said that he was going to live in his apartment. Berlioz, of course, did not believe him, but in vain - a few seconds later he was hit by a tram. Bezdomny became a witness to his death.

Episode 2 After what he saw, Bezdomny began to pursue Woland. He also witnessed him being accompanied by two demons, Fagot and Behemoth the Cat. Bezdomny continued to pursue him, but did not manage to catch up, because he (Bezdomny) was caught and sent to a psychiatric hospital. On the same day, Woland quite legally ends up in Stepan Likhodeev's apartment, and the latter let him in quite officially. Woland also calls his retinue there, and also declares that someone in this apartment is superfluous, hinting at Likhodeev himself, after which he is teleported to Yalta.

Episode 3 Woland begins to establish his own order in Moscow. He makes an agreement with the director of a theater for his group of magicians to perform. The director agrees. At the same time, the chairman of the housing association Nikanor Bosoy comes to Likhodeev's apartment, where he enters into a conversation with Fagot, after which the latter gives him several bills, and Bosoy leaves. Woland does not like the latter, and he orders Fagot to make sure that Bosoy does not come to their apartment anymore. Fagot carries out the order, framing Bosoy for a financial crime, after which he is arrested. In addition, Woland orders Azazello, Behemoth and Gella to deal with the administrator of the variety show Ivan Varenukha, which they did, quickly and cruelly, first beating him up, and then turning him into a vampire. The performance of Woland and his retinue begins. Woland himself hesitated for a long time to show "tricks", looking closely at people and distinguishing how they have changed over several centuries. Then he orders Fagot to perform several tricks, among which was giving money to all the spectators, and after that the latter were very happy. With this, Woland saw their greed.

Episode 4 Seeing the reaction of the spectators to the money falling from the ceiling, Woland realized how greedy they were. And then he gives expensive dresses to all the female spectators for free, and this was supervised by the vampire Gella. After leaving the theater, the new dresses on the women disappear. Many women who attended his performance were detained by the police for walking down the street in their underwear. That same night, Ivan Varenukha, who turns out to be a vampire, enters the office of the theater director Rimsky. Together with Gella, he was going to attack Rimsky, but a sudden dawn saves the theater director, and the vampires immediately leave.

Episode 6 The police followed Woland and his assistants, but they fail to catch anyone. And all sorts of evil spirits continue to happen in the city. At the same time, the head of the buffet at the Variety, Andrei Sokov, visited Woland's apartment. Gella lets him in. In the room, he sees Woland and his assistants Fagot, Behemoth, and Azazello. First, Woland scolds Sokov for his rotten products in the buffet, and Fagot predicts Sokov's death in 9 months, and then they listen to him. He came to him with the case that much of the money received at the Variety Theatre later turned into torn papers. Woland turned these papers into money again, after which Sokov leaves. Then he returns for his hat, and after a second visit, the money disappears from him again. Later, Woland, through Azazello, invites a woman, Margarita, to his ball, having given her some cream beforehand. She agrees, and using this cream, which gave her the ability to fly and become invisible, flying to Woland's ball, on the way she finds the apartment of the critic Latunsky, who destroyed her beloved Master, and smashed it, and then flew on to the ball.

Episode 7 Margarita flies to Woland's apartment and goes in. There she is met by Azazello, Gella, Fagot and Behemoth, who take her to the place of the ball itself. There Woland appoints her the new queen of the ball, but at the same time puts on her burning and heavy jewelry, thus giving her a kind of test so that she can endure it. Many sinful guests came out of the fire and began to have fun there. Woland tells the dead Berlioz that his (Woland's) dream came true, which means that since Berlioz was ignorant, he is destined to go into oblivion, after which he turns his head into a cup. At this moment, Baron Maigel comes to them. Woland considered him superfluous in this event, after which, on his orders, Azazello shot Maigel, and it was his blood that Woland drank from the cup, and then told Margarita to taste his blood, which she did. Episode 8 After the ball, Woland tells Margarita not to demand anything from those who are stronger than her, but in this case he himself allowed her to ask him to fulfill some of her wishes. One of the wishes was to forgive one of the sinners who strangled her child. Woland carries out the order. Then Ivan Varenukha comes to visit them, asking to disenchant him, because he is already tired of being a vampire. Woland fulfills his request and lets him go. Then Woland, at Margarita's request, returns her lover - the Master. The latter tells about his novel about Pontius Pilate, which the critics did not like, and which he burned long ago. Woland returns these manuscripts with the novel to him whole and unharmed, and then lets them both go, having given Margarita an unusual horseshoe.

Episode 9 Many people went to the police with a statement about all sorts of evil spirits committed by Woland and his retinue, but law enforcement officers still did not believe it. Suddenly, they were informed that Likhodeev's apartment had finally given rise to attacks of some presence, and a police squad quickly went there. Having broken into the apartment, they met the cat Behemoth there, and tried to kill him, but in vain. Then Woland ordered the cat to burn down the apartment, which he did, after which he ran away. Then Fagot and Behemoth started a fire in the writers' house, which Woland watched from above. Then the latter was visited by God's messenger Levi Matthew, who said that his master would like the Master and Margarita to go to him. Woland agreed to this, and sent Azazello to do it.

Episode 10 Azazello, on Woland's orders, poisons the Master and Margarita, and gives horses to their souls, after which he goes with them, Woland and all his retinue to the Moon. There, the Master and Margarita meet Pontius Pilate. Woland tells the heroes that they need to let Pontius go, namely, finish writing a novel about him. The Master did this, after which Pontius Pilate was forgiven by God, and went to heaven. Then Woland also sends the Master and Margarita to Paradise, saying that they will be better off there than on earth and in their basement. Woland and his retinue leave the earth, and Moscow is perplexed about who it was and turned the whole city upside down. character and personality “ Yes, man is mortal, but that would be only half the trouble. The bad thing is that he is sometimes suddenly mortal, that’s the trick! And he can’t say what he’s going to do this evening. „ ~ Woland to Berlioz Woland cannot be definitely called a villain. He is very smart and cruel, sometimes openly bloodthirsty, but in his own way he is fair. He treats everyone very kindly and gently. Judging by his words, he is very mocking towards the ignorant. He punishes people for bad deeds, but treats well those who deserve it. He was very kind to Margarita and the Master. In all other cases, Woland showed himself to be a reserved person who, for the most part, chooses a position of observation. All the pranks that happened in Moscow were only the work of his retinue, and direct intervention by Woland himself was extremely rare. Powers and abilities Near Omnipotence - Woland is very strong and omnipresent. He has virtually unlimited abilities. He exists outside of time. In terms of his power, he is second only to God himself. But he rarely acts independently, mainly relying on his retinue. Immortality - Woland is completely immortal and invulnerable. He lives for millennia and forever, and at the same time practically does not age (the appearance of an old man is just one of his appearances). Reality manipulation - he is able to control reality in a limited form, instantly changing it with the power of his desires. He can materialize from nothing any objects he needs, restore destroyed matter, bring a murdered person back to life, program other creatures to perform any actions against their will. Clairvoyance - he is able to immediately "read" and fully recognize the life history of other people, that is, to the smallest detail, simultaneously see their entire past and their entire future, right up to the moment of death. Omniscience - being a very ancient and powerful being, Woland knows almost everything in the Universe. Teleportation - he can teleport to any place at will, as well as teleport other objects in this way. Summoning - at his own will, he can instantly summon his subordinates to himself. Invisibility - he can make himself and others invisible to the eyes of ordinary people. Horse of Darkness - Woland's horse. Allows the prince of darkness to travel across the sky at high speed. Retinue Fagot (Koroviev) - a demon knight. Cat Behemoth - a demon jester in the form of a huge black cat. Azazello - a demon killer who does "dirty work" Gella - a vampire, servant of Woland. Quotes