Lucifer - DC

Lucifer Morningstar is a powerful rebel Demiurgic Archangel who was once given Hell as his own domain. After eons of ruling, he decided he no longer wanted to do what he believed was expected of him, and so he abandoned Hell and "retired" to Earth. When he's between humans, he takes the form of a blonde, tall man in a crisp white suit. But he has a pair of darkish wings that he can hide on command. He's 5'10, about 87 kg in weight and has golden eyes. Eons ago, Lucifer Morningstar rebelled against the Kingdom of Heaven, and was cast into a shapeless void known as the Chaoplasm. The Chaoplasm was transformed into a desolate and barren expanse known by many as Hell, the final destination for damned souls. Here Morningstar ruled, awaiting the day he could be freed. In the aftermath of the Great Darkness's return and a Civil War in Hell, Lucifer was forced to share his power, creating a Triumverate with Azazel and Beelzebub. Years later, in 1990, Dream of the Endless entered Hell searching for the Helm that had been stolen from him when he was imprisoned. After Dream recovered his helm and slighted him, Morningstar threatened to destroy Dream. Lucifer eventually abandoned his lordship over Hell. Lucifer had ruled as lord of Hell for ten billion years. Over that time, he had manipulated the various demons of Hell against each other, provided a place for dead mortals to be tormented, and led the war against Heaven. However, at some point during his rule, he had become bored with this existence. He became tired of the various stereotypes that mortals held of the devil. He also resented the assumption that he caused the evils that humans did- he did not, in fact, have anything to do with the actions of the mortals who ended up there, he simply punished them. He had become tired of his reign over Hell, and felt it an unfair punishment that he should have to rule there forever simply because he once rebelled. These feelings were catalyzed when he was visited by Dream. Lucifer expelled all demons and damned souls from Hell before locking Hell's gates and handing over the key to Hell to Dream of the Endless. Eventually, control of Hell was handed over to two Angels, Duma (the angel of silence) and Remiel ("who stumbled rather than fell"), while Lucifer simply retired to Earth, specifically to Perth, Western Australia. Now running a piano bar called "Lux" in Los Angeles with the assistance of his Lilim female consort, Mazikeen, Lucifer is portrayed as sophisticated and almost charming, similar to the stereotypical Christian devil. Beneath his charisma, however, Lucifer is a deadly and Machiavellian character, with no regard for human life or indeed any life other than those he can use to his advantage: a proud and vindictive fallen angel who has no qualms using powers second only to those of his father, Yahweh. In fact, Lucifer is described as having been the wisest, most beautiful and most powerful of all the angels in heaven, and he retains these traits even after his fall. Despite his egotistic and narcissistic tendencies, he does follow something akin to a code of honor- there are few beings in existence he respects (his brother Michael and the Angel Duma among them) and only two he could be argued to care about (Mazikeen, his consort, and his niece Elaine), though his actions on their behalf are almost always for his own benefit, and it is doubted by all that he would help them otherwise. He also refuses emphatically to lie (which he considers crass and undignified), insists on paying back debts, and keeps his word- though this must not be confused with virtue. Lucifer is capable of changing his physical shape in the span of a breath. While he was the Governor of Hell, for example, he retained a rather androgynous form. Now, as the owner of the piano bar Lux, his usual shape has become decidedly masculine. His consort, Mazikeen, stays a woman whose face is divided in two: a healthy, human half and a burnt, constantly wounded half. Lucifer has had various encounters with John Constantine. Lucifer considers John a nuisance, but has come to respect his abilities, even coming to help him at times, even if it was for his own amusement or benefit. Lucifer has a very refined way of speaking, but he mixes in with the people around him flawlessly. He doesn't say insults, nor does he raise his voice to speak, considering such things to be unlike his status.