Alright everyone... thoughts?<br/><br/>(http://cdn02.cdn.justjared.com/wp-content/uploads/headlines/2009/03/robert-downey-jr-mens-vogue.jpg)<br/><br/><strong>Name:</strong>Lucifer<br/><br/><strong>Race:</strong>The first Evil.<br/><br/><strong>Skin color:</strong>white/dark (Varies based on vessel. Will explain below)<br/><br/><strong>Eye color:</strong>Varies based on vessel<br/><br/><strong>Hair color:</strong>Varies based on vessel<br/><br/><strong>Height:</strong>Varies based on vessel<br/><br/><strong>Personality traits:</strong>Does<span class="bbc_u">not</span>vary based on vessel. Lucifer is a cold and calculating individual. This isn't to say he's rude or angry. Despite several depictions, Lucifer is very slow to anger. He is coy and devious, immortality leading him to treat life like a game.<em>And he's the game master.</em>Lucifer gets a great thrill out of providing games for people... tests they must pass.<br/><br/>Unlike a typical devil depiction, Lucifer doesn't want something from 'everyone'. He is fuelled by the souls he can collect for hell, and so doing so makes him extremely powerful but some people serve a greater purpose outside of hell. Lucifer is always looking to make a deal. The thrill of obtaining a soul is amplified because of his ability to know of people's darkest fears. He often needs to study them to confirm their prime motivators and upon knowing this, he is often able to structure deals that are impossible to refuse.<br/><br/>While originally, Lucifer might enjoy the spunk and spontaneity of rebellious souls... ultimate authority cannot exist where rebellion is present. For this reason, Lucifer never considered himself one to sit on a throne, he was happy to guide decisions... to be a snake in the grass... to be a voice in your ear... and guide history as he saw fit. Eventually, it was not enough. Demons grew in number, humanity's population continued to grow... souls captured fed strength to a variety of different beasts birthed in hell and soon... administration was necessary.<br/><br/><em>Administration... the end of the 'carefree' life of the devil.</em><br/><br/>Now... almost 'forced' to take a throne position; Lucifer could not allow for hell to deteriorate into battles between different demons, fights and hassles over misunderstood rules and agreements. Overseers were required... authorities in each of Hell's levels ... all ruled by the ultimate authority, Lucifer himself.<br/><br/>This takes a great deal of time. Conferences... disputes... issuing rulings and settling arguments with his final judgment; these are not as fun as being out on earth, manipulating people to countless deals in a day. There are times where 'being king' is actually more boring than if he was just another demon himself, able to go about his work with his abilities.<br/><br/>The greatest change that the structure of administration brought to Lucifer's life was that now... he spends much more time dealing with demons than people.<br/><br/><br/><strong>Strengths:</strong>Lucifer has 3 levels of being present. By simply focusing on a specific individual... by concentrating, he's able to communicate with them mentally. His presence is characterized by a voice that they hear. The tone is often subjective, people hear him in different ways. This is often done to communicate a command or a request to many a demon. At any time... any place... Lucifer is capable of this.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Shared vision.</span>This is the act of seeing through the eyes of the person/demon on which he is intently focused.<br/><br/>Upon entering an area, but failing to take corporeal form... Lucifer is often represented by a dark vapour. The vapour itself is able to form into any vessel he's acquired but he lacks the ability to physically hold, push, pull or otherwise touch the person to whom he is communicating with. When dealing with human vessels, this dark vapour allows him to flood their body through inhalation. He can invade their form... taking control of their body as they lose consciousness and he exists within them.<br/><br/>This is not something able to be done to other demons.<br/><br/>The vapour, if exposed for a fine deal of time is designed to have a very hypnotically subjective trait. Though perfected against humans, allowing him to create illusions for them to see what he wants them to see and feel what they want to feel, the effect is lessened when in the presence of demons. His aura... his voice... the vapour and darkness present with him are all designed to come together and lull the object of his desire into physically inviting him in or doing what he asks of them.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">(This is not a pure hypnotic instantaneous reaction. This is, in essence... Lucifer being incapable of taking incorporeal form for whatever reason and, failing that... results to illusions and a partial 'drugging trait' of his vapour-based form to affect his victim's sense of smell, touch, sight and hearing. It is a compensation for his actual inability to be present corporeally.)</span><br/><br/>For all intents and purposes, he is an entirely suggestive force when not present corporeally. He relies on illusions, softness of voice... compelling arguments and rationalization to attempt to have his way without truly being there. Blackmail... threats... seductions and promises, he is truly the voice on your shoulder, the dark side masquerading as a conscience. He is fully deniable and clearly refutable, though extended periods of time being tormented and teased by this dark presence inevitably leading to his full arrival is certainly bound to take it's toll. Wouldn't it? ;-)<br/><br/>Finally, in full corporeal presence (meaning bodily present) Lucifer is at his strongest. While his personality generally caters to the suggestive... illusions, planted thoughts... vocal prods... his corporeal presence allows him a variety of physical abilities not otherwise available to him in any lesser state of being.<br/><br/><strong>Vessel creation:</strong>So... you've read the term 'vessel' quite a bit... it's time to explain what this is. A vessel for Lucifer is a body in which he can come and go as he pleases. He cannot just pick random human beings to flood with this ability. Every vessel has one trait in common, a deal made with Lucifer...<em>and their deadline surpassed.</em><br/><br/>When Lucifer makes a deal with someone offering them years to live in exchange for power, glory... comfort... their soul...<em>even the lives of their loved ones...</em>that deal is written in stone. When time comes to collect... to take their soul and send them to hell, Lucifer can often count on human nature of fear and the unknown to propose one final offer. He will give them more time... and since their soul is already his, their time makes them a vessel.<br/><br/>See... Lucifer can embody any dead individual he desires as a vessel in hell. That's perfectly fine, but when it comes to roaming the earth, you can't really show up as the host of someone who died yesterday... or 10 years ago for that matter. All it takes is someone to start asking questions, the wrong person recognizing him as someone who's dead and... well... it's messy.<br/><br/>Instead, Lucifer, upon claiming their soul at the end of the deal... offers not to kill them and take them to hell. It's a win-win as he presents it. They live longer than they thought in exchange for occasionally being 'a host' for Lucifer himself. To most of the people given this deal, they don't even understand what a vessel is... simply that they will experience random blackouts and be unable to account for random times in their life. It's a small price to pay for not being killed right then and there and taken to hell. For Lucifer... it gives him a body to inhabit. Someone is 'not dead'... but also<em>'has no soul'</em>allowing them to be empty. He can appear, consume their body, inhabit them... and use them to engage in his interactions. When he's not inhabiting them, they are simply living out their lives.<br/><br/><em>... A vessel.</em><br/><br/>His vessels are typically wealthy men. Men of power, prestige and influence allow him to make deals with others. A street-bum would obviously serve as very little use in terms of being a vessel for Lucifer.<br/><br/><strong>- Clair-sentience:</strong>This is the ability to perceive the history of an object by touching it. As per the definition, Lucifer must be able to 'touch' it. In doing so... he's able to get a great understanding in a short time about people's lives... their motivations, understandings and fears. This is a crucial gift when he's looking to target someone else to make a deal with.<br/><br/><strong>Granulation:</strong>This is the ability to turn things into sand. It is a decomposition-themed ability and is generally used to destroy demons that have been created by Lucifer himself. To create a demon, Lucifer often uses sand as a component itself... like his vapour, merging with sand or dirt, he is able to birth a fully-grown demon in the way that God himself created Adam. To undo this... the demon is brought to die by evaporation and 'Granulation' where his body just begins to chip away.<br/><br/><strong>Telekinesis:</strong>The ability to use the mind to move things.<br/><br/><strong>Creation (See Granulation):</strong>Lucifer is able to create his own demons using earth and his dark vapour as a 'life essence'. It is his version of 'Adam' though he designs a demon to serve a purpose he has in mind.<br/><br/><strong>Teleportation:</strong>Fairly self evident. The ability to come and go as he pleases... passing large distances at great speed, often through the illusion of dispersing vapour.<br/><br/><strong>Weakness:</strong><br/><br/><strong>Puppet mastery:</strong>This is the ability to control motor functions of his victim.<strong>This is not mind control.</strong>This is an ability that historically, Lucifer has never been able to use on human beings. By his very nature, he is a suggestive being. He could not 'force' Eve to eat the apple... he could not 'force' humans to do anything which is why 'deals' became his mode of operation.<br/><br/><br/><strong>Fears:</strong>Losing control of Hell.<br/><br/><strong>Sexual tendency:</strong>Dominant<br/><br/><strong>Appearance:</strong>Lucifer is a constant shapeshifter. Until the time the Bible refers to as the 'tribulation period' he is incapable of walking the earth in his own skin. He is often seen in the form of one of his vessels (explained above).