Ba'al

"Warning! The following character page contains major spoilers for Witch of Flowers"Ba'al is the main antagonist of Witch of Flowers. He was a conqueror hellbent on destroying all life, razing many planets to the ground until his disappearance in the Eighty Second War. It is unknown where he is or if he is still alive.

Ba'al is being held in a human prison in the Borstal Academy after his defeat. He is unaware of who he is anymore and can either grow as a person or return to his old, brutal ways.

= Appearance = Ba'al is half Centyr and half Libidine. He has long, knee-length white hair with a white gradient, with two large horns that curve around the back of his head. His Centyr side gives him a large, bulky physique while his Libidine side darkens his limbs and gives him large claws. He wears his old slave attire along with a large, billowing black cape and a belt adorned with the skull of his first kill. Attached to his belt is a piece of fabric that wraps around him and covers his lower half.In his eldritch form after consuming Fl'ygbth in the Alternate End, he takes on a thirty foot-tall monstrous body, with a magma interior and a hard earthen shell. Crab legs awkwardly jut out from holes in his body and magma spills from anywhere it can. This form is not taken long and is awkwardly held together for the short time it exists.

= Personality = Ba'al is apathetic, believing life to be a curse. He is cordial with others as a means to an end, sometimes genuinely feeling a connection with others but knowing that, in the end, he will use it for his destructive goals. Any kindness he displays is a hollow shell of what could have been. Those who have seen behind his fake persona say there is no hatred or disgust, but simply: nothing.

Ba'al, despite his brutish appearance, is extremely intelligent. His conclusion for his life goals was rationalized and he will gladly debate anyone who is brave enough to come near.

The single trait Ba'al has that outweighs his intelligence and strength is his willpower. It is rumored that Ba'al can change the preordained future if he is simply not acceptant of the outcome.

= History =

Birth and Childhood
Ba'al was born accidentally to the current Lucifer of the time and an enslaved Libidine. The Lucifer would visit him once every year as he grew, bragging to others about having an heir without having to put in the effort of raising one. His mother cared deeply for Ba'al, sheltering him from a life of slavery and hoping that his status as an heir would give him a normal life.

At the age of five, Lucifer brought his new son, Asmodeus, to the slave pens. He showed his son to Ba'al's mother, stating that he has a proper heir now, that Ba'al would live out the rest of his life as a slave, and that Ba'al should be on his knees praising his very existence that his father decided to not execute him. During this encounter, Asmodeus snuck off and found Ba'al, becoming close with him and promising him a way out of the slave pens.

Asmodeus would visit every other month when the Lucifer was attending Court, teaching Ba'al the things he learned, like writing and math.

The Catalyst
Asmodeus didn't show up for the entirety of Ba'al's nineteenth year. Ba'al was the head custodian of the slave pens at this age and took care of his ailing mother. The day before his twentieth birthday, Ba'al was out cleaning the livestock pens when the Lucifer arrived at the slave pens, Asmodeus in tow. Lucifer had caught Asmodeus sneaking out and, after beating into him how worthless slaves are, decided to show him personally how little worth they had. Commanding Asmodeus to stay put, Lucifer went into each slave pen, bringing out the Libidine slaves within and executing them with his Centyr strength.

In a stroke of luck or fate, Ba'al came home as his father dragged his mother out. He made eye contact with Asmodeus first, as his younger brother looked at him with horror. Then, he made eye contact with his mother, who closed her eyes tight after seeing him. Before he could say a word, Ba'al watched as his father trampled his mother to death.

Ba'al walked to his mother's pen in silence. The Lucifer noticed him, displaying his work and saying he should be grateful he was next in line. He raised his hoof to stomp Ba'al in the face, but, through sheer willpower, Ba'al didn't budge. He grabbed his father's leg, crushing it with a single squeeze, and then proceeded to grab his way up the Lucifer's body until he reached his neck, strangling the life out of him without realizing it.

Ba'al left Hell without a word after this incident. Being the only known survivor of the incident at the pens, Asmodeus was credited with the Lucifer's death and became the next Lucifer.

Warpath and Fated Meeting
Ba'al would wander the infinite plane of Hell for the next twenty-four years, razing any settlement or town he'd come across. Being alone with his own thoughts, he had come to realize that, while life was capable of infinite greatness, it was also capable of infinite malice, making it the greatest threat to ever exist. He viewed his power as a gift and a tool to bring peace to the Universe- by snuffing out every living thing dwelling inside it. Wanting to begin with Hell's Capitol for his own selfish desires, he walked back to the city, stopping on top of a cliff overlooking it. There, a stranger found him, flirting with him and developing a connection.

The other, an avian named Malphas Goetia, became close to him with a similar past and became convinced of Ba'al's goals. Malphas would become Ba'al's right hand man, helping recruit people to his cause and keeping Ba'al company. Ba'al didn't know if he felt any real love for Malphas, but appreciated his use as a tool for his cause.

The main source of manpower brought in by Malphas came from a race of demons called Angelis, Demons who mimicked Angels and were cast out by Demons as such.

Descent
Ba'al, upon destroying a pacifistic civilization, drew the concern of his army. The people had never shown signs of violence, being derivative of plants and integrating their civilization into their planet. Ba'al dismissed their concerns, saying that, likely down the line, the civilization would've become violent and would become yet another threat. Malphas confronted him in private, uncomfortable with the lengths he would go to justify his ideals. Ba'al brushed him off until he could no longer. No longer caring for Malphas or viewing him as a good tool, Ba'al would begin to treat Malphas the same as he treated all other life, eventually unintentionally killing the Avian during a night together. He put no thought into this, though Malphas would come back countless times.

The Eighty Second War
Malphas would vanish after yet another death, and Ba'al believed he was finally killed. Ba'al would continue his rampage for years, slowly losing members of his army through abandonment or murder, but his progress would not slow. Instead, he could crush entire civilizations quicker as nothing was holding him back.

Arriving at a grassy planet, Ba'al was stopped by an army, one led by his ex-general Malphas. Malphas had convinced the enemy of Demons, the Angels, to fight against a common enemy. Ba'al would listen to Malphas' pleas to stand down and accept that life had meaning, but denied what he said, refusing to restate his goals as Malphas already knew his beliefs. Recognizing his courage, Ba'al would allow Malphas and his army to make the first attack to gauge his power before ultimately crushing them. He allowed them to attack him for five seconds, before clearing the area around him with a swipe of his hands, beheading three angels near him and grabbing Malphas by the neck. He told Malphas he was proud of his efforts to stand up to something impossible and would remember him until his last breath, crushing Malphas' neck and throwing him on the grass.

Malphas seemingly did not stay dead, his corpse growing and contorting into a horrifying monster that would entrance Ba'al and devour the life from him. Ba'al would have died from this beast if he wasn't kept alive by his refusal to die. Exhausted and horrified by the events of the fight, Malphas would store what was left of Ba'al's body in a construct, leaving Michael and the few survivors there were behind to figure out how to deal with the tyrant.

Present
Ba'al's current state is unknown, as Malphas has refused to tell anyone of his plan and Michael, the now only surviving angel from the incident, refuses to have anything to do with Malphas anymore. Ba'al is only referred to as missing as no one believes he would ever accept death and allow himself to die. It's rumored that the remaining Angelis loyal to him are attempting to bring him back.Ba'al lives on in the body of the Borstal Academy student, Amund Bael. He is kept in a powerless body incapable of magic, keeping him stranded in the First Year, a grade that isn't allowed to leave the Academy campus when enrolled. Ironically, these conditions leave him feeling belittled and isolated, nearly identical to Ba'al's life as a child.

= Skills and Abilities =

Superhuman Strength
Ba'al is stronger than most forms of life, able to crush buildings and structures with little effort and often accidentally. It is unknown how he was able to attain this level of strength and could be caused by his will to be strong.

Superhuman Intelligence
Ba'al is decently intelligent, able to rationalize and debate with any being. His conquests aren't random and brutal, but carefully thought out to minimize the time it would take. He views himself as one of the smartest beings in the Universe, but doesn't view others as lesser for it and will hear out other people's viewpoints if they dare to question him.

Willpower
Ba'al's greatest power of all is his sheer willpower. His strength, success in his goals, and even his immortality come down to his desires. It is unknown how he gained this ability, whether through supernatural means or simply he paradoxically willed this power into existence.

= Relationships =

Asmodeus Lucifer
Ba'al's younger brother. He and Asmodeus were close, Asmodeus being the only person to treat him like a person and teaching him everything his father would teach him. Ba'al would soon come to blame Asmodeus for his mother's death and viewed his ascent to Lucifer as an abandonment of any moral high ground he could have had. Ba'al plans on personally killing Asmodeus when he razes Hell's Capitol.

Lucifer
Ba'al's Father. He would make yearly visits to show others that he had a heir, only to abandon him when another child was born. He would later start Ba'al's path to destruction by murdering his mother. Ba'al pays no thought to him, viewing him as a being now stuck in the past and is at least at peace, knowing his mother's killer has been dealt with.

Ba'al's Mother
Ba'al's Mother raised Ba'al with what little she had and gave him a name, something not given to Libidines. She died refusing to let him see the fear she was in. Ba'al still views her fondly, but as with his father, pays her no thought as she is yet another being in the past that cannot affect him.

Malphas Goetia
Ba'al's ex-general and now imprisoner. Ba'al views him as a nuisance and wishes to be rid of him as quickly as possible to continue his goals unhindered. While together, Ba'al still viewed him as nearly nothing, appreciating what he did for his goals and nothing more.

Michael
Ba'al cared little for the Archangel, viewing him as just another person in his way. His involvement with Malphas soured Ba'al's view on him, but didn't change it much.

Gabriel
Ba'al has heard stories of Gabriel and wishes to test them in combat, though he never had the chance.

= Trivia =


 * Ba'al keeps his slave chains around him as a symbol and reminder of the hatred that life harbors within it.
 * The rose gradient on his hair comes from his mother.
 * Though he almost never smiled, the only way Malphas was able to get him to smile was with bad puns.
 * Ba'al would consume between 20,000 and 40,000 calories a day.

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