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THANATOS AZAZEL HYPERION
famously known as
AZAZEL THE EXECUTIONER

He only went by the name Azazel. Azazel was born on the rogue planet and he knew no other way of life and assumed they were the only demons and that wizards had always been their slaves. Azazel was a ruthless demon who had a seemingly uncontrollable temper. He loved battle and chaos, always starting fights with other demons to test his strength. The current leader of his demon clan, Behemoth Gage, took note of Azazel's power and began to fear Azazel would one day challenge him to a battle to overthrow him. The leader was chosen not by blood, but by power, and whoever killed the leader in a formal duel to the death got to be in charge of the clan. Azazel did not like to obey anyone and never attempted to hide his dislike for Gage.

Azazel had a fearsome reputation and was cruel to his fellow demons, always trying to fight and kill them and constantly complaining how they were such losers, since he saw them just as tools to increase his strength. However, he was surprisingly civil towards wizards. He treated his slaves well compared to the rest of the rogue demons. Azazel always ensured they ate proper meals, slept in a bed, allowed them rest when they fell ill, rarely punished them for mistakes, and protected them from other demons. He did not see them as people though, only treating them well because he felt that an unhappy servant would not hesitate to betray their master. He secured their loyalty with decent treatment and also made sure to allow his slaves to go on 'vacation' where they were allowed to visit the city and even gave them spending money to buy whatever they want. His slaves would realize how much better Azazel treated them after being exposed to the outside world, seeing other demons abusing their slaves.

When one of his slaves returned from their vacation, they brought home an injured wizard and begged Azazel to help her. He allowed her to recover in his home but told his slaves to make sure she left as soon as she was better, not wanting another slave since he had just recently bought a new one nor wanting to bother with reporting a potential runaway. She left in the middle of the night and, to Azazel's annoyance, his newest slave had left with her. He was angry for the next few days and took it out on other demons through fighting. He quickly got over it, however, since he remembered that the slave never did anything anyways and that it was probably better he left. He had heard of wizards beginning to attack demons and Azazel had a feeling that the wizard would have gladly killed him, no matter how benevolent Azazel was towards his wizards.

Gage, paranoid that Azazel would execute him in his sleep, blamed the wizard attacks on him. He reasoned that Azazel liked wizards, proof lying in the way he treated wizards amiably, and that he was the only possible demon who would have a motive for trying to free the slaves. Plus, Azazel hated Gage, and would love to cause chaos in the clan to spite him. Azazel's dislike for Gage developed when he was a child. Azazel's parents were hardly around, but a wizard slave raised him in their place. He grew to love the man like a father, and although he never spoke his affection out loud, Azazel would treat him noticeably better than his family's other slaves. They formed a strange but strong bond, so when his real father decided to sell Azazel's personal slave due to "him becoming soft" , he was furious. The wizard was bought by Gage and Azazel never saw him again. He had been killed for disobedience and Azazel only found out through a letter from his former father figure. The wizard explained that he was only loyal to Azazel, that he genuinely loved him like a son and Azazel was the only one to treat him like a person, and would rather die than live enslaved to another demon. Azazel became afraid of growing close to another slave and losing them again, so he never viewed them as people, but decided that it would not hurt him if he treated them reasonably to secure loyalty. After all, Gage had wronged him by killing the only being he ever somewhat loved, and now Azazel wanted him dead so it only made sense to Azazel that a wizard would think the same.

Azazel visited a city quite a long way from the main city where he lived in order to purchase some exclusive items only found in that city. However, he was ambushed by assassins and even he could not fight by himself against so many demons. He fled, bleeding heavily from his injuries, and lost consciousness. When he awoke, he was surprised to find himself in a bed and not dead on the street. He felt confused about being rescued until he noticed who his rescuer was: the wizard he let take shelter in his house a few months ago. The woman introduced her self as Angelveion and explained to him that she was only repaying her debt because it was the honorable thing to do. She then informed him that there was a bounty on his head because he was being blamed for the one behind the attacks, which greatly annoyed Azazel since Gage's reasoning actually sounded exactly like something Azazel would do, and then Angelveion offered him a place in the wizard rebellion. Azazel refused at first but she returned the next day with news that Azazel's home had been burned down and that all of his slaves were killed.

The demon was furious and decided to take his revenge on Gage. He did not care for "saving the wizards" as much as he did "killing the one who destroyed what was his" but their mutual goal convinced Azazel to join. Angelveion took him to Fai after he was recovered and Azazel actually like the wizard leader because he could sense how strong he was and that he would get shit done. Fai also told him about the existance of Hell, which fascinated Azazel, and he wanted to go to his ancestor's true home. Azazel agreed to fight alongside the wizards and he provided information on how to kill a demon efficiently and look for their weaknesses. He often worked alongside the wizard's best assassin on duo missions. The assassin would target the leader while he would slaughter the underlings to his heart's content. It was not hard for him to work with the wizards because for his whole life he had treated them better than his own kind anyways. However, he always seemed to lose his temper around Valhalla Mancini and exchanged banter, with usually Fai having to stop their arguments. He also thought Demostenes was a brilliant advisor, so even though he rarely fought, Azazel recognized that his strength was his mind and respected him. Angelveion always lectured him about why it was important to protect innocent people and gave Azazel sermons on doing the right thing. Despite his annoyance at her constant nagging and preaching about the justice nonsense, became his closest friend and always made sure to keep him out of trouble. Azazel respected Fai for his strength and leadership, and easily found himself obeying him without question despite hating the thought of taking orders from anybody.

The war lasted for years, and over time, Azazel began to genuinely care about the wizards and fought less for revenge and more for their future. He formed genuine friendships for the first time since his childhood with Faize Ceres, Angelveion Apollos, Pemendree Abernathy, Demostenes Lutece, and even Valhalla Mancini. The wizards had become comrades he would be willing to sacrifice his life for in order to protect them, something he never thought a demon like him would be capable of. The last battle of the war against Gage was brutal and consisted of mostly of Fai fighting him but they emerged victorious. He, Fai, and the other four generals made a pact with the King of Hell, which gave the wizards the rogue demon's planet as a reward. To his amusement, he was regarded as one of the Six Heroes by the wizards. His gruesome slaughtering of demons earned him the title "Azazel the Executioner" among the wizards.

Because of his role in helping Fai subdue the rogue demons, while the wizards received a home planet, the demon king allowed Azazel to live in Hell without punishment. He met the demon princess and eventually married her, not caring how angry the king got at him for that, taking on the name Thanatos Azazel Hyperion and becoming a prince. His status as prince allowed him to meet with Fai frequently and he helped with the rebuilding of the wizard's society. Azazel was also the first one who made not so subtle attempts to create Fai, who was now renamed Belizano, into the king of wizards. He maintained his friendship with his friends, especially Angelveion, by using the same spell they had created to initially contact Hell.
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