>So I've got an idea for a dark lord type character by the name of Bolgareth, because Tolkien has inspired me, with the following abilities, to be elaborated on further below:

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>By consuming the essence of the Demon Emperor, you gain several boons:

>*Gain the form of a ruler of Hell with a design you choose. This form is supernaturally powerful, outstripping most mortals [i](or immortals)[/i] in raw attributes, with many other abilities up to you based on your form. You can beat gods to a bloody pulp as you are now.

>*Perfect memory with infinite storage as well as agelessness.

>*Rule over the seven deadly sins, using them in many ways, including conceptually.

>*You are a font of pure corruption, a walking source of impurity and disease, all the evils of the world are at your disposal. You are able to twist, corrupt, taint, and pervert anything you get your claws into to your heart's content. As a side effect you are immune to corrupting or purifying effects.

>*Able to create and summon all sorts of demons to serve you, even up to the Lords of Hell themselves. These demons are oathbound to be loyal. You can corrupt others into demons and resurrect the dead into demons. Other demons and demon-like creatures will see you as something of a profane divinity on an instinctual level.
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>Now onto some clarifications. First, he'd only be around the same level as a god of a dimension. In other words the ruling power of a universe, such as the Christian god, etc, and would be able to go toe-to-toe with such in a fight on equal footing. But, of course, this doesn't make it a curbstomp. Said character with this power would still need to put in the effort, and can be beaten back or even killed if not careful when fighting beings of similar or greater power.

>Second, when it comes to the unmentioned abilities imparted by form, I'm going the Melkor route. So extreme physical power, intelligence, speed, shapechanging into other forms, etc.

>Third, those he corrupts can be purified with enough effort or power, and any demon he creates or summons can be killed--with varying amounts of effort depending on the rank and power of the demon--by holy implements or sheer physical force for the weaker ones. Like a mix of DOOM demons and Maia from the Silmarillion.

>Lastly, while he can corrupt anything weaker than him, beings on equal footing--such as Lucian I imagine--would be able to fight this off. Maybe not with ease depending on the character in question, but they've still got a fair chance. Also, any being beyond god of a whole dimension/reality level will likely be able to just ignore this corruption outright. Unless he finds a way to get on the same level anyway. Finally, while practically invulnerable to forms of damage inflicted by implements beneath his level of existence, anyone on--using him as a base once again--Lucian's level will be able to make him bleed and even kill him if he isn't careful.

>That's the character idea/powerset I'd like to go with thus far, but if it's a tad too powerful then let me know and I'll see if I can't make some tweaks. And I don't plan on sticking exactly to the CYOA that essence comes from. That was just the easiest way of conveying the character's exact capabilities.