Beelzebub

Beelzebub is an Infernal God and Taboo formerly sealed through the Symbol of Gluttony. He regains freedom by killing Taros and taking the man's body, then joins the Rebels against the Primal despite threatening Michael Fang during their first meeting.

Biography

The Nest and the Supreme Human Alliance

Taros awakens Beelzebub inadvertently after Glutton consumes Michael's curse power. Beelzebub kills the Soultrait's bearer, reorganizes the corpse into a stronger insectile vessel, and dismisses Taros as unfit because greed consumed him. He spares Michael as repayment for restoring his freedom, tears open a spatial rift, and leaves while warning that the Primal will notice his return. Michael's Curses subsequently identify him as an Infernal God and tightly sealed Taboo rather than an ordinary Curse. (Chapters 898–900)

God Wars and the Primal Conflict

Beelzebub answers the Rebels' summons even though Michael expects their next meeting to be hostile. Memories later reveal that before his sealing he prepared the Law of Corruption, Decay Authority, Law of Destruction, and Authority of Oblivion against Primal Xerx, leaving wounds the Primal never fully healed. In the renewed battle, Beelzebub uses Gluttony and enlarged claws to devour Essence, survives an Essence Spear, protects Michael during the killing thrust, and ultimately joins Loki's children and the Titan Gods against the remaining Primals. (Chapters 1013, 1055, 1061–1063, 1086)

Appearance and personality

Beelzebub's first visible form is Taros's altered corpse: a thick dark carapace covers most of it, two pairs of semi-transparent wings with bloody red veins emerge from the back, and mandibles split the cheeks. This is an occupied vessel, not necessarily his original divine appearance. He is contemptuous, mocking, debt-conscious, and merciless, but also strategically committed to opposing the Primals; he keeps his promise to spare Michael and later risks himself in the Rebel assault. (Chapters 898–899, 1013, 1061–1063)

Gluttony, Infernal Laws, and Authorities

Gluttony lets Beelzebub consume Essence and convert surrounding power into material that supports his Laws and Authorities. He can devour an Essence Spear lodged in his chest, seek Pure Aether as prey, enlarge his hands into claws, drain a Primal through his Divinity, and cut reality open with dark-purple energy. His known pre-sealing arsenal comprises Corruption, Decay, Destruction, and Oblivion. The corpus does not fully distinguish which effect belongs to the Symbol of Gluttony, his Divinity, a Law, or an Authority after his restoration. (Chapters 898–899, 1055, 1061)

Relationships

Taros

Taros is Beelzebub's final mortal vessel and the bearer through whom the sealed Taboo returns. Beelzebub considers Taros greedy and unworthy, kills him rather than sharing the body, and repairs the vessel's flawed foundation for his own use. The corpus never establishes that Taros knowingly sought Beelzebub's awakening. (Chapters 897–899)

Michael Fang

Michael accidentally creates the opening that frees Beelzebub. Their first exchange mixes threat and obligation: Beelzebub promises future danger but repays the immediate debt by sparing him. In the Primal war, practical alliance prevails; Beelzebub fights Xerx, blocks attacks during Michael's finishing move, and contributes to the surviving coalition. (Chapters 898–899, 1013, 1061–1063, 1086)

Primal Xerx

Beelzebub fought Xerx before being killed and sealed, preparing several destructive Laws and Authorities specifically for that struggle. Xerx survived with help but retained damaged regions in his Essence. Their renewed battle lets Beelzebub deepen that old conflict, although Michael and the collective Rebel sacrifice deliver the final death. (Chapters 1055, 1061–1063)

Items

Symbol of Gluttony

Beelzebub's Essence is sealed through the tattoo-like Soultrait Symbol of Gluttony, which eventually passes to Taros. The text leaves the original sealing procedure partly unexplained and does not treat the Symbol as an ordinary carried object. Once Beelzebub awakens, Gluttony again functions as part of his active divine arsenal. (Chapters 898–899, 1055, 1061)