Exorcists

"Angels wield no shields, little armor, and fight with reckless abandon."

- Carmilla Carmine, about the Exorcists

The Exorcists are the main antagonists of Hazbin Hotel.

They are Angels part of Adam's personal private military force to sent down from Heaven every year in an event known as the Extermination to kill demons to manage Hell's overpopulation.

Appearance
Exorcists appear to have a fairly uniform appearance, each being black, white, and gray humanoids with a black halo that has a downward crystal at the front and point a small black ball and upward crystal floating above it. Their uniforms consist of a gray colored short dress with a white sash belt, black leggings, alongside long white colored gloves and thigh-high heeled boots, underneath which they wear an additional pair of long dark gray gloves and thigh-length stockings. They also have a pair of large gray wings on their backs, allowing them flight.

They wear full-head masks with LED screens on their faces that are capable of various expressions. The masks possess two large goat-like horns on their head.

Exorcists appear to be mostly armed with angelic weapons styled in spears. Illustrations of the Exorcists in the pilot also depict them with swords and possibly arrows. According to Vivziepop, they possess a variety of weapons such as guns, knives, swords, spears, etc.

Personality
While little is known of the Exorcists, they appear cold and murderous. They are often depicted with a large grin, although their masks are capable of other expressions, as seen in the official trailer.

During an Extermination, they appear to primarily target demons who are outside. It is unclear if they will attempt to enter buildings to find targets. They do not seem to hold much regard for their weapons and will often leave them behind in their victims, which are then gathered by Hell's denizens following the Extermination to sell on the black market.

As stated by Carmilla Carmine in “Hello Rosie!“, The fighting style of Exorcists are in truth extremelly sloppy and overconfident, with her noting that they lacked true fighting skills. Due to their invulnerability to normal weapons and not all Sinners having access to the tools needed to actually harm them, Exorcists have been able to freely slaughter Sinner Demons without resistance for almost every Extermination they had participated in. Because of this, Exorcists generally fight in such a reckless and vicious way that easily leaves multiple openings for a skilled fighter to retaliate and overpower them, with Carmilla even stating that they don’t even know how to avoid, dodge or block enemy attacks and they simply focus completely on offense in a fight. Carmilla further noted that Exorcists don’t use protective gear such as shields and barely wear any armor, and their habit to just abandon their weapons after Exterminations in Hell, the very tools capable of harming them, further alluding to and reinforces their overconfidence and lack of proper fighting experience.

According to Vivziepop, Exorcists are very bloodthirsty and love violence. They seem to take sadistic joy in killing demons.

However, there is the rare occurrence of an Exorcist having a change of heart.

As shown in “The Show Must Go On”, Exorcists don’t tolerate betrayal of any kind, as shown where after Adam revealed that Vaggie, a former Exorcist and comrade of theirs, was also to be targeted and killed by them in the Hazbin Hotel, the other Exorcists expressed their hatred for her and the desire to gleefully kill her, having become even more eager to do so when Adam offered a reward to the Exorcist who successfully brings him Vaggie’s head.

Mortality
In "Overture", it is revealed that Exorcists (or Angels in general) can be killed. They can be killed by their own weaponry, since Carmilla was the first demon in history to kill an Exorcist while also dealing in angelic weaponry and have herself armed with angelic ballet shoes, while Vaggie received permanent injury from an angelic weapon back when she was an Exorcist in a flashback in "Welcome to Heaven".

Seemingly upon death, the Exorcist's mask LED lights change from white to red, with their "eye" closed, and their usual toothy expressions replaced with a frown. It is unknown if all masks show similar features should their wearer die, or if that was simply the last expression the slain Exorcist had at death.

Notable members

 * Lute - Leader (former lieutenant)

Former members

 * Adam - Leader (deceased)
 * Vaggie

Trivia

 * According to Vivziepop, only the Exorcists can really and truly kill the citizens of Hell using their special tools. While non-Exorcists can kill other sinners, they must do so with scavenged angelic weapons.
 * When asked why there is a reason that Exorcists and presumably other Angels are robotic, Vivziepop said that she can't say much, but she did confirm that they're not exactly robots. However, they do wear LED screen masks on their faces.
 * In "Overture", it is shown that the Exorcists can be killed, but it is unknown how as they are decapitated and shown leaking gold blood out of the neck and head. In "Scrambled Eggs", it is revealed that Carmilla Carmine was responsible for the act.
 * Their blood may be a reference to, the golden blood of the gods and immortals in Greek mythology.
 * In "The Show Must Go On", as the Angels embark on yet another extermination, some of Adam's comments seem to indicate that all the Exorcists are female.