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 sent down from Heaven every year in an event known as the Extermination to kill demons to manage Hell's overpopulation.

Description
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 long-sleeved gray minidress, a white sash-belt, black leggings and long white gloves and heeled thigh-high 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 with two black stripes on the inside of each, 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 that vary in position from one another. They are often depicted with a large grin, although their masks are capable of changing to other expressions. 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.

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. According to Vivziepop, Exorcists are very bloodthirsty and love violence. They seem to take sadistic joy in killing demons. They are even not above willing to kill even a weaker, defenseless demon, as seen when an Exorcist kills one of the Egg Boiz and nearly killed a terrified Frank. 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.

In "Hello Rosie!," Carmilla Carmine states they have flaws in combat. Due to their overconfidence with how they wield weapons that kill demons permanently, they wield no shields, little armor, and fight with "reckless abandon," like as if they're unafraid of harm, and they only focus on attacking, which leaves them open and vulnerable at situations when their potential targets fight back.

Mortality
In "Overture", it is revealed that Exorcists (and Angels in general) can be harmed. Exorcists, in particular, can be killed by their own weaponry, since Carmilla Carmine 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". It is unknown whether these weapons can kill higher-ranking Angels, or if this is a trait exclusive to Exorcists.

Weaponry
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. Despite this, Exorcists were only seen so far with melee weapons on-screen. Exorcists 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.

Known 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.
 * The color of 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. In "Hello Rosie!," Carmilla calls the Exorcists Vaggie's sisters, which further implies the genders of the Exorcists.