Lucifer Morningstar

"Oh, I'm the only one that matters. See, you messed with my daughter, and now... I am going to FUCK YOU!"

- Lucifer Morningstar, to Adam

Lucifer Morningstar is a fallen angel and a supporting character in Hazbin Hotel who made his debut in "Dad Beat Dad".

He is the father of Charlie Morningstar and the estranged husband of Lilith. He is the ruler of all of Hell and one of the Seven Deadly Sins, embodying the sin of Pride.

Appearance
Lucifer is a slender-figured fallen angel who sports a close resemblance to his daughter, having her white skin with rosey cheeks, blonde hair with thin light coral streaks on the thicker, paler blonde highlights, and eyes with light yellow sclera and red pupils. He is shorter than his daughter, Charlie, though not by a large amount.

Unlike his daughter, his mouth is full of sharp teeth, his hair is short-cut and has been slicked back with one tuft sticking out, his pupils are slits like a snake, and his cheeks are a paler shade of red. In addition, he also sports black sharp eyebrows, and his eyelids are light purple. His forearms also appear to be dark grey when his sleeves are rolled up.

Lucifer's white and red clothing is somewhat like that of a circus ringmaster; he wears a wide-brimmed white top hat with a golden snake and a red apple over golden spikes, which resemble a crown, and a red-lined and red-trimmed white popped-collared suit with several golden buttons - his coat worn over a light red-and-white striped waistcoat with two golden buttons and a small, accessorized black bowtie. In "The Show Must Go On" his suit has red and golden epaulets, resembling those of a ringmaster.

He also wears a set of heeled black knee-high boots and black leather gloves, which cover the majority of his hands. On his left pinkie, he sports a golden ring, which is presumably his wedding ring.

Lucifer carries an apple-topped black cane that matches his hat. As a former angel, he possesses three pairs of white wings with red feathers, which he can extend from his coat.

Full Demon
When he takes on his full demonic form, as well as displaying his wings, he displays a pair of red horns with an orb of fire between them and a thin crown resembling a snake with an apple above his hat. His eyes also change to have red sclera with yellow pupils. He also has a black tail with spikes that end in a triangular tip with a red heart at the center.

Eyes also appear on the inside of his coattails, and a similar eye also appears on his bowtie. In addition, his entire body gives off a light white glow.

Personality
Despite his status as the ruler of all of Hell, Lucifer possesses a grandiose and dramatic nature, acting very over-the-top in most situations. He switches between being silly and theatrical and awkward and melancholic. Like Charlie, Lucifer is ambitious in his beliefs. According to the "The Story of Hell" book Charlie reads in "Overture", Lucifer was an idealistic dreamer whose accidental creation of Hell and the subsequent banishment of it caused him to give up his dreams. After he and Lilith separated, Lucifer went into isolation and fell into depression. He coped by crafting and hoarding tons of rubber ducks, spending years in his home. This obsession also causes him to become estranged from his daughter, to the point where he barely calls her at all and thinks she does not want to talk to him.

Lucifer is oftentimes careless and doesn't think about what he says, even appearing clueless at times, saying he'll fuck Adam instead of fuck him up, smiling proudly afterward, and when Charlie corrects him, he forgets what he said. In his first meeting with Vaggie, he calls her "Maggie" right after being told her name. Additionally, even with his monumental position, he is rather socially awkward, for example, trying to connect with Charlie by excitedly bringing up that they both like girls.

However, he is not afraid to fight or get violent, as shown when he fearlessly battles Adam and beats him up violently. In the process, he is unafraid to act cocky and successfully irritate Adam by reminding him about his failure with Lilith, as well as suggesting he slept with Eve. Lucifer shows more intimidation prowess when he orders Lute to "take her 'little friends' and go home". Even so, he adds "please" politely, showing his generally refined manner.

As a father, he falls short of expectations. Although he loves Charlie dearly, he seems to be preoccupied with his own problems. He seldom calls her, and when he does, it's usually because he's bored or needs something. When Charlie reached out to him for help in setting up a meeting with Heaven, he was thrilled to hear from her. However, he couldn't recall where she was or what she was doing, even though she had shared her passion project, the Hazbin Hotel, with him months ago. He also wasn't aware that Charlie was dating someone, or that she was attracted to women. This indicates that, despite his love for Charlie, he doesn't communicate with her and hasn't built up a relationship with her, though it was shown that Lucifer was much closer to Charlie in her childhood, only becoming more distant in Charlie’s adulthood.

While he is the King of Hell, Lucifer hardly rules over his subjects and leaves them to their own devices. As a result, his name (and, by extension, Charlie) carries little weight. While the denizens of hell recognize that he is a powerful force to be reckoned with, they seem to know that little, if anything, would make him show up. Lucifer dislikes the Sinners of Hell and describes them as "violent, destructive psychopaths, hellbent on causing as much pain and destruction as possible". According to him, they are all "the worst" he does not believe they can be redeemed and he cares little for what happens to them. Despite his disapproval of sinners, Lucifer hints that he regrets his role in ever giving them free will due to what they had done with it and the consequences that came from this.

Although he understands his daughter's interest in rehabilitating Sinners, Lucifer is cynical about the idea of trying to save any of them, as he attempted to redeem sinners in the past, stating that Charlie doesn't know when he tried this all before, and that his dreams were too hard to defend. Since Heaven was so unwilling to listen to him in the past, he does not want Charlie to go through the same thing. However, she still manages to convince him to arrange a meeting in Heaven for her and Vaggie, which helps Lucifer regain faith in her plans.

Lucifer is fiercely protective of Charlie, as seen when he threatens her bodyguards, Razzle and Dazzle, that they had better been doing their job protecting her. Later, when Alastor began rubbing in his failings to be a proper, supportive father to Charlie and her dreams and implying he had taken Lucifer's place as Charlie's father figure, Lucifer displayed jealousy toward Alastor, whom he began to see as a rival for Charlie's affection and become insecure about his father-daughter bond with her. In "The Show Must Go On", he arrived late,but joined the fight against Adam and the Exorcists, helping Charlie defeat them. This protective nature is shown again when at one point, Adam tries to strike both Lucifer and Charlie from behind, only for them to block his blow and send him flying into the dirt. He then proceeds to angrily berate Adam for threatening him and Charlie before beating him within an inch of his life, only stopping at Charlie's insistence.

Abilities

 * Angelic power - Lucifer possesses immensely powerful angelic magic which holds sway over the demonic power of his contemporaries.
 * Strength - Lucifer's physical strength is beyond exceptional, as he barely put any effort during his fight with Adam, mocking the first man, when the Angel managed to defeat both Charlie and Alastor in brief skirmishes.
 * Flight - Lucifer can summon six angelic wings on a whim, with the size of his wings varying throughout the show.
 * Demonic transformation - Lucifer can assume a more fearsome and powerful form.
 * Portal creation - In "Dad Beat Dad", Lucifer was shown to conjure portals as a means of instant transportation, which other demons can use. As shown, Lucifer’s portals manifest as rings of sparkly, light. Similar to the portal that took and removed Charlie and Vaggie in "Welcome to Heaven" from Heaven, indicating that this ability is derived from his angelic powers.
 * Shapeshifting - Lucifer can shapeshift into a wide variety of animals, as seen in "The Show Must Go On", he took the forms of a snake, a goat, a bird, a horse, and an octopus. When he shapeshifts, he still keeps some of his traits, like color scheme, hair, bowtie, and top hat.
 * Size manipulation - Lucifer changes his size a few times during Hell's Greatest Dad, first when he’s sitting on his throne in front of Charlie where he is very large, and the second being when he falls out of the slot machine where he is much smaller.
 * Conjuration - Lucifer seems to be able to create virtually anything he desires with a simple flick of the wrist. This includes but is not limited to clothing, puppets, instruments, large fountains of champagne, and mountains of caviar.
 * Liquid manipulation - He discharges a yellow-colored liquid at Alastor during Hell's Greatest Dad, presumably apple juice or champagne, given he was pointing an apple-headed staff at him.
 * Duplication - Lucifer can create multiple copies of himself, as shown in "Dad Beat Dad".
 * Demonic magic - As the King of Hell, Lucifer possesses demonic magic that surpasses the Seven Deadly sins, the Ars Goetia, and Charlie.
 * Pyrokinesis - Like his daughter, Charlie, he also has the power to manipulate fire at will. When fighting Adam in "The Show Must Go On" he is seen creating balls of fire out of thin air at will.
 * Fire breath - He can make fire come out of his mouth when he speaks.
 * Teleportation - Lucifer can teleport to any location by covering himself with glittery red mists.

Skillset

 * Musical talent - Similar to his daughter, Lucifer partakes in singing.
 * Instrumental Talent - Additionally, he's shown to be quite a skilled fiddle player during his musical duet with Alastor. Lucifer also showed that he could play a violin and an accordion to a minor degree.
 * Craftsmanship - Lucifer spends his time making rubber ducks with various gimmicks, such as flipping backwards and spitting fire.
 * Hand-to-hand Combat - He is adept at physical combat, as he effortlessly held his own against Adam in "The Show Must Go On".

Gallery

 * Lucifer Morningstar/Gallery

Trivia

 * Lucifer's first name translates to "shining one", "the morning star" (referring to Venus), or "light-bringer" in Latin from Hebrew. One of these translations matches his surname, Morningstar.
 * Lucifer is based on the Biblical character of, a rendition of the Devil that was cast from Heaven and into Hell as a fallen angel.
 * In some versions of the Biblical character, the Devil takes on more than one name, including Lucifer and Satan. However, in other interpretations, Lucifer and Satan are portrayed as two separate entities. This is the case in Hazbin Hotel, where Lucifer and Satan are portrayed as distinct characters.
 * Furthermore, Lucifer represents the sin of Pride whereas Satan represents the sin of Wrath.
 * Lucifer is the first of the deadly sins to debut in Hazbin Hotel and the fourth to debut in the franchise overall.
 * The apple tucked in the brim of his hat, and on the end of his cane, seem to reference the story of Adam and Eve, where a talking snake (often interpreted as being the Devil) persuades the first woman, Eve, into eating a forbidden fruit (often depicted in pop-culture as an apple), resulting in her and Adam being thrown out of paradise.
 * According to Faustisse, Lucifer's favorite snack is caramel apples.
 * Faustisse believes that Lucifer is not a particularly good father. Despite them not specifying in what way that might be, they did say he still loves Charlie. This was shown in "Dad Beat Dad", as Charlie says that she and him haven't been close ever since he and Lilith split and he only ever contacted Charlie to do something for him. Aside from that, Lucifer didn't have any faith in Sinners or Charlie's dream of helping Sinners redeem themselves and ascend into Heaven, which eventually changes later in the episode.
 * As implied by Lute in "Overture" and elaborated on in "Dad Beat Dad", Lucifer works together with the Exorcists and Heaven in regards to the Extermination. Lute also stated that he had somehow arranged a "pardon" for Charlie and the other Hellborn demons, making it so that Exorcists are only allowed to kill Sinners per Heaven's agreement with him.
 * According to Vivziepop, Lucifer can play many types of instruments very well, including the fiddle, which he plays "phenomenally well".
 * During his duet with Alastor, Lucifer is shown playing a golden fiddle, a reference to the famous Charlie Daniels song "The Devil Went Down to Georgia".
 * In "Dad Beat Dad", Lucifer is shown to be left-handed as he plays the fiddle with his left hand and holds his cane in his left hand.
 * In the seventeenth century, it was believed that the Devil baptized his followers with his left hand, in superstition there are many references that the left hand is associated with evil, inquisition sometimes burned those who were left-hand dominant.
 * In the Helluva Boss episode "Loo Loo Land", Lucifer is stated to own a theme park called Lu Lu World.
 * In the same episode, it is revealed that the titular amusement park has an amusement ride named "Fun House" which has its exterior modeled after Lucifer's head.
 * Lucifer has a mass collection of rubber ducks.
 * In his mansion, alongside his numerous photos of Charlie and Lilith, he has a picture of himself hugging what looks like a younger Frederick von Eldritch. There is also a photo of Seviathan von Eldritch and Charlie that can be momentarily seen in "Dad Beat Dad".
 * In "The Show Must Go On", Lucifer implies that he had an affair with Eve at some point, though whether that's true or he just said that to enrage Adam is unknown.
 * Fitting his circus ringmaster theme, the ringtone on his phone is a very well-known motif from "Entry of the Gladiators", a classic song known for its association with the circus.

Development

 * When Vivziepop first discussed Lucifer, who at the time was only identified as "The Devil", she was hesitant to give out much information, citing concern over spoilers. She did, however, mention that he is "very silly and goofy", emphasizing his love of polka music, things that Faustisse has also mentioned.
 * In a stream, Vivziepop stated that Lucifer has a lot in common with Willy Wonka, explaining that Wonka is "a showy dick".
 * Before the series premiere, Faustisse believed that Lucifer did not cut off his wings when he fell from Heaven, and could still use them to fly. This was later confirmed when the episode "Dad Beat Dad" premiered.
 * Faustisse thinks that Lucifer and Lilith's dynamic can be summed up with the phrase "Behind every man is a greater woman", and that they love each other very much. They describe Lucifer and Lilith as "passionate, cheesy lovers". They think that Lilith "wears the pants" in the family, but think both Lucifer and Lilith are switches within their intimate life. Whether any of this information is still canon or not is currently unknown as the pair were revealed to be separated.
 * While discussing Lucifer, Vivziepop mentioned that while he can play any instrument. His favorite is something that would be funny based on the specific voice actor they were casting for the role, someone they have tailored Lucifer's character to.
 * Faustisse implied a voice actor choice (and instrument) when they said that Lucifer sounds like Weird Al Yankovic.
 * Before Lucifer and Alastor met in the series, Vivziepop felt that if the two were to meet Alastor would not like Lucifer, stating that Alastor would like Willy Wonka because he's "a showy dick" and mentioned Lucifer's similarities to Wonka, explaining that if someone was too much like Alastor, he would not like them, but if people are enough like him then he would like them.
 * Vivziepop and Dave Capdevielle both felt that Alastor in no way would be afraid of Lucifer, even though Lucifer may be an intimidating character, as there's mutual respect going on between them.
 * Vivziepop and Faustisse both think that Lucifer is much more powerful than Alastor.
 * When asked about Lucifer's stance on Hell, Faustisse mentioned they do not think that Lucifer cares about his subjects. They describe Hell as like an oligarchy, and that Lucifer is not very politically active in the traditional sense, only serving to maintain the status quo of power.
 * Faustisse was also the first to imply that Lucifer may be assisting in the coordination of the exterminations, although they did not say in what way or why that might be.