The demon Mephistopheles, an OC of mine, redesigned slightly to be a bit less cartoony with more realistic anatomy. Also makes for good muscle practice~!
Mephistopheles, also known as the Essence of Despair, is an Infernal that was never meant to be.
Being a Greater Demon, Mephistopheles is a construct of negativity of mortals. Unfortunately, he is constructed by Despair, an incredibily powerful and destructive force.
His actions and demeanor are largely affected by this.
At first he lives for chaos and revels in sadism, submitting mortals to cruel moral experiments to show the folly of man.
As time goes on, however, the despair begins eating him from inside out.
He begins to believe that everything in general is futile, but does question if that's his true feelings or if it's the people's despair that makes him feel that way.
Ultimately he decides it doesn't matter and embraces the despair.
Deep down, people wish for the end of their suffering.
Being driven by mortal despair, his answer to those people's wishes is to end all life in the universe.
At that point, the despair fully devoured him, becoming an empty vessel. The wishes for the absolute end turned the vessel into a conduit for death itself. Mephistopheles was now no more. Now there was only the force of Death being given the motivation and despair of Mephistopheles and the people.
Now having the enormous power of both Death and Despair, the two combined to influence the minds of the people to commit to the ultimate act of despair... to end their own lives in order to wipe out all life in the universe.
One by one life was snuffed out. The cries of billions upon billions became more and more quiet until finally, there was absolute silence in the universe. All souls flew and became one with Death.
And yet there was one who refuses to die. Refused to give in to despair. She held onto Hope for the sake of the universe.
This simple mortal could withstand the power of despair.
She followed Death to the Realm of the Dead, a place where no mortal can go, lest they risk their very soul to be erased, a fate worse than death.
Within, she fought Death itself.
However, she quickly came to realize that Death itself cannot be defeated as it's an inevitability of life.
Instead, she traveled to Mephistopheles' psych and severed the link between Mephistopheles and Death, a psychological Infernal named Trauma.
Trauma fought the hero by unleashing the Despair of the souls it gathered.
Using the help of the souls of all who perished in the universe and the power of Hope, she turned all attacks formed by negative thoughts into positive thoughts, destroying Trauma.
It was then that Despair was separated with Death.
Death ascended back towards its own existence, once more becoming nothing more than a force of nature without motivation.
Despair was now no longer more than a brittle husk of what Mephistopheles once was.
With Death gone, Despair could no longer sustain its physical form. It collapsed, causing an explosion that not only freed the souls of everyone in the universe, but the force of the explosion also sent the hero back to the mortal world, safe from any further harm.
The souls flowed back into the mortal realm, returning all life that was lost. One by one, the lights of life were rekindled, and the universe was never silent again.
Despair would always remain. The desire for the absolute end would always remain. However, for as long as there is Hope, nothing shall be lost.
No matter what, never lose Hope.
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