Fictional character biography
Azazel is said to be one of the oldest mutants, belonging to an ancient group of demonic mutants called the Neyaphem. [3] [4] The Neyaphem were banished to the Brimstone Dimension by a group of angel-like mutants known as the Cheyarafim. [5] [6] [7] Due to his power of teleportation, Azazel is able to return to Earth for brief periods of time. His main scheme to return to Earth permanently is to impregnate women, as his children are linked to his dimension and he can use them to create a stable gateway between dimensions. [8] [7] [9] He meets Mystique in Germany, where she is married to a rich castle lord Christian Wagner. [10] Mystique is introduced to Azazel, whom Christian knew as a business partner. Mystique has an affair with Azazel and subsequently uses his genetic information, combined with her own, to impregnate Destiny. Destiny had had a vision of Azazel conquering Earth and sought to stop him by making him believe that he had a son. [11] [12] Christian later discovers Mystique and Destiny together and is killed by Mystique. The villagers soon find out about Christian's murder and come after Mystique and her newborn son Kurt, who possesses a similar demonic appearance to Azazel. [13] Mystique escapes by transforming into one of the villagers and drops Kurt by a tree while she goes back to save Destiny. Kurt is taken in by Margali Szardos and comes to be known as Nightcrawler. [14] [15] [16]
Azazel's children, including Abyss and Kiwi Black, are called to sacrifice themselves to open a portal and bring his army to Earth. The X-Men go through the portal and confront Azazel, who torments them and makes them believe that he is Satan. In the end, the X-Men defeat Azazel and his army and banish him to an unknown oblivion. The X-Men escape along with Abyss and Kiwi Black. [17]
Weapon X-Force
Mystique recruits Azazel to battle William Stryker, who has been resurrected and begun using dark magic. Azazel is attacked by Weapon X-Force, but quickly overpowers the team and obliges the request because of the ties Mystique has with both him and Sabretooth, as she is the mother of the sons of both men (Azazel is the father of her son Nightcrawler, and Sabretooth is the father of her son Graydon Creed).
Azazel kills all of the members of Weapon X-Force, as they are all sinners who are already designated for eternal damnation. Due to all members of Weapon X-Force possessing regenerative self-healing, Azazel keeps them in suspended animation with the use of his teleportation abilities. Frozen in time, the team's souls are transported to Hell to complete the mission and returned to their bodies afterward. [18] [19]
House of X
Azazel is eventually welcomed to the new mutant island of Krakoa, created by Professor X, Magneto, and Moira MacTaggert. He enters through the teleportation gateway alongside other villainous and fractious mutants, who are invited to join the nation to heal mutantdom and start over as a species. [20] [21] [22] Azazel later joins the Dark X-Men, only to be killed by the "Bamf Dragon", an alternate universe version of Nightcrawler who was transformed into a demonic dragon-like form. [23]
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