Devils (Black Clover)

Devils are a species that feature in Black Clover.

History

Devils (Japanese: 悪魔, Hepburn: Akuma) were an ancient race of demons that existed in the world with ties to the underworld.

One Devil named Zagred came to manifest in the mortal world where he possessed a Clover Kingdom minister and orchestrated the royals' plot to steal the Elf Tribe's magic. This saw him setting up a trap to keep Prince Lemiel Silvamillion Clover from attending the wedding of the Elf ruler Licht and his human betrothed. During the resultant ambush, a magic tool was used to absorb the elves' magic whereupon Zagred attacked the elves by imitating of Lemiel's Light Magic to make it seem that the prince had betrayed them. Licht's despair over the massacre and betrayal turned his grimoire into a five-leaf clover which Zagred had intended to use to incarnate fully into the world. The Devil then attempted to take over Licht's body, but Lemiel's arrival rouses the Elf ruler who refused to surrender his body to Zagred. Licht then used the magic stones to transform into a giant demon and went on a rampage. Zagred watched with amusement as Lemiel fought and ultimate was forced to kill his friend Licht. Afterward, Zagred tries to steal Licht's grimoire, but Secre Swallowtail used the magic stones to seal him within an Eternal Prison. Before the seal finished, Zagred summons the magic stones to himself and used them to suspend the elves' souls and to set them and himself to reincarnate in the future.

Five centuries later, Patolli's soul awakened in the body of William Vangeance. At the same time, Zagred was unsealed from his prison. The devil waited for years as Patolli created the Eye of the Midnight Sun, gathered the magic stones, and revives the rest of the elves in order to open the Shadow Palace. During the Battle of Clover Castle, Zagred possessed David Swallow, seizing control from the elf Baval. Zagred confronted the three Royal Knights protecting the Vermillion Estate and plays with them by imitating David's Dice Magic. Once the Shadow Palace is opened, Zagred leaves them and flies through the gate. Once inside, Zagred switches to Ronne's body, leaving David and Baval's body unconscious, and joins Patolli and Rhya in waiting for the arrival of Yuno and the eleventh magic stone. Imitating Ronne's Switching Magic, Zagred manages to steal the stone from Yuno. Rhya grows suspicious of Ronne when he does not hand over the stone, so Zagred blasts a hole in Rhya's abdomen. While Patolli is preoccupied with healing Rhya, Zagred places the stone in the pedestal and summons his original body from the underworld. He then reveals the truth about the massacre and the elves' reincarnation, but Patolli refuses to believe it and lashes out with swords of light. Zagred sends the attack back, and Yuno pulls Patolli and Rhya out of harm's way. Yuno tries attacking Zagred himself, but the devil effortlessly blocks the attack and boasts about his Kotodama Magic.

Overview

In appearance, Devils were creatures whose most common feature were their horns. Generally, higher ranking devils possessed longer and more impressive horns. Low-ranking devils were shown to be noticeably larger than humans and had rather bizarre and monstrous and beastly physiologies, like multiple eyes, tentacles, and bug-like mandibles.

Normally, devils cannot appear in the living world on their own. A mage in the living world can use Forbidden Magic and a sacrifice to summon a devil and use some of its power. The amount of devil power a mage can wield is limited due to the gate between the living world and the underworld. A devil with no magic power can physically breach this border between worlds. Devils cannot wield or enter a grimoire until it has a five-leaf clover. Once they have a grimoire and a physical body, they can unleash their true forms and power in the living world.

Known ranks of devils included:

• Highest-ranking Devils (最上位悪魔 Saijōi Akuma, VIZ: "Supreme Devils") :
• High-ranking Devils (上位悪魔 Jōi Akuma) :
• Mid-ranking Devils (中位悪魔 Chūi Akuma) :
• Low-ranking Devils (下位悪魔 Kai Akuma) :

Within the mortal world, certain humans could become Devil hosts (悪魔憑き, Akumatsuki) where these devil-possessed gained direct access to the powers of devils. The host gained an immense boost in magic power and the ability to use the devil's magic attribute in addition to their own. When the host drew on their devil's power, their body took on devil-like physical characteristics, such as horns, elongated canine teeth, pitch black skin, clawed fingers and toes, bat-like wings, and a long thin tail. However, it was impossible for a human host to access 100% of their devil's power, unless a direct channel was opened between the living world and the underworld or the devil inhabited a five-leaf clover grimoire. By agreeing to bargains with their devil, the host was granted access to greater portions of the devil's power; this comes at the cost of parts of their own body, which are taken over by the devil from then on. As such, the number of contracts for power is limited by the strength of the host's body. It was also possible for the host to give up their entire body and even their very soul in exchange for a devil heart, effectively transforming the host into a devil. A devil host can also share some of their devil's power with their underlings. While these underlings cannot use as high a percentage of power as a devil host can, the boost to their magic power still makes them formidable mages. Additionally, it is possible for someone to host more than one devil at a time. A devil can manifest in the living world from the underworld through their host, but it requires the souls of three powerful mages of the same gender. Once those mages die, the devil in question will be able to manifest fully.

A devil host can undergo the Devil-Binding Ritual (従魔の儀 Jūma no Gi), in which they fight and subjugate their devil and make a formal contract with it to use its power as their own. The connection is forged through a relic linked to the devil, and through this connection, the devil can temporarily be physically manifested in the living world. The ritual takes place within a magic circle that suppresses the devil's power. If the relic is destroyed during the ritual, then the spell will end prematurely and the devil will be sent back to the underworld.

Their home realm was the underworld (冥府, meifu) which was said to be a bleak world where the only amusement comes from tormenting each other and toying with the humans of the living world. The underworld was divided into seven layers and is ruled over by three highest-ranking devils, who manipulate gravity, time, and space and reside at the lowest level. Each level housed devils of various ranks, with the highest-ranking devils dominating all those on their level. Due to underworld being so bleak and boring, higher-ranked devils kept themselves entertained by torturing those of lower ranks, while the lower ranked devils torment those who were even lower.

The Tree of Qliphoth (クリフォトの樹, Kurifoto No Ki) was a magic channel that connects to the underworld and allows devils to enter the living world.

Members

• Beelzebub (ベルゼブブ, Beruzebubu) :
• Megicula (メギキュラ, Megikyura) :
• Astaroth (アスタロト, Asutaroto) :
• Lucifero (ルチフェロ, Ruchifero) :
• Lucifugus (ルキフグス, Rukifugusu) :
• Zagred (ザグレド Zagredo) : a male Devil who orchestrated the extermination of the Elf Tribe and placed the blame on humans in order to cause one of them to fall into despair who would then become the basis for his new body. Zagred wielded Kotodama Magic allowing him to manifest any physical object through words alone.
• Liebe (リーベ, Rībe) :

Notes

• Devils were created Yūki Tabata where they featured in the setting of the Black Clover universe.

Appearances

• Black Clover:

External Links

• Black Clover Wiki Entry

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