First of the Fallen
The First of the Fallen is a comic character who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
The being that would become the First was originally brought to life by the Presence as the first entity ever formed; the embodiment of His conscience and His companion. However, the First concluded that his Creator had gone mad and was thus exiled from the Silver City into Hell. He was soon joined by the Second and Third of the Fallen - beings whom he thought were disappointments to the Creator like himself, but were in truth merely extremely powerful demons. Believing them his equals, he established a ruling triumvirate in the Underworld to prevent war.[7] This precarious state of affairs endured for some time - Hell's civilization forming under their reign - until the next exile from Heaven arrived: the fallen angel Lucifer Morningstar, the third most powerful being in Creation next to God and his elder brother, Michael Demiurgos.[4] However, once Lucifer abdicated,[3] the triumvirate resumed their former positions and delicate truce.[2]
In his ongoing battle against God, the First became aware of another attempt by Heaven to birth a new Messiah and charged the demon Nergal with preventing it.[5] Nergal succeeded in this by infecting a magician named John Constantine with its blood and blackmailing him into sleeping with the Messiah's intended mother, a pure innocent called Zed. Tainted by Nergal's demon blood, Zed became an unsuitable vessel for the Messiah, and Heaven's plans were defeated.[9] However, the First discovered that Constantine was attempting to get the Messiah born through other means, acting as a surrogate father to the daughter of a plant elemental. Nergal attempted to prevent the birth, but was defeated by Constantine and then killed by the First on his return to Hell.[5]
The First came into contact with John Constantine himself in Ireland, where the demon attended the death of an alcoholic who had sold his soul in exchange for the greatest collection of wine in the world. Constantine was also visiting his friend, trying to find a magical cure for his terminal lung cancer, and delayed the First in claiming the soul by tricking him into drinking holy water. This invoked a clause in the contract allowing the alcoholic's soul to go to heaven because it wasn't collected by midnight. The First decided to exact his revenge on Constantine once his cancer claimed his life - but when he came to claim the soul that was his "by right of insult", he found that Constantine had managed to sell his soul to both the Second and the Third of the Fallen. In order to prevent all out war over who would claim the soul, the triumvirate were forced to cure the magician's cancer and save his life; their meager consolation was to do this in the most painful manner imaginable. This only served to increase the First's lust for revenge against the mortal who had bested him.[2]
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Personality and attributes
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Notes
- The First of the Fallen was created by Garth Ennis and Will Simpson where he made his first appearance in Hellblazer v1 #42 (June, 1991).
In other media
Television
- In Legends of Tomorrow, the First of the Fallen appeared in the setting of the live-action television series set in the Arrowverse where he was portrayed by actor Beau Daniels. He was shown as being the leader of the Triumvirate of Hell that included Belial and Beelzebub.
Appearances
- Hellblazer:
- Justice League Dark v2:
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