Azazel (Project ARMS)

Azazel is an alien entity that features in the anime Project ARMS.

History

Azazel's origin was largely a mystery though it was stated that it came into being at the same time as the solar system and scientific data led it to be determined that that the entity existed long before the birth of mankind. Thousands of years ago, the entity was known to had fallen to Earth where it remained in a dormant state underground. The existence of Azazel was discovered around half a century ago by the Miskatonic Univeristy team researching unusual magnetic levels in a crater at Hallows Bell. Upon arriving at the scene, they discovered a meteor with this scientific discovery holding the potential of changing human history. However, an organization known as Egrigori decided to hoard the information for themselves and continued the conceal their find. The discovery of Azazel would have likely rewritten scientific history had it gone public. However, Egrigori kept Azazel a secret and stories claimed that anyone who attempted to reveal the find were assassinated which even included a president. All data cocerning Azazel was suppressed by the government with nothing being recorded of it within the public databases. Around forty years ago, all signs of life was gone from the specimen and it became a mere tissue sample that they gave the code name Azazel. Initially, its existence was not known until a scientific team encountered what they determined to be an alien lifeform. Once the egg hatched, countless experiments were conducted the organism designated Azazel though no reaction came from it.

From scientific studies on Azazel, it was eventually decided to bind a human with the lifeform in an attempt to create a new species. Thus, an experiment was made that became known as Project ARMS that led to the rise of Egrigori. Once the scientists gathered, they created a plan together that involved affecting the course of evolution of the human race. It was believed that Egrigori created the Arms by trying to reproduce Azazel. This was suspected to had involved something similar to human DNA being extracted and cultivated as part of the process. This led to the creation of the Arms that were borne out of Azazel that led to the development of highly advanced nanomachines. These devices were grown and used DNA samples taken from the alien lifeform. The lifeforms existence was dramatically affected by its encounter with a human girl who was the progidy called Alice.

The electric resonance of Jabberwock was known to had awoken Azazel from its slumber.

Background

In appearance, Azazel resembled a huge strange rock though in actual fact it was a silicon based lifeform that was a colony of tiny living things that colonized together to become one big whole. Being microscopic, one could barely see these under an electron microscope where it was a colony of living cells one hundreth of a micron long. Their existence was that of protruberances on the cell wall and were able to consolidate thus allowing it to move around and change shape. It had mimetic capabilities where it was known to had taken human form where it took the shape and form of the ones who discovered it. Azazel was a lifeform with the ability to copy whatever it observed which was accomplished due to the fact it was composed of silicone properties. Unlike carbon based bodies such as humans, metallically rich silicone life forms have a longer lifespan. Thus, time held little meaning to Azazel with forty or fifty years being considered nothing to it.

Its link to the Arms allowed it to create bursts of energy that allowed it to disable nanomachines. Furthermore, wearers of an Arm were able to feel Azazel's will and emotions such as sorrow. This stemmed from the fact that Azazel had been all alone for many millennia and it was drawn to the strongest beings in existence. Ultimately, it craved an embrace and human touch which was hwy it wanted to feel the Jabberwock. Azazel was claimed to be a pure untainted being similar to an infant and was drawn to the strongest will of people. The power of the human heart was seen as a beautiful thing by the alien entity. Strong hatred was capable of being resonated by Azazel who was able to increase multifold and destroy individuals.