Etrigan the Demon

Background

Full Name (Demon) Etrigan

Full Name: (Human) Jason Blood

Powers & Abilities

Jason Blood

• Immortality: When Merlin bound Etrigan's being to Blood, his mortal form became eternal. He does not age, but he can be harmed, and even killed.
• Magic: Jason is knowledgeable in the field of magic, and is often called upon to act as an adviser or investigator in occult matters.
  • Energy Absorption: Whether or not Blood was a priest of Gaia, he can tap into the Earth's piezoeletrical force to gain magical energy.
  • Eldritch Blast: Blood has projected magical beams unconsciously, and intentionally.
  • Telekinesis: Blood used magic to shoplift a pack of condoms from behind the counter.
  • Clairvoyance: Jason was able to locate Merlin's Sanctuary in Hell through his mind's eye. Jason was able to know Glenda's exact actions in America from England, and once viewed her in real time via the medium of a mirror.
  • Summoning: Jason conjured a small dragon to deliver a written message. Jason created a homunculus servant from an inanimate figure and his own blood.
  • Exorcism: Jason exorcised the demon Malefik from a young boy.
  • Magic Wards: Jason is skilled at casting defensive spells. He cast "masking wards" to stop Etrigan spying on his affairs. He once cast a spell that shielded his body, allowing him to pass through nether-flame.
  • Dimensional Travel: Blood can open portals to Hell.
  • Advanced Magic: Jason has demonstrated specific spells that defy scientific understanding.
    • Razormagick: By saying, "Lances!" Jason created a floor of spearheads as a defence.
  • Telepathy: Later in life, Jason displayed intuitive knowledge that could be described as mentalism or minor telepathy, such as being able to tell when people are being truthful, or recognising occult secrets in others.
  • Mind Control: Jason displayed some form of spell where he touched a guards ear, causing the man to freeze momentarily to slip past him before the guard resumed his duties mostly unaware. He also used some form of empathic reasoning to convey his intentions to someone from a language he did not speak.
  • Precognition: Jason somehow knew of the resurgence of the Kamara in Louisiana, and the exact series of events that would lead up to him meeting Abby Cable. This may have been a product of Merlin's influence.
• Occultism: For the majority of his life in America, Jason was a professional demonologist.
  • Pedagogy/Historiography: During his time away from Gotham, Jason taught Occult Antiquities at Harvard University.
• Meditation: Through meditation, Jason was able to communicate with Etrigan when the demon is caged inside him. He also used it to recover lost memories.
• Multilingualism: Jason had been alive since the 6th Century. By his own account he had amassed many archaic and modern languages; including Latin, the Romance family, the Germanic and Pro-Germanic family, and the entire Celtic language lineage.
• Hand-to-Hand Combat (Advanced): Jason had defended himself many times in various ways against formidable opponents.
  • Wrestling: Jason regularly sparred against his good friend Randu.
  • Swordsmanship: Jason battled the Kamara with a sword and shield from his collection.
• Equestrianism: Jason had lived so long that horseback has been the most common form of transport within his lifetime.

Etrigan

• Demonic Physiology: Etrigan was much more powerful than a regular demon. He was mystically enhanced and trained for thousands of years.
  • Superhuman Strength: As a demon Etrigan possesses vast superhuman levels of physical strength. He has been able to casually knock out Midnighter with a backslap.
  • Superhuman Durability: As a demon Etrigan is far more resistant to damage mortal, he has survived blows from Midnighter with only a bloody lip, was unhurt when Ferdie tried to drill his eyes and was completely undamaged after being electrocuted by Malik White and thrown into a building.
  • Superhuman Agility:
  • Accelerated Healing:
  • Enhanced Senses: Etrigan had a sixth sense, an ability to sense evil or the supernatural.
    • Enhanced Sense of Smell: Etrigan had an acute sense of smell.
    • Enhanced Hearing: Etrigan could hear high pitched sounds humans couldn't.
  • Super-Leaping:
  • Claws: His claws were able to rip through metal robots.> They were also able to hurt Superman, due to Etrigan's magical nature.
  • Fangs:
  • Hellfire Projection: Etrigan is able to fire blasts of hellfire from his hands and mouth. He can fire a constant stream like a flamethrower or a more concentrated single burst of fire. His hellfire is powerful enough to hurt the likes of Apollo.
  • Immortality: Like all demons, Etrigan is incapable of dying via old age. Etrigan has lived for at least several millennia and he remains in what equates to his prime.
  • Magic: Etrigan has a high command of magic. He has natural mystical abilities due to his demonic physiology, as well as magical instruction from Belial and empowerment from Merlin.
    • Telekinesis:
    • Flight: Etrigan can fly unaided.
    • Aerokinesis: Etrigan can generate vortices from his body similarly to Red Tornado.
    • Demonic Bargaining: Etrigan has displayed some examples of 'wish fulfilment' for something in return.
    • Precognition: Etrigan foresaw his meeting Tommy Monaghan.
    • Retrocognition: Etrigan can enter and observe past events in real time but cannot be seen, nor interact with the time illusion.
    • Teleportation: Etrigan can recite or cast spells to materialize in new locations.
    • Summoning: Etrigan can summon other demons from Hell.
    • Eldritch Blast: Etrigan's projectiles have penetrated Merlin's defenses in a weakened state.
    • Necromancy: Etrigan was able to raise the undead.
    • Pyrokinesis: Etrigan created a flame figure to act as a decoy.
    • Geokinesis: Etrigan created an explosive shock wave, tearing up the ground and culminating in a huge eruption. He encased Merlin in earth, and also liquefied a rock floor, solidified it again to trap Lobo.
    • Photokinesis: Etrigan once created a flash of blinding light as a temporary diversion.
    • Spell of Tempus Frangit: Etrigan can use this spell to send himself or others back in time. He cannot, however, use it to cross through his own timeline.
    • Illusion Casting: Etrigan fooled his own father by casting a glamour charm on an animal spirit.
    • Energy Projection: When overwhelmed by a strength of numbers, Etrigan has displayed the ability to project a type of concussive explosion from his body.

• Swordsmanship:
• Intimidation:
• Occultism: Etrigan is also provided with insight to religious aspects and other forbidden or secret knowledge.
• Skilled Fighter: Etrigan is an exceptional hand-to-hand fighter, being able to match famous fighters blow-for-blow, such as Superman, Wonder Woman, and Lobo.
• Equestrianism:
• Driving: Etrigan has driven cars, trucks, and motorcycles.
• Monstrous Appearance/Fear Projection/Intimidation: Etrigan's appearance and reputation strikes fear even amongst demons.
• Charisma/Leadership/Deception: Etrigan has rallied and led entire armies in Hell on several occasions.
• Singing: Being a Rhymer, bursting into song on several occasions seems natural. Whether or not he's a good singer has never been commented on...

Equipment

Jason Blood

• Angelic Sword: Obtained during his time in Heaven.
• Motorcycle: Used to get around Gotham City.
• Philosopher's Stone:

Etrigan

• Etrigan's Cloak: Though never explicitly stated as having any magical properties, it has displayed supernatural qualities that may or may not be inherent with the cloak.
  • Etrigan once banished Klarion and Teekl by wrapping his cloak around them.
  • To protect Rakenstein's Monster, Etrigan shielded him with his cloak, gathering the electric charge within it before turning it back on Baron von Rakenstein.
  • Etrigan extinguished a fire by creating a gust of wind from his cloak while reciting, "Flow, cape, flow! Blow, wind, blow!"
  • The most consistent application of the cloak is that it can conceal any amount of matter within the folds of the cloak as if it were a tesseract. The Thing once stowed away inside to escape Hell, as did Baytor when Etrigan carried the Ace of Winchesters.
• Philosopher's Stone:
• Eternity Book:
  • Duplication: Using the Eternity Book, Etrigan conjured an identical physical clone of himself to die in his place when he suspected he was walking into a trap.

Weaknesses

Jason Blood

• Power Limitation: Jason must incant most of his spells, specifically his spell to call out Etrigan. If he cannot speak or his mouth is bound, he cannot use his spells and becomes very vulnerable.
• While Jason was immortal—in the sense that he didn't age—his mortal body could still be killed. If he were to die he would kill Etrigan, too, but his soul would have been condemned to Hell.

Etrigan

• Power Limitation: The more time Etrigan spends on earth the weaker he becomes. At some point he must return to hell in order to replenish his energies.
• Vulnerability to Theology:
  • Idols and Talismans: Blood is able to cause Etrigan pain from inside himself, with an idol of an unknown fertility goddess.
  • Crucifixes: The Christian crucifix causes severe pain on contact.
  • Holy Water: Holy water burns Etrigan's skin. He has endured a baptism, though from a less than pious televangelist.
  • Holy Ground: However, true holy ground is rare, especially in Gotham, and Etrigan can easily desecrate a church.
• Summoning: Demons can be conjured by those with occult knowledge, and controlled if the summoner is powerful enough.
• Magic: Etrigan is susceptible to magic greater than his, such as Merlin's.
  • Order and Chaos: Fate was able to hurt Etrigan with a blade of Order, and made him submit to his right arm of Chaos.
  • Vulnerability to Cold: While natural temperature has no effect, eldritch cold has incapacitated and hurt Etrigan. Jason destroyed Etrigan by freezing himself with cold generated from the Philosopher's Stone.
  • Mortality Fumes: Ugly Meg's vapors of mortality reduced Etrigan back to Jason Blood.
  • Transmutation: Etrigan has been turned to stone twice. The first time, by Klarion, which he could break free from, the second by the Midnight Rider which he was not able to escape.
• Vulnerability to Sound: Etrigan was overwhelmed by a specific high pitched frequency produced by Igor's "flute". The sonic bombardment caused him to pass out.