Eblis

"How every human, unable to resist an invitation to your own autopsy."

- Eblis Eblis is the current ruler of the Hell Dimensions and a major villain in the Funcom MMORPG ''The Secret World. ''Essentially the Devil of the setting, he has grown weary of the anima-deprived wastelands of his current domain, and seeks a new kingdom on Earth: to that end, he is staging a major invasion of our dimension across all three initial combat zones in the game, tearing great portals in the fabric of reality and allowing his armies to swarm through.

However, his plans of invasion are frequently stymied by the actions of Theodore Wicker, the first human to have entered Hell without first having died. A powerful mage and a political idealist, Wicker is determined to end "The Enemy's" rule and restore Hell to its former glory, even going so far as to start a revolution among the Demon tribes. As such, it is the civil war between Wicker and Eblis that draws the players into the Hell Dimensions - and into Eblis' sights.

Basic Description
Though his presence is felt throughout the Hell Dimensions, Eblis is not seen in person until the final dungeon of the plot arc: until then, if he appears at all, he only presents himself as a disembodied voice issuing commands to the Oni assassins, or as a distant silhouette exchanging magical blasts with Wicker. However, in the final battle of "Paradise Now" he appears in person atop the power exchange to do battle with the players, allowing him to see him unveiled for the first time.

Though essentially humanoid in shape, he towers over the players by several feet; completely bald, apparently eyeless and seemingly without genitals, his body is stark white except for the luminous tattoos imprinted across his face, neck, checks, forearms, hips and shins. Though effectively naked and armed only with a curved sword, he proves himself more than capable of fending off five players at once with unnatural strength and impressive magical powers. While using his powers, six glowing wings manifest at his back, allowing him to fly across the battlefield and bombard players from above.

It is these wings that immediately reveal Eblis as one of the angelic Host, though it is not known why he appears so obviously inhuman in contrast to his counterparts among the Nephilim and the Grigori. Other members of the Host like Samael demonstrate a much more human appearance - or at the very least, possess the ability to make themselves appear human; to date, it's not certain if Eblis has lost this ability or if he simply chooses not to bother with it. Given his vocal distaste for human beings, the latter may very well be likely.

In the few moments of the game where Eblis bothers to speak, he treats his audience with arrogance and contempt, proclaiming his natural superiority to humans and demons alike with every sentence: the latter are treated as little more than slaves and playthings, while the former are dismissed as "apes." Indeed, Eblis takes great delight in using his magic to temporarily strip players of their powers, often sneering "back where you belong, ape" as he does so. When his subordinates fail him, he will gladly torture them in whatever way seems most productive to his plans, at one point transforming the surviving assassin into a monster capable of killing Wicker and the players, delighting in the knowledge that the transformation process will leave the assassin with "a short and painful life."

With this attitude in mind, Eblis differs significantly from traditional depictions of the Devil, for rather than being simply the epitome and source of all evil in the universe, he is portrayed as a colonial tyrant, using his superior knowledge and technology to exploit the natives of hell, justifying both their subjugation and the invasion of Earth with supremacist rhetoric, proclaiming the innate inferiority of those he enslaves.

History
Much of Eblis' history remains unknown...