“ | I go by many names. Today, it's Mr. Cypher. But since I'm such an old family friend, you can call me Lou. I'm here for your grandfather's soul. | „ |
~ Louis Cypher introducing himself to Tabitha. |
Lucifer, better known as Louis Cypher, Mr. Cypher, or The Devil, is one of the two overarching antagonists (alongside Hiram Lodge) of Season 6 of CW's Riverdale. He is a demon who visited Rivervale to collect people's souls.
He was portrayed by Oliver Rice.
Biography[]
Past[]
In 1579, Mr. Cypher was summoned to Sweetwater Village by Percival Pickens, who sold his soul to Mr. Cypher for immortality. However, Percival cheated Mr. Cypher by keeping his soul anyway and escaped.
Years later, Pop Tate's father also sold his soul to Mr. Cypher for the success of their family diner, Pop's Chock'lit Shoppe. To save his father, Pop offers his own soul in exchange for his father keeping his, to which Mr. Cypher agrees.
Arrival in Rivervale[]
In the modern day, Mr. Cypher returns to Rivervale to claim Pop's soul. His arrival terrifies Pop, causing him to have a heart attack. He then visits Pop at the hospital where he meets Tabitha, Pop's granddaughter. After confirming his identity as the devil, he reveals the debt Pop made with him to save her great-grandfather and offers to release him on the condition that Tabitha sells him the diner so he can demolish it. However, Tabitha tricks Mr. Cypher into signing a contract that bans his claim to the diner and poisons him so that he can't harm her or her grandfather.
So instead, Mr. Cypher tricked Kevin into selling him his soul for fame and fortune, takes away Jughead's ability to write and trades it back for Jughead's soul, and also claims the souls of Nick St. Clair and Reggie (who is somehow resurrected). He also called Betty using the voice of her boss, Glen Scott, and lies that he arrested the Trash Bag Killer, who is really Glen tied up and disguised as TBK. When Betty goes to the FBI to interrogate "TBK", Mr. Cypher possesses Glen and proves his identity by summoning the voice of her father from Hell. After Hal leaves, Mr, Cypher taunts Betty by summoning the voice of her sister Polly, who screams for help as she is being burned in Hell. Betty becomes enraged and stabs the devil to death with scissors, only to unmask him and find out she killed Glen instead.
Claiming Percival's Soul[]
While watching Veronica's performance at the Babylonium, Mr. Cypher meets Riverdale's version of Jughead Jones and Tabitha Tate, who came to Rivervale when Jughead learned how to open portals to other universes. When they question him about Percival, who is now in their universe trying to destroy it, Mr. Cypher reveals that Percival sold his soul to him for immortality 448 years ago, but that he cheated him by keeping his soul anyway.
After Percival is defeated in a duel with Jughead, Tabitha takes him back in time to when he first sold his soul. Percival at first assumes he hasn't sold his soul yet and thus it can't be claimed, but Mr. Cypher proves otherwise by showing the contract Percival signed which is binding in all timelines. He then drags Percival to hell for eternity, finally claiming his soul.
Trivia[]
- Louis Cypher is the second antagonist in Riverdale to use magic, the first being Percival.
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