10 Facts About Mephistopheles

Mephistopheles, known as Mephisto, is a demon featured in German folklore.

Mephistopheles originally appeared in literature as the demon in the Faust legend, and he has since appeared in other works as a stock character .

Mephistopheles is associated with the Faust legend of an ambitious scholar, based on the historical Johann Georg Faust.

Mephistopheles appears because he senses in Faustus' magical summons that Faustus is already corrupt, that indeed he is already 'in danger to be damned'.

Mephistopheles is already trapped in his own Hell by serving the Devil.

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Mephistopheles warns Faustus of the choice he is making by "selling his soul" to the devil: "Mephistophilis, an agent of Lucifer, appears and at first advises Faust not to forego the promise of heaven to pursue his goals".

Mephistopheles is featured as the lead antagonist in Goethe's Faust, and in the unpublished scenarios for die Walpurgis-Nacht, he and Satan appear as two separate characters.

Mephistopheles appears as a female NPC in the FromSoftware game Demon's Souls, where she tasks the player with various assassination quests.

The already damned player is then contracted by Mephistopheles to find and kill several heroic figures within the game, and the questline culminates with her attempting to kill the player.

Mephistopheles is the inspiration for Dul'Mephistos, the Lord of Hatred, commonly referred to as Mephisto, one of the three Prime Evils, in Blizzard Entertainment's Diablo franchise.