Originally from Canaan, Belphegor has represented the Infernal Principalities in Paris since the founding of the French Republic in 1789. Before that time, he served briefly in England, overseeing the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, but he was attracted to France by the invention and widespread usage of the guillotine, as well as the generally slothful attitude of the populace.
Over the years, Ambassador Belphegor has been intimately involved in many major events, from Belgian King Leopold’s African ventures to countless wars, famines and genocides. He is especially interested in the role of new technology in warfare, wholeheartedly supporting the “defence” industries of all countries in their increasing efforts to destroy each other. On a more personal note, and in order to feel more at home, he has been successfully working with governments and fossil fuel companies to replicate the climate of Hell over all the Earth. “After all,” says The Ambassador, “why wait till you’re dead to feel the fire?”
In additon to his official duties, Belphegor devotes his unlife to promoting the deadly sin of Accidie, that lethal combination of depression, distraction and despair which has come to characterize the modern age. His proudest achievement is the invention of smartphone doom‑scrolling, reducing the most educated generation in history to a bunch of mindless zombies. As The Ambassador says to anyone who will listen: “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that nobody gives a shit.” It looks like he’s right on track!