''Azazeal'' (pronounced "ahz-azeel") is a

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in the

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'' Hex'', played by Michael Fassbender. The character is seemingly based on the similarly spelled

Azazel In the Bible, the name Azazel (; he, עֲזָאזֵל ''ʿAzāʾzēl''; ar, عزازيل, ʿAzāzīl) appears in association with the scapegoat rite; the name represents a desolate place where a scapegoat bearing the sins of the Jews during ...

from The Book of Enoch. However, past the name, the similarities end. In biblical

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, the

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s referred to in ''Hex'' as the Nephilim were in fact called the

Grigori Grigory, Grigori and Grigoriy are Russian masculine given names. It may refer to watcher angels or more specifically to the egrḗgoroi or Watcher angels. Grigory * Grigory Baklanov (1923–2009), Russian novelist * Grigory Barenblatt (1927201 ...

, or "Watchers." In the Apocrypha, the Nephilim were offspring of the Grigori by mortal women. It is most likely the difference in spelling of Azazeal/Azazel and the change to Nephilim from Grigori were done for aesthetic reasons, though this has not been officially confirmed. Azazeal seduced a series of women throughout the ages, dating from ancient

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to the present, but these women were usually killed by Ella Dee in order to stop the freedom of the Nephilim that his son's birth would signal. In the second episode of ''Hex'', Azazeal sacrifices Cassie Hughes' friend and roommate

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, turning her into a ghost and releasing his power. Later in the series, he enters into a sexual relationship with Cassie and Cassie's teacher Jo, eventually turning her to his side. Through a series of demonic possessions, he conceives an heir, Malachi, with Cassie, and convinces the abortionist to put the child in his care at

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time. In series two, after Cassie's death, Azazeal uses the mystical Stone of

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to make Ella Dee relive her torture and execution, eventually causing her to lose her immortality and rapidly age to 500 or so years old, nearing death. He, an adult Malachi and Perie the "fairy" form a small alliance, before Azazeal is suddenly notified by higher powers that he is no longer to be Malachi's caregiver, replaced with

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. He and Ella share a goodbye without trying to kill each other.

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