Belphegor

Name	Belphegor
Actor	Alexander Calvert
Dates	???? – 2019 (killed by Castiel)
Location	Hell
Occupation	Demon
Episode(s)	15.01 Back and to the Future 15.02 Raising Hell 15.03 The Rupture

Look, I'm not some crossroads demon. I'm not even one of those black-eyed goons who crawled his way up here to eat, you know, virgins and puppies and virgin puppies. Look, downstairs I punch a clock. A soul comes in, I torment it, it's what I do. – Belphegor, 15.01 Back and to the Future

History

Belphegor is an old demon, very proficient in spell work, who left Hell when Chuck opened all the doors. He described his life as a human as coming from a time where people were "ugly" and worshiped a giant rock that looked like a penis. As a demon, he is a self-described "clock puncher," and enjoyed his work tormenting the souls that entered Hell. Motivated by his desire for life in Hell to go back to how it was before the souls were released, after taking over Jack's corpse as a meatsuit, he offers his services to the Winchesters and Castiel.

Belphegor is also a fan of Dean Winchester's from when he spent his time in Hell and tortured under Alastair. He calls what Dean did "more than torture", telling him how he thought it was art.

While initially appearing to act as an ally to the Winchester's to stop the ghost apocalypse caused by Chuck, it is revealed by the demon Ardat that Belphegor has spent centuries in Hell looking for a chance to seize power for himself. With all of the other leaders of Hell dead, Belphegor uses the situation with the Hell Ghosts to seize his chance, but is killed by Castiel.

Episodes

15.01 Back and to the Future

With the Winchesters and Castiel trapped in a crypt, Belphegor makes his presence known by taking possession of Jack's lifeless, blinded body. As he tries to formally introduce himself, Castiel, angry that he is defiling Jack's body by possessing it, demands that he leave. Due to their desperate situation, Dean and Sam allow Belphegor to explain himself. He tells the Winchesters and Castiel that he wants the souls back in Hell as much as they do, and offers to get them out of the crypt by performing a spell using graveyard dirt and angel blood that blasts all the damned souls from their rotting meatsuits.

Driving back to the Bunker, Belpehgor reveals that 2-3 billion souls escaped from Hell. As they are currently unable to close the rift, he suggests that containing the souls is their best option, offering to perform a spell that would act as a mile-wide salt circle around Harlan, Kansas that would keep any ghosts from getting in or out.

In Harlan, Belphegor and Dean remain downtown to collect the ingredients for the spell, while Sam and Castiel help evacuate the citizens. After getting a bag of rock salt, Dean and Belephegor prepare to go to the morgue to retrieve a heart for the spell. The two are diverted when they overhear the Woman in White killing the Harlan sheriff. Finding his body, Belphegor removes his heart, and as Dean alerts Belphegor that they need to leave, Constance Welch appears and attacks them. Dean is able to temporarily banish her with iron, allowing Belphegor enough time to perform the spell, creating a barrier around Harlan to keep any ghosts from getting in or out.

Belphegor in Lore

Belphegor is one of the seven Princes of Hell, and tied to the deadly sin of Sloth. Belphegor is also thought to seduce people through helping them making discoveries and inventions as a means to make them rich and sow discord among men as a "disputer."

He is also considered to be associated with licentiousness and orgies, and in the past was worshipped in the form of a phallus.

Trivia

• The character was dubbed Demon Jack by fans.
• There is an Austrian extreme metal band called Belphegor.