- “Just promise me you'll do right by me, so I can do right by someone else. And don't make the suit green... or animated!”
- —Belial, Dreams of Cruelty
Belial is a green, wise-cracking, and smart aleck goblin who is the tritagonist of Skylanders Academy. He comes from a line of goblins who dwell in the Lost Forest, but he has to be privileged to become a Skylander. He is also part of the B Team.
Background[]
Personality[]
Belial is much more energetic than Spyro and Cynder, with his body language immediately expressing his happier state of mind through acrobatics and comedic behavior.
Belial dislikes and aims to avoid paying money for anything, as he ditched the bill for some taxi services and he didn't seem to even pay for the pizza that Spyro provided him with.
Belial also enjoys chatting about pop culture, particularly movies and celebrities; breaking the 4th wall in the process.
Biography[]
Belial is aware that he is a fictional character. He commonly breaks the fourth wall, which is done by few other characters in the Skylands, and this is used to humorous effect. He often has conversations with his two internal voices in his head, which are shown as caption boxes in his panels; in the upcoming game, Belial the Goblin, it is revealed that the evil dragon Malefor, is the logical voice appearing in yellow captions, and it is revealed that Kaos, is the psychotic voice appearing in white captions with a typewriter serif.
It is thought that while his psychoses are a handicap, they are also one of his assets as they make him an extremely unpredictable opponent. Malefor was unable to defeat Belial due to his chaotic and improvised fighting style. Malefor has also stated that Belial is an expert at distracting his opponents.
The character, known for his talkative nature, has been nicknamed "Belial the Mouth".
Belial has sometimes been portrayed to have a strong sense of core morality. He is motivated solely by money, in which, Cynder reveals that Belial never cashed any of his checks.
Abilities[]
Belial is a highly trained assassin and mercenary, adept in multiple forms of martial arts, and an expert swordsman and marksman. Although in earlier years he was originally portrayed as having superhuman strength, he is no longer depicted as having this ability.
Over the years, Belial has owned a number of personal teleportation devices. Also, during Belial's first upcoming game, he possesses a device which projected holographic disguises, allowing him to go undercover or conceal his appearance. He also has a magic satchel containing all of his unlimited weaponry and ammo. Belial is multilingual, with the ability to speak fluently in German, Spanish, ASL and Japanese, in addition to his native English.
Story[]
History[]
Belial is hired by General Mohawk to attack Spyro and the rest of the Skylanders. After subsequently appearing in Skylanders Academy as a recurring character, Belial began making guest appearances in a number of different episodes.