# Beelzebub — Paradise Lost character guide

> Beelzebub in Paradise Lost by John Milton.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0000-book-i

## Who they are

Fallen angel and second-in-command to Satan in Pandemonium.

## In the story

### [Book I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/paradise_lost_se/chapters/book-i)

Satan's second-in-command, who converses with Satan about their fall and encourages him to rally the other fallen angels.

### [Book II: The Council of Hell and Satan's Journey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/paradise_lost_se/chapters/book-ii)

Presents the plan to seduce the inhabitants of the new world, originally devised by Satan.

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