Mazikeen

"I am with you, Lucifer, from now until the end. We're a team."

- Mazikeen to Lucifer

"So the big bad wolf is back, are you going to roll over and play dead, or will I have to do it for you"

- Mazikeen to Weldrok

Mazikeen, also known by her nickname Maze, is a demon from Hell who holds the form of an incredibly attractive, sexy young woman. For millennia, she worked for Lucifer as a servant, lieutenant, enforcer, assistant, and right-hand woman. She is the best friend and former lover of Lucifer and formerly worked alongside him at the Lux nightclub in Los Angeles before starting a new career as a bounty hunter with the LAPD.

Recently after the release of Weldrok and the Council, her focus has shifted. Now, not only does she act as the new guardian demon for her friends Linda, baby child Charlie, but also the watchdog of the Council's activity, keeping a close eye on them for Lucifer, in an attempt to keep them under control. She has continued to stay on Earth, and has focused all her time on protecting Charlie, and still watches out for Weldrok, especially after being made the new king of Hell.

Early History
Before existence was created, all that existed was the void, the infinite expanse of nothingness and emptiness. But within, this expanse walked a being with the power to both create, and exist by himself- this entity would be known as 'God', the creator himself. As he wandered creation forever alone, though equipped with unlimited true power, he was still alone. Until, he met another being like himself, 'The Divine Goddess'. They both instantly fell in love with each other, but both did not want to continue wandering the void aimlessly, in response, God created creation- a creation within the nothingness where they could finally call home.

Although they could bring creation into existence, they needed help in finishing it, giving it a true shape. So, God created three brothers, he fused with unlimited power: Micheal Demiurge, Gabriel Hornblower, and Samael (who would later be known as, 'Lucifer Morningstar'), after they were given their powers, God guided them into how to use their new powers over creation- and with that, they helped to form the Omniverse, Heaven and Hell- and all of creation.

Soon after the first humans where made, Lilith was banished from the garden of Eden and sent to Hell, to watch over it and be with the other cast-offs and unwanted pieces of Creation. There she met the other demons of Hell, and formed a connection with them, as she understood what it's like to be forgotten, becoming a sort of motherly figure to all the first demons of Hell- even though, some she would later take as her husbands. Overtime, Lilith soon began to conceive her first children from her demon husbands, creating a new race of demons called 'Lilim', who would soon become one of the most prominent demon races in Hell. Until that time, Lilith continued to rule over her corner of Hell, being appointed a 'Head-Noble' by the council of Hell, the highest rank below the Council, giving her enormous control over Hell, and her children earning her the name 'Mother of Demons'.

During Lilith's first birthing, she gave birth to a very young and powerful demon girl, who would soon be recognized as Mazikeen the torturer. Maze is among the oldest and most powerful demons who have existed for millions of years due to her being one of the first spawn of Lilith, and her first daughter. She soon became one of the most feared demons in Hell, mastering the art of combat, torture, and pain, making her a revered individual among her brethren, but he acts did not go unnoticed by others. While Lucifer ruled Hell, she faithfully and loyally served him and tortured the souls of deceased humans. Lucifer has called her "the most skilled and efficient torturer Hell's ever known", "one of the strongest and most powerful demons who ever lived", and "Hell's most brutal torturer". She tortured Goddess for thousands of years, but Goddess didn't have any physical form, therefore the pain wasn't as powerful as it could've been. But soon the war between Lucifer and Weldrok broke out, but Mazikeen soon stood by Lucifer and defended him from the hordes of demons that attacked, soon becoming involved in many key battles. But, when the war came to an end- she soon returned to her work of torturing souls in Hell, for millions of more years since then.

Life on Earth
When Lucifer left Hell, Amenadiel came to take Lucifer back but then his necklace was stolen. Lucifer summons Maze to Earth to torture the suspects and helps Amenadiel find his locket. Under his orders, she cut off his wings. Afterward, she aids Lucifer in his various (mis)adventures in punishing the wicked. However, Maze feels that they don't belong to earth anymore, and need to go back to their home, which Lucifer refuses quickly. This caused Maze to leave Lux and take some time alone for a while to figure out where she belongs.

Back from her "getaway vacation", Maze tries not to care about everyone's problems, including Lucifer's. Sometime in the five years, Mazikeen was in some manner helped by John Constantine, as a favor to Lucifer, and Constantine collected on the debt during the Crisis on Infinite Earths, although Maze herself was not seen at that point. This was due to an incident with one of Lucifer's brothers, where she was sent out to collect something but was captured and contained in a universe of her own. Mazikeen was working for Lucifer as an assistant and enforcer for Lucifer, and also working as a bartender in Lucifer's night club, Lux. She assisted Lucifer in various tasks and occasionally helping him with cases. She met her first human friend, Trixie (Chloe Decker and Dan Espinoza's daughter), in this club and even offered Trixie a Shirley Temple.

She soon decided to leave Lucifer. She ended up sharing an apartment with Chloe Decker and Chloe's daughter, Trixie. For a while she was searching for a job before deciding to become a bounty hunter, using the name "Mazikeen Smith". She finds joy in working as a bounty hunter because it lets her hunt down humans and get paid at the same time. Soon Mazikeen is allowing her growing circle of acquaintance to call her 'Maze,' and her connection to Trixie and Linda is causing her to question her "soulless" status and detachment. Later on, Maze decides to focus more on Linda and she starts to look for a love interest causing her to develop a crush on Eve.

She since then has become a ferocious guardian of Linda's son Charlie, defending and protecting him from anything and everything making her the boy's god-mother- which she takes to the absolute seriousness.

Return of Weldrok
After Weldrok's return, Mazikeen was one of the demon leaders summoned up to guard Heaven against Weldrok's attack, after helping Lucifer track him down, and stop him from releasing the darkness of God to plunge key points of Creation into darkness. She was later stationed in Heaven, as one of the first opponents to Weldrok's arrival- which soon arrived, as she was one of the first beings fighting the dark forces Weldrok brought, and was directly on the front-lines.

Soon after the fighting stopped after Weldrok was defeated by Lucifer, she was quick to Earth to return to Linda and protect Charlie. Since then, she has stayed away from Lucifer and especially from Weldrok and the Council as she does not trust them, but has admitted that they've become more bearable over-time. She often was around Charlie, Linda, and Amenadiel helping with what they needed, but often chose to protect Charlie above all else, that is how she stayed for much of the events. She continues to stay on Earth, however, she was a little bit upset about Lucifer leaving and is slightly concerned with Weldrok being the new king of Hell, however, she only cares for Charlie, for her- this is nothing.

Powers
Demon Physiology: As a demon, Mazikeen is superior to humans, having augmented supernatural power. Like all demons, Maze is mean, ruthless, terrifying, and brutal, and is more powerful than the average demons, however, she is not as powerful as Angels.
 * Immortality: As a demon, Mazikeen doesn't age and has lived for millions of years. Lucifer even explained that life in prison would be a mere timeout for her. However, demons do not have souls, so if she dies, she would be eradicated from existence. It is unclear though whether or not she can be killed, like other demons, by extreme mundane means, as she has never displayed any fear or mundane weaponry, indicating she is far more durable than the common demon, a fact further supported by the fact she can take punches from Lucifer without much problem, while other demons were taken down by one punch of his. She cannot die of old age, she can only be killed by celestial weapons, Flaming Sword, more powerful demons, demon daggers forged in Hell, Angels, God and Goddess
 * Superhuman Durability: As a Demon, Mazikeen is far more durable than humans. Mazikeen can withstand an immense amount of physical damage, and weapons such as guns, knives, and tasers cause her little to no harm. Usually, Mazikeen laughs at the idea that humans may hurt her, and after a punching duel with Lucifer, she was only moderately injured (while a single light punch of him is enough to knock a human unconscious and severely injure them), and could still walk.
 * Accelerated Healing Factor: Mazikeen have shown to heal faster than humans, though still slower than angels. After her fight with Lucifer, she was shown to be already in a somewhat better condition after only several hours, however still at a worse condition then Lucifer.
 * Superhuman Strength: Like all Demons, Mazikeen is far stronger than humans. She can easily knock a human unconscious with a punch and she can lift up large men by their necks very high off the ground with only one hand, and powerfully shove them into a wall, and break every bone in their bodies, she can break out of handcuffs with no effort, and she can single-handedly annihilate 20 large men in combat.
 * Superhuman Speed: As a demon, similar to Lucifer, Mazikeen is as fast as the speed of light, able to appear and disappear with a blink of an eye, she can move far faster than a human being. In less than a minute, she went from being outside Linda's office to in her office which required her to leave the building and go through the window. Mazikeen single-handedly destroyed a street gang in about a minute.
 * Superhuman Stamina: As a Demon, Mazikeen can survive and function without much food, water, oxygen, sleep, and rest.
 * ​​​​​​Superhuman Reflexes/Reactions: As a Demon, Mazikeen has far greater reflexes than humans, she has incredible reflexes that are supernaturally quick. She can duck, dodge, and catch bullets knives, arrows, etc. that is shot or thrown at her.
 * Superhuman Agility: As a Demon, Mazikeen is supernaturally agile, and she is able to move incredibly quickly and easily.
 * Superhuman Senses: As a Demon, Mazikeen has better senses than humans and animals. She also appears to have better senses than angels, as, multiple times, she was able to detect things Lucifer hasn't noticed.
 * Superhuman Intelligence: As a Demon, Mazikeen is naturally more intelligent than the common humans, as witnessed she is capable of quickly understanding even situations she has never handled before. She also has a vast amount of knowledge, due to her age.
 * Telekinesis: Mazikeen was able to summon her knife from a wall into her hand in order to fight Amenadiel. However, it is unknown if she can utilize this ability on any other object.
 * Demonic Growling and Roaring: Like all Demons, Mazikeen has supersonic growling and roaring, she can growl and roar fiercely and very loudly, similarly to animals such as lions, bears, and tigers. To frighten a misbehaving child Maze perfectly imitated the sound of a vicious dog barking and growling.
 * Demonic Possession: As a Demon, Maze can possess any recently deceased human being. Lucifer has forbidden Demonic Possessions because "someone" in the Silver City complained about it.

Abilities

 * Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant and Martial Artist: Mazikeen has shown to be an expert in various types of martial arts. She is a highly-skilled fighter and has shown to have brilliant armed and unarmed fighting skills. Though she was eventually defeated in her battle with the angel Uriel, she remained capable of fighting on equal terms with him for some time. Maze can be very precise and surgical in her attacks, as noted by Lucifer when she targeted her opponents' weak spots, notably shattering a tibia, causing an orbital fracture, and crushing a humerus.
 * Superhuman Athleticism: As a Demon, Mazikeen is in far better shape and a far greater athlete than the finest athletes on earth. She is an expert martial artist and a master in karate, boxing, muay Thai, jiu Jitsu, kungfu, aikido, wrestling, judo, taekwondo, ninjutsu, eskrima, etc. She has the superhuman abilities to easily and effortlessly defeat multiple humans.
 * Expert Stick Fighter: While in a bar fight Maze broke a wooden pool stick in two pieces and easily used them to defeat a large group of attacking men.
 * Expert Knife Combatant: Mazikeen has shown incredible fighting skill with demon knives when she fought Amenadiel, though she was still ultimately unable to defeat the angel. She was also capable of holding her own against Uriel for some time before she was deprived of her knives.
 * Persuasion: To a small degree, Mazikeen can convince people to make a decision that they think is their own.
 * Expert Masseuse: Since Mazikeen can find most of the pain points in a human's body, she can also relieve the tension in them, making her a great masseuse.
 * Expert Tracker: Mazikeen is an expert tracker, which is why Lucifer first brought her to Earth from Hell to help him track down the one who stole Amenadiel's necklace. This also the reason why she is so successful at her bounty hunting job.
 * Bilingualism: Maze speaks her native Lilim in addition to fluent English.

Physical Appearance
In human form, Mazikeen looks like a young, beautiful woman with medium-dark skin. She often wears sexy leather outfits and the color black. She wears her black hair in different styles, such as a wavy, straight, ponytail, etc. However, when she reveals her real demonic nature, the left side of her face looks horribly scarred and mutilated. Whereas most humans would find it revolting, Trixie thought it looked cool on Halloween.

Personality
Mazikeen was one of Hell's most decorated torturers, inheriting a rather sadistic composure and sense of humor. Despite being seen upset in multiple episodes, Maze states to Amenadiel that 'demons don't get sad, they get mad'. She always entertains whatever sadistic ideas Lucifer may have and is even turned on when Lucifer suggests torturing a Lucifer-wannabe, excited about how it is like he is "torturing [himself]". It is even implied that she is partially a sadomasochist, remarking about how she "likes pain". Unlike Lucifer, she preferred her position in Hell, having become dissatisfied with Earth and whatever fascination Lucifer has with humans and has even resorted to consorting with Amenadiel behind his back in order to make that happen.

Despite all of this, she is profoundly loyal to Lucifer and whatever decisions that he makes, having left Hell to look after him and always nagging him for his own well-being. It is shown that she would even fight and kill on his request, having shown up to rescue him and Chloe when they were cornered by a street gang. Mazikeen is similar to Lucifer in many ways. They are both overtly confident, persistent, sexy, and sarcastic. Also, they both disregard many social norms. This is evident when she undressed an unconscious Dan and put him in Chloe's bed in hopes of getting Chloe out of Lucifer's life. Despite her bad girl attitude, she is revealed to be lonely, as she had no real friends until Chloe, Trixie, and Linda. She also shows that she may have real feelings for Amenadiel, as she chose to use Lucifer's feather to save his life.

She is also sexually promiscuous and has admitted she has had lots of sex with both men and women, even women who identify as straight. It is also implied that Maze and Lucifer were lovers at one point in their lives. It's discovered Trixie had brought out Maze's more vulnerable side. Upon learning Linda was pregnant, Maze did her utmost to protect her and try to be a good aunt figure to her friend's child. Because of this, Maze admitted her mother was bad at parenting and sought to do better. She also became interested in companionship, eventually falling for a frustratingly oblivious Eve, who was too obsessed with getting back with Lucifer to notice.

In other alternate universes and Hell's created by God, Mazikeen never emotionally evolved due to Lucifer never meeting and becoming partners with Chloe, and due to Trixie not existing in this universe to help draw out her more caring nature. Instead, she wears half a mask, to presumably hide her demon face, and is in charge of a cult. Although the cult appears to be human, as shown when she burns the mask on a woman's face, it is unknown where the group originated from or how her relations with humans have evolved from.

Relationships
Maze is friends with Linda who is one of the few humans who knows that Maze is a demon. However, she is extremely upset with both Linda and Amenadiel after they lie about not being together. She acts very hostile around Weldrok, and the other Council members as she claims she doesn't trust them for all they've done, and is quick to anger around the- although over-time she as grown more accustomed to them, and isn't as quick to anger as she was. However with Madrasa, particularly she finds quite awkward- as her father Ophur, is one of her children (technically making Madrasa her grand-mother), while she is normally hostile to members of the Council, she is more relaxed and communicative with Madrasa, when their on their own due to their relationship.

Maze lives with Chloe and Trixie. She particularly likes Trixie who is not scared of her and even looks up to Maze. Unfortunately, Maze upsets Trixie during her fight with Dan by calling Trixie a stupid little brat. Maze and Trixie meet again at the LAPD. As Maze tries to apologize, Trixie runs and hugs her, saying that she can't be mad at her. However, she shows extreme care and affection towards Charlie, considering herself as his godmother, as she will do anything to keep him and Linda safe from harm.

Trivia

 * Mazikeen's original appearance showed the left half of her face to be horribly scarred and mutilated-looking. This is hinted at when we see her reflection, implying that she is purposefully hiding this physical quality in order to blend in. This is a departure from the comics where she prefers to look as she does but conceal her face when necessary.
 * She would hide her disfigurement from humans with a white mask that covered half her face. The Maze of the alternate universe resembled her comic book counterpart, wearing a white mask over half her face.
 * Her true face might be an allusion to Hel, The Norse Goddess of Death, whose appearance was described as half beautiful and half scarred.
 * The show refers to Mazikeen as a demon. Her dossier is labeled "Mazikeen of the Lilim".
 * She is one of the Lilim, the children of Lilith fathered by various demons and angels, and that her father is the serpent demon Ophur, one of Madrasa's children- one of Lilith's first husbands.
 * Mazikeen's can behave much more formally around Lucifer at times (referring to him almost exclusively as 'my lord'). But her devotion to him remains absolute, often being the one dispatched to accomplish tasks Lucifer himself cannot do himself for various reasons. And likewise, his confidence in her is equally strong as he often depends entirely on her to see a task completed in a timely manner.
 * Maze was surprisingly able to find a potential partner in the human Ben Rivers, who chose to "live in the moment" like her. However, she wasn't able to go with him due to a bond with her friends.
 * Mazikeen is a very powerful demon (ranking as a demon noble), as she was able to fight Lucifer on more-or-less even grounds (though it should be noted that neither of them actually tried to kill the other, and they fought simply out of mutual frustration).
 * Mazikeen is one of the demon nobles, giving her enormous power and influence in Hell- this means she has control over the lords, dukes, and demons of Hell, and is one of the demons closest to Lucifer.
 * Maze is considered Hell's greatest fighter and blades-woman, however, the name she is known for is 'Hell's Favorite Torturer'.
 * Due to Maze being a Demon she does not possess a soul, therefore her death will mean the end of her existence, "That's it, lights out Maze". Because of this, she chooses to "Live in the moment". This also means the only way for her to travel between Hell and Earth is with the aid of a winged angel.
 * However, said claim might not be true, as it was previously implied that demons do have an essence of a sort that can be eradicated by Azrael's Blade.