Asteroth was the main antagonist of the 1996 Chaos! comics miniseries"Lady Death: The Odyssey" and has since been featured as an antagonist fo many other Chaos! series. Asteroth was orginally a Duke of Hell, but because of his loyalty and strength, Lucifer used him for a different purpose. Knowing taht he would likely be killed in the Judgement war, Lucifer imbued Asteroth with a portion of his own power and commanded him to destoy whoeevr destroyed Lucifer