Baalzebub

& Baalzebub
Difficulty	45
Attacks	Bite poisonous 2d6, gaze stunning 2d6

& Baalzebub
Difficulty	45
Attacks	Bite poisonous 2d6, gaze stunning 2d6
Base level	41
Base experience	2333
Speed	9
Base AC	-5
Base MR	85
Alignment	20 (lawful)
Frequency (by normal means)	Unique
Genocidable	No
Weight	1500
Nutritional value	500
Size	Large
Resistances	Fire, poison
Resistances conveyed	None
Baalzebub: can fly. can see invisible creatures. is poisonous to eat. does not eat. (*) is not a valid polymorphable form. is a demon. is an overlord to its kind. is male. is normally generated hostile. can follow you to other levels. is nasty. wants the Amulet of Yendor. waits for you to come. has infravision. can be seen through infravision. appears only in Gehennom. never leaves a corpse.
Reference	monst.c#line2713

Baalzebub, &, is one of the demon princes who appears in Gehennom. He will be found in his lair, if you do not encounter him earlier. He is quite easy to defeat, though many consider him annoying because of his repeated use of a stunning gaze. Blindfold yourself and fight him on the up staircase; Elbereth is usually not necessary.

If you have enough gold, and if you are not wielding Excalibur, Baalzebub will ask you for money for safe passage. If he fails to see where you are he will attack you out of general principle.

Origin

The encyclopedia entry comes from the novel "Lord of the flies". Like the entry says, Baalzebub is a confused bible term, translated as "Lord of the flies", and give its name to the famous novel.

In Christian demonology he is described as a demonic fly.

Encyclopedia entry

The "lord of the flies" is a translation of the Hebrew
Ba'alzevuv (Beelzebub in Greek). It has been suggested that
it was a mistranslation of a mistransliterated word which
gave us this pungent and suggestive name of the Devil, a
devil whose name suggests that he is devoted to decay,
destruction, demoralization, hysteria and panic...

[ Notes on _Lord of the Flies_, by E. L. Epstein ]