Olivier

Olivier's History

Olivier was an angel from Heaven, and the prince of the Archangels. He was one of Lucifer's loyal lieutenants who helped him in his rebellion against God. The rebellious group was stopped and banished to Hell. There the fallen angels became Demons and each carved out a portion of Hell as their own. Olivier eventually became one of the Hell Lords, but due to his traitorous actions, due to his pride and ambition against the other Lords, he was given the worst punishment an angel or demon could receive: he was banished to earth as a human. Olivier was reborn on earth as Frank Costa, head of the Costa crime family, an arm of the Maggia. He led a more or less normal life and when he came of age he joined the family business to become a made man. However, upon killing for the family his true memories returned and from that moment he planned his revenge on the Lords of Hell.

Olivier made plans to conquer the realms of Hell, but needed an army. He used his powers to locate Frank Castle, an American soldier in the Vietnam War. Every person Castle killed from that moment would have travelled to a portion of hell where his army could amass. To increase his numbers further he had Castle�??s family murdered by the mob as this would have led him to seek revenge as the Punisher. Olivier then started attacking his former brothers, the Grigori angels, to fuel his power in preparation of the conquest of Hell. Meanwhile, he remained in the form of Frank Costa. When the Punisher set about getting his revenge against the Costas, he found Bruno Costa, the brother of Olivier�??s host body, murdered by a Maggia assassin named Audrey. The Punisher then went after Frank Costa, but found him killed by the same assassin.

This action released Olivier from his body and allowed him to return to hell. It was later reveled that he had asked Audrey to do this as it would have taken years to die naturally and a suicide would have been picked up on the radar of the Hell Lords. When Olivier reached Hell he found the Punisher had killed enough people to create a powerful army to attack the other Lords. Olivier as a gift sent his demon minions to torment the Punisher to the point of suicide. The angel Gadriel then resurrected the Punisher as it was his job to protect him. Olivier set up his operations in the Flatiron Building, in New York City, and started his attack on Heaven and the Hell realms. One of his first attacks was against Daimon Hellstrom, but Gadriel and the Punisher intervened and saved him.[4] Olivier and his forces attacked the realms of Hell-Lords and conquered many, including the realm of the demon Satannish.

During a meeting between Punisher and Gadriel and other Grigoris, Olivier launched an attack on them, which was led by Olivier's host brother Bruno who Olivier resurrected for the task. All of the Grigori were killed except for Gadriel. After Punisher and Gadriel were captured, Olivier revealed his great plan and how he ordered the mob hit on his family to help in creating an army. The Punisher battled Bruno while Gadriel battled Olivier, but the conflicting sides caused a tear in the Universe which allowed a giant extra-dimensional beast to come through, and giant tentacles emerged to attack. Punisher sent Olivier toward the tentacles, and they ripped the demon Olivier to pieces. Gadriel then sacrificed his life to close the portal. Olivier was later revealed to still exist as he was working with the demon Pazuzu, who was serving Lucifer. The group had plans to open a portal with the help of Louis Childs and his coven of witches. However, the plan was stopped by Nightcrawler, Seth Walker, and Amanda Sefton, and Olivier was left trapped inside a statue where Amanda kept for safe keeping in a castle she owned in Limbo.