Ultrakill P3 prediction. Spoilers :3
Lucifer will most likely be the Prime Soul of P-3
Yeah. Basically that's it.
Not really. Let me yap a bit for a moment :3
So as we all know, Fraud came out recently, and with it we've got some new candidates for the Prime soulf of P-3. Well. Candidate. I'll explain.
In fraud, there's books you can gain access to by beating a secret encounter (dual weild room in 8-2, and double ferryman in 8-3). In the books, three names are mentioned across each. Ulysses, Adam, and Lucifer. But for two of these names, they're being used in a metaphorical sense, as opposed to being introductions to actual characters.
These two names are Ulysses and Adam.
The 'Icy Ulysses' being mentioned here, is not an introduction the an actual, plot relevant character, but Hell being very wordy, as it always has been. Ulysses is being used in place of the word deceit, i.e., Icy Deceit. Or treachery. (ha. treachery tomorrow)
As for Adam, his name is just being used to describe mankinds inherent capacity for violence. He was amongst the first humans, and likely taught his children to be violent, and in turn they taught their children the same. 'Murder is in their nurture'.
But while these two are mentioned in a metaphorical sense...
Lucifer has pretty much an entire book dedicated to them.
This book, like the previous, was written by Hell. A love letter, for its favorite toy, so to speak. Of course, Hell doesn't understand love the way we humans do, on account of it's abstract mind. 'The spatio-temporal mind' is what humans possess. Basically it means our minds abide by physical laws, and thus can only understand things that abide by the same laws. The whole 'conceptualize reality only in binary' thing.
Hell, does not have such a mind. Nor does the Father, most likely, but this isn't about Him.
Hell sees suffering, in all its forms, as beautiful. Look at the Minotaur. Look at the Death Catchers. The Mannequins. And thus, Hell tortures Lucifer. Because Lucifer is its favourite toy. It's 'love'.
And it's not like this is the first mention of Lucifer, either. They're alluded to in 3-2 with Gabriels 'You make even the Devil cry' line. They're officially named in 5-s, with God describing them as 'Bright and Beautiful.
And now, in Fraud, we have both a book entirely devoted to Lucifer, but also their likely presence in the 8-1 painting.
I've seen a lot of peopls say that cutout bit could be Uriel or Azazel, but 1: Phanuel and Uriel are often protrayed as the same character, and Azezel could be cool, but- well. Their name doesn't line up with the plaque. Nor does Uriels.
See this. Look closely at the end of where the name would be. I'd say that looks a lot more like an 'R' than and 'L'. Same with the 's' at the end of the description.
(Big thanks to '@lavendermintyy' on twitter for the GIF. Idk if they were the same one who did the original reconstruction, but still.)
Now, why am I so insistent on it being Lucifer, you may ask? Well. Who else could it be?
I just think it'd be poetic. While the events of the prime sanctum levels may or may not be canon at any given moment, I think Lucifer being the very last boss a player could possibly fight is incredibly poetic.
Think. Lucifer, as far as we know, is Hells favourite toy. Its favourite thing to mess with and torment.
V1 is, for all intents and purposes, Lucifers replacement. V1 will become Hells new toy, and Hell will play with it until either V1 dies, or Hell finds something new.
V1 being the one that cements its own fate by killing Lucifer, in the end, would be very fitting.
But also... it makes me think about what Lucifers motive for fighting V1 could be. Lucifer is Gods Kindness, after all. Will V1 strike first? Will Lucifer be too far gone by the time we get to them?
No. Even after everything, I don't think Lucifer will have lost themselves to violence. They alone spoke out about the cruelty of Hells very existence. They have suffered for who knows how long.
And yet, Hell still considers them its favourite toy. I doubt Hell would still take interest in Lucifer if they had simply gone mad by now.
So what if... Lucifers motivation for attacking V1... is to spare V1 from their fate.
Lucifer knows about V1. They know that Hell is taking interest. And if Lucifer dies, they know V1 will take their place. So out of mercy... out of kindness, they try to stop V1. To kill V1. All to spare them the fate Lucifer has suffered for centuries.
How poetic would that be. Lucifer calling out to V1, begging them to give up so that they don't suffer a fate far, far worse than death.
Every attack callout, not a threat or warning like Minos and Sisyphus, but a plea.
How wonderfully cruel it could be, to kill the Angel anyway. How wonderfully merciful.
or, TLDR, Lucifer is the most fitting P-3 candidate there is, and I think it'd be neat to see them.