User blog comment:B214/Question and Answers 3/@comment-24098614-20140716003255/@comment-24421137-20140716003932

I don't think you quite understand otaku, Lucifer was the original power, when he and the other maou died, and their clan became in shambles the Bael were next in line for power, and that is when the Maous became just symbols when the originals died, and their clan was basically decimated, the Baels were the next in line