Alastor (알래스터)

Overlord

Alastor is one of the overlords

Death date

1933

Cause of death

Dog-related incident/Gunshot wound to the head

Likes

Smiling, Invading people's personal space, His mother and her cooking, The "picture show", Strong liquor, Cooking, People failing, Playing pranks, Black coffee, Bitter tastes, Theater, Dancing, The Stock Market Crash of 1929, Venison

Dislikes

Being touched, Dogs, Frowning, Tea, Anything sweet, Angel's sexual remarks, Post-30s' Technology

Age

30s-40s (biological)

Abilities

Eldritch magic, Radio broadcasting, Shadow manipulation, Spatial warping, Cooking, Singing and dancing, Bilingualism

occupations

Serial killer (formerly), Radio host

Appearance

Alastor is a slim, dapper sinner demon, with beige colored skin, and usually having a broad smile full of sharp, yellow teeth. He is approximately the same height as his rival, Vox, with the two of them standing at approximately 7 feet. He sports a pinkish-red cropped, angled bob-cut with black tips at the ends and two large, black tipped tufts of hair extending from the top of his head, evoking the ears of a deer. The style has an undercut at the back, and two small black antlers protuding from the crown, which can grow in size in his full demonic form. His eyes have dark-red sclerae, bright-red irises and thin black pupils (which can change into the shape of radio dials when shifting into his full demon form). He also wears a dark-red oval-shaped monocle, rimmed with black, over his right eye. Alastor wears a red pinstripe coat with dark-red lapels piped with white, which is ragged along the bottom hem. Underneath this he wears a bright red dress-shirt with a black cross on the chest, and long black dress pants with matching bright red cuffs. He accessorizes with a black knotted bowtie with a bright red center, black gloves with red at the fingertips, and black pointed-toe boots with red deer hoofprints emblazoned on the soles. Alastor also carries a thin cane with a sentient vintage style microphone attached to it, which he uses to play sound effects and broadcast his voice.

Personality

Alastor stands out from many of the more chaotic residents of hell for his well maintained amiable persona. He gives the first-impression of a good-natured and charming man, wearing a permanently wide grin on his face at all times. Alastor's behavior, mannerisms, and even his voice are similar to an old-fashioned radio announcer and speaks with a transatlantic accent, often using quaint anachronisms such as "the picture show" and refers to Charlie as a "charming demon belle". This playful dandyish exterior, however, obscures a much darker side to him - one with high levels of self-importance - and he will not hesitate to use physical violence when others don't act in line with his very particular values or expectations. Alastor is described as a man of duality. He values good manners, affability and intelligence very highly in others, and will actively look down on those who do not meet his standards, however he will often play fast and loose with these arbitrary rules in regards to himself and his own conduct. His smiling is also a show of power and dominance, and miserable people are seen by him as weak. Alastor has an odd sense of morality, which is described as "not normal", and has been noted to be quite sadistic, even cannibalistic, devouring lesser demons or those that have incurred his anger. Despite this, he keeps close friends with the other cannibals of Hell, including the denizens at the Cannibal Colony. He is noted to be narcissistic, not seeing many people quite up to his level. However, that does not make him reckless. Despite being extremely powerful, Alastor is aware that there are other demons and entities that rival him in terms of power, such as other Overlords. For this reason, he is wary around such demons, as they could potentially harm him if he is not careful.[23] Despite everything, Alastor does genuinely seem to want to help Charlie run the Happy Hotel, albeit for his own amusement and hopes for its failure over siding with her idealism. Alastor also dismisses the idea that redemption is possible as laughable, nevertheless, he fulfills his role as patron as promised, providing the hotel with staff, and protecting Charlie and her business from outside threats. He views the whole endeavor as a fun distraction from his decades of boredom.

Demon Transformation

In flashbacks featured in the pilot, as well as in the official Alastor-centric comic, Alastor has demonstrated the ability to turn into a more powerful Demon form.

Flexibility

Alastor can contort his body into numerous unnatural poses

Demonic Magic

Alastor can cast magic thanks to the high power-level he has accrued in the demon ranking system. In the pilot, this takes the visual form of glowing red symbols that resemble Voodoo veve, which float around him. Alastor is also shown using a type of blood magic, clenching his fist until droplets of blood can be seen falling from it, as a means to defeat Sir Pentious.

Shadow Manipulation

Alastor is able to summon shadows and manipulate them into doing his bidding.

Spatial Warping

Alastor is able to get around with the help of his shadow. This was first shown when he teleports behind Charlie and Vaggie after entering the hotel for the first time.

Portal Creation

Alastor can also transport others to his location easily via the portals he makes. This is shown when he pulls Niffty out of a fireplace he summons, as well as pulling Husk (along with a portion of the bar he was in) into the hotel foyer.

Pyrokinesis

Alastor summons a ball of fire to distract Charlie as he shoves Vaggie away before starting his reprise.

Phytokinesis

As shown in the comics, Alastor is able to make plants wilt with a single stare.

Manifestation

Alastor manifests a bottle of cheap alcohol to bribe Husk back into his service.

Photokinesis

During his introduction, he is shown to be able to project red glowing light from his eyes as well as his microphone.

Outfit Alteration

Alastor is capable of changing the outfits of his targets as well as his own with a snap of a finger.

Skillset

Alastor has some skills

Deal-making

Alastor is shown to be a deal-maker demon in the pilot, offering Charlie a deal in return for his help with the hotel, something she wisely turns down. Deal-maker demons like Alastor can increase their power by dealing in souls, which is a very powerful commodity in hell. So they’re seen as very manipulative and not to be toyed with. Deal-making is not something every demon can do, as such it is not to be taken lightly as it doesn’t generally work out well for the other party

Broadcasting

While living, Alastor's profession was as a radio show host, and he continues his broadcasts in Hell, ensuring that Hell's denizens are aware of his activities over the airwaves, earning him the title of "The Radio Demon"

Bilingualism

Alastor can speak English fluently as well as some broken Creole French.

Cooking

Alastor is noted to be "a big foodie" and mentions having admired his mother's cooking in the pilot, specifically her Jambalaya

Musical, Dancing, and Theatrical Talent

Alastor is shown to display moderate vocal abilities and excels at dancing, with VivziePop noting tap to be a style he excels in specifically. He also shows a flair for theatrical showmanship

Wide Intellect

Alastor is shown to be quite a cunning individual, resulting in him accruing a large amount of power through his tricks and deal-making.

Place of birth

Alastor was stated to be from New Orleans, Louisiana when he was alive.

race

His ethnicity was mixed-race Creole

Accent

Alastor speaks with a Transatlantic (sometimes called a Mid-Atlantic) accent. A fashionable affect for American newscasters in the 1920s' to adopt, it was a combination of an idealized American accent and the clipped upper-class Queen's English used by the British Broadcasting Corporation in their "World Service" radio news.

Fluent or not

Alastor can speak some French, although not fluently.

Meat

Alastor enjoys meat raw

instruments

Alastor can play several instruments, including the piano, violin, trumpet, and saxophone. VivziePop has also partially joked that it is part of Alastor's canon that he both owns, and can play, a 'Furby organ'.

Touching

Alastor dislikes being touched and will go out of his way to avoid it, usually in the most off-putting way possible. VivziePop described him stretching and cracking his neck in unnatural contortions to mess with whoever has tried to touch him.

Deer

The red treads on the soles of Alastor's shoes resemble deer hoof tracks, he has antlers, and two tufts of his hair that evoke the ears of a deer.

Deer form (my own headcanon design)

Alastor has a deer form which consists of big black antlers with human organs sat on top, skin ripped off of the mouth showing jaw bones, pitch black eyes, red fur, bunch of missing skin patches all around the body that some bones, Very sharp teeth, ripped ear

Dogs

Alastor really hates dogs because of a reason that relates to his death