Loona (Helluva Boss)

appearance

Loona is a hellhound with a wolf-like appearance. She has a pointed, dog-like muzzle with sharp and pointy teeth, and a dark grey nose. Her eyes have red sclera and white irises, and she wears grey eyeshadow and black winged-eyeliner for makeup. Her fur is white with grey countershading encircling her face, grey patches on her shoulders, and long, voluminous silver hair swept to the side to reveal her dark grey ears; the left of which is pierced with two small, black hoop-piercings, while the right is ragged. She has a large, dark grey bushy tail with white on the underside. She also has a piercing on her right eyebrow with a black hoop for jewelry. She is the tallest and the only non-imp member of I.M.P. Her outfit features a large, spiked black choker around her neck. Her tattered grey, off-the-shoulder crop-top is held up at the neckline by a series of crisscross spaghetti-straps that form an inverted pentagram. She wears also a set of black shorts that are tattered at the hems, with a white crescent moon detail on the right side. Loona also accessorizes with both black fingerless gloves and black thigh-high toeless stockings, with her black claws protruding due to her digitigrade stance

Personality

Loona is a cynical and choleric young-adult Hellhound, who was adopted from an orphanage by Blitzo when she was nearing eighteen years of age. Loona is lazy and shows little interest in matters that are going on around her. She also has a short-fuse temper and is often rude and apathetic toward her colleagues, particularly Moxxie, though her ire seems otherwise indiscriminate. When not looking at her phone, Loona is usually scowling at anyone in view. Although, Blitzo has placed her in an active team member role at I.M.P, she is undisciplined and doesn't have much of a work ethic. Among her many anti-social tendencies, Loona has been known to sleep and drink while at work, and hang up on people at her receptionist post. Although, Loona goes to great lengths to maintain an outwardly apathetic attitude, her troubled and isolated upbringing appears to have made her socially awkward and she admits, in a moment of flustered vulnerability upon meeting another Hellhound, that she does not have any friends. When trying to interact with people she does actually want to connect with, she stumbles over her words and worries over her appearance, demonstrating that she has little experience socialising within her peer group. Loona also often shows flashes of a somewhat friendlier attitude towards Blitzo, usually as he enables and defends her worst behaviors. Although she intentionally tries to maintain emotional distance from him, she is also shown to appreciate Blitzo's sense of humor, especially if it's at Moxxie's expense, and she begins to see him as something of a father figure, at one point slipping up and almost referring to him as “dad” - much to Blitzo's delight. Despite how she feels about Blitzo, she acknowledges him trying his best, and knows deep down, as a father, he cares for her. When she can be moved to do so, Loona is a fierce addition to the I.M.P team, as she is intelligent, logical, resourceful, and street smart.

Abilities

Human Disguise - Loona can take on a convincing human appearance to disguise herself in the living world. Superhuman Smell - Loona can detect and identify specific individuals by scent, which appears as a red aura around their bodies. She can also track down targets by smelling names on a list, as she demonstrated in "Spring Broken". However it is shown to have limits, as shown in "Seeing Stars" that due to L.A.'s air pollution, she couldn't pick up the scent of where Octavia was. Skillset: Weapon Mastery - Loona has been shown to be proficient in the use of both firearms and melee weapons, as seen when Millie and Loona were attacking D.H.O.R.K.S.' staff and in I.M.P's standoff in the former's headquarters. Combat Skills - As a hellhound, Loona boasts the agility and instincts of a wolf. She can rip an opponent open with her paws or her teeth, and she has the jaw strength to sever an opponent's head on impact. In both her human disguise and hellhound form, she also uses a variety of kicks. Driving - In "Queen Bee" Loona drives the I.M.P van to take Blitzo home. Spellcasting - She is proficient in casting portal spells with Stolas' grimoire.

background

Loona was born in the Sloth Ring of Hell to unknown parents. When Loona was in her infancy, her family became the victims of the mass kidnappings annually carried out by Belphegor's scavenger units on Hellhound families; her father was murdered while her mother was sent to a labor camp for attempting to save her, and she was forcibly taken from her family and brought to an orphanage belonging to the Hellhound Adoption Foundation to be raised and conditioned as a slave or pet until she could be sold to a new owner. Growing up, Loona was a very lonely and unruly child, having been deprived of love or affection by the abusive and merciless staff of her orphanage who would punish her, sometimes for minor infractions. This resulted in her developing behavioral issues which made her an unwanted child to many, and as a result, she spent most of her life at the orphanage, never being able to develop any friendships with the other hellhounds as they would frequently come and go. As she grew older, Loona became very rebellious; she would frequently sneak out of the orphanage, remove her shock collar without permission, and engage in loutish behavior, such as defacing public property. This would get her into major trouble with the orphanage's staff and Sloth's law enforcement, who doubled down on their punishments to "recondition" Loona.

history part two

When Loona was 17 years of age, the Hellhound Adoption Foundation was preparing to have her euthanized (unbeknownst to her) as she was approaching the age of an adult. However, weeks before this could happen, an imp demon named Blitzø stopped by the orphanage to select a Hellhound. Upon seeing Loona for the first time, Blitzø practically underwent cuteness overload, squealing excitedly with hearts in his eyes, which visibly annoyed Loona, who tried to ignore him. Seeing that Blitzø had taken an interest in Loona, the staff of the orphanage attempted to convince the imp on adopting a younger and more obedient Hellhound, but Blitzø shut down their offer and insisted on having Loona as his daughter, which surprised both the staff and Loona herself, who believed Blitzø intended to adopt her as a slave or pet. Before they gave Loona to him, the headmaster of the orphanage attempted to give Blitzø a shock collar to keep her under control, only for him to quickly liberate her as they exited the orphanage, elated to have her as his daughter, although she was less excited.

Relationships (Blitzo)

Blitzø is Loona's boss and adoptive father and has been since she was "almost 18". The two share a father-daughter relationship, as Blitzø often enables her actions, and at one point when he defended her from Moxxie's criticisms, Loona could be seen smiling softly. Loona is also often amused by Blitzø's sense of humor, especially if it is directed at Moxxie, as she was seen stifling a laugh when the former made a joke of the latter's dick size. Loona also still chooses to live with Blitzø despite being an adult, although this could be a result of her not wanting to put the effort into moving out. While Loona treats Blitzø far better than most, she is still easily tempered whenever he becomes affectionate with her and is ungrateful towards him as when she did not receive what she wanted as a gift for her adoption anniversary. Loona has even protected Blitzø on the rare occasion they are on missions together; she defended her father from a D.H.O.R.K.S agent that tried to assault him with kusarigama, attacked Fergus when he attempted to crush Blitzø's neck with his robotic arm and saved her father from being torn apart by Leviathan. Despite Blitzø being her adoptive father, Loona almost always refers to him by his name, since she dislikes showing her care for him. That said, Loona has an occasional habit of almost calling him her "dad", but can always stop herself mid-sentence and instead call him by name. She also accidentally referred to Blitzø as her dad on Sinstagram after he bought her a bacon strip-flavored frappuccino, before trying to cover herself up by insisting that it was a typo.

Relationships (Moxxie)

Despite being co-workers, Loona and Moxxie share a vitriolic and hostile relationship with each other. Moxxie is frequently irritated by Loona's laziness and toxic behavior, as well as her tendency to make mistakes when on the job. He also insults Loona for her drug habits and the fact that she still lives with Blitzø despite being an adult. Loona retaliates by poking fun at his weight, dick size, and marital status. Loona seems to enjoy getting a rise out of Moxxie and is shown to enjoy his suffering, as shown by her laughing while watching something on her phone that showed him being killed in multiple ways, and smiling when Blitzø stepped on him at one point. Despite their differences, Loona occasionally displays some willingness to help Moxxie with his struggles at work, such as when he was struggling with the idea of ruining an "innocent family", coming up with sinful backstories for the family in an attempt to motivate Moxxie with completing the task. After Moxxie was seemingly killed during I.M.P's mission to kill the hotel crew, Loona could be seen frowning deeply as Vortex informed Blitzø and Millie of his fate. This implied that, for all their past squabbles and arguments, a part of her did not want him to die. During Moxxie's funeral, Loona gave a moving eulogy for Moxxie that was lessened by the fact that it was copied from a movie script she was reading off her phone.

Relationships (millie)

Loona and Millie share a vitriolic relationship with each other despite being co-workers. At first glance, they appear to dislike each other and constantly bicker. On one of I.M.P's past missions, Loona once ignored Millie's calls for help after she was stabbed and injured, displaying no concern for Millie's safety. Millie frequently comes to Moxxie's aide when he is being picked on by Loona, flipping the Hellhound off after she insulted Moxxie, which made Loona growl at her. However, there are hints of positivity and teamwork in their relationship. At one point, Loona showed her own form of awkward concern when Millie was having a breakdown over Moxxie being captured by a paranormal agency, attempted to warn her that going after them would be very dangerous, but was forced to give in to Millie's demands. It was then demonstrated that Loona and Millie are a surprisingly formidable duo when they work together, as they successfully infiltrated D.H.O.R.K.S. and rescued Moxxie and Blitzø. Loona even complimented Millie's agility at one point, saying that she was quite agile for an "old lady", to which Millie annoyedly protested that she was only around five years older than Loona.

relationships (vortex)

Loona and Vortex are good friends with each other, and he is perhaps Loona's only friend. The two first met through Blitzø's rivalry with Verosika, and Loona immediately became smitten with him. In their first interaction, Loona acted very awkward and nervous while speaking to Vortex, awkwardly stammering and going on long tangents, but that did not stop them from forming a friendship in a short span of time. Vortex is very friendly to Loona, as he is with most others, and finds Loona to be cute or funny, as shown by his joke of recreating her introduction to him to playfully tease her. Vortex also expressed that he did not mind her company and did not view her in the same negative manner as his employer. Loona had hoped this would lead to them dating, only to learn that Vortex already had a girlfriend, much to her bitter disappointment. Regardless, the two would still regularly hang out as friends, with Loona would often go out to party with Vortex. Loona was relieved to see Vortex as one of the many who were enlisted by Lucifer to help I.M.P kill the Happy Hotel crew and spends a great deal of her time alongside him more than anyone else. The two spent the majority of the long mission together, doing activities in their downtime such as taking selfies in the Lust Ring and dancing with each other at the Envy Ring nightclub The Deep End. When Vortex was injured when Fergus used his robot arm blaster on the Hellhound, Loona pulled him behind cover and tended to his wounds, and she later asked him if he was okay while I.M.P was traveling to The Deep End. Loona also displayed enough trust in Vortex to reveal her traumatic upbringing at the Hellhound Adoption Foundation while they were partying at a said nightclub. When Loona was on the verge of tears while recounting the mistreatment she endured, Vortex comforted her and encouraged her to focus on the friends and family she had now, which lifted Loona's spirits and brought a small smile to her face.

Relationships (Alastor)

Upon I.M.P being assigned to kill the Happy Hotel crew by Lucifer, Loona was confident that Alastor was not as big a threat as the crew had believed him to be. When Striker informed Loona was the Radio Demon's hatred for canines and told her that she would likely be the first one he killed, Loona insisted that she was not afraid of the Radio Demon and even made a bet with Vortex that she would call him a "bitch" when they crossed paths. When I.M.P clashed with the entire hotel crew at Hell-antis, Loona and Alastor finally came face-to-face. Upon Loona lunging at him, Alastor went into a demonic frenzy and menacingly told Loona to leave him alone, calling her a "mangy, flea-ridden mutt". Loona responded by telling the Radio Demon to make her, before fulfilling her deal with Vortex by calling him "Radio Bitch". Although Loona previously insisted Alastor did not scare her, she did in fact display visible terror when Alastor unleashed his demonic tentacles and henchmen on I.M.P, having greatly underestimated the Radio Demon and realizing how powerful and terrifying he truly was.

Relationships (Karen)

Loona only formally interacted with Karen, Belphe-Tech's neural network, during her adolescence in an event where Loona found herself in trouble with Sloth's law enforcement for vandalism (which had happened eight times prior) and sneaking out of her orphanage. Karen confronted the young Hellhound and reprimanded her, threatening to send her to a Hellhound detention center and be "corrected" should she continue her loutish behavior. Karen spitefully mocked Loona over the fact that no one wanted to adopt her, before reprimanding Loona for removing her shock collar, assuming Loona had removed it so that the headmasters could not track her (in reality, she did so to relieve herself of discomfort), and has an assistant robot outfit her with a new one. Karen determined that Loona ultimately needed to be reconditioned, recommending to her headmasters that she be moved to the attic and overburdened with chores and labor.

Relationships (belphegor)

Despite presumably never meeting the King of Sloth personally, Loona appears to outright abhor Belphegor, disdainfully and bluntly calling him a "fucking dickhead" during a conversation with Vortex. Her hatred for him likely stems from the King of Sloth being indirectly responsible for her troubled youth and depressing childhood. It is unknown if Loona is aware of his underlings taking her from her family (as she could have been too young to remember such a traumatizing event). In "System Reboot 2 Electric Boogaloo", Loona, although hasn't interacted with him, finally came across Belphegor during the battle of the Hellhound Resistance against the New Scavengers Units and the enslaved Hellhound army. She saved her adoptive father from nearly becoming a victim of Belphegor's explosion. She (like Baxter) didn't get to witness Belphegor's final defeat and death.

Job

The company offers the unique service of eliminating living targets still on Earth as a form of settling the unfinished business of Hell's residents. This is done through the use of Stolas's Grimoire that opens portals to Earth, allowing the assassins access to their human targets. It was founded by Blitzo and is run by him along with his employees, consisting of fellow Imps, such as Moxxie and Millie, as well as his Hellhound daughter, Loona. While they do not accept contracts unless the targets are in the living world, they may accept special requests either if enough money is offered or they get to kill someone; an example of this is shown when Stolas hired them as bodyguards in order to safely visit Loo Loo Land with his daughter and they got to kill several would-be assassins targeting Stolas. Loona herself is mainly just the receptionist and book keeper due to her being lazy and not really willing to do much.

nicknames

Loonie, My Baby, Looniepoo (by Blitzø) Meth-Addicted Homeless Woman (by Moxxie) Our Hellhound (by Millie) Girl (by Vortex) Pissed Off Dog (by Fergus) Mangy Flea-Ridden Mutt (by Alastor) Mean Furry Bait Girl (by Simon) Little Bo Peep Dirty Piece of Yiffy Garbage (by Belphegor)

Relationships (Queen Bee-lzebub)

Upon meeting Loona, Beelzebub immediately developed a liking of her and declared her she was her "new favorite person" albeit she also stated Loona was "freaky". When Beelzebub and Vortex tried telling Loona about Blitzo's behavior at the party the two offended each other and nearly started a fight until Loona, not wanting to endanger her friendship with Vortex, relented and went to check on Blitzo. When Loona was out of sight, Beelzebub apologized to Vortex and voiced her concerns about Blitzo and Loona, hoping everything worked out for them.

relationships (Octavia)

Loona likely knew of Octavia prior to their first encounter in "Seeing Stars", as Loona made no effort to stop Octavia from stealing Stolas's Grimoire when she noticed her sneaking into I.M.P's office, but instead looked at her with a raised eyebrow and did not say anything. Loona managed to track her down on Earth, with her approaching Octavia in a friendly manner to comfort her. Loona appeared to be happy, or content, when Octavia hugged her after their conversation.

relationships (stolas)

Loona is only ever seen communicating to Stolas via phone, but it is presumed that she thinks negatively of him, calling him a "clingy rich asshole". In "Truth Seekers", after being rescued by Stolas, Loona appeared to be impressed by the former's demonic entrance rather than frightened. In "Seeing Stars", it was revealed that Loona seems to view Stolas as a good father to Octavia, since he spent the whole day looking for her. She also told Octavia to cut Stolas some slack because, despite not being perfect, he’s trying hard to make her happy.