Valentino

NAME

Valentino

NICKNAMES

Val Big V (by Angel Dust) Little boy toy (by Velvette) Vees' hot-headed friend (by Vox) Piss baby (by Velvette) Bad boy (by Niffty) Moth Man (by Charlie Morningstar) Angel's boss (by Charlie Morningstar) Dickhead (by Cherri Bomb)

LIKES

Vices Fashion Smoking Monetary gain Sex Making out Filming pornographic films Abusing his employees Taking his frustrations out on others Killing the innocent Exploring new kinks Niffty's feisty personality (partially)

DISLIKES

Losing credibility Losing money Vox yelling at him Things not going his way Not being allowed to do what he wants Angel flirting with others without monetary gain People defying him Niffty's off-putting behavior His fur being ripped off

SEX

Gender Male Sexuality Pansexual

SPECIES

Sinner Demon Human (formerly)

ABILITIES

Charisma Weapon Proficiency Typhokinesis Bilingualism

OCCUPATION

Overlord Owner of Porn Studios Director Pimp

FRIENDS

The Vees (associates) Vox Velvette

ENEMIES

Employees of the Hazbin Hotel Charlie Morningstar (acquainted) Husk (one-sided on his end) Angel Dust (one-sided on his end) Cherri Bomb (one-sided on her end)

OTHERS

Staff of Porn Studios (employees) Angel Dust ("favorite toy") Dia Summer Travis Kitty (servant) Niffty (afraid of) Adam (familiar with) Fellow Overlords Alastor Zestial Carmilla Carmine Rosie Velvette Vox Zeezi Fat Nuggets (gifted to Angel Dust)

Valentino is a sinner demon and one of the many Overlords of Hell. He is a major antagonist of Hazbin Hotel. He is the director and head of the porn studio within V Tower, and a member of the Vees. He is also the owner and boss of his films' main star, Angel Dust, whom he has under soul contractual obligation.

APPEARANCE

Valentino is a tall, slender, somewhat muscular and broad-shouldered moth demon with lavender skin and lacking pupils and irises in his cerise-pink eyes, over which he is always depicted wearing gold-rimmed, heart-shaped sunglasses with cerise lenses. His mouth is full of sharp, cerise teeth with a single golden fang that sits to his far left of center, a feature he shares with his employee, Angel Dust. He also has a long cerise tongue. Valentino's stature is tall, estimated to be around 10 feet, which he emphasizes with long black heeled boots. He has fluffy white neck fur with small red love-hearts that plumes up from his coat's break-line. He is bald with moth-like antennae; the right appearing like a large white with black heart- striped feather while the left appears smaller and lacking the white areas. He has an extra set of arms just above his hips. His hands and forearms are black, mimicking black gloves, while the upper halves are his normal skin color. He has a pair of large red moth wings that features zebra print fur outlining the edges, while the interior is darker colored with several heart designs. These wings are usually wrapped around his body to form a floor-length coat with white fur at the wrists, as well as black-and-white-striped fur trim down the center-front to the bottom hem, and three white stripes on both hips with a heart shaped design on the back. This coat is pinned with a gold chain and gold love-heart shaped broach fastening at the breast. He also has heart-shaped nipples colored in a darker shade of his skin tone, with gold piercings and a chain hung from them. Valentino wears a red top hat with a wide, asymmetrical zebra-printed hat-band, in which his antennae poke out like feathers. Under his coat, he wears a chest-exposing dark grey shirt with rolled-up sleeves that are held together by two gold buttons, alongside white dress pants held by a black belt with a golden love-heart shaped buckle, and a pair of high-heeled black boots.

PAST

Valentino used to have both his antennae look identical, both like large white with black heart-striped feathers. He didn't have his sunglasses and gold fang, and his coat didn't have fur on the wrists and the outline wasn't fluffy. He wore a red fedora with a zebra print band, and white pants with a pink belt that had a gold heart-shaped buckle.

PERSONALITY

Valentino has been described as being charming and roughly as level-headed as his fellow Overlord, Vox. When he interacts with Charlie in his studio he acts cordial around her while struggling to hide his anger and irritation that he would prefer to take out on one of his employees instead, such as Angel Dust. He does, eventually, show off his real behavior after some time. Valentino uses his charming persona in order to lure other demons into working for him, as shown in "Welcome to Heaven" where Valentino admitted spending much of his time in nightclubs, picking up demons and offering them "jobs" at his studios, with him hiding his more violent and psychotic behavior in order to convince them to willingly "work" for him. Valentino is depicted as being controlling, abusive, and narcissistic, specifically towards one of his star employees, Angel Dust. He also displays sadistic tendencies, appearing to take enjoyment in overriding Angel's consent, and remains seemingly unbothered by the trauma he is inflicting. Valentino is frequently surrounded by a collection of the girls who work for him. He is ostentatious in displaying both his profession and status. Faustisse bluntly described him as "a huge fuckboi". Despite this, he is apparently in a romantic relationship with Vox. Valentino has been described by Angel to be a "psychopathic freak". He has a reputation of throwing massive tantrums when one of his "whore" employees disobey him. Because of his temperamental side, he throws objects and rips other demons apart when he is angry, and he doesn't think about how his actions affect his and the Vees' image to where Vox had to explain that "chasing whores around town" will "fuck up" their "image". Once he calms down, he is more pragmatic and fully aware of possible negatives to acting too rashly. On the other hand, even he has his limits. He was visibly shocked when Vox uncharacteristically snapped at him for wanting to murder everyone at the hotel.

He is also terrified by Niffty's creepy stalker-ish and homicidal behavior.

ABILITIES

Immortality - As a Sinner, Valentino is biologically immortal, being unable to die from illnesses and unable to age, remaining the same age as when he died, thus can not die of old age and other natural causes. He also cannot die from any kind of damage to the body, and will recover from any injury, however, he can only be permanently killed with angelic weaponry. Strength - Valentino's strength appears to be greater than the average demon, being able to slam a door so hard a cupboard got knocked down "Masquerade", and was able to tear demons into pieces with his bare hands in "Radio Killed the Video Star", when Velvette recounts how he "tore up her best model", despite presumably not having any weapons on him. One display of his strength is when he ruthlessly physically abuses Angel Dust by choking him and slamming him around with a single hand.

ABILITIES

Wings - Valentino has a pair of moth wings shown to be able to produce powerful gusts of wind that can easily put out a large fire with one flap. Wing alteration - These wings can cover his body to form his coat, or can be hung down like a cape. It is possible his wings can form coats of various designs as he is seen in "Welcome to Heaven" wearing an alternate style coat. Ocular, dental, and saliva illumination - Valentino's eyes give off a faint red glow, particularly if he's in a dark room, and his teeth can glow when he's giving a sinister smile. His red saliva also glows, mainly when he's acting perverted. Multitasking - Valentino can multitask with his extra set of arms, such as holding his drink while he's decorating one of his guns. Typhokinesis - In the ADDICT music video, Valentino exhales a red, heart-shaped smoke from his cigarettes that has the ability to twist and form different shapes, entering the bodies of other demons, as Valentino directs it. However, a similar smoke is also present in a cigarette Angel smokes indicating that this is both from a specific cigarette he own and also a natural ability of Valentino, since, in "Masquerade," he smokes a cigarette Angel was smoking and the color of the smoke changes when he blows it into Angel's face. Smoke constructs - Valentino can manipulate his red smoke into specific shapes that are physically solid, as shown in "Masquerade" where he formed a chain and manacles to bind Angel Dust and show his dominance over him.

SKILLSET

Weapon proficiency - As shown in the prequel comic, Valentino is easily able to shoot a moving target with accuracy from a notable distance away. Charisma - Valentino possesses a flamboyant and vivacious charm that allows him to persuade others of his authority. Bilingualism - Valentino can fluently speak Spanish and English. Contracts - Like all Overlords, Valentino amassed his power and influence by "owning" souls. The method he uses to accomplish this is by having his victims sign their souls away to his ownership through the contracts he conjures, as shown in his ownership of Angel Dust, where the latter had willingly signed his real name in his contract to "work" for Valentino. However, in some cases, there are loopholes that makes them untouchable under certain circumstances, such as Angel being free from him and his influence outside his studio, which Valentino apparently can't remove. It is possible for Valentino to willingly render the contract null and void and release Angel from his control if he chooses to do so. Artistic talent - According to the "Clocktower Countdown to Premiere" livestream, Valentino is actually a talented artist. Singing and dancing - Valentino has shown to be a good singer and exceptional dancer, being able to performing a duet and dance with Vox. Guns and pistols - Valentino has a collection of guns, such as a pink and zebra print revolver called "Moneyshot", and a gold and black half pistol. He sometimes decorates them with glue, gemstones, and glitter, such as when he added "Valentino" to Moneyshot in "Radio Killed the Video Star".

TRIVIA

Valentino is an Italian name, meaning "brave or strong". It can also mean "a ladies' man", which is fitting considering his status as a pimp. It is likely also a reference to the word "valentine", which is near synonymous with love in many places. According to Sam Miller, background artist and art director of SpindleHorse, Valentino was Hispanic when living. Sometimes while Valentino speaks, he makes squeaking sounds like a moth. He sometimes switches between an American and a Hispanic accent when he is in the middle of a mood swing. According to Angel Dust, Valentino's eyesight is so bad that he once spent a half hour counting a "stack" of bills, unaware there were only three in his hand. This is in reference to him looking at three bills in the ADDICT music video. The fur collar around Valentino's neck is an actual part of his body. This was previously implied in some of Valentino's now-deleted Voxtagram posts, while this was officially confirmed in "Masquerade". He can feel from his collar, as shown in "Welcome to Heaven" when Niffty rips some fluff off for her collection he screams in pain. His saliva is cerise pink like his eyes and tongue. As revealed in "Welcome to Heaven", while the exact details are unknown, according to the contract Angel Dust has signed that gave Valentino ownership of his soul, Valentino can only "Do whatever he wants" to Angel within his porn studio, giving Angel some measure of freedom when he is outside of it. Given that Angel formerly lived in the studio with Valentino, this can possibly be the real reason to Valentino's anger of the former moving into the Hazbin Hotel, as this allowed Angel to escape Valentino's full control. Judging by how many posters there are of Valentino posing mostly naked with his guns, it is possible Valentino may have partaken in acting himself.