Alastor

: "Just because you see a smile, don't think you know what's going on underneath. A smile is a valuable tool, my dear. It inspires your friends, keeps your enemies guessing, and ensures no matter what comes your way, you're the one on control."
: ―Alastor, to Charlie Morningstar
Alastor Louis Hartfeld, also known as The Radio Demon, is a sinner demon and one of the many powerful Overlords of Hell. He is one of the main protagonists of Hazbin Hotel.
He is the wickedly charismatic demon who has offered to assist Charlie Morningstar in her endeavors, albeit, for his own amusement.
== Appearance ==
Alastor is a slim, dapper sinner demon with beige-colored skin, and usually has a broad smile full of sharp, yellow teeth. He is at around the same height as his rival, Vox, with the two 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 protruding from the crown.
Alastor's eyes have dark-red sclera, bright-red irises and thin black pupils. His forearms and lower legs fade to dark grey, and he has red hoofed toes and red fingers.
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 also wears a dark-red oval-shaped monocle, rimmed with black, over his right eye.
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.
When in his full demon form, Alastor's body grows larger and limbs become longer, his neck gains extra joints, and his horns grow in size. His sclera turn black with his pupils turn into the shape of radio dials. His suit and ends of his mouth also gain stitches along them.
== Personality ==
Alastor stands out from many of the more chaotic residents of hell for his well maintained amiable persona. He gives a first-impression of a good-natured and charming man, wearing a permanently wide grin on his face at all times. His 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. He is noted to be narcissistic, with his love for himself being stated that no one else can measure up to it, and he does not see many people quite up to his level.
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.
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 Town.
His smiling is a very self enforced form of ego and a show of power and dominance; he looks down on anyone who let's their true emotions show, and even when faced with a rival in strength, if they let slip a frown, Alastor will see them as truly weak. His smile is also to be more unpredictable and unnerving, and gives him a feeling of completele control over himself.
While Alastor is powerful, he 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.
Despite everything, Alastor does genuinely seem to want to help Charlie run the Hazbin 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.
Despite consistently having a confident and cheerful demeanor, he harbors a vulnerable side that becomes apparent when confronted with reminders of being "chained". In this instance, his facade of certainty crumbles, and he succumbs to panic attack.
Alastor, over time, however, does grow to genuinely care for others around him, though he does keep his own twisted sense of morals and values. He is shown to genuinely think of Charlie as a daughter, and adopts Niffty as his own, as well as accepts his role as a Satan-Father for Ara, Husk's oldest child, with glee, and is shown to detest Valentino for his treatment of Angel.
== Powers and Abilities ==
=== Natural Powers ===
* Demonic Transformation ― Alastor lacks a singular form, and can take on various forms. He has the ability to turn into a stronger, more demonic form at will, and then effortlessly transform back to his default form. He demonstrated this when he used his fully demonic form to terrify a butcher before devouring him, and later severely wounding Charlie while under the influence of Satan. Along with his Full Demon Form, Alastor can take on many different types of forms and various creatures, including his human form and animals, with one of his favorite forms being a demonic deer.
** Tentacle Creation ― As seen in "Dad Beat Dad", Alastor can produce black tentacles from his back and can create tentacles from outside his body. In the pilot he is shown summoning tentacles through a portal to defeat Sir Pentious and destroy his blimp.
* Immortality ― Alastor has already experienced death and thus cannot be killed again in a traditional sense, effectively making him undead.
** Regeneration ― Although Alastor has yet to display his regenerative capabilities, sinners have the ability to regenerate lost limbs, and can respawn in their normal forms even in the event that their physical bodies are completely destroyed, as implied by the survival of the demon who was crushed by a large rock.
** Nigh-Invulnerability ― Alastor is able to take insane amounts of damage before being harmed.
=== Unique Powers ===
* Demonic Power ― Described as "all-powerful", Alastor can cast many different forms of malevolent magic, ranging from voodoo, curses, and dark energy, thanks to the immense power level he accrued upon manifesting in Hell. His powers are inspired by voodoo and eldritch magic, and he utilizes voodoo magic effectively against his enemies or victims. Alastor likely possesses far more powers than those he has demonstrated on-screen, as he likes to remain unpredictable. Upon arriving at Hell, he easily defeated nearly all of Hell's previous Overlords in a single night's time, rising to become one of the most feared entities in the Inferno's history. He was shown to be capable of laying waste to cities using his magic, having used his demonic powers in the past to throw Pentagram City into chaos. Despite only being an Overlord by technicality, he is far more powerful than many Overlords such as Rosie, Velvette, and Valentino, and as a result, he is considered to be one of the most powerful demons of Hell's history, with even Lucifer himself being impressed by Alastor's dark magical capabilities. Vaggie has outright called him the single most dangerous sinner in Hell.
** Acoustokinesis ― Alastor is capable of layering his voice with a radio effect, switching through many different volumes and pitches, occasionally distorting or deepening his voice to intimidate others. He can also project different types of sound effects from the radio on his cane, such as laugh tracks, booing, or the sound of his victims' screams, and can manipulate his cane to say various things and converse with it.
** Aura ― Alastor is occasionally depicted with an aura of perception-altering demonic glyphs and voodoo symbols when using his powers or when planning something. He can protect himself by surrounding his body with tangible voodoo symbols that can absorb many different attacks.
** Body Control ― Alastor can completely dematerialize his entire body, which he generally does to avoid physical contact with others, and then rematerialize once his obstacle was avoided. He can also manipulate the bodies of other entities; at one point, he was able to literally remove the mouth of one of Vox's boisterous henchmen while confronting the TV Demon.
** Chlorokinesis ― While selecting roses at a shop, Alastor caused a rose to wilt and die just by touching and staring at it.
** Clairvoyance ― Alastor is capable of knowing the locations of all of his associates and allies, as he was able to perceive Husk when he was at the Jackpot Hotel miles away from where the Radio Demon was.
** Clothing Manipulation ― Alastor, with hand gestures, completely altered the outfits of the hotel crew, including his own, during his musical number "Inside of Every Demon Is a Lost Cause" in order for their outfits to fit the song's aesthetic. When said the musical number was cut short by Sir Pentious, Alastor and the hotel crew's outfits returned to normal. Before singing Heaven 2 Hell with Charlie, he spawned a new outfit for himself along with a black top hat.
** Creation ― Alastor is capable of limited creation magic. He can casually conjure various objects such as newspapers, several paintings of himself, an entire stage for himself and Charlie to perform on, and spawned a bottle of booze by merely waving his hand. While coming up with changes to the Hazbin Hotel with Charlie, he conjured a small radio tower for himself to settle and broadcast in, which he spawned on the side of the top of the Hazbin Hotel.
*** Weapon Manifestation ― Alastor can produce various types of weaponry for himself or others to utilize, as shown when he spawned a vast array of weaponry such as knives, swords, and firearms for the hotel crew to use against the Vees and their armies.
** Electrokinesis ― Alastor is capable of summoning lightning bolts of magical properties, as seen when he spawned a lightning bolt that changed the Hazbin Hotel's sign from "Happy" to "Hazbin". Alastor can also cause electronics to flicker through his anger, as seen when he discovered that Vox had tortured Husk.
** Ergokinesis ― Using demonic magic, Alastor can project red and black energy blasts, streams, waves, and bolts of concentrated magic, allowing him to hit, destroy, or blow away his targets, potentially exerting enough force to destroy other entities or structures altogether.
** Fear Inducement ― As a result of his horrific reputation, immense power, and past crimes, Alastor inspires an extreme amount of fear in others, and his mere presence seems to instinctively strike intense horror into nearly everyone within the Radio Demon's vicinity. Even the most homicidal of maniacs, crime lords, other Overlords, and those who eclipse the Radio Demon in terms of power, such as Charlie, is put into a state of crippling fear while in his presence.
** Fragokinesis ― Alastor can cause objects to overcharge with energy and explode merely by staring at them, as seen when he destroyed several vehicles that surrounded Vox in an attempt to injure the TV Demon, although the TV Demon easily blocked the attack by conjuring an electrical force-field.
** Limb Extension ― Alastor can stretch his limbs, such as his arms and neck, into unnatural contortions and lengths, whether it be for grabbing the hotel crew into a group hug, or to avoid someone who is trying to touch him.
** Pocket Dimension Creation ― Alastor has unlimited control over "The Show", a constantly shifting, chaotic pocket dimension which he has complete control over and presumably created. Alastor used The Show as a way to torture and imprison the Overlords he defeated when he first arrived in Hell, as well as a way to punish his more despised victims in Hell. In The Show, Alastor's victims are forced to live in an endless cycle of humiliation, torture, and being killed once again. Due to their demonic physiology, Alastor's victims will merely regenerate after their "deaths", only to simply be put in yet another cycle of torture and death which is worse than the previous one, a process which they will go through forever, or at least until Alastor decides to release them, which has rarely if ever, occurred.
*** Madness Inducement ― Alastor can seemingly create demonic dimensions that are capable of altering the sanity of other entities, this includes demons and sinners, just by the mere sight of them.
**** Immunity to Madness Inducement ― Alternatively, Alastor is able to enter these dimensions without being affected by them.
** Mind Control ― Alastor can control the minds and actions of other entities simultaneously, typically doing so by projecting a wave of red magic that allows him to instantly possess whoever it strikes. Once under his control, his victims undergo a transformation, causing them to twitch supernaturally, gain red eyes with radio dials for pupils, the Radio Demon's sharp teeth, and allow him to speak through his victims.
** Perception Manipulation ― Alastor can alter the way others perceive him. This was shown after he entered the Hazbin Hotel, when he corrupted Vaggie's perception just by smiling, which caused her to see him in a more threatening visage with reality distorting around him.
** Photokinesis ― Alastor is capable of manipulating light to a limited degree. He can make his cane glow a faint red color and can project a bright yellow light from the eyeball on his cane, allowing him to essentially use it as a flashlight. He can also create a green light whenever he offers someone a handshake to seal a deal. Additionally, he can make his eyes and teeth glow red on a whim, allowing him to see in complete darkness.
** Portal Creation ― Alastor can transport himself and others to any given location in the Pride Ring easily via the use of fiery portals. The Radio Demon can also utilize these portals to summon swarms of giant demonic tentacles which he can manipulate and can generate portals that lead to his pocket dimension, The Show.
** Pyrokinesis ― As another one of his signature abilities, Alastor can summon powerful, magical fire at will to attack his enemies, cause massive damage to anything in his vicinity, or simply as a means to display his power. Alastor's flames are especially powerful and capable of burning entire buildings across Pentagram City to the ground and severely damaging even entities that are immune to flames, such as demons and sinners, a testament to the power and magical properties of Alastor's flames. He also lit a fireplace with a snap of his fingers and used a torrent of fire generated from his hands to heat up a bowl of gumbo.
** Reality Warping ― During his musical number, Alastor altered the clothing of the Happy Hotel's staff, changed the interior of the hotel into that of a funky ballroom to fit the aesthetic of the song he was singing, and turned the hotel's interior back to normal once the song was interpreted. Earlier, when coercing Husk into working at the Happy Hotel, he spawned a bottle of booze by simply waving his hand. Later, Alastor completely revitalized the exterior design of the Happy Hotel simply by tapping his cane on the ground, in addition to changing the building's sign from "Happy" to "Hazbin" with a bolt of lightning. Later, when Charlie morphed the interior of the Hazbin Hotel into something of a funhouse while brainstorming ideas with the Radio Demon, Alastor reversed the princess' reality warping by turning the hotel back to its original form that he had chosen upon his arrival.
** Shapeshifting ― Alastor lacks a single form, and can take on many different types of forms and various creatures, including his human form and animals, with one of his favorite forms being a demonic deer.
** Shockwave Generation ― Whenever Alastor offers his targets a deal, a burst of green light appears that is capable of slightly pushing back those nearby, as seen when he offered Charlie a deal at the Happy Hotel which pushed back her, Vaggie, and Angel Dust.
** Soul Manipulation ― Alastor can take control and manipulate the souls of others through deal-making. Once Alastor strikes a deal with someone, he gains full control over their very existence and being, which allows him to summon and command them whenever he pleases, or even erase them or torture their souls for any disobedience.
** Summoning ― Alastor is skilled in conjuration magic, which allows the Radio Demon to summon seemingly anything he desires, whether they be items, spirits, other entities, or elements. Among many things, he is capable of summoning up to thousands of sentient shadow demons, diminutive doll-like creatures, and smaller, unidentified demons to do his exact bidding, such as assisting him in cleaning the hotel and fending off external threats, to aiding him in his acts of terror and mayhem. With a snap of a finger, Alastor can summon gigantic, demonic tentacles that he often uses offensively to attack his enemies or cause massive amounts of destruction to his vicinity. These tentacles can grow large enough to wrap around entire skyscrapers, if not larger, and effortlessly impale demons with their sharpened tips. Furthermore, he can summon his cane at will, like how he summoned Husk from a casino across Pentagram City to the Happy Hotel and manifested Niffty from a fireplace.
** Technology Manipulation ― Alastor can affect cameras and smartphones in a way that it never allows his face to be photographed properly, as either the entire footage is distorted, or simply just his visage is covered by glitches and distortions.
** Telekinesis ― At one point, Alastor used telekinesis to manipulate multiple booms, buckets, mops, and feather dusters in order to use them to clean the Hazbin Hotel, without having to physically do it himself.
** Teleportation ― Alastor can instantly teleport anywhere he desires across the Pride Ring. While teleporting, he either dissolves into darkness and reappears from the same element, fades into or appears from the shadows, or disappears and reappears through portals.
** Umbrakinesis ― Alastor is able to summon and manipulate shadows into doing his bidding. He can also hide in shadows as seen when he hid while Charlie forgave Pentious.
*** Shadow Warping and Generation ― 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. He's able to summon these shadows whenever he wishes.
** Voodoo Magic ― Using it in combination with his demonic powers, Alastor is proficient in many forms of voodoo, mainly Petro Voodoo (dark voodoo magic).
*** Blood Magic ― Using voodoo magic, Alastor can inflict a large amount of pain on his victims by harming himself, typically in a way that draws blood. The more blood he draws from himself, the more damage is inflicted on his targets. When Alastor defended the Hazbin Hotel from Sir Pentious, he could be seen clenching his fist until droplets of blood dripped from his fingers, which allowed him to finally crush Sir Pentious' giant airship, with Pentious and the Egg Boiz still inside.
*** Force-Field Generation ― Alastor can manifest highly durable barriers of various sizes in order to shield himself, others, or even objects and large constructs from offensive attacks. His shields are capable of growing large enough to envelop the entire Hazbin Hotel crew, or even the Hazbin Hotel itself, which he used to protect the hotel during the Vees' assault. Notably, his shields are layered with voodoo symbols, suggesting that they are generated using voodoo magic.
*** Healing ― Alastor can use Voodoo to heal others from injuries or sickness.
*** Pain Inducement ― Alastor can utilize voodoo magic to cause tremendous pain to one or multiple victims. This was demonstrated in a flashback, showing Alastor using this curse on a group of demons, causing them to writhe in pain on the floor while surrounded by a red aura and voodoo symbols.
*** Protection Spell ― Alastor can use protection spells via voodoo symbols on the walls of the Hazbin Hotel that neutralized the weapons of Vox, Velvette, and Valentino's underlings, and revitalize Alastor's own magic, even after he had been overwhelmed by Vox's onslaught.
=== Abilities ===
* 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".
* Multilingualism ― Alastor can speak English fluently as well as some broken Creole French. He can also speak in some demonic tongues he has learned from Rosie.
* Culinary Skills ― 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, specifically in tap. He also shows a flair for theatrical showmanship.
* High Intelligence ― Alastor is shown to be quite a cunning individual, resulting in him accruing a large amount of power through his tricks and deal-making.
* Charisma ― Alastor is incredibly charismatic, having used his powers and charm to sway hundreds, if not thousands of sinners into making deals with him, befriending him, and tricking others into believing false notions. He is charming enough to win over people who were previously untrusting and terrified of him, such as Charlie Morningstar, who now sees the Radio Demon as her friend and partner despite initially avoiding him at all costs.
* Flexibility ― Alastor can position, twist, and bend his body into many inhuman positions without injuring his joints. This includes being able to turn his head 180°.
* Hand-to-Hand Combat ― Although he rarely fights without using his powers, as he sees it as informal, Alastor is a surprisingly capable hand-to-hand combatant. Experienced from his years as a serial killer, Alastor is able to easily wrestle with fully-grown adults, and typically beats them down by breaking their bones and injuring their eyes. He also demonstrated fierce fist-fighting prowess to the point he could take on multiple individuals at once and even render his victims unconscious with a few well-placed hits.
* Hunting Skills ― During his life, Alastor was a skilled deer hunter, enough to decorate his home with antlers and a deer rug. As such, he is highly skilled at hunting and tracking. He even employed his skills as a hunter while murdering people, often gravely wounding his targets, allowing them to escape, and calmly following their blood trail to finally kill his victims.
* Marksmanship ― Although he no longer uses firearms due to gaining demonic powers, Alastor was an avid and successful deer hunter in his life, with his favorite weapon being a scoped hunting rifle which he used for his deadly efficiency.
* Natural Weaponry ― Alastor can use his horns, claws, and teeth as offensive weapons. This was shown after he used his teeth and claws to mutilate and devour a butcher who attempted to murder a defenseless sheep demon. His teeth are sharp enough to allow him to dismember other sinners by biting their limbs off.
=== Weapons ===
* Butcher Knives ― During his life, Alastor's primary weapon for murdering people was an assortment of butcher knives.
* Cane ― Alastor is never seen without a thin, sentient cane that is essentially an extension of himself. The cane has a microphone attached to it that he can use to project many different sound effects such as a crowd screaming, laughing, or jeering, and can make his cane say anything he wants. The microphone atop his cane can also be used to amplify the volume of his voice. The cane's microphone also possesses an eyeball that Alastor can use to project a bright yellow light, allowing him to use it as essentially a flashlight. Although he mostly uses his cane to amplify his voice and play sound effects, he has occasionally used it as a weapon, mostly to violently strike his opponents, or impale them with the pointed tip.
* Hunting Rifle ― During his life, Alastor utilized a scoped hunting rifle as his favorite weapon while hunting. The rifle was decorated with deer teeth, and his name had been engraved on the barrel.
=== Weaknesses ===
* Angelic Intervention ― Although Alastor is incredibly powerful, breaking his cane causes him to be unable to use his powers, and he can be killed with angelic weaponry.
=== Other Characteristics ===
* Mental Illness and Disorder ― Alastor shows several clear signs of being mentally unwell.
** Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) ― Alastor is autistic, having been diagnosed a few years after he arrived in Hell by an associate of his best friend, Rosie.
** Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD) ― Due to being abused by both his father and Vox as well as being mauled to death by a pack of hunting dogs, Alastor has C-PTSD, causing flashbacks, panic attacks, and anxiety.
** Antisocial Personality Disorder / Sociopathy (ASPD) ― Alastor is a diagnosed sociopath, causing him to have little to no regard for right and wrong and for him to consistently ignore the thoughts and feelings of others around him.
== Songs ==
=== Season 0 ===
* Alastor's Game ― Solo; Before "Smile Like You Mean It"
* Smile Like You Mean It ― Solo (with Husk); Before "That's Entertainment"
* Inside of Every Demon is a Lost Cause (Alastor's Reprise) ― Solo; Season 0, Episode 1 - "That's Entertainment!"
* Hell 2 Heaven ― Duet with Charlie; Between "That's Entertainment!" and "Overture"
* Insane ― Solo; Between "Hell 2 Heaven" and "Overture"
=== Season 1 ===
* Stayed Gone ― Duet with Vox; Season 1, Episode 2 - "Radio Killed the Video Star"
* Hell's Greatest Dad ― Duet with Lucifer; Season 1, Episode 6 - "Dad Beat Dad"
* Ready For This ― Group Song with Charlie, Rosie, and Cannibal Demons; Season 1, Episode 8 - "Hello Rosie!"
* Finale ― Group Song with Charlie, Ara, Vaggie, Lucifer, Angel, Niffty, Husk, Vox, Cherri, and Valentino; Season 1, Episode 9 - "The Show Must Go On"
== Trivia ==
* Alastor's Hogwarts House is Slytherin.
* Alastor's Godly Parent is Hecate.
* Alastor's name in ancient Greek means "spirit of revenge" or "tormentor". Given that he was a serial killer in life (specifically one who mostly targeted criminals) and enjoys torturing his victims, this is very fitting.
** His surname, Altruist, means a person who does good and does not expect any in return. Although this may seem ironic at first, it becomes true when looking at his attitude towards Charlie, Niffty, Rosie, and Kahlani.
*His theme song would either be "You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile" by Daniel Craig, "Let's Misbehave" by Cole Porter and Irving Aaronson, or "Smile" by Charlie Chaplin.
*Alastor is the subject of numerous running gags throughout the series.
**One running gag throughout the series is Alastor almost always appearing suddenly, startling the hotel crew or other people.
**Whenever he attempts to greet someone, they almost always run away in fear or avoid him before he can even finish saying a simple "Hello".
**He will randomly make a jab or ridiculing comment at Baxter, making his hatred of the scientist very apparent but never elaborating as to why.
*The only people capable of calming Alastor's rage are Rosie and Ara, due to their long history with him.
*Alastor speaks with a very faint Southern accent which is only apparent whenever he is angry. He also regularly speaks with a trans-atlantic accent slightly muffled by a radio filter, though he is capable of turning the filter on and off at will.
*Alastor has numerous pet alligators who guard his radio tower.
*At one point, Alastor jokes that his signature outfit was white when he first obtained it, implying that it was stained red from the blood of his victims.
*His favorite song is "You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile" from Annie. It is a special song to him, as his mother would always sing it to him whenever he was upset.
*According to Vaggie, Alastor has a very unnatural way of sleeping; as opposed to laying down, he "sleeps" by standing straight and facing a corner with his eyes wide open.
*Alastor is one of the few sinners that is not exclusively referred to by a nickname in Hell. Although many sinners regard him only as "the Radio Demon", Alastor himself prefers to stick with his true name, as he is not a fan of making nicknames for himself.
*His favorite holiday is Christmas, since he has fond memories of it with his mother, and because it brings people lots of joy and smiles.
*Alastor is a victim of child abuse, and was frequently abused by his own father as a child and teenager.
**Because of this, he is wary of other men and has a hatred for abusers of any kind, evidenced by him immediately having hatred for the Vees upon discovering how Valentino and Velvette have treated Angel and Ara.
*Alastor is a masochist, which allows him to smile even through horrible physical and emotional pain.
*Alastor is Autistic, and has difficulty with hygiene due to texture issues. Because of this, he has to be made to take care of himself physically, most often by either Husk, Charlie, Ara, or Kahlani.
**Additionally, he is also a diagnosed sociopath.
*Alastor is very passionate about food; he is considered to be a "food snob", and despises "lazy" processed meals such as canned cheese, Easy Mac, and other such items. He also dislikes sweets, as seen by his negative comments on Velvette's confectionery shop, The Sweet Spot. This was also demonstrated in "A Day in the Afterlife", when he demands that the venison from the butcher shop be carefully skinned, as he wants "fresh meat, not bubblegum."
*Sometimes, whenever Alastor makes a joke or insults someone, the sound of canned audience laughter can be heard, apparently coming from the radio on his cane.
*Alastor was also a victim of abuse from Vox. It's heavily implied that he was assaulted after having denied Vox's advances, another reason as to why he avoids physical contact altogether.
*Alastor grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana in the United States.
*Vivziepop declined to give out details of Alastor's killings, but described him as "not going after just anyone", highlighting his "weird moral code". She emphasized his not being a direct parallel to any real world serial killer, instead describing him as sharing some similarities with the fictional serial killer, Dexter.
**Faustisse does not think that Alastor was a cannibal while he was alive.
*Alastor is fluent in English and broken French.
*The pilot makes several references to Alastor's love for his mother. This was confirmed by Faustisse, who described him as "a momma's boy".
*Alastor was a big theater person while living and would see everything. His general media preferences would be the "elevated horror" genre, as well as smart, dry comedies, such as the work of Buster Keaton.
*Although Alastor is not a hard drinker, he does favor the hard liquors when he chooses to drink, such as whiskey. Vivziepop cited his New Orleans background for his "party side", emphasizing that he is a "classy drunk, not a messy drunk".
*Alastor enjoys eating raw meat and likes pineapple on pizza. He also prefers coffee over tea.
*Alastor enjoys visiting the Cannibal Town and frequents the cafes there, relating a lot to the residents and enjoying the food.
*Vivziepop described Alastor's planned room at the Hotel as a mixture between both traditional décor and the fantastical, with one half being a classic "fancy study", complete with tasteful wallpaper and furnishings, the other half being a literal swamp conjured as a dining area. Vivziepop highlighted Alastor's duality as a character and described him as being the type of person to own two homes, one a fancy townhouse, the other a rickety hunting lodge in a bayou on stilts. This room appears in the episode "Scrambled Eggs".
*Alastor simultaneously does and does not care about neatness. He doesn't mind being covered in blood and viscera, and will calmly clean up after himself, but he is bothered by other things, such as people being messy eaters around him. Dave Capdevielle made the comparison to a Hannibal Lecter-like figure, who is very sophisticated about things.
*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".
*Alastor is not a fan of modern technology and doesn't like using any technology that was invented after he died. This plays a part in his not getting along with Vox, who has fully embraced it.
*Alastor is capable of forming friendships and can become fond of people, although in his own particular way. He becomes fond of people he sees as especially funny or entertaining.
*Alastor greatly values manners in others and is personally offended by disrespect and rudeness. He also values humor, enjoying when people can give him a good view of their misery.
*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 snapping his neck in unnatural contortions to avoid his hair being touched and creep out whoever has tried to touch him. However, he does not seem to respect the personal space of others.
*Alastor wears gloves. They are charcoal grey with red tips at the nails.
*Alastor's pilot voice is shares the same voice actor as Joe, Jesse, Striker ("Western Energy" onwards), and the unnamed hellhound from "Queen Bee" of Helluva Boss, with all of them being voiced by Edward Bosco.
**In the main series, he is voiced by Amir Talai, who also voices Tom Trench.
*The theme song for his and Rosie's relationship would be "A Cover Is Not The Book" from Mary Poppins, "We'll Meet Again" by Vera Lynn, and "The Masochism Tango" by Tom Lehrer.
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