Velvette

: "♪ You've got it twisted. I'm not the one who needs a new attitude. Maybe you missed it, but I'm that #Bitch and I will do nothing less than what I please. Woo! I'm the backbone of the Vees. Mad that I acted respectless? Well, it's 'cause no one could respect this. ♪"
: ―Velvette, to Carmilla Carmine
Veronica Kake, more commonly known as Velvette, (pronounced Velvet) is one of the many Overlords in Hell and is a major antagonist in Hazbin Hotel.
She is a close associate of Vox and Valentino and is the self-proclaimed "backbone of the Vees".
== Appearance ==
Velvette is a slim demon with cedar-brown skin, and long curly hair kept into pigtails with bangs by black hair ties. Her hair is colored in a desire-red that features the insides colored in a faded dark navy-blue, and white swirled-streaks on her pigtails and one on her bangs.
Her eyes have white irises, red sclera and slit pupils, and her makeup consists of burgundy eyeshadow on her eyelids, and black lipstick on her lips with a strip across the center of her mouth that has fangs inside.
Velvette's clothing is that of white skull-shaped earrings, and a sleeveless dark navy-blue coat with burgundy lining and two desire hearts on the left side of the fur collar (similar to the ones on Valentino's). Her coat is usually worn over a sleeveless, black turtlenecked crop-top that includes two desire hearts on the chest. Her set of loose-pants are colored in navy-blue and desire-red in a striped pattern, held by a black belt with a white heart-shaped buckle.
For footwear, she wore black low-heeled shoes with white pom-poms on top. Velvette accessorized with black-striped fingerless opera gloves with alternating colors - white for her right glove and desire for her left.
Velvette changes hairstyles and outfits frequently, as seen in "Radio Killed the Video Star" and "The Show Must Go On".
== Personality ==
Velvette is the energetic, stylish and trendy type who is always up-to-date with the latest trends and technology. This is one of the main reasons why she and Vox get along quite well with each other. Faustisse has also described her as being a very crazy person.
She is critical and judgy when it comes to fashion. Velvette is also observant, such as when she notices Carmilla's expression after she pulled out the severed Exorcist's head, and suspected her to be responsible, in which confirmed her suspicions later.
She is shown to be a disrespectful and overbearing employer, insulting and demeaning her employees (who are justifiably afraid of her) while barking orders at them. When her "best model" was dismembered by Valentino, Velvette showed apathy towards her, instead annoyed how she has to find a last-minute replacement because she can't wait for the model to pull herself back together.
She considers herself as "the backbone of the Vees", meaning that she is more willing to put up a fight, as seen when she manages to irritate Carmilla Carmine at the meeting and when she insults and makes fun of Zestial and the other Overlords for being "afraid to fight" when they're actually far from it.
She's also incredibly manipulative and abusive, shown from her treatment of Ara both during and after their romantic relationship, shown by her slapping them with no remorse upon her storming of the Hazbin Hotel with Vox and Valentino.
== Powers and Abilities ==
=== Natural Powers ===
* Immortality ― As with all sinners, Velvette is ageless and immortal, as she has already experienced death, and thus cannot die of old age and most of the other natural causes that kill humans, such as diseases or disorders. However, even as a sinner, she is not completely immortal, as she can still be killed if she is attacked with holy weapons, or if she is hit with attacks from divine entities.
** Nigh-Invulnerability ― Like all other sinners, Velvette is extremely durable, resilient, and immune to most forms of attacks.
** Regeneration ― Velvette can regenerate in the instance she is decapitated, cut, mutilated, or melted. As she can only be killed by angelic weapons or higher beings, her regeneration is strong enough to heal her even if her entire physical body is completely destroyed somehow.
* Demonic Transformation ― Like every other sinner, Velvette possesses the ability to transform into her far stronger Full Demon form at will, and back to her default form.
=== Unique Powers ===
* Demonic Power ― Velvette is still a very powerful sinner capable of easily slaying lower sinners using her weapons, superhuman strength, and proficiency in black magic.
** Black Magic Manipulation ― Velvette is a practitioner of black magic, allowing her to cast malevolent spells, shift reality, and violate the physical forms of others.
*** Cancellation ― One of Velvette's favorite and most unusual powers is magically "cancelling" people. When Velvette invokes this spell upon someone, they become "cancelled", erased from everyone's memories, rendered practically invisible, and those few who do catch a glimpse of them regard them with disdain, denying them any rights or recognition.
*** Clothing Manipulation ― Velvette is able to instantly produce and change the clothing of others in various styles and types by swiping her fingers like she swipes on a phone screen. Her hand is seen glowing while she performs this.
*** Creation ― A rare power for a sinner to possess, Velvette is proficient in very limited creation magic, as she can spawn various objects, weapons, and food such as balloons, confetti, candy, and cake from out of nowhere.
**** Weapon Manifestation ― Whenever Velvette spawns her knives, they appear to be generated from her body, suggesting that they are generated using creation magic.
*** Reality Warping ― Using black magic, Velvette can manipulate her surroundings, causing objects to appear and disappear and changing the layout or color of the room she occupies.
*** Typhokinesis ― Velvette can conjure and manipulate black smoke to mask her escapes.
** Dollification ― Velvette is capable of brewing potions that transform her victims into dolls when ingested. In this state, Velvette's "toys" are still conscious and fully aware of what is happening around them, and are apparently still capable of feeling pain. However, they are unable to communicate with anyone, are rendered immobile, and can only be freed from this state if a special potion is spilled on them.
** Enhanced Speed ― Velvette is unnaturally fast, quick enough to dart across an entire room and a street in a matter of seconds. This speed, coupled with her agility, makes her rather difficult to tag in combat. She is also one of the few sinners capable of keeping up with Niffty.
** Enhanced Strength ― Despite her lean frame, Velvette is deceptively strong.
** Superhuman Reflexes ― Velvette is capable of easily dodging the offensive attacks on others, as shown by her evading and parrying Vaggie's attacks with graceful ease and quickly exploiting her weak spots by stabbing her.
** Teleportation ― Velvette is able to teleport from one place to another, as well as teleport objects or people and make objects disappear out of thin air. While teleporting, she pulls out her phone and strikes a pose, disappearing in a blinding flash of light generated from her phone and leaving behind confetti and the sound of a party horn, but sometimes she occasionally appears from out of nowhere with no warning whatsoever.
=== Abilities ===
* High Intelligence ― She correctly deduced that Carmilla was responsible for the demons' first murder of an Exorcist Angel based of her body language and silence during the Overlords' meeting.
* Potion-Making ― Velvette is said to be good with food and skilled in preparing potions. An example of this would be the love potion being advertised under Valentino's brand shown on posters and billboards in "Radio Killed the Video Star" and "Masquerade."
* Musical Talent ― She is capable of singing and even rapping.
* Technological Skill ― As someone who uses her phone and social media all the time, she has vast skill in technology.
* Animating ― Velvette has displayed impressive skills in animating cartoons using her drawing skills. She frequently makes animations for her streams or to advertise Vox and Valentino's businesses, at one point creating an animation of Valentino screaming at Vox.
* Manipulation ― Velvette is very adept at manipulation, as she was able to successfully manipulate her ex-girlfriend, Ara, into doing whatever she wished.
* Agility ― Velvette is capable of rushing to her desired locations easily, and is able to maneuver her way around her surroundings with little to no effort. While doing this, she appears to not have a walking animation, as when she walks forward, she simply hops forward. Velvette is also extremely skilled in gymnastics, allowing her to free run across Pentagram City's rooftops without losing momentum. She also uses her agility effectively in combat, often somersaulting towards her opponent, and leap frogging over them to avoid attacks.
* Authority ― As an Overlord and member of the Vees, Velvette has sway over all lower demons within Pentagram City.
* Culinary Skill ― As the owner of The Sweet Spot, Velvette is an expert baker, with cookies, candy, cake, and cupcakes being her specialty.
* Intimidation ― Due to her unpredictable and psychotic nature, Velvette is highly feared by other sinners, and her mere presence can put even hardened criminals on edge.
* Master Combatant ― Despite her appearance, Velvette is an expert combatant.
* Natural Weaponry ― Velvette can use her sharp claws and teeth as offensive weapons.
* Resources ― Due to her massive influence on social media, Velvette has control over an army of crazed, loyal followers who follow her every command blindly. This alone makes her a very resourceful person, as she is capable of using her hundreds of fans to get information from places from across Pentagram City that she or her allies would want or need.
* Social Influence ― Velvette is capable of using her platform to spread misinformation or good promotion about a person or place, allowing her to effortlessly manipulate the public opinion about the subject.
* Social Media Manipulation ― Velvette possesses a complete and total understanding of the social norms of the current internet and easily adapts to the latest trends to increase the influence of herself and the other Vees. She uses social media to inspire blind loyalty and adoration towards herself as well as Vox and Valentino, portraying herself as a lovable, yet psychotic e-girl. She often uses this to make her most devoted fans become her personal minions and keyboard warriors, or "simps", who spend the majority of their lives creating internet memes and helping her in her crimes with the only reward being brief spurts of Velvette's attention.
* Wealth ― Velvette is extremely rich due to her status as an overlord, as well as her income from social media, her fashion empire, and her sweet shoppe.
* Weapon Proficiency ― Velvette is an expert at handling many types of weaponry, ranging from knives to explosives.
=== Weapons ===
* Angelic Weaponry ― Velvette possesses a collection of angelic weapons she has picked up from previous exterminations.
* Knives ― Velvette is equipped with an almost endless array of butcher knives of which she is capable of using with deadly efficiency. Although she always carries knives on her person, she is also capable of spawning knives from scratch using magic.
* Potions ― Velvette's potions can often result in lethal effects; she most often uses her potions to create a transfiguration fluid that transforms her victims into whatever she desires once it is ingested. She can also mix her potions to create fragrances and vapors such as perfume, and can create a poisonous gas which she could use to kill trapped enemies.
== Songs ==
=== Season 1 ===
* Respectless ― Duet with Carmilla Carmine (with Zestial); Season 1, Episode 3 - "Scrambled Eggs"
== Trivia ==
* Prior to October 2022, she went by the name "Velvet" as disclosed by the series' staff, merchandise, and social media accounts. On October 31, 2022, a teaser from Hazbin Hotel's Twitter account confirmed her name would be "Velvette" for the main series.
** The name "velvet" means "a closely woven fabric of silk, cotton, or nylon, that has a thick short pile on one side". Its Latin root word, villus, means "shaggy cloth" or "tuft of hair".
** Her name could also refer to the color red velvet, like the color of her hair.
** The color velvet often represents power and wealth, representing her status as an Overlord.
** The "ette" is used as a suffix to make words feminine, representing her status as the only female member of the Vees.
** Her Sinstagram username, radvelvetcakes, is a pun on the word “rad” and the confectionary, red velvet cakes.
* According to the "Clocktower Countdown to Premiere" livestream, Velvette is the youngest Overlord in Hell, also making her the youngest of the Vees.
* Velvette's nickname of "Babydoll" by Valentino was first revealed in the Sinstagram posts.
* Velvette's phone case design was made by Sam Miller and is designed so the "<3" is both a heart chatspeak and stands for "3 Vees" while the patterns at the bottom corners are @ symbols mimicking the shape language of her pigtails.
* According to Vivziepop, Velvette is the glue between these two very egotistical and chaotic villains, Vox and Val.
* Her theme song would either be "Don't Lose Ur Head" from Six, "Disturbia" by Rihanna, or "Black Magic" by Little Mix.
* Her favorite genre of music is dance-pop.
* Velvette only eats sweet or junk food such as cake, candy, and other confections.
* Her phone has infinite storage.
* She has 750,104,807,785 followers on Sinstagram.
* Whenever there is a current trend, or "challenge", in Hell, Velvette will always participate in it, no matter how dangerous and outright deadly it is (drinking bleach, cutting herself open to see if she's made of cake, etc.)
* Much like Vox, Velvette despises outdated technology.
* Velvette, in terms of power, is a 4 on a scale of 1 to 10.
* Velvette's Godly Parent is Hecate.
* Velvette's Hogwarts House is Slytherin.
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