Pluto (The Black Cat)

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* Berserk

**Pluto** is a black cat who appears in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat".

## Physical Appearance

Pluto appears as an ordinary black cat with yellow eyes. His left eye is missing and he has a chipped ear. On his chest is a white patch of fur taking the shape of the gallows, which presumably symbolizes the fate of a major criminal.

When Pluto goes berserk, his left eye opens up to reveal the combined symbols of Hades, the god of the Underworld, and the dwarf planet Pluto. Above the Hades symbol are five smaller symbols of Pluto's moons Charon, Nix, Styx, Kerberos, and Hydra. Not only that, his arms and claws become as hot as white hot metal, which can reach 2,400 Degrees F.

## Backstory

Pluto was an ordinary black cat owned by a man and his wife. His owner had a strong affection for pets until he perversely turns to abusing them. One night, after coming home completely intoxicated, he believes Pluto to be avoiding him. When he tries to seize him, the panicked cat bites the man, and in a fit of drunken rage he seizes Pluto, pulls a pen-knife from his pocket, and deliberately gouges out his eye. In another fit of drunken fury, the narrator takes Pluto out in the garden one morning and ties a noose around his neck, hanging him from a tree where he dies.

What the owner didn't know however, is that Pluto was about to be reincarnated as an immortal by Persephone, the Greek goddess of the underworld. The very same night Pluto was hung, the couple's house mysteriously catches fire, forcing them and their servant to flee the premises. Once the fire is out, one remaining wall shows a burned outline of a cat hanging from a noose. Unbeknownst to the owner, this was a sign of Pluto's reincarnation.

Some time later, the husband finds the reincarnated Pluto in a tavern, mistaking him for being a similar cat being the same size and color as the original and even missing an eye, with the only difference is a large white patch on his chest. The husband takes him home, but soon begins to fear and loathe him, as it amplifies his guilty conscience. After some time, the white patch of fur begins to take shape and, much to the man's horror, forms the shape of the gallows. This terrifies and angers him more, and he avoids Pluto whenever possible.

Then, one day when the man and his wife are visiting the cellar in their new home, Pluto gets under its master's feet and nearly trips him down the stairs. The infuriated narrator attempts to kill him with an axe but is stopped by his wife. Failing to take out his drunken fury on Pluto, he angrily kills his wife with the axe instead. He seals his wife's corpse in a wall in the cellar. A few days later, when the police arrive to investigate the wife's disappearance, they find nothing and the narrator goes free. Pluto, which he intended to kill as well, has also gone missing. This grants him the freedom to sleep, even with the burden of murder.

On the last day of the investigation, the man accompanies the still-clueless police into the cellar. Completely confident in his own safety, the man comments on the sturdiness of the building and taps upon the wall he had built around his wife's body. Suddenly, a loud, inhuman screaming sound fills the room. The alarmed police tear down the wall and find the wife's corpse. Sitting on the corpse's rotting head, to the utter horror of the husband, is the screeching black cat. The terrified husband is immediately shattered completely by this reminder of his crime—which he had believed to be safe from discovery—and the appearance of Pluto.

It's still unknown what happened to Pluto's "owner" after he was arrested for the murder. It was thought that he spent the rest of his life in prison or he was sentenced to death. Ever since his reincarnation as an immortal, Pluto has inherited most of Kratos' powers and now hunts down major criminals who get away with their crimes and bring them to justice, even by his own paws. Those who commit minor, harmless crimes are spared by Pluto and those who commit major crimes, especially the worst ones, are not. Those who evade justice will never escape Pluto's wrath, as he will deliver an instant death sentence.

## In The Series

### Sagwa's Siamese Life

Pluto is a supporting character in Sagwa's Siamese Life. He was known for bursting out of a wooden floor and killing a tyrannical principal with a napoleon complex and all the staff who praised him. These awful school staff hated fun and laughter and always got away with ruining fun things. Them getting away with all their petty crimes proved a fatal mistake, as Pluto revealed himself for the first time and killed them all by tearing them to shreds and leaving them unrecognizable.

### Personality

Pluto is a lone hunter who bitterly hates criminals like Midnight does. Despite his sinister appearance, Pluto is actually a kind soul to those who are not criminals and is very passionate about justice. However, he will not hesitate hunt down those who evade karma and rip them to shreds. Strangely, while he does not like minor criminals who vandalize places with crude graffiti, he does enjoy creative street art that makes people smile.

## Gallery

An Early 20th-century illustration of Pluto by Byam ShawPluto's berserk eye symbolBury the Light - Vergil's battle theme from Devil May Cry 5 Special EditionPluto's battle theme