Twilight the Demon King

**Twilight**, the **Demon King** (魔王タソガレ, *Maō Tasogare*) is the main antagonist of *Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle*. He is the lord of the Demon Castle who kidnapped Aurora Sya Lis Goodereste. He claims to hold the greatest sway over the entire world, which is currently divided between humans and demons, but what he cares about most are event flags and game balance.

## Personality

Twilight is shown to be very malevolent, but that's only on the outside, as in reality he is very much a worrywart.

He is always thinking of ways to lead Dawner the hero to him, and actually gets worried if the latter is going to be defeated; furthermore, he even lays weapons and tools to make the hero's quest easier.

Apart from that, he is a genuine leader for the demons residing in his castle; but even he cannot stand against Syalis, and he is even shown to care for her.

It's entirely possible Twilight is a moron. Given he wanted better relationships with humans, but kidnapped the princess, making things worse.

## Appearance

Twilight appears as a young man with tan skin and sharp brown eyes. His short hair starts off white and turns green as it goes down and his covers his left eye with his bangs. Some parts of his hair are significantly longer compared to the rest. He also has two black horns with a red tassel being hung on his left horn.

He is normally seen wearing a purple cape and white gloves. Underneath the cape, is a red gakuran with black cuffs that are gold accented, and what appears to be a goat skull is placed at the center as its horns wrap around the body of the blazer. He also wears black pants and silver armor boots. Some of his undershirt can be seen coming out from the gakuran.

## Background

His battle style is shrouded in mystery and apparently he changes shape when he gets serious.

## Trivia

* Rank: ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
* Naivety: ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
* His favorite food is streamed monster bird egg custard.
* His zodiac sign is a Gemini
* His favorite thing is game balance.
* Each Demon Lord is not born but spawned from the powers of the previous one.
* His grandfather's name was Zero.
	+ His great-grandfather's name was Pre-dawn.
	+ His grandfather, Zero, is the one who started the war between demons and humans, and he greatly regrets it.
* He has several childish misconceptions : children break at the touch, your waist explodes if you leave the bath within 20 minutes etc.
* He kept his child-like appearance until he was around 50 years old.
* He was born at 6:06:06 in the morning.
	+ This peculiar time is a likely reference to the Number of the Beast shown in the Book of Revelation: 666, emphasizing his nature as the leader of demon kind.
* His horns can be shed and grown back.
* Early in the series he comes to regret kidnapping the Princess, because of all the mayhem and destruction she causes the castle; he still regrets it because the Hero took *four years* to finally "rescue" her.
* He likes reading Historical Fiction Manga with lots of Battle.
* Specialties: As good a cook as any of the rookies in their first year living alone. His specialty is sweet omelets. (And they're not that good.)
* Scallop, His favorite sushi Is Sweet Scallop with lots of wasabi.
* His Favorite Dessert and Teas are King Chocolate Marshmallow and Demon Roasted Green Tea (hot).
* He scored 2nd place in the Demon Castle Army Popularity Poll with 21,646,563 votes.
* When he was about 45, he met the Hero as a child when they were both lost in the forest, and due to his long hair at the time, Twilight thought he was a girl and had his first ever crush on Dawner.
* The kind of rule he's aiming for is a relaxed, gentle rule.
* He has monthly gatherings with Hades and Poseidon, which always end with he and Hades fighting.
* His fighting style is imbuing his hands with magic (when he's not going all out).
* His friends often steal a bite of his snacks, then claim that they were only acting as their official taster to check for poison.
* He doesn't have a clear concept of what a mother is, so he's never wanted one or thought about having one.
* He wears gloves because he thinks they look cool.
* When asked, "What part of your appearance do you care about the most and/or how do you maintain it?" he replied, "My figure".
* When asked, "What’s the best thing that happened to you recently?" he replied, "I bought cute kiddie sized clothes for father".
* When sleep talking, he says things such as, "Urrgh… Ack…".
* Horror movies scare him and he hates them.
* He has an extremely tacky wardrobe full of graphic shirts and souvenir shirts that he wears when off-duty. He gets them from the castle's armor shop, and he says that they're all his favorites.
* If the Human World Santa Claus came to the Demon World, he would ask for a vacation home.
* It is revealed in the manga that the Demon King castle will collapse if he dies.
* He created a weapon modelled after the princess but had to remake it completely (due to her complaint that it did not look like her) forgetting its function as a weapon.
* Despite his best attempts to guide the hero, they are always lost which causes him stress.
* He was kidnapped by sand dragon and poison flame dragon. His reaction to this is "theres nothing to do besides sleep".