Stolas

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**Stolas** is a cursed owl demon and a prince in the Ars Goetia.

## Appearance

Stolas appears as a pale-skinned humanoid demon, though his lips are black and beak-like and his skin has patches of light brown feathers. His nose is hooked. His hair is light brown and mostly straight, with a few curls. His eyes are red with black sclera. He has small dark brown horns coming out of his head, and large dark brown wings coming out of his back that he usually folds over his shoulders to look like a long, feathered cloak He also has long, dark brown tail feathers. His legs are long, with the upper half being mostly human but the bottom half being black bird legs with black talons. He has a black claws. He wears a white shirt, a red vest with gold buttons, and black puffy shorts. He does not wear shoes.

## Personality

Stolas is quiet, reserved, and serious. He does have an arrogant streak, however, and views himself as above any demon who ranks beneath him in the Ars Goetia. He is quite studious and diligent, often spending his time paging through old spellbooks out of curiosity. He has been described as charming by people who know him well, and when he gets comfortable around a person he can be quite playful with them. He is very intelligent and is one of the smartest demons in the Ars Goetia.

## History

Stolas was born to an unnamed king and his wife Stella. A few years after he was born, his younger sister Octavia was born. As young children, Stolas and Octavia got along well and played together often. However as Stolas aged he became more prideful and arrogant, causing tension between the siblings. Stolas began to gain a disdain for the lower class, and he began to see himself above other people, which caused him to treat everyone around him, including other royals and even his own sister, poorly. When he was around 20 years old, Queen Stella got sick and died, and this loss deeply hurt him. This caused him to lash out at others more frequently, with Octavia and Andrealphus, a good friend of his who was a prince in a neighboring kingdom, receiving the brunt of the verbal abuse. Unable to take it anymore, Octavia began to dabble into dark magic and curses, hoping to be able to teach her brother a lesson. She eventually created a golden liquid infused with a curse that would turn her brother into an avian beast. She asked Stolas to meet her in the forest outside the palace, and she gave him the liquid, claiming it was ambrosia. Stolas, flattered and trusting his sister, drank it. He enjoyed it's sweet taste before he was overwhelmed by a strange sensation. Before he could question his sister, he collapsed to the ground in pain as the curse took hold of his body, deforming his body into it's current state, minus the horns and with white sclera. He passed out, and when he awoke he was disoriented and his body felt heavy from the fact that his body weight had more than doubled with his all the changes in his body. Panicking upon seeing himself, he called out first for Octavia, asking what she had done to him, and then for someone, anyone to find him and help him. Andrealphus, who'd been looking for Stolas, heard him and rushed to him, worried out of his mind. Upon encountering the newly-transformed Stolas, however, he gasped and almost ran, not believing that the creature before him really was Stolas. However seeing as the creature refused to harm him as he got closer, Andrealphus reluctantly agreed to help him. He brought Stolas some food and water, and promised to help Stolas break the curse. Andrealphus, however, would not return, and so Stolas fled. Lost, hungry and scared, he encountered Paimon, who'd been patrolling for fun. Upon seeing him, Paimon took pity on Stolas and brought him before Lucifer, who then took him to Marcius where he was offered a deal. Stolas was told that due to the nature of his curse it would be near-impossible to break, however Marcius could grant him the power to protect himself and allow him to live in the Underworld, however Stolas would have to become a demon. Desperate, Stolas agreed to Marcius's terms and was turned into a demon. He was mentored by Paimon and Lucifer to master his abilites, and as he settled into the Underworld he became the demon we know him as today. 20 years after his deal with Marcius he could no longer ignore his anger towards his sister and Andrealphus for what they did to him and for abandoning him respectively. So he traveled to his former kingdom and used his powers to destroy it under a meteor shower. While he did so, he encountered Andrealphus, locked away in a dungeon under the same curse as him. Stolas took pity on Andrealphus and brought him back to the Underworld with him, where Andrealphus would also be turned into a demon and where he would work under Stolas in the Ars Goetia. The two of them have a good relationship currently.

## Trivia

* His birthday, February 15th, is the same as famous astronomer Galileo Galileil.
* Him being an owl demon with long legs is a reference to how Stolas is commonly described.
* His height is taken directly from *Helluva Boss*'s interpretation of Stolas, being 8 feet exactly.
* He had grey hair in early concepts, another reference to *Helluva Boss*'s Stolas
	+ This was changed to differentiate him as well as to unify his design.
* Stolas can call a star to his hand, cause meteor showers, create stars, travel between dimensions at will, and tell/manipulate fortunes.
	+ He can also talk to birds.
* He, as well as Andrealphus and Baal speak with a distinct british accent.
* He is well-versed in astronomy, astrology, and herbology, as well as being well-versed in herbal remedies, plants and precious stones.
	+ These are the things it is mentioned that he is knowledgeable about in the Ars Goetia.
* He isn't much of a pet person.
* He's considered one of the most intelligent demons in the Underworld alongside Baal and Barbatos.
* His favorite color is purple.
* His favorite food is either any kind of poultry or fish with lemon pepper seasoning.
	+ He can't eat red meat.
* Sometimes he'll prick at his wing feathers to keep them clean, but only when no one's looking.
* He sleeps on his stomach.
	+ This is a reference to how baby owls sleep- on their stomachs.
* He doesn't really listen to music.
	+ He mainly listens to calm nature sounds. He says that it "soothes his soul".
* He doesn't watch anime or read manga.
* He's considered too "animal-like" for most demons, which is fine with him.