Zebaalie

**Zebaalie** is a minor antagonist from the series **Demonic Protection Services***.*

## General Information

Zebaalie is a demon resembling a clown who runs a carnival where he entertains himself and other demons by tormenting human souls. Many of the "games" he plays with them involve Saw-like contraptions or obstacles rigged against the participant. Sometimes Zebaalie would trap a demon in his games and torment them as well.

## Appearance

Zebaalie dons over his face a beige burlap bag with noticeable stitching running from the top of his eyeholes to the back of the mask, and from either side of the mouth. The mouth itself is one large line resembling an upper lip, a line that clips into red-orange patches where the cheeks would be. A thick, black cuff holds the mask firm over his face, and the ragged, blood-stained edges of the mask poof out over his turtleshell green ruffled collar. His manic, dingy orange hair pops out from ripped seams on the back of the mask, and despite being half-blind both of Zebaalie's eyes can be see in black shadow under the bag.

As for the rest of his attire, he wear a full body morph suit with a liquid pattern underneath his collar, resembling a trail of maroon blood from a sliced neck. His pale red sleeves go all the way down his arm and under frayed white gloves. Around his waist is an ashy, frayed beige skirt that stops at the front of his body; ending in brown pom-poms on the longest points. His right hip is covered by a sewn-on beige patch, and his knees are obscured by the cotton collars of his turtleshell green boots, which have beige pom-poms on them.

## Personality

Zebaalie is a psychopath, with his preferred method of entertainment being to play games with the souls captured in his carnival. Sometimes he plays fairly and the soul can be freed from his torment if they win, but most of the time he tortures them regardless if they win. He commits to this "entertainment" to play into his clown persona, but also as to distract from his dissociation with Hell.

Zebaalie openly hates the demons that walk among him. He directly abuses and punishes his performers when he recognizes them as "acting out of line". Oftentimes Zebaalie needs to make new performers out of captured souls because he killed the previous performers with his rage.

Zebaalie wears a mask and covers his whole body because he doesn't want to remind himself of what he is and what he looks like, getting to have the spotlight on him as a master of the ring all the while being disgusted by everyone in the room. He believes himself to be above demons, but recognizes he can no longer go back to being an angel.

## Lore

Zebaalie used to be a high-ranking Angel and fought in the 500-Year War, but was soon tempted to the Devil's side from the promise of power, infinite knowledge, and recognition for his work.

When Zebaalie fell with the other angels, he lost the ability to turn into his more angelic form, along with his wings and halo. Zebaalie, though initially indifferent to this change, grew uncomfortable and wished to return to heaven. When this wish was answered with the seal, he formed a space that he had absolute control over and -to the most pathetic extent- could play God: his circus. —From there, Zebaalie would take his frustration out on the souls that entered, and especially those that lost bets against him. Additionally, because he lost the ability to shapeshift, Zebaalie had to forcefully reshape his own body to something he felt more comfortable in, resulting in more pain. All he has left of his previous life is his Heavenly Weapon, that being a flaming hoop resembling a bike wheel and a pole. Sometimes he can summon this two-part weapon as one using a string attached to both objects, letting him wield it almost like a yo-yo or a chained morningstar.