Emperor Belos

* Monster
* Human
* Unmasked
* Debut

### Fate

Stomped to death by Eda, King, and Raine after being dissolved by boiling rainMissing his daughter

### Quote

"Knock, knock, human".Hey pumpkin(Addy Whittebane)

### Signature

**Emperor Belos** is the main antagonist of *The Owl House*. Originally a human named **Philip Wittebane**, he arrived in the Boiling Isles from Gravesfield, Connecticut during the Deadwardian Era (the mid-1600s in the Human Realm) in hopes of rescuing his brother, Caleb, who was spirited away to the realm, keeping a written record of his experiences on the Boiling Isles as he endeavored to find a way to return to the Human Realm. Due to his inherent intense hatred of witches and magic, with which he gained additional resentment due to the Isles' prejudice against humans causing him to be harassed and alienated, Philip would eventually conspire to eliminate the Isles and its inhabitants as a whole in an attempt to save humanity from their supposed wickedness.

In order to carry through with this plot, he acquired a new identity as a witch named Belos. He claimed to the witches that he had the ability to speak to the isle, that they were misusing magic by mixing it, and that he was the only one who had the right to do so, convincing them and creating a system of covens to restrict the witches' use of magic and knowledge, and those who resisted were declared "wild witches" who would face great punishments. Sometime later he was named emperor of the islands, gaining the respect and devotion of all, unaware of his deception.

As emperor, he ruled the isles from his castle with the protection of his coven and his creation, the Golden Guard Hunter, where he would prepare for the Day of Unity, an event where he hoped to accomplish all his goals against the witches, while under the ruse it would bring a paradise to everyone on the isles. When a human named Luz Noceda happened upon the isles by fate, Belos sought her to claim the portal that brought her to the realm. Although only succeeding in obtaining the fragments of the portal, Belos started reconstructing it in secret and launched his campaign for the Day of Unity at the same time, ensuring the Demon Realm would perish by the time the portal returns him home. Belos' plot ultimately fails upon the release of the Collector, who destroys Belos' physical form, although Belos' remains make it through the portal at the last minute by latching onto Hunter during the escape.

With his return to the Human Realm leaving him in a weakened state, Belos bided his time before he could return to the Demon Realm and resume his plan to end all life there. His path led him to Hunter once more, whom he briefly possessed, and despite Luz and her friends' attempts to thwart him, Belos managed to travel back to the Demon Realm. However, as his monstrous form continued to fall apart, Belos was forced to possess a new host, Raine Whispers, to survive, allowing him to manipulate the Collector to his favor once more by first swaying him to get the trio into experiencing their worst nightmares and later to play games with them. He uses it as a distraction to get into the heart of the Titan, turning into a giant monster and nearly destroying the Boiling Isles. However, he was thwarted once again by a Titan-powered Luz and her friends. Rendered powerless, he tries to feign redemption to Luz, but the boiling rains cause him to dissolve and melt away as Eda, King, and Raine stomp on his remains, ending his reign of terror in the Boiling Isles for good.

## Appearance

### Body

In his younger human appearance, Philip is a lean, light-skinned man with a pointed nose and long, shoulder-length brown hair, kept in a ponytail, with several strands kept loose atop his scalp. He had a small chin and pale-blue eyes.

During his trip to Eclipse Lake, Philip sports several short bristles on his chin, and over time, his hair grows down to his back. Further into his stay in the Boiling Isles, his appearance becomes scruffier and unkempt, later growing a beard.

During the events of "Elsewhere and Elsewhen", Philip's nose is broken by Lilith Clawthorne, causing the nasal bridge to permanently become crooked and swollen. His arms are also shown to be carved with several glyph symbols.

In his later years, as Belos, he is an elderly man with a pale complexion, light-blue eyes, wrinkled lips, and long, rugged, ash-blond hair reaching past his shoulders. His ears are now pointed like a witch's ears, as a result of Philip physically cutting them into shape, with a notch on his left ear. Most prominently, he has a large basil-green scar running across his face and down his neck, as a result of his prolonged consumption of palismen. The irises of Belos' eyes occasionally glow bright blue, which can remain visible through the shadowed eyeholes of his mask.

Whenever the consumed palismen essence begins to act up, Belos' body heavily destabilizes into a brown-and-green sludge-like substance that turns him into a deformed, skeletal creature with disproportionately long limbs that constantly drip sludge, accompanied by various blue eyes covering his body, and two horns that resemble those of his mask. The only human features he retains are his hair and his blue eyes.

Following the events of "King's Tide", after Belos was defeated by the Collector, he is reduced to a small goop-like form and is forced to possess and consume creatures' flesh to stay alive and gain more mass overtime. After returning to the Boiling Isles, Belos stayed in his monster form, albeit highly weakened, as his body gradually melted away. After Raine managed to force Belos out of their body, Belos was left as a torso, with his left humerus exposed, and missing his right forearm, and some of his teeth.

While possessing Hunter, Belos' goo takes over most parts of his body, including both arms, half of his neck, part of his face, and part of his right ear, along with forming a pair of horns similar to his monster form. Hunter's eyes also glow blue like Belos', and his arms are capable of turning into giant claws during combat.

While possessing Raine Whispers, who was under the Collector's Puppet Spell, Belos' goo covers parts of Raine's cheek and left ear, while also inhabiting the hollow wooden insides. Raine's eyes also become blue and glowing, and their hair becomes much messier compared to their previous puppet form.

After Raine breaks out from their puppet form, Belos' goo starts leaking out of Raine's eyes and mouth, while their eyes continue glowing blue.

After possessing the Titan's heart, while his infection takes over the Isles, Belos' goo grows around his castle into a gigantic monstrous form. Its chest is covered in holes, with five of them being glowing blue eyes. It possesses two gigantic arms with clawed hands, and a pair of bat-like wings on its back with holes on them. Its head features a protruding snout with sharp teeth, four glowing blue eyes, a pair of horns with two small prongs atop them, and long gray hair.

### Clothing

Philip dressed in what appeared to be 17th-century English formal attire, consisting of a waistcoat, thigh-length overcoat, and breeches. The coat was dark blue in color, with an upward-facing collar and golden buttons. The town seal of Gravesfield was embroidered in gold on the left breast of the coat. His waistcoat was light gray, worn over white shirt with long cuffed sleeves. His neck was decorated with a frilled jabot or cravat. On his hands, he wore a pair of beige-colored gloves. His pants were a pair of orange breeches, tightly fastened around his calves. Finally, he wore a pair of white socks, severely covered in sweat stains from his time in the Demon Realm, under a pair of black leather shoes with buckles.

As Belos, he wears a golden mask with two long upward-facing horns. His eyes are hollow through the mask, creating the appearance of having empty eye sockets. He wears a large white and brown cape with gold trim over a baggy gray tunic and black pants tucked into both his golden gloves and brown boots.