Belos!gaster

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*`Those barbarians, those, those… **WITCHES!** It doesn't matter. I just need to live long enough to see this through, and you're going to help me, The collector sans.`*

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## **History**

### Aliases

The emperor Uncle(hunter!chara)

Belos

Emperor dork (eda!udyne)

Phillip (real name)

### Relatives

Hunter!chara [creation/ adoptive nephew)Unnamed friend [status unknown]

## Biographical information

### Place of death

Unknown (he was killed by the collector!sans accident because he was victim of the collector!sans)

## Physical description

### Eye color

White Green (activated)

Blue (glyph monster form)

## Appearances

### Debut

The owl housetale

**Emperor Belos!gaster**(real name **Philip!gaster**) is the main antagonist of *The Owl Housetale.* Originally a human named Philip!gaster, he arrived at the Boiling isles from Gravesfield during the Deadwardian Era in hopes of rescuing his brother, Caleb!chara, 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. However, Philip!gaster began to harbor hatred and resentment towards witches and magic because of his inability to adapt to the environment of the Demon Kingdom, which ended up in him wanting to do away with it.

In order to fulfill his purpose, he acquired a new identity, a witch named Belos!gaster. 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, without knowing all the deception he has done towards them.

He previously ruled the isles from his castle with the protection of his coven ,where he would prepare for the "Day of Unity", an event where he hoped to accomplish all his goals against the witches.

## *backstory*

"**Childhood"**

*Philip!gaster was born in the Human Realm sometime in the seventeenth century. While little is known of his past, it is shown that when he was young, he was close friends with another child who carved him a mask resembling the one he would one day come to own.*

**"Arrive demon realm"**

Philip!gaster Wittebane arrived in the Demon Realm through Eclipse Lake, the water of which, he later rationed, had been contaminated with Titan's Blood; this created a gateway between the two planes. He was thunderstruck by the Demon Realm and wished to create a portal so that he might show it to other humans. He designed a portal door back to the Human Realm, and five years later, came back to the Knee with hopes to acquire an ingredient for the portal key, the ingredient being Titan's Blood.

Wittebane's ambitions led him to Eclipse Lake in pursuit of Titan's Blood, a quest which only resulted in unearthing a similar substance known as "Fool's Blood", the presence of which signified a decaying and unstable vein. Accordingly, the vein which Wittebane and his traveling companions were traversing collapses, and said companions perish within.

Through his expeditions of the Boiling Isles, Philip!gaster began to observe the settings' unique phenomena of hidden glyphs, the foundation behind magic itself, and by connecting them, realized he could summon spells of his own. Philip!gaster found at least three of the core glyphs, but only after a long period of time. At some point, Philip!gaster carved the glyphs into his skin, presumably in an attempt to control the magic directly. Unfortunately for Philip!gaster, this backfired terribly, with the glyphs' forced combinations causing his body to violently contort and morph when they tried to activate. The only way to alleviate the pain was by absorbing the magical essence of palismen, thus Philip sought out the palismen of other witches and demons to survive.

Over time, however, Philip!gaster began to harbor a great hatred towards the witches as he considered them a danger; even more thanks to the witches' mockery of him. This led him to search for a being known as the Collector!sans to help him in his goal. One of the items needed to find them was a mysterious tablet kept inside of the skull of the Titan. As it was guarded by a closed door with a Stonesleeper behind it, Philip!gaster embarked on an expedition to the Titan's skull with the aid of a demon named Blue Fang; but in truth, Philip!gaster intended to use Blue Fang as a distraction while he tried to locate the artifact himself. However, even with Blue Fang's sacrifice, Philip!gaster was still unsuccessful.

Belos!gaster has a plan to unite the Demon Realm and the Human Realm, somehow getting rid of wild magic in the process. To do this, the Emperor requires the head witches of each coven to recruit as many witches as possible. He reveals his plans to the nine Coven Heads, promising them "*Utopia free of wild magic.*" However, a coughing fit overtakes the Emperor, and he is escorted off by Hunter. Upon entering his throne room, Belos!gaster transforms into a monstrous form and punches a nearby pillar. Once the Emperor comes to his senses, he takes a palisman from Hunter!chara and demands for more. However, with palistrom wood becoming an increasingly rare resource, palismen are becoming much more difficult to come by, and while Hunter!chara suggests a method of using wild magic, Belos!gaster refuses to entertain that notion. Instead, he orders Hunter!chara to find more.

Unfortunately for the Emperor, hunter!chara returns empty-handed. He informs Belos!gaster that he was attacked and the palismen got away. Belos!gaster is disappointed with him, and when Hunter!chara suggests that he tells him how wild magic did this to him, he lashes out and summons a tendril that just barely misses his nephew's face. He forgives Hunter!chara for his actions, as he knows he can do better

Though the Emperor was able to salvage and reconstruct the portal, he is not able to replicate the key without Titan's Blood. He originally intends to send Hunter!chara to Eclipse Lake to retrieve it, but later replaces his nephew with Kikimora!river person. While testing an artificial key on the portal, Belos!gaster catches Hunter!chara eavesdropping on him. Hunter!chara asks about the Human Realm, and the Emperor reveals that he has been there before and wishes to go there once more; Belos!gaster adds that the rain does not boil in the Human Realm, the trees are green, and the nights are quiet. Hunter!gaster then asks his uncle why he was replaced with Kikimora!river person, but he cryptically responds that the Titan has big plans for Hunter!chara, and the best thing he can do now is stay safe.

With the Day of Unity only one month away, Belos!gaster personally makes an announcement to all people in the Boiling isles. When the tide is at its lowest and a solar eclipse occurs, everyone must travel to the head of the Titan, where the worthy will inherit a "*utopia free of wild magic.*" Before ending his speech, the Emperor admits that he hid his face out of fear to his subjects, but this year, due to the overwhelming support of his people, the Emperor publicly unmasks himself. This action is met with cheers from the crowd

## PERSONALITY

Before becoming the emperor, Philip!gaster was initially shown to be an inquisitive and meek individual with a strong intellectual drive. He had a strong desire to return home, although he was harried by unfamiliar environments, such as the Boiling Isles, and struggled to cope in them. Despite this, he was shown to be a natural explorer, being very observant and resourceful in order to adapt to the Boiling Isles. He also learned glyphs by careful analysis of his surroundings, and the notes he made contributed to his developing plans on a portal back to human realm

However, his soft-spoken personality belay a darker, ruthless character. In truth, Philip!gaster is deceptive and selfish in his desires, to the degree he is willing to manipulate people and let them die in his service, while justifying this as a necessary sacrifice for his return home. This deceptiveness was particularly apparent when Luz!frisk accused him of betraying her and Lilith!muffet, while Philip!gaster casually stated it was because they were easy to trick. Philip!gaster even falsified reports about himself as gentle and caring and being unable to save his companions (which was proven to be dubious after his betraying of Luz!frisk and Lilith!muffet), suggesting at this time in his life, he was or had come to the point where he instinctively exaggerateed or lied about his character. Due to his ambitions, Philip!gaster is apathetic to the lives of others but his own, which was most notable when he remarked that his only hope toward Luz!frisk and Lilith!muffet was that they would last long enough to distract the beast for him.

Philip!gaster also has a grudge against witches and magic, which appears to be attributed to his maladjustment to the Boiling Isles' magical atmosphere and residents, and grew to despise them further after being punched in the nose by Lilith. After becoming Belos!gaster, his hatred of witches and ambition for power grew more. His philosophy that witches were evil would soon evolve into wanting genocide against them. Conversely, he argued that his actions were righteous and for the protection of humanity, and due to this belief, he was extremely ruthless, and not hesitate to eliminate anyone who opposed him under this excuse, no matter how cruel his actions were.

Another trait of Belos!gaster was his charisma and cunning, as he managed to easily cheat witches about their misuse of magic and his ability to talk to the island, gaining their trust so much to make him emperor of the isles.

As Emperor Belos!gaster, he is described as "omnipotent and megalomaniacal", a strict and commanding figure who is often impatient and intolerant of failure from his subordinates. Despite his intolerance of failure, Belos!gaster can be quite lenient towards servants that he values highly enough, such as the case with Lilith!muffet and her constant failures to capture her sister, but even that lenience has limits. His authority is shown to be a powerful one that garners fear and respect. If Belos!gaster has any weaknesses, it would be his arrogance, poor judgment, and inability to understand loyalty and compassion. He assumed Lilith!muffet would continue to serve him after his true plans for her sister, Eda!udyne, were revealed, and simply shrugged off her betrayal and intended for her to be petrified along with her sister.

Belos!gaster takes care to protect his image of strength and power to discourage others from questioning his authority or rebelling against his laws, as he was incensed when Luz!frisk managed to damage his mask and fool him. He retains his treacherous nature as Philip!gaster and is not above lying, having made a promise to Lilith!muffet he had no intention of keeping. He also lies to the populace, having engineered propaganda that he can speak to the Titan that forms the Boiling Isles, and later claimed the Titan had told him to spare the Owl Lady's life but would remain in her cursed state as an example to those who question Belos!gaster' laws and power, all in order to preserve his seemingly infallible image when the fact otherwise is plain to see.

Belos!gaster appears to have no emotional care or attachments to anyone, regarding them as expendable once they no longer serve a purpose to him. A minor exception to this is shown with his attachment to his "nephew", Hunter!chara, whom he acts more gentle and calm toward. However, the genuineness of this attachment is shown to be a one-sided ruse in order to keep Hunter from rising against him as the previous Golden Guards did. Belos!gaster is also shown to be dismissive and physically abusive towards Hunter!chara. This is particularly true whenever Hunter!chara brings up wild magic. He is not above emotionally manipulating Hunter!chara's insecurities to engineer faith and loyalty in Hunter!chara, going as far as to foster Hunter!chara's false sense of purpose that painted Hunter!chara as being important in the Titan's plans.

Overall, Belos!gaster was greatly driven by his wish to return home. Belos!gaster would allude to his life as Philip!gaster, as he describes his past in the Human Realm longingly to Hunter!chara. He was similarly willing to bargain with Luz!frisk, and somewhat sympathetic to her situation as a human who was trapped in a strange place like he was, expecting her to understand his wish to go back to the Human Realm. However, his sympathy was quite limited, as he deemed Luz!frisk crazy and therefore unreasonable, before attempting to kill her without hesitation or remorse as soon as Luz!frisk argued against his ambitions of genocide.

## **Appearance**

In his true skeleton appearance, Philip!gaster is a lean, white-skinned man with nose and no hair,During his trip to Eclipse Lake, he sported several, and over time, his stay in the Boiling Isles, his appearance became scruffier and unkempt.

In his later years, as Belos!gaster, he is an elderly man with a fair complexion, cornflower-blue eyes ,as a result of Philip!gaster physically cutting them into shape, with a notch on his left ear similar to Hunter!chara's. Most prominently though, he has a large, basil-green scar running across his Skeleton face and down his neck with holes from the bruise he received years ago, an indication of how severely his illness is affecting him.

Whenever the palismen essence begins to act up, his body heavily destabilizes into a black-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 eyes, which glow bright blue.

## Additional features

Philip!gaster's arms are carved with several glyph symbols drawn together. His arms will bulge and squirm whenever the glyphs glow and try to activate.

After becoming Belos!gaster, he can make his eyes glow light blue, which was first shown when Luz!frisk cracks the right side of his mask and exposes one of them.

## Powers and abilities

**Glyph magic**

Philip!gaster could draw and create glyphs after learning it from his natural surroundings. He has also had these glyphs etched on his skin and arms, apparently as his research in glyph magic. However, this had malignant side effects on his body, resulting in his arms pulsating and swelling whenever the glyphs try to activate, thus intensifying the physical injuries he sustains.

* Plant Glyph:By drawing the glyph, Philip!gaster can grow plants.
* Ice Glyph:By drawing the glyph, Philip!gaster can make ice.
* Fire Glyph:By drawing the glyph, Philip!gaster can make fire.
* Light Glyph:By drawing the glyph, Philip!gaster can create small orbs of light.
* portal creation:By etching a tetrameric set of glyph combinations on the ground, Philip!gaster could conjure a large portal to transport himself and anything standing on it to where he wished.

**Artificial magic**

After assuming the identity of Belos!gaster, he became a practitioner of artificial magic, along with the Golden Guard. Belos!gaster does not perform basic spells like the spell circle and achieves magic through an apparatus, such as use of his mechanical staff or other devices. In spite of this, Belos!gaster is an adept in the practice, achieving a vast amount of skill, power, and knowledge with artificial magic that he is described as the most skilled and powerful Witch to ever live. Interestingly, this magic seems unaffected by Luz!frisk's cape made of Witch's Wool supposedly capable of deflecting all magic, implying artificial magic is a different brand altogether.

* **Telekinesis**: He frequently uses telekinesis to move objects and people without touching them, signified by his gloves glowing red.

* **Flesh Magic**: Similar to Jean-Luc's ability to polymorph, Belos!gaster is able to create and command fleshy tendrils to bend and form claws.

* **Teleportation**: He is shown to be capable of disappearing by melting into the floor to avoid attacks.

* **Earth Magic**: He is able to raise sharp spikes of rock up from the ground.

* **Beast Summoning**: Belos!gaster was shown to be able to summon and control a large monster during his fight with Luz!frisk.

* **Mind magic**: When Lilith!muffet presented her sister Eda!udyne in her cursed Owl Beast form, Belos!gaster hit Eda!udyne with some kind of spell from his staff which made Eda!udyne regain consciousness (but didn't make her transform back into her regular humanoid form).

* **Glamour**: Belos!gaster can cosmetically alter his appearance, which he did to hide the scar on his face.

**Residence omniscience**

Belos!gaster is aware of all that happens inside his castle, as he knew Luz!frisk, Willow!betty, and Gus!napstablook were trying to steal the Healing Hat.

**Telepathy**

Luz!frisk, Willow!betty, and Gus!napstablook heard his reprimanding voice when they were in the castle's artifact display. According to Willow!betty and King!temmie, Belos!gaster can communicate with the Titan, whose carcass makes up the Isles.

**Sludge form**

Belos!gaster's skeleton-based condition causes him to transform into sludge or a sludge-like monstrosity. The conditions were shown to affect his health when he first appeared in "Agony of a Witch," as he was hunched over and heavily breathing. He then cut open an offered monsters and poured magic essence from within the skeleton onto his mask, which was absorbed through the eye sockets and briefly made his eyes glow green, after which his condition was alleviated, and he started to feel better. More acute effects were witnessed in "Hunting monsters" with him deforming into a monstrous creature, while Monsters essence helped him maintain his regular form. While this ailment twists Belos!gaster's physical structure, he has some degree of control of it, as he can reshape his distended limbs into sharp blades and spikes.

**Possession**

transferring his sludge-like essence into another living being, Belos!gaster can influence them and induce hallucinations that causes his victim to see and hear him as if he is present. If enough time has passed, Belos!gaster can gain control of the host, as well as cause Belos!gaster' twisted features to appear on them. Belos!gaster' essence has used animals as temporary hosts, the various carcasses and bones left in the sludge's wake may suggest that the animal is consumed by the essence during the possession.

**Regeneration**

Belos!gaster's viscous body can mend and reform itself from any physical injury he sustains, though he still feels pain from the physical distortions his body undergoes. The full extent of his regeneration is unknown, but after he was violently thrown to a wall by the Collector!sans, a vestige of Belos!gaster remained active enough to follow Luz!frisk and his friends into the Human Realm. It would go on to possess Hunter!chara and several animals, gaining more energy until Belos!gaster regained his physical form once more.

## Relationship

**luz!frisk**

her mentor being a wild witch, Emperor Belos!gaster doesn't hold a high opinion on Luz!frisk.Emperor Belos!gaster constantly taunted Luz!frisk, saying, "What's wrong, human? I thought you wanted to fight." He's not above blackmailing Luz!frisk either, as he did with Eda!udyne's life in exchange for the portal. Although, it seems Emperor Belos!gaster doesn't entirely dislike Luz!frisk, as he claimed that "he liked her spirit" when she chipped off a piece of his mask. He seems neutral about her for the most part, mainly because she no longer directly has a part in his overall plans.

**Eda!udyne**

With Eda!udyne being a wild witch and refusing to join a coven, Emperor Belos!gaster has a negative view on Eda!udyne and constantly sends guards, Lilith!muffet (previously), and Hunter!chara (currently) to capture her. He seems to have little to no regard for Eda!udyne's life, as he claimed her life was inconsequential in the grand scheme of things. Also, despite his promise to Lilith!muffet, he planned for Eda!udyne's petrification, instead of healing her curse. His interest in her mainly stemmed from the portal she had access to, which ended after it was destroyed.

**Lilith!muffet**

Although Lilith!muffet was head of the Emperor's coven, in "Wing it Like Witches", it is implied that Emperor Belos!gaster put a lot of pressure on her when it came to capturing her sister Eda!udyne. In "Agony of a Witch" it is revealed that Belos!gaster does not value Lilith!muffet since he effortlessly threatened to banish her from his coven and suggested casting her out of the Emperor's Coven as a criminal and possibly executing her if she didn't bring Eda!udyne in. Despite this treatment, Lilith!muffet did not question his words, nor did she fight back. After Belos!gaster reveals that he will not remove Eda!udyne's curse, she finally realizes that she had been lied to and rebels against him to rescue her sister. When Lilith!muffet was caught by Belos!gaster trying to rescue her sister, he has Lilith!muffet and King!temmie thrown into the same cage as Eda!udyne to be petrified with her. However, Luz!frisk manages to defeat Belos!gaster and rescue them and flee. Enraged that Lilith!muffet betrayed him and the Coven and her rescue by Luz!frisk, he appoints the Golden Guard as the new leader of the Emperor's Coven, expelling Lilith!muffet (in-absentia) from the coven in the process.

## Trivia

* Belos!gaster likes human realm,day of Unity,the Titan and coven System and belos!gaster dislikes witches,wild magic,covenless witches and the salvages ages
* before that there were details suggesting that Belos!gaster and Philip were the same person, or related:
* Philip!gaster consumes monsters essence to alleviate the symptoms of some kind of magical illness, similar to Belos!gaster.
* since Belos!gaster' magic is artificial, it is possible that Belos!gaster can use either hand to cast artificial magic.
* Belos!gaster: "Before he ascended to the throne, Emperor Belos!gaster gained prominence as a crusader for unity during the Savage Ages. He believes that chaos comes from "wild *text obscured*" and seeks to bring peace by controlling such magic in his coven system. He rules by fear and an iron fist, and his past remains largely unknown. Nevertheless, the Savage Ages caused such devastation that many people have proved willing to follow him."
* Luz!frisk initially suspects that Philip!gaster arrived at the Isles in the 1600s, which is eventually proven to be the case. This century was known on the Isles as the "Deadwardian Era".
* Furthermore, a small icon inside Philip!gaster's diary features two silhouettes that resemble the brothers.
* His pronomus is he/him
* his age is 350+
* He and gaster (the collector!sans's father relative) are differentent persons and personality

## His goals

* Return to the Human Realm (failed) Maintain "order" and his position of power (failed) Eliminate the witches and demons of the Demon Realm (failed)

## Gallery

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