Valentino

## History

Not much is known about Valentino before his death. What has been released is that he was Latino, he was in the life before death and that it died around the 1970's, hence the clothing choices. Here's the background history I'm working with.

Valentino was part of a Latino run gang when he was alive. He ran drugs, guns and women. So when he died and arrived in hell, settling back into those ways was rather simple. By organizing and opening a few clubs at first, he gained and following and power. From there he opened a porn studio and took over turf. The rise to being an Overlord was rather easy from that point.

Once he staked out his turf he started to expand. He took Angel Dust and Dia off a pimp and dealer who owned him more money then he would ever see. Instead of taking it out on him, he took his two biggest earners. He then turned Angel into the biggest star in hell. His methods where never kind or gentle. He found joy in hurting Angel and found nothing better then breaking the man's consent.

To his girls however, he was a sweet man. They knew not to cross him, so he didn't have to show them his bad side. He also gave them more leeway then Angel.

At some point he hooks up with Vox. Their relationship is almost a mirror of his relationship with Angel, only somehow he's nicer to Vox. He treats him with more compassion and kindness then anyone else in his life but he's still rather physically abusive.

## Since The Worlds Collided

Jarek, a man working with Black Dragon reached out to Valentino with a deal. They offered him a rare deal, a FtM former sex worker named JackRabbit for an alliance. Valentino couldn't turn that down. The problem in this was that he had to find JackRabbit and take him away from his protector DIo.

Valentino decided the best way of doing this was reaching out to his former pimp, Kano. That was easier then expected as Kano was being tortured by fellow Overlord Alastor. Valentino walked in and offered Kano a deal. He would get him off the table, for real this time, he could have Angel. All he wanted was help with acquiring JackRabbit. Neither man thought this would be a relationship that would work but they actually got a long quite well.

They decided the best way to get to JackRabbit was Angel Dust, as they were both best friends. Since Angel wanted to please his new boss he listened to both men and got himself invited to JackRabbits. Once in there and when Angel had Dio alone, he bit the man, using his venom to knock him out. That's when Val and Kano struck. They broke into Dio's mansion, fought off Gojo and took Jackrabbit back to hideout number one, The Nexus Hotel.

This was not the best of plans. While JackRabbit was drugged and placed not only in a body bag but also wrapped up in Valentino's pimp coat, the two men where not safe. People attacked the hotel, trying to get JackRabbit free. This pissed Valentino off to no end. He, however, was useless in this battle. While he did attempt to attack people, lots of people, nothing landed. He was thankfully able to get out of there with his merch and Kano and get back to his warehouse.

There he didn't waste any time before beheading JackRabbit. He learned while talking to him in the hotel that he was a vampire and his head could be transplanted onto other bodies. This was his downfall.

Years earlier he met a man named Ed Kemper. He told Valentino about how he killed his mom and did things to her head. Valentino wanted to see what that would be like with a vampire. That's when JackRabbit decided t turn the tide. He took a chunk out of Val's dick and then attempted to run away. Val doesn't really remember much after that. By the time he came back to his senses and healed him self enough that he was no longer bleeding, Angel had JackRabbit's head and had pulled out his last resort, Alastor.

Alastor took JackRabbit's head and teleported away, not before locking the warehouse down. Soon after Gojo Satoru was brought as well as Passione. Giorno put Kano into a deathloop but L as he was going to do the same to Val, Lucifer showed up and saved his moth ass.

That didn't come without strings. Lucifer is currently letting Alastor torture him.

## Personality

Valentino has been described as being charming and roughly as level-headed as his fellow Overlord, Vox.

Valentino is depicted as being controlling and abusive, specifically towards one of his star employees, Angel Dust. He also displays sadistic tendencies, appearing to take enjoyment in overidding Angel's consent, and remains seemingly unbothered by the trauma he is inflicting.

Valentino is frequently surrounded by a collection of the girls who work for him. He is ostentatious in displaying both his profession and status. Faustisse bluntly described him as "a huge fuckboi"

## Appearance

Val has a generally skinny, dark greyish (almost mothlike) body. He has 4 arms, very sharp teeth (with one gold tooth), and wears a large, fluffy red-and-white coat. In the coat's hood there are red hearts, and he wears a red top hat with a black-and-white feather protruding from it. A mothlike antennae accompanies the feather. Covering his entirely red eyes are heart-shaped glasses, red-tinted and gold-framed. He appears to wear black shoes and black gloves.

## Powers and Abilities

### **Natural Abilities**

* **Charisma**: Valentino possesses a flamboyant and vivacious charm that allows him to persuade others of his authority.

### **Skillset**

* **Weapon Proficiency**: As shown in the prequel comic, Valentino is easily able to shoot a moving target with accuracy from a notable distance away.

### **Unique Abilities**

* **Smoke Manipulation**: In the "ADDICT" music video, Valentino exhales a strange red smoke from his cigarettes that has the ability to twist and form different shapes, entering the bodies of other demons, as Valentino directs it. However, a similar smoke is also present in a cigarette Angel smokes, making it unknown whether this is an ability natural to Valentino or just a particular type of the cigarette he has in his posession.
* **Venomous Bite:** Like Angel Dust, Valentino secretes a venom that when mortals ingest causes them to sleep for up to 11 hours. There is a limit to it and so far in game it's never been successful.

## Trivia

* He is canonically pansexual, according to the creator (stream archive removed.)