Stephano

## Stephano

* Humanoid
* True Form

### Relations

Fio (Sister)
Isaac (Archdemon)

## Physical description

### Gender

Male (He/Him)

**Stephano Butler**, also known as the **Steward of the Stars**, is an NPC in Reflection. He is played by Roma. Stephano is the Stranger of the Demonic Court of Inner World, serving as a butler for Isaac as well as other figures of interest.

## Appearance and Personality

### Appearance

In his original form, Stephano assumes the form of a large creature consisting of a beak-like head connected to a mass of many tentacle's. Stephano's skin is a dark purple with patterning reminiscent of the night sky. Various light purple markings also cover his body. Stephano has a large number of eyes all over his body, with varying iris and pupil shapes and colors. Stephano has two white horns and a large, floating tail that looks like a spinal cord.

Stephano can also assume a more human form, which looks like an adult male with pale skin and long, dark blue hair kept in a ponytail. His eyes are a similar color. They also have goat-like pupils. When Stephano blushes, his skin becomes blue instead of red.

### Personality

Stephano is polite and loyal, almost to a fault. He will carry out whatever order is asked of him, and will often ask permission to conduct his personal affairs on his own. Stephano is easily embarrassed. Despite his position, he is incredibly empathetic and is not especially prone to acts of violence. Due to his role as the Stranger of Inner World, Stephano seeks to become the most powerful martial artist in the universe to complement his master, who is the first ever ESPer.

Due to the circumstances of his creation, Stephano is physically incapable of understanding himself, and has to rely entirely on external information and actions to figure out his own feelings on and understanding of his experiences.

## History

### Early Life

Stephano was created as the Stranger of the Court of Inner World. He was created by Isaac to act as somebody who could help him understand others by serving his needs. During his creation, he decided to expand on that opposition to Isaac's focus on the self by deriving his form from life outside of the world, but he grew to regret this over time. He gained a close bond with Fio, the Archdemon of the Court of Instrumentality, in his early years, and he came to see her as a sister figure. He was the youngest Stranger to be created.

### World Twelve

Stephano accompanied Fio during her meeting with Arg0s. He acted as a sort of butler, serving the pair tea. During the conversation, he accidentally revealed Fio's true name to Arg0s. After the meeting had concluded, Stephano assisted Fio in her Burn-reducing dance. During OPIA's battle against the Court of Death, Stephano fought Vinter to allow Arg0s to escape the third layer of the Coda at the behest of Fio and the Queen of Flames. He then reappeared in front of Arg0s on the second layer to ask permission to assist Lugh, who he described as an "honored guest" of the Court of Death. After Arg0s gave him permission, he quickly went to meet with Lugh. Following the conclusion of the battle, Stephano visited Marco's shop with Sonnet. After Fio was demoted, Stephano was assigned to act as the Golden Knight's Stranger due to Sonnet refusing to serve him.

Three months later, Stephano ran into Fio in Vinter's garden while going to retrieve her for the funeral of the Hunter of Mortals. However, "Fio" soon revealed herself to be Arg0s in Fio's body, which greatly distressed Stephano. He decided it would be best to help Arg0s, as reporting the situation to his superiors could lead to Fio being executed. He led her to the chamber of the Queen of Flames, where, with the help of Nectar, he managed to teach Arg0s to pretend to be Fio suitably enough to pass without suspicion. During the funeral, he announced the arrival of each Archdemon. After the funeral, he retrieved Arg0s from Fio's old room after Isaac had led her there to converse with the Queen. In the hours following the funeral, while preparing to participate in a large-scale multi-Court attack to capture Upwind, Stephano tended bar for Vinter, Logic, and several of the other Strangers while they discussed their plan of attack. Soon afterwards, he departed for the surface on a mission of his own.

Stephano was successful on this mission, which entailed establishing a "backdoor" to the First Tormented. He then announced his success to the Pyromancers during another meeting held by the Queen. He then went with Fio to visit Ace Galatine in his cell. Stephano had prepared a large amount of food for Ace to try, but was upset to find that Ace's new body was unable to eat. After Fio left, Stephano remained with Ace, and asked if he was a "nice" Ace Galatine or a "mean" one. He also asked if Ace could teach him the Formless Style. Some time later, following Ace's transformation into the Pyromancer of Laughter, Stephano assisted him in creating a new Stranger. After Laughter suggested that his Stranger could derive her form from outside the world, Stephano stepped in and asked him not to do that. A few days later, Stephano found his food storages raided. He hunted down the culprit, who turned out to be the new Stranger Sei Miscellany , and punished her. He then joined Sei, the Golden Knight, and Laughter on an expedition to the Old World. After discovering a second Coda beneath the Old World, Stephano is somewhat pleased to have had his theories proven right. While exploring a library in the surrounding city, he wonders if Paradise is beneath that Coda rather than far above. After the Golden Knight expresses distress at the nature of the Cycle, Stephano attempts to help him work through his feelings.

During Compulsion's assault on Cialla and Fuse City, Stephano was sent to the surface to attack Ridill Arondite's team of FLOW agents. He specifically went after Cast, but was forced back by Arg0s before being thrown through one of Helena's portals by Willow Wisp. He continued to pursue the group on foot while fighting Arg0s and Willow, but Ridill managed to outpace him in the van she was driving and escape Cialla.

## Abilities

In his humanoid form, Stephano is a skilled swordsman. He is also extremely fast, able to move so quickly between locations that he is more or less able to teleport.
## Gallery

Steward of the Stars, by Roma

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Chasing Ghosts
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 For Tomorrow
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Crossing Threads
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Strong Enough
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Take Your Time
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 For Today
7. ↑ Dying Flame
8. ↑ Lock And Key
9. ↑ Through The Gate
10. ↑ Lost Blade