Valentine

Valentine is the royal butler to Demon King Kai Morning star, and youngest of The Entourage.

## Appearance

Valentine is chubby and short in stature, being only 5'1" (156cm). Their skin is very pale, and they have pointed ears as well as fangs. They have red hair that meets their middle back, with a darker shade of red at their roots and bangs that have long since grown out. They wear a golden mask that covers the upper half of their face, with heavy eye makeup and beauty mark under their right eye. In addition to their eyeshadow, they wear a deep red lipstick, nearly wine red. Their normal oufit consists of a well-fitted and slightly striped waistcoat, with black trousers (or a skirt, should they feel like it that day) and knee-high boots. Under their waistcoast, they wear a ruffled with shirt, and a ruffled tie, to which they have pinned the crest of the house of Twilight.

## Personality

Valentine, to put it gently, is a person of many contridictions. They seem very cold, closed off to strangers, and usually appear this way to friends as well. However, as the Entourage and their liege has unfortunately had to bare witness to, they frequently have quick moments of being heavily upset, that disappear just as suddenly, going from sobbing to completely fine with no evidence of tears in minutes. In addition to this, they are prone to anger, though they've long since taught themself to control it, somewhat. They are deeply commited to fufilling whatever tasks they've been given, and willing to go to extremes if they feel they must. The willingness to go to extremes is a double-edged sword though, for they may take a situation much more seriously than need be and lash out because of it. They struggle with forgiving others, as by the time someons has done something requiring forgiveness, they have already severed themself from that person and find them irradeemable. Despite being harsh around the edges, they are usually kind, though it's truly just second nature to them most of the time, rather than being intentional. They are highly intelligent, being capable of providing information on many subjects, and earning a secondary role as a historian for the kingom.

## Background

### Youth

Valentine was born in the Twilight kingdom, to a former witch and her boyfriend. The first part of their childhood was fairly normal, albiet a bit lonely, their father never really cared for them despite living with them, and their mother was just busy. Once they got a little older, ten or so, they started to realize how they had been mistreated, and similarly that their father wasn't great to their mother either. This is what made them start to become withdrawn, even more so than they were just by nature. A few years later, the tension in the home grew even higher, leading to a huge fight, and their mother splitting from their father.

Their teen years were spent under the care of their mother, unfortunately though, with the circumstances of their youth, their relationship was still off. The struggles of their youth had caused them to grow up too quickly, and it had caused them to have an absolutely dire want to be free. In addition to this, they still somehow felt like they needed to please their mother. Valentine knew that when they excelled in an acedemic sense, their mother was more pleased with them and so they worked incredibly hard to succeed, devoting much of their teen years to study. However, the stress of needing to succeed took a horrible toll on them. Towards the end of their teen years, they had a major arguement, years of feeling pressured by living in an enviroment where they felt they could not be themself and of exhaustion finally causing them to lash out. It is soon after this they went out on their own.

### Adulthood

Their original plan was to become an archivist, but after years of working themself to the bone studying and the realization that they do not have to live like that, Valentine instead began to travel throughout the Twilight kingdom, particularlly the smaller towns. Per their years of hard work though, Valentine simply would not tolerate travelling for lesiure, and began working as an apothecary of sorts, having learned a lot of remedies from their mother. They became aquainted with many people due to their profession, but overall maintained a distance from others, with patients knowing little but their name and occupation.

In an unfortunate twist of fate, they once fell horribly ill. The illness started off very mild, with coughing, fatigue, loss of appitite, they tried to treat themself, but to no avail. Once winter crept in, things got even worse, they had begun coughing up blood, and were so weak they could barely stand. They desperately wished they could do something, but anything they could have done was prevented by the frail state of their body. Eventually, Valentine was on the brink of death, when a demon appeared before them. They offered Valentine a deal, Valentine gets their life back, and the demon gets their soul upon their death. Valentine, too delirious to think immeadiately took them up on their offer and went to shake hands to seal the contract between them. Upon contact though, there was an instant sense that something was horribly wrong, and the demon pulled back but it was too late. Valentine had begun to change, some of their features twisting into those of a bat and wings sprouting painfully from their back. It had taken an hour for the transformation to complete, and the demon had stayed there to watch the entire time. They'd never seen a human react like that, and were frightened of what consenquences there could be if they had just left. Once they could think clearly again, Valentine had grabbed onto the demon for dear life, throwing themself on the floor in front of them. Tears poured out of Valentine's eyes as they yelled, asking what had become of them and why did it hurt so bad. The demon did not respond, but simply told them that they would no longer have to give up their soul, and that was the best they could do. Now knowing that Valentine was at least in control of themself, the demon left, but not before putting Valentine to sleep via magic. They had suffered enough, and needed the rest. Valentine woke up in the early afternoon, and realized they were *alive, but it would never be the same.*

After what they had experienced that night, they decided to return to the main part of the Twilight kingdom. They quickly took up a job at the request of the family of an elderly woman, in a situation similar to theirs. She had been battling illness for months, and though they family had a physician, it was impractical to call them in for everyday care, and so they asked for Valentine. They helped the woman with everday care, making sure she recieved her medicine at the right time, giving her teas and such to soothe her cough, or make it easier to breathe, and simply watching over her. After about 2 months, the woman had finally started to recover, and Valentine was given a choice: they could go back to their travels, or work for the family as a full-time servant. Years on the road had tired them, and so they agreed to work under the family.

Eventually, the kingdom's annual Halloween Masquerade had come around, and Valentine offered to help decorate within the city. As they were helping set up lights for the celebration, Demon King Kai had decided to see how preparations outside of the kingdom. Valentine saw her approach, and went over to speak with her, figuring that she was looking for updates. As they spoke with her, they realized they enjoyed her company, and asked if she was looking for any servants. Fortunately for them, She was, and so they had made a decision. If the family they worked for was willing to give them up, they'd begin working under Kai instead. They went home to discuss this, and the family, though a little sad, agreed to let them go and soon after, Valentine became Kai's butler.

## Powers

Valentine's most notable ability is their inhuman speed and agility. They are not very physically strong, but their speed and cunning makes them a formidable foe regardless. As they use more of their magic, Valentine gets progressively more inhuman. Their skin hardens some, their teeth and nails seem to get sharper, and they become cold to the touch. At the height of their power, bat-like features begin to appear as well. As they have wings, Valentine also can fly.

## Trivia

-They cry blood, some strange side-affect of their transformation.

-They like to spend time perching in the higher parts of the castle, watching as people go about their days.

-They barely remember the demon that saved their life.