Alastor | Hellaverse series

Alastor, also known as The Radio Demon, is a sinner demon and one of the many powerful Overlords of Hell. He is one of the main protagonists of Hazbin Hotel.

He is the wickedly charismatic demon who has offered to assist Charlie Morningstar in her endeavors, albeit for his own amusement.

Before being condemned to Hell, Alastor used to be a radio host in New Orleans who acted as a sadistic serial killer at night until he was shot by a hunter when he was mistaken for a deer.

In "It's A Deal", it is revealed that Alastor's soul is owned by Rosie, who was responsible for making him the strongest sinner, and not only the reason behind his 7-year absence, but also the one who sent him to the Hotel. After quitting the Hotel, and in a plan to escape his deal, he faced the Vees and ended up making a deal with Vox, who became his captor.

In "Curtain Call", Alastor uses his deal with Charlie to have her call Vox the strongest sinner in Hell, breaking his deal with Rosie, and takes advantage of Vox's lack of regard for others' personal space to ensure he lays his hands on Charlie, having made him agree not to, breaking out of their deal as well. He then rejoins the Hotel, having seemingly new motivation involving Lucifer.

Alastor was born into a mixed-race Creole family as an only child approximately around the turn of the 20th century in New Orleans, Louisiana, and had also witnessed the Stock Market Crash of 1929.

Alastor had hustled his way through various producers, overcoming trials to become the host of his own radio show, and was frequently seen at parties, where he enjoyed playing the piano. He also became close friends with a singer named Mimzy, who worked at a jazz club he regularly visited. It was a place where he would get heavily drunk on whisky, yet still keep up with her on the dance floor. However, Alastor had a secret life as a serial killer, having once murdered a man after disrespectfully spilling his drink on him. Alastor resided in a cottage located in the bayou, in which he stored the corpses of those he had killed, as well as various voodoo paraphernalia and items for demonic rituals.

Sometime in 1933, Alastor enacted an occult ritual in his cottage, drawing a Pentagram summoning circle in blood, calling to the voices of the afterlife to make a deal. He managed to contact Rosie, and when she questioned as to why he called out to her, he stated that he was perfectly aware of where the soul of a serial killer like himself would end up after death, and so, he utilized dark sorcery to contact the other side, in order to ensure that when he died, he would not reside in Hell as a mere tortured soul, but would secure himself a rank amongst the highest demons, wielding power from the moment he arrived, in order to continue his "fun".

Rosie was intrigued by Alastor, as she had never seen a soul like his before, and agreed to his request, stating that she would make him the most powerful sinner in Hell after his death. In exchange, he would have to complete a task for her, and until he did so, his soul would be hers, which Alastor agreed to. The very next day, while hiding the body of one of his victims, Alastor was shot in the head by a hunter, who mistook him for a deer, and was damned to Hell.

When Alastor arrived, he was originally seen as just another sinner, being ignored by many. Later, he demonstrated that he possessed unimaginable raw power, allowing him to quickly topple Overlords who had been dominant for centuries, and then broadcasted this carnage on his radio show for everyone in Hell to hear. Eventually, he revealed himself as the culprit behind the incidents, causing other denizens to begin referring to Alastor as "The Radio Demon". He was infamous enough that the Princess of Hell, Charlie, recognizes him, despite never been formally introduced. He also took on cannibalistic tendencies.

Later, he reunited with Rosie and started to do her bidding, with every one of his future moves being ordered by her for him to do. While he was friendly with most of Cannibal Town, Rosie's main domain, he became annoyed by Susan, due to her disrespectful and heckling nature. At some point, he reunited with Mimzy, who died a few years before he did, and he helped whenever she got into trouble.

Almost seventy years ago, Alastor met an up-and-coming Overlord named Vincent, more commonly known as Vox, who was still growing his power, and over the course of a few years, the two established a friendly relationship. Vox eventually developed a crush on Alastor, unaware that the Overlord didn't reciprocate.

One day, Alastor and Vox were in a bar, where Vox admitted he looked up to Alastor, explaining that he found Alastor "inspiring", and noted how modern entertainment, including his own, started with radio. Vox pitched the idea that since people loved and knew of the both of them, he and Alastor could join forces, combining Alastor's incredible power with Vox’s massive influence, allowing them to be unstoppable as radio and video, enabling them to rule Hell together as partners. Alastor declined, laughing hysterically at him. When he realized that Vox was serious, he called Vox pathetic and weak, as he couldn't believe Vox needed him to join his team. Alastor thought Vox was approaching his level, but when he asked for assistance and partnership, he was disappointed in him. When Vox stated he thought they were friends, Alastor told him that there were no friends in Hell.

Vox was quite distressed and frustrated over the harsh rejection, and Alastor later implies that he put Vox in his place after he threw a "tantrum" over it and became "pissy", which resulted in the two Overlords becoming rivals.

At some point in time in the 70s, Husk, an Overlord at the time, lost the souls he had owned to gambling and out of desperation to keep his power, he made a deal with Alastor, which led to him losing everything and being eternally bound to the Radio Demon's will. Alastor began treating Husk like a pet and summoned him whenever he wanted Husk to do stuff for him, much to Husk's displeasure. At another point, he also befriended Niffty.

Seven years prior to the series, Alastor fought and almost beat Vox, with the outcome currently unknown. Alastor implies that he was the actual victor. Sometime after, Alastor left Pentagram City for seven years under the order of Rosie for a currently unknown plan.

Alastor is a rather tall, beige-skinned, and dapper humanoid deer-like sinner demon who is usually seen with a broad smile full of sharp, yellow-gold teeth inside. He is at around the same height as his rival, Vox, with the two standing at approximately 7 feet tall. His hair is a hot pinkish-red, which is styled into a cropped, angled bob cut with black ends, an undercut on the back, and small black antlers protruding from the crown. Atop his head are a pair of large, black-tipped hair tufts, which evoke the ears of a deer.

His eyes have red sclera with brighter-colored irises and slit-like pupils, and with his upper-eyelids being dark red, the color extending to his eyebrows in a way that mimics eyeshadow. His forearms and lower legs fade to black, and he also has red hoofed-toes and red fingers.

Alastor wears a red pinstriped coat with a darker high collar and long sleeves with brighter-colored cuffs, white-trimmed darker-red lapels, and the hem being slightly ragged. In addition, he also accessorizes with a knotted black bowtie with a bright red center on the upper-front. Under his coat, he wears a rather long, untucked bright red dress-shirt with a black cross on the chest.

He also wears black dress pants with cuffs matching his coat, red pointed-toed dress shoes with red deer hoofprints emblazoned on the soles, and a small, oval-shaped, black-rimmed red monocle which he wears over his right eye. He also carries a thin staff with a sentient, vintage style microphone attached to it, which he uses to play sound effects and broadcast his voice.

During his battle with Adam in "The Show Must Go On", his staff was broken and he received a slash to the chest, leaving an open gash that hasn't healed. Both his staff and gash are stitched up by green stitches he formed.

Alastor stands out from many of the more chaotic residents of hell for his well maintained amiable persona. He gives a first-impression of a good-natured and charming man, wearing a permanently wide grin on his face at all times. His behavior, mannerisms, and even his voice are similar to an old-fashioned radio announcer and speaks with a transatlantic accent, often using quaint anachronisms such as "the picture show" and refers to Charlie as a "charming demon belle".

This playful dandyish exterior, however, obscures a much darker side to him - one with high levels of self-importance - and he will not hesitate to use physical violence when others don't act in line with his very particular values or expectations. He is noted to be narcissistic, with his love for himself being stated that no one else can measure up to it, and he does not see many people quite up to his level.

Alastor is described as a man of duality. He values good manners, affability and intelligence very highly in others, and will actively look down on those who do not meet his standards, however he will often play fast and loose with these arbitrary rules in regards to himself and his own conduct.

Alastor has an odd sense of morality, which is described as "not normal", and has been noted to be quite sadistic, even cannibalistic, devouring lesser demons or those that have incurred his anger. Despite this, he keeps close friends with the other cannibals of Hell, including the denizens at the Cannibal Town.

His smiling is a very self-enforced form of ego and a show of power and dominance; he looks down on anyone who lets their true emotions show, and even when faced with a rival in strength, if they let slip a frown, Alastor will see them as truly weak. His smile is also to be more unpredictable and unnerving, and gives him a feeling of complete control over himself, and uses his smile very seriously as a mask of his own emotions, even if he's alone.

While Alastor is powerful, he is aware that there are other demons and entities that rival him in terms of power, such as other Overlords. For this reason, he is wary around such demons, as they could potentially harm him if he is not careful.

Despite everything, Alastor does genuinely seem to want to help Charlie run the Hazbin Hotel, albeit for his own amusement, and hopes for its failure over siding with her idealism. Alastor also dismisses the idea that redemption is possible as laughable, nevertheless, he fulfills his role as patron as promised, providing the hotel with staff, and protecting Charlie and her business from outside threats. He views the whole endeavor as a fun distraction from his decades of boredom. However, he has a deep respect for Charlie because of her indomitable will and optimism in the face of dangerous threats such as the Exorcists and Vox.

Despite consistently having a confident and cheerful demeanor, he harbors a vulnerable side that becomes apparent when confronted with reminders of being "chained". In this instance, his facade of certainty crumbles, and he succumbs to panic attack.

According to Mimzy, when Alastor was alive he would become a "kitten" if he drank enough rye whiskey while jazz music was on. According to Vivziepop, Alastor may be "just kinda an asshole".

In life, Alastor was aware of his horrific and grotesque murders, which led him to accept his condemnation in Hell. But instead of fearing it, he performed a ritual to contact Rosie and make a deal to become the strongest sinner in order to avoid suffering. When he was killed the day after his deal, Alastor was disgusted by the memory of his pathetic death and was forced to become Rosie's slave, faithfully following her orders, much to his frustration at the containment of his powers.

Although he shows a reluctance to truly help at the Hotel, Alastor rarely displays concern for the residents and has grown fond of some of them. Most notably, he developed a close bond with Niffty, whom he sees as a daughter figure and defends from being killed by Valentino.

Following his defeat with Adam, Alastor remained distant from Charlie's requests to help at the Hotel due to his frustration and humiliation, in addition to the mockery from Lucifer and Rosie.

Alastor is a cold and manipulative man who seizes every opportunity to make a larger move later. To free himself from Rosie's deal, he subtly tricks Vox into becoming his prisoner, in exchange for never laying hands on Charlie. During his captivity, Alastor slowly manipulates Vox to inflate his ego, distance himself from the Vees, and ultimately use him as leverage to free himself from Rosie, as well as break their agreement when he touches Charlie's shoulders, mistaking him for a breach of contract. With his newfound freedom, he convinces Rosie to repair his staff, and he will help destroy the Might of Lilith. And then he does so.

As a Sinner, Alastor is biologically immortal, being unable to die from illnesses and unable to age, remaining the same age as when he died, thus can not die of old age and other natural causes. He also cannot die from any kind of damage to the body, and will recover from any injury, however, he can only be permanently killed with angelic weaponry.

Alastor is able to take over and control radiowaves to broadcast himself across Hell on radio towers, and can use his microphone staff to do it. He is able to manipulate and generate radio waves and frequencies, and as seen in “It's a Deal” Alastor can broadcast his voice and thoughts over the speakers, like when he took over the Speakers in Vox's room to mock Vox, and his teeth were shown to light up when he talked over the Speakers like a Radio.

Alastor is able to put a radio effect on his voice that he can have at different levels of volume and pitch, sometimes distorting or deepening his voice to intimidate others. He can also project various types of radio sound effects onto his cane, such as laughter, booing, or the sounds of his victims screaming, and can have his cane speak as well, also as seen in "It's a Deal" he can manipulate his voice to broadcast over speakers in a room and can even make his teeth glow like a radio when he does so.

Alastor has shown to be able to freely control his radio equipment with his mind, allowing him to mentally broadcast his voice at will. Despite finding modern technology repulsive and refusing to use it and preferring to use vintage technology and equipment, Alastor has shown to have rather remarkable abilities to manipulate modern day technology, such as camera, tv’s, networks and computers as he pleases. This was first shown in “Overture”, where he helped Vaggie film a tv commercial to advertise the Hotel, where he notably used his powers to repair and enhance her video camera. In “Radio Killed the Video Star” Alastor demonstrated he was able to freely hijack Vox’s tech, repeatedly doing so to mock him, as demonstrated when he was able to temporarily repair and restore the smartwatch of Sir Pentious to call Vox. In “Its A Deal”, Alastor was also able to notably hijack the speaker system of Vox’s office to talk to and mock him when Vox gagged him.

As shown, one of Alastor’s passive abilities to influence technology is him passively distorting his appearance when captured by video cameras. With Alastor's appearance on camera becoming covered with a distorted red glitches effect in videos or causes the video to glitch, however, this appears to be some restricted to this power, as he was not covered in glitches on the screen the Vees were watching him with the VoxTek Voyer Scope in "The Show Must Go On" while he was fighting Adam, nor in Vox's old photograph of him. Implying that Alastor could make himself appear normally in videos and camera photos if he desired or he needs to purposefully maintain the ability and he cannot continue to do so when focusing his power on other tasks.

Alastor has demonstrated the ability to turn into a much larger and more powerful Demon form.

Alastor can contort his body into numerous unnatural poses. As shown in several instances, he is able to fully rotate his head and twist it back. In “Weapon of Mass Distraction”, Alastor was able to noticeably bend and twist his legs in several odd angles to use them like his arms, contorting them in a way that should have broken them and then snapping them back into place.

Alastor can summon and transport other beings and areas to his location, as shown when he pulls Niffty out of a fireplace, as well as Husk, and a portion of the bar he was in, into the Hotel foyer. He can summon shadow-like creatures to help do something and voodoo puppet creatures to fight with him. He can manifest objects such as the bottle of cheap alcohol that he bribed Husk with in the pilot, and can summon his cane when he wants it.

Alastor also showed he is capable of altering objects such as the Hotel sign, and with a snap of a finger can change the clothing of himself and others like in his reprise song or in Overture where he tranforms the Hotel Crews attire to a classic attire.

Alastor can cast magic thanks to the high power-level he has accrued in the demon ranking system. In the pilot, this takes the visual form of glowing red symbols that resemble Voodoo veve, which float around him. Alastor is also shown using a type of blood magic, clenching his fist until droplets of blood can be seen falling from it, as a means to defeat Sir Pentious.

Alastor can manifest magical green, glowing stitches as seen when he uses them to mend out his broken staff and to stitch up his scar after his fight with Adam, and can also reapply his stitches by his own power when need after Vox had ripped them out.

As seen in "Dad Beat Dad", Alastor can produce black tentacles from his back and can create tentacles from outside his body. In the pilot he is shown summoning tentacles through a portal to defeat Sir Pentious and destroy his blimp.

Alastor is able to summon and manipulate shadows into doing his bidding, even forming them into tentacles and hands. He also has control over his own shadow which he can make it do his bidding and can also hide in shadows as seen when he hid while Charlie forgave Sir Pentious, he can also use his own shadow to shield him.

Alastor is able to get around with the help of his shadow. This was first shown when he teleports behind Charlie and Vaggie after entering the hotel for the first time.

In "The Show Must Go On", Alastor was shown to be able to create a barrier with his shadow; it was covered in eyes and voodoo symbols. He is also able to produce tentacles from it.

As shown when he fought Adam, Alastor can manifest small, multiple voodoo puppets from his shadow to attack his opponents, with Alastor notably using them as distractions to throw his opponents off from him and catch them off guard, as shown when he used them to attack Valentino in "It's A Deal" to keep the Vees divided while he fought them.

Alastor summons a ball of fire to distract Charlie as he shoves Vaggie away before starting his reprise. In “Curtain Call” during his new deal with Rosie, Alastor summoned green flames.

Like all Overlords, Alastor displayed to be able to generate and manipulate powerful energy for his own use. As shown in “Curtain Call”, Alastor’s energy manifests as black-green like streams of electrical energy, of which he can then use to create powerful blasts of power.

As shown in The Radio Demon comic, Alastor is able to make plants wilt with a single stare.

During his introduction, he is shown to be able to project red glowing light from his eyes as well as his microphone.

In "Radio Killed the Video Star", Alastor was shown to create a large green explosion to send Sir Pentious flying.

Alastor is a deal-maker demon, first shown in the pilot offering Charlie a deal for his help with the Hotel, which she turns down, and then made a successful deal with her in "Hello Rosie!".

Alastor is shown to have full control over the souls he owns, allowing him to command them however he pleases. He can also manifest chains on those he owns such as Husk in "Dad Beat Dad", and can tear their souls apart, which he broadcasts the screams to Hell.

As shown in “Curtain Call”, depending on the terms of his deals, Alastor can compel the person he made a deal with to do something against their will. This was shown when he had used his deal with Charlie to do him a favor to forcibly make her admit that Vox was the strongest Sinner in Hell in a live broadcast to escape his deal with Rosie.

While living, Alastor's profession was as a radio show host, and he continues his broadcasts in Hell, ensuring that Hell's denizens are aware of his activities over the airwaves, earning him the title of "The Radio Demon".

Alastor can speak English fluently as well as some broken Creole French, as shown in "Its A Deal".

Alastor is noted to be "a big foodie" and mentions having admired his mother's cooking in the pilot, specifically her Jambalaya.

Alastor is shown to display moderate vocal abilities and excels at dancing, with Vivziepop noting tap to be a style he excels in specifically. He also shows a flair for theatrical showmanship.

Alastor is portrayed as a highly cunning character, gaining significant power through his tricks and deal-making. This is evident when he manipulated Vox during Vox’s downfall with the Vees and Vox's own rise to power. He also used his deal with Charlie to break free from his arrangement with Rosie, and later escaped his deal with Vox, when Vox touches Charlie’s shoulders.

Alastor's power mostly comes from his staff. His staff was broken by Adam in "The Show Must Go On" and his powers got weakened so Alastor asks Rosie to fix his staff in "It's A Deal", and shown in the same episode whenever he tried to activate some of his powers against the Vees, he couldn't access them. Under a new deal, Rosie decides to fix his staff in "Curtain Call" if he agrees to help to save Pentagram City from Might of Lilith's explosion.

Alastor speaks with a Transatlantic (sometimes called a Mid-Atlantic) accent. A fashionable affect for American newscasters in the 1920s' to adopt, it was a combination of an idealized American accent and the clipped upper-class Queen's English used by the British Broadcasting Corporation in their "World Service" radio news.

Alastor can speak some French, although not fluently.

Alastor was a big theater person while living and would see everything. His general media preferences would be the "elevated horror" genre, as well as smart, dry comedies, such as the work of Buster Keaton.

Although Alastor is not a hard drinker, he does favor the hard liquors when he chooses to drink, such as whiskey. Vivziepop cited his New Orleans background for his "party side", emphasizing that he is a "classy drunk, not a messy drunk". In "Dad Beat Dad", Mimzy stated that he becomes a "kitten" if he drank enough rye whisky while jazz music was on.

Alastor likes black coffee, but does not like tea.

Alastor is a big foodie and enjoys cooking. He is also something of a food snob, and hates "lazy" processed foods. Vivziepop thinks Alastor probably isn't much of a fan of sweet things either, preferring bitter tastes, like meat and whiskey.

Alastor enjoys meat raw.

Alastor enjoys occasionally impromptu joining in with bands that are playing. He loves to cook and prepare dishes, although in his own way as he prefers his meat raw. He also enjoys playing pranks on others.

Alastor enjoys visiting the Cannibal Town and frequents the cafes there, relating a lot to the residents and enjoying the food.

Vivziepop described Alastor's planned room at the Hotel as a mixture between both traditional décor and the fantastical, with one half being a classic "fancy study", complete with tasteful wallpaper and furnishings, the other half being a literal swamp conjured as a dining area. Vivziepop highlighted Alastor's duality as a character and described him as being the type of person to own two homes, one a fancy townhouse, the other a rickety hunting lodge in a bayou on stilts.

Alastor simultaneously does and does not care about neatness. He doesn't mind being covered in blood and viscera, and will calmly clean up after himself, but he is bothered by other things, such as people being messy eaters around him.

According to Vivziepop, Alastor does like musicals and appreciates them more than the average demon, liking much more old-timey vaudeville and really liking pre-1930s musicals, but he wouldn't understand more modern musicals and probably would not like Shrek the Musical.

Alastor can play several instruments, including the piano, violin, trumpet, and saxophone.

Alastor is not a fan of modern technology and doesn't like using any technology that was invented after he died. This plays a part in his not getting along with Vox, who has fully embraced it.

Alastor is said to not be a big fan of children, and although he wouldn't kill a child, he would strike one if they annoyed him too much, believing in "that kind of discipline". He also won't take responsibility if the child accidentally injures itself when he lets them play.

Vivziepop thinks Alastor would be a bad father, although a better mentor figure.

Alastor's jovial remark on there being "so many orphans" during the stock market crash of 1929 in the pilot, implies he is apathetic to children's suffering.

Alastor is capable of forming friendships and can become fond of people, although in his own particular way. He becomes fond of people he sees as especially funny or entertaining.

Alastor interacts on better terms with women in general, and is much lighter in his view of them. He doesn't view many of the other powerful male characters within his circle as providing any substantially intelligent conversation, seeing them as "stupid idiot brutes" and not thinking very highly of them for the most part. Others, such as Angel Dust and Husk, he finds pitiable.

Alastor greatly values manners in others and is personally offended by disrespect and rudeness. He also values humor, enjoying when people can give him a good view of their misery.

Alastor is one of the few Sinners who has not taken on a new name in Hell. Instead, he keeps with his true name from his living life, as he is not a fan of making nicknames for himself. He is, however, happy to be referred to as "Al".

Alastor does not like anyone invading his bubble, and dislikes being touched and will go out of his way to avoid it, usually in the most off-putting way possible. Vivziepop described him stretching and snapping his neck in unnatural contortions to avoid his hair being touched and creep out whoever has tried to touch him. He can also dematerialize to avoid things. Conversely, Alastor does not respect the personal space of others at all, being very handsy and comfortable invading the space of others and shown grabbing and pulling around Charlie, Vaggie, and Husk numerous times in the pilot.

The red treads on the soles of Alastor's shoes resemble deer hoof tracks. He also has antlers, as well as the ears of a deer. His ears have been shown to lower at times of certain negative emotions, such as the mention of Susan in "Hello Rosie!" and during his panic attack in "The Show Must Go On".

Alastor is a smoker, as shown in "It's a Deal".