User:Midnight Blaze V

Runar is a Hellhound and an Overlord, leading a Pack of Hellhounds and a ferocious advocate for Hellhounds all over Hell.

Appearance
Runar is a Hellhound, and so has a humanoid canine appearance. His fur is mostly white but with black markings similar to tribal tatoos on his arms, shoulders, chest, tail and belly. His hands, paws, ear tips and tail tip, as well as the fur around his neck are all black. His neck fur is thick and mane-like, his tail is long and bushy, and his eyes have silver pupils with red sclerae, and across his face, starting from above his right brow, going across his muzzle, to below his left cheek bone, Runar has a scar, the origin of which is unknown. Physically, Runar is huge. He's tall, his height of 10 ft making him tower over most demons he meets. He is bulky and muscular, yet has a large and round belly. He wears only short pants with a hole for his tail, a jacket with the sleeves ripped off, and not shirt, exposing his large chest and belly, as well as his bulging muscles; otherwise he wears a black leather duster coat during certain situations of special occasions. He wears a leather band with a mysterious jewel on his left wrist, a ring on his right middle finger, and a pentagram medallion on a chain necklace. He also has a pouch strapped to the right leg of his pants, and can apparently store large objects inside of it.

Personality
Runar is a Hellhound Overlord, who takes pride in having clawed his way up from the gutters to where he is today. However, he is also cautious, tempering his pride and ambition with a healthy sense of self-preservation, along with wanting to protect everything he's ever achieved, as well as his loved ones.

His past, while mostly a mystery, shaped him into becoming a predator, seeking power and respect, but in Runar's case he strove to have what he deemed as "enough". That is to say, he is satisfied with what he has and will not stand for anything or anyone that threatens his power, status, or anything else he cares about.

He puts on a show of being tough and intimidating to some while giving some level of respect to his fellow Overlord yet not allowing any of them to think they can walk all over him or underestimate him. Whereas with the other high-ranking demons of Hell (like the Sins, the Royal Family, or the Goetia) Runar keeps interaction with them as minimal as possible. He prefers not to stir up any hornets nests, but he won't bend over and take it if an other demon tries to push him around or talk down to him.

Even so, Runar has wisely built rapport with certain demons in order to have allies in the event he and his Pack were ever threatened by rivals or anyone else that would dare threaten him. This includes his association with Alastor, the two of them forming some kind of understanding that led to a sort of non-aggression pact between them, which stipulates that they stay out of each other's way and don't attempt harm upon the other.

Runar is bisexual and polyamorous, having taken on multiple mates in his pack (males and females) and fathered several pups, all of whom he loves dearly and would not hesitate to protect even at the risk of his own life. He's shwo nto be a family man and adores kids, helping them whether they're Hellhound pups or not, yet is dismayed by their presence in Hell, believing that no child should have to grow up in Hell at all.

Runar holds Loyalty in the highest degree, expecting it and giving it in return to all the members of his Pack, as well as those he deals with albeit in lesser degrees. He takes betrayal personally and never lets it go unpunished. If he cannot get revenge on those who betray him or his Pack he will at the very least seek to get even.

He has a bloodthirsty and violent side, but he doesn't kill for the sake of killing. He enjoys fights, is not afraid to get violent with others, and has personally tortured enemies with his own claws. In fact, one of Runar's kicks is swallowing other demons whole and alive, feeling them struggle inside his belly before they die and are digested. As a result of this, Runar tends to be very gassy.

History
Runar's origins are somewhat of a mystery, other than he was born in the Ring of Gluttony and did not have a good upbringing. He doesn't talk about his birth-family nor how he came into the "ownership" of a low-ranking Goetia, who treated Runar horribly. When Runar was still a pup, he finally snapped and killed his master, forcing him to go into hiding when the Goetia's relatives came looking for his (Runar's former master's) killer.

Runar struggled to survive, often subject to cruel and unsuual treatment from other demons, since hellhounds were considered the bottom of the heap in Hell's hierarchy (next to imps). When Runar was around thirteen, he collapsed in an alleyway outside a casino, on the verge of giving up... when he observed a tall red demon making a deal with a winged cat demon. Overhearing them, Runar learned the winged cat had made a deal with the red demon... and lost his soul along with his status as an Overlord.

This spurred Runar to keep living and he swore to himself that he would rise up, no matter what it took. He waited a few more years, looking for the right opportunity, which came after an Extermination. He found an Overlord on the brink of death, desperate and pleading for help. Approaching the Overlord, Runar, acting scared and desperate, offered his aid... in exchange for whatever he asked of his choosing. The Overlord, desperate to live and perhaps underestimating the young hellhound, agreed, and the bargain was struck.

Runar saved the Overlord's life... and then called in what he was owed, and demanded the Overlord's soul! Because the deal was binding, the Overlord had no choice, and so lost his soul, along with his power, wealth, and Overlord status, to Runar, who became an Overlord in his own right. To make sure his new thrall could not threaten him or escape, Runar swallowed the fallen Overlord whole and alive, which inspired one of his MOs from that day forward.

Ever since then, Runar has mostly kept to himself, appearing now and then to exploit opportunities, and secure whatever he could to protect his power and status as an Overlord. He did favors for other demons, some of them Overlords, and called in favors in order to accumulate wealth, power, and even took on contract killings, hunting down targets on clients' behalf and swallowing those targets, bringing proof of their consumption to the clients for his payments. This allowed Runar to garner a terrifying reputation all his own as an Overlord and a demon in general, as many demons came to fear Runar and his monstrous appetite.

Once he'd accumulated enough wealth and power, Runar used his power and status to help hellhounds all over Hell, many of them choosing to be his followers and so they became his Pack. Runar's followers are sincerely loyal because Runar is loyal to them and does right by them. He's created his own business as a Canabi cultivator and dealer, hiring hellhounds only in order to provide them a job and a means to build up their lives and have support from Runar's Pack.

Runar took less jobs in contract killing in order to focus on his family, his business, and his pack, but didn't quit the job completely. He sometimes took on jobs in exchange for considerable payments as well as to win favors from other demons.

Abilities

 * Demon Transformation - Like all demons, Runar can transform into a larger and more powerful form when he chooses to, is riled up, or when he's intends to fight or even just intimidate someone. Runar's transformed state makes him at least three times larger, his big belly recedes, turning into rock-hard abs, his fangs and claws become more pornounced and sharper, his tail splits into multiple bushy tails that are tipped with a demonic barb, his muscles pump up, his fur darkens and becomes grizzled, he grows horns, his ears become larger and more pronounced, he grows an additional pair of arms below his original pair, and blade-like spikes grow out from all of his forearms.


 * Hellfire - Runar can manifest and control Hellfire, as well as breathe it.


 * Shadow Powers - Runar has demonstrated powers over shadows, such as manifesting metaphysical shadows shaped to his liking, such as tendrils to ensnare or blades to attack, and he's even showed he can travel through shadows or become a shadow by sinking into his own.


 * Merging - Runar has demonstrated a unique power, where he can merge his hellhounds into his own body. In doing so, he can grow larger, stronger, and his hellhounds can emerge from any point of his body, often their heads on his shoulders to make him look like he has three heads. Runar only does this with his two most trusted lieutenants, his best friends and two of his male lovers, Grim and Wagz. They almost always stay inside of Runar though he lets them out whenever they want.


 * Chains - Runar has demonstrated the power to manifest heavy chains of dark metal that he uses to enchain others, whether to trap them, impede them, or capture them. These chains are powerful enough to restrain even other Overlords.


 * Howl - Runar's Howl is feared, as it can literally strike fear into those who hear it, filling them with dread, anxiety, panic, and he's even killed lesser demons simply by howling at them, causing them to literally die of fright, or rather heart failure. Runar also has the ability to communicate to other hellhounds through his howls, and they are powerful enough to be heard through an entire Ring of Hell.


 * Gluttony - Runar has the power to devour others whole and alive, trapping them inside his stomach. Anyone who is swallowed finds themselves completely helpless within Runar's belly, and are subject to a slow and agonizing digestion, becoming added as fat to Runar's waistline... and as a boost to Runar's own demonic powers.

Skillset

 * Deal-Making - Runar is a capable deal-maker, as it was making a deal with a vulnerable and desperate Overlord that enabled Runar to take the former's soul, power, and status for himself. He's made similar deals since, but he never makes deals unless the terms are in his favor or otherwise acceptable in ways that won't result in his own loss. Runar keeps deals involving souls to an absolute minimum, preferring to make deals for services and favors.


 * Keen Strategist - Runar values the concept of Strategy, as it was using strategy that helped him get everything he has. He considers details and facts, combs through information, considers possible outcomes, and uses foresight and insight in order to form cohesive plans that are capable of adapting to unexpected situations. Runar never acts rashly and always consider the possible outcomes of his ventures, weighing risks and rewards, determining the best courses of action in order to gain what he wants or protect his own.


 * Expert Private Investigator - Ruanr worked as a contract killer, which required him to learn and hone skills in investigation, tracking, and hunting down his targets. His skills and reputation earned him a virtually perfect record in hunting his targets down.


 * Capable Businessman - Runar owns and runs a business in cultivating and dealing canabis. His work keeps him comfortably wealthy.

Runar's Pack
Runar lives for his Pack, who are his followers as well as his family. He only accepts other Hellhounds into his Pack, and fights for Hellhounds all over Hell, seeking out any who are in need of help or in bad situations and doing everything in his power to help them. Runar often invites any hellhound he meets to join his Pack, but he never attemptsto force them, wanting for them to choose for themselves whether or not they wish to join him. Many of the hellhounds in Runar's Pack are his devoted followers, serving as his eyes, ears, and even his muscle, fangs and claws. he doesn't discriminate based on gender, judging only by character and actions. Runar has accepted several of his hellhounds as lovers and even mates, both males and females, and as a result has fathered several hellhound pup children whom he loves and adores.

Among his most trusted hellhounds are Grim and Wagz, two of his fiercest and most devoted. Runar loves them as two of his mates, and made them his lieutenants, using his power to merge them into his body whenever he needs them to, but he never forces them to merge with him and releases them when they wish to part from him.

Runar will not tolerate any threats or danger to his Pack and will fight to protect them even at great personal risk. In fact, Runar has a very specific arrangement with every member of his Pack: Those that formally join his Pack are required to sell their souls to Runar an in exchange Runar gives joint-ownership of his own soul to every hellhound that joins his Pack. As a result of this arrangement, Runar becomes more powerful with every new member who joins and in return he can't betray them nor they him. It is an arrangement that ensures mutual loyalty as well as Runar's own gesture and promise that he will never betray his Pack, and because they all onlu have a shared ownership of Runar's soul they can't impose their own will over him while he to them as a means of enforcing himself as the alpha.

Alastor
Runar and Alastor are fellow Overlords and at the very least consider each other associates. Their history is unknown, except that they have a sort of non-aggression pact between them that forbids them from interfering with each other's businss or attempting harm on the other. They don't seem to particularly like each other, but there is a mutual respect between them.

Queen Bee
Runar admires and even reveres Queen Bee, the Sin of Gluttony. They share a common interest in helping downtrodden hellhounds, and often do business with each other.

Crimson
Runar loathes and looks down upon Crimson and his mafia, due to an incident that led to Runar confronting Crimson in his own home and scaring the imp into compliance, threatening to destroy Crimson's Mafia if he ever dared to cross the Hellhound Overlord again. To get his point across, Runar devoured several of Crimson's men right in front of him and warned him if there was ever a next time Crimson would be added to his waistline as well. He further threatened if he ever heard Crimson oppressing hellhounds he'd make the imp regret it.

I.M.P
Runar has heard of I.M.P, but doesn't think much of them. He offered the receptionist who worked for them, Loona, a place in his pack but was surprisingly declined. Seeing how they interacted with each other, Runar understood that despite their mutual aggravations they were a rather unusual family. He instead gave Loona his card, offering her his help if she ever needed it.

Charlie Morningstar
Runar is aware of Charlie, the Princess of Hell, and has heard of her unusual ideas and proposal of redeeming demons in order to possibly allow them to ascend to Heaven. Runar admires Charlie's determination and even her sincerity, but on the other hand he doesn't truly think her goal is feasible, but he has offered her his emotional support and even a favor if she ever needed one.

The Vees
Runar does not like The Vees, plain and simple. He considers them all to be obnoxious, vile, obviously dishonest, and attention-seeking. He has even gone as far as to put a special filter on his screens at his home and place of business to prevent Vox's hypnotizing effect, and doesn't much care for social media other than a source of news and information, because he disdains Velvette, considering her a vile and egotistical brat. As for Valentino, Runar hates him especially for his work in pornography and how he treats those in his employ (as well as those whose souls he owns). Runar feels Hell would be much better off without The Vees, but acknowledges the power they have and deems going against them to simply not be worth it unless they dare to cross him first.

Carmilla Carmine
Runar has a respect for and even a friendship with Carmilla. He doesn't exactly support her business in the trade and development of angelic weapons, but he understands and relates to her desire to protect her family.

Zestial
Runar has a respect for Zestial and even considers him something of a mentor figure, as Zestial gave him advice and some guidance in Runar's early days as an Overlord. Zestial taught Runar how to use fear and intimidation to control and oppress his enemies and those beneath him.

Trivia

 * Runar is an OC (Original Character) and completely Non-Canon to Hazbin Hotel or Helluva Boss
 * Runar's kink in devouring other demons is actually what resulted in his large belly (the demons he digested had their essence absorbed by Runar, adding to his waistline).