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. 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, towering over most demons he meets, muscular, yet has a large and rotund 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. He wears a leather band with a mysterious jewel on his left wrist, a ring on his right middle finger, and a pentagram medallion hanging from around his neck. 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.

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 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 somewht 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 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 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.

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.

Runar has 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.

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.

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.


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

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).