Stolas

"♫ As the stars start to align, I hope you take it as a sign that you'll be okay. Everything will be okay. And if the Seven Rings collapse, although the day will be my last, you will be okay. When I'm gone, you'll be okay. ♫"

- Stolas, singing a lullaby to his young daughter

Stolas is a Goetic Prince of Hell and a major supporting character in Helluva Boss. He is the father of Octavia and the husband of Stella.

Appearance
Stolas is an anthropomorphic owl demon. He is tall and slender, with a white, heart-shaped facial disk and small black beak, resembling that of an owl. He has two pairs of almond-shaped red eyes, one set atop the other, with no visible irises or pupils, albeit white highlights do occasionally appear when he is excited.

Stolas has gray-blue feathers, which gradients to dark gray-blue on his head and long, plume-like tail. He has a lighter gray-blue puff of fur on his chest.

His limbs are long, thin, and black, and his feet are tipped with owl claws.

Although he frequently changes clothes, Stolas is often seen wearing a deep red tunic with six linked golden buttons down the breast, and beige breeches. He accessorizes with a feathery tophat that features a regal gold crown encircling it, as well as a long burgundy cape, tattered at the hemline, with a plush ermine-look fur collar, and long black gloves with white feathered trims at the elbows.

Personality
Stolas gives the immediate impression of someone regal and ostentatious, as would be expected for a royal of his station. He dresses in clothing befitting his role, and his mansion is decadent, containing many large, elaborately framed portraits of himself and his small family.

Underneath these dignified trappings, however, Stolas is shown to be a flamboyant, dramatic, eccentric, and often giddy person. Someone who does not take his royal reputation as seriously as the people around him expect him to, and is prone to act quickly on his easily excitable emotions.

Stolas can also often get caught up in pursuing his own present interests and fails to pay attention to the more pressing issues around him, including the feelings and needs of others. He has even dismissed their wishes under the belief that, as long as he was happy, everybody else was as well, even when he was told otherwise.

Although these tendencies can make him appear selfish and even airheaded to some people in his life, he isn't oblivious to correction or regret and this is something he makes an effort to improve on, specifically in regards his beloved daughter, Octavia.

Stolas is also shown to be very lonely, seemingly isolated and cloistered in his position. Although he is married, it is clear that he and his wife are not on affectionate terms, their marriage implied to have been somewhat cold for a long while.

Stolas has, perhaps surprisingly, an equally romantic and explicit side, something he looks to indulge in with Blitzo, an Imp, considered 'lower-class' among his peers, whom he is currently engaged in a complicated extramarital affair with. Stolas is invested in Hell's soap operas as comfort shows, enjoys the process of getting ready for rendezvous, and swoons over idealized ideas of amorous romance. He is also very uncensored in discussing his many bedroom preferences, using highly explicit and flowery language, sometimes in front of others, and is interested in aspects of BDSM, such as bondage.

As with many demons, and the denizens of Hell in general, Stolas has a somewhat questionable moral compass and is implied to interfere with the affairs of humans for his own benefit. He can easily cross the boundary between Hell and the living world with his own personal Demonic seal, and seems to enjoy striking fear into humans as a powerful Goetia.

Despite this, he is also gentle and nurturing to those he cares for, showing open devotion to his daughter, concern towards Blitzo and his coworkers, as well as attentiveness to his large and lavish garden of carnivorous Hell-plants.

Skillset

 * Musical Talent: Stolas is shown to be very adept at singing, comforting his daughter with ballad-style lullabies.
 * Gardening: This comes naturally with his love of plants. He has an extravagant collection of Hell-flora, which he lovingly tends to.

Unique Abilities

 * Petrification: Stolas can turn his targets into stone with a simple glare.
 * Telekinesis: Stolas can use telekinesis, both passively and aggressively. He uses the power to lift his grimoire into his hands so that he can comfort his daughter, and also to violently hurl monitors across the room in the D.H.O.R.K.S. headquarters.
 * Possession: Stolas can possess humans on Earth by spiritually entering them. The possession causes the host to spasm and they gain red eyes, sharp teeth, and Stolas's eye stripes. Furthermore, when they stand on his seal, they can serve as a medium to summon Stolas's physical form to Earth.
 * Reanimation: Stolas can temporarily animate the corpses of deceased humans, which he demonstrates on a group of D.H.O.R.K.S. agents, using them to draw out his seal in order to give him access to the Human World without the use of the grimoire.

Gallery

 * Stolas/Gallery
 * Stolas/Designs

Trivia

 * Stolas is based on the demon from the Ars Goetia, the Great Prince of Hell Stolas, who is also depicted as a crowned owl with long legs.
 * Additionally, according to Viv, Stolas is not an Overlord but is part of a separate hierarchical level which is also referred to as the Goetia Demons. Stolas himself alludes to the order in "Loo Loo Land".
 * The seal of the Goetic demon can be seen on the balcony of Stolas's mansion.
 * Stolas's gardening hobby and astrological theme both reference how the Goetic demon is said to teach knowledge on astronomy, herbs, and plants. Prior to "Loo Loo Land", his gardening habit was foreshadowed in a post from the unofficial Voxtagram account.
 * Even though she has yet to make a decision, Vivziepop has mentioned that Stolas's powers work different from Alastor's. She also mentioned that Stolas is actually stronger than Alastor.
 * In "Loo Loo Land" it is shown that Stolas is actually very lightweight since Blitzo was able to carry Stolas to his seat without struggle.
 * The designs for Stolas's outfit changes for the episode "Loo Loo Land" were revealed during the BLM Charity Stream.
 * In "Truth Seekers" Stolas is seen being able to create a portal from Earth back to Hell without using his grimoire. It is unknown if he can actually do this or if that was just an error since in "The Harvest Moon Festival" and before, he seems to require it to open them. In the episode "Ozzie's", he is still able to fabricate portals without his grimoire, albeit only to access another Ring of Hell instead of going from Earth to Hell.