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Prince Stolas of the Ars Goetia is the deuteragonist of the adult animated black comedy/romantic drama web series Helluva Boss.

He was a powerful demon prince and a member of the Ars Goetia, a royal family in Hell's hierarchy. Stolas is the owner of the Grimoire that I.M.P used to access the living world to their assassination job. Blitzo, a peer Stolas knew during one day from childhood and CEO of I.M.P, had sex with Stolas to retrieve the book and was allowed to keep the book under Stolas' condition that Blitzo sleep with him everytime there's a full moon.

In the pilot, he was voiced by Brock Baker, who also voiced the Ohio Demon in the aforementioned pilot, Eduardo in Eddsworld, Bill Cosby in Animeme, The Eggsterminator in Dr. Monster and Banh-mi in Oishi: Highschool Battle. In the final show, he is voiced by Bryce Pinkham as an adult, and Leander Lewis as a child.

Appearance[]

Stolas is an incredibly tall owl like demon, almost twice as tall as Blitzo, but also incredibly thin and lanky. His face resembles that of a fiendish owl. He always wears expensive-looking clothes that befit a nobleman of Hell. He has four eyes, two placed where one would expect eyes to be and two over those. Oddly, should he wear a hat, the upper pair of eyes appear on the hat's brim. Occasionally, when startled or angered, his lower two eyes gain a pair of small white pupils.

His human disguise is still very tall and thin, with grey hair and red eyes, with red-lensed sunglasses replacing the second set of eyes. His clothing in this form looks expensive and outdated, but not as foppish as how he dresses in his usual form.

His full demon form, taken when he becomes angry or enraged, is a horrific shadow-like monster with blood-red eyes and highlights. When wounded, it is shown his blood is thick and black-colored, like all hell born demons.

Personality[]

Stolas is a high-ranking demon and thus possesses to capability to perform acts of great evil, indeed in his first appearance he calmly talked about how mass-death was a good thing, despite this he is not actively malevolent in practice and prefers to indulge in his own perverted fantasies in regards to Blitzo.

This causes conflict with his family, especially with his wife Stella, due to imps being lower-class demons. Stolas is aware of the social stigma of being in a relationship with an imp yet still openly admits that he cares for Blitzo.

Stolas is often prone to going into foul-mouthed and utterly perverted rants when he becomes aroused, which oftentimes causes great discomfort towards Blitzo, despite the latter having been his first friend as a child. Although despite his aggressive speeches, Stolas has never been shown to physically force himself on Blitzo, although he does use manipulative tactics to get sexual favors.

All in all, Stolas' relationship with Blitzo is seen as a strange and often one-sided affair (quite literally) but Stolas does seem to have true affection for Blitzo. This puts him above Valentino in terms of standards and morality, whereas Val is abusive towards Vox and Angel Dust, even going as far as to force himself onto the latter and even rape him on multiple occasions.

In opposition to his status as a demon prince, Stolas, is a goofy, caring, and fun-loving guy. In fact, outside of his evil deeds and sexual life, Stolas is shown to care deeply for his daughter, Octavia, trying his best to raise her properly but also unknowingly babying her in the process. He eventually learns that Octavia is not a child anymore at the end of Loo Loo Land and goes as far as to promise that no matter how he may feel about Blitzo, that he would never leave with him and abandon her. This is even shown beforehand when he dismisses the imp's sudden absence to search for his daughter. One of the three times in the series to date where he assumes his true horrific demon form (and for that matter, addressed Blitzo by his actual name rather than a flirtatious nickname) is when Blitzo told he Octavia stole the Grimoire and went to Earth. Indeed, when Octavia snuck into I.M.P. and used Stolas's grimoire to travel to Earth, Blitzo panicked, knowing there was no way he’d be able to avoid Stolas’ wrath or charm his way out of it.

During a segment in "Ozzie's" and later revealed in "The Circus", Stolas was forced into an arranged marriage with Stella and it turns out that he's been truly unhappy with his life with her, having never been able to please her and always being at the end of her mocking and condescending attitude. He even states that he would have actually felt bad for cheating on her had she actually cared about their marriage in a loving way - which she doesn't - and that he only put up with it for Octavia's sake, so she could have a normal and happy childhood. While he genuinely loves Blitzo, he's aware that their relationship is only one for mutual benefit and deems it a "comfortable lie". This proves that underneath all his power and royalty, Stolas is a truly lonely being who is desperate for true love and affection.

As a child, Stolas was far more eager and excitable when he became old enough to be given his responsibilities as a Goetia Prince. This was all ruined however by the non-negotiable, arranged marriage that was forced onto him by his father, something that caused the young Stolas to fall into tears. He was also very eager to have friends, being polite, gracious and kind after meeting Blitzo. Prior to their sexual relationship forming as adults, Stolas did seem to have developed some form of sentiment towards Blitzo that appeared to resemble a small crush upon seeing him for the first time.

He also collects and cultivates fiendish carnivorous plants, which unfortunately, tend to be damaged often by his wife's rages.

Powers and Abilities[]

• Petrifying gaze: Stolas can project a red light by his eyes that instantly petrify the victim.
• Demonic transformation: Stolas can swipe to a more powerful, intimidating and monstrous form or disguise himself and others as human.
• Creation of Portals: Stolas, both using his powers and his grimoire, can create portals that grant him to travel everywhere he want.
• Demonic magic: As a royal of hell and a Goetia Prince, Stolas is one of the most powerful demons, and is confirmed to be more powerful than every demon and only below the Seven Deadly Sins and probably Paimon.
• Interferences: During the 6 episode "Truth Seekers", Stolas was able to glitch the dispositive's and the screens in the headquarter of the D.O.R.K.S.
• Possession: As shown in the sixth episode, Stolas can possess the body of multiple humans, both dead and alive.
• Telekinesis: Stolas can use his powers to move objects without touching them.
• Reanimation: Stolas was able to reanimate temporary a group of death agents in the sixth episode and make them create a portal where he could access to earth.
• Human disguise: Stolas can take on a convincing human appearance to disguise himself in the living world.
• Electrokinesis: Stolas showcases this ability when he disrupts the electric signal of the security cameras' monitors in the D.H.O.R.K.S. headquarters.
• High pain tolerance: Stolas was shown to have a high tolerance to pain as Striker broke and stabbed his leg Stolas did not react to the pain.
• Projection: Stolas created a projection from his grimoire of Blitzo moving from Hell to Earth while explaining about the Asmodean Crystal to him.
• Influence: As one of the Goetia Princes, Stolas hold a superior hierarchical position than every Overlord and even to most Goetia of lower rank, below only to his father and to the Seven Deadly Sins. He is also incredibly wealthy.
• Teleportation: Stolas transported Blitzo outside his mansion without the use of a portal.
• Musical talent: Stolas is shown to be very adept at singing, comforting his daughter with ballad-style lullabies. He also performs a song at Verosika's "I-hate-Blitzo" party and gets a huge applause.
• Limitations: As he explains in "Seeing Stars", his powers are "limited" while on Earth if he does not have his Grimoire, such that he cannot provide disguises for anyone except himself and can be overpowered by a large number of civilians. He can be injured or killed with Heaven-forged weapons and is rendered powerless if bound by similarly-made rope.
• Speed reading/reading comprehension: Due to growing up with a large library, Stolas can read extremely fast and comprehend what he reads fairly well.

Quotes[]

Trivia[]

• Stolas' phone call with Blitzo, and his other perverted rants are so obscene that they are heavily censored, even in an TV-MA show that is filled with strong language and adult humor.
  • Stolas has even shown distaste to the way Valentino treats others to the point where he loathes Valentino, specifically in various posts on Val's (Now archived) Instagram and on Blitzo's art streams.
  • Behind the scenes footage shows that the censored lines from the call were, at least in the recorded audio, far less egregious than what the censored portions of the rant implied, though the on-screen text in said footage insisted that Baker's spoken words were not canon to what Stolas actually said (with the possible exception of the first censored word). This was likely done to let viewers fill in the blanks with interpretations far more disturbing than anything that could have been written.
• Stolas is shown to be a loving father and thus while undeniably capable of great evil as a high-ranking demon is also a being with standards and limits on what he will and will not do.
• In terms of power, Viv has admitted that she hasn't decided fully on Stolas' abilities yet. She did however reveal that his powers work differently than Alastor's, and even said that Stolas is actually stronger than him; Stolas has since been confirmed to be more powerful to most demons but below the Seven Princes and Lucifer.
• Stolas is based on the demon of the same name from folklore, who is also considered a high-ranking figure in Hell. Furthermore, both demons are owl-like creatures have a strong astrology theme and the ability to take on the form of a fair-skinned human.
• Brock Baker's impression of Rupert Giles from Buffy the Vampire Slayer serves as the inspiration for Stolas' voice.
• Stolas' Instagram account is @daddy_hoothoot.
• It was suggested for many episodes and eventually confirmed that Stolas is a BDSM enthusiast; ironically, he seems to prefer being the submissive. Being a demon, the "toys" he uses for this include bear traps.
• Stolas appears to suffer from depression as well as a drinking problem, as he is seen drinking absinthe - a liquor that is notorious for its strong alcohol content (47 - 74 percent) being mildly hallucinogenic, and borderline poisonous - straight from the bottle. In addition, he takes antidepressants.
• In "The Circus", a painting of Stolas as a toddler shows him with a stuffed toy that looks like Max from Sam and Max.
• His human disguise bears a resemblance to his voice actor Bryce Pinkham.
• In "Sinsmas", he says that he eats rats, presumably due to being an owl-demon.

External Links[]

• Stolas on Heroes Wiki
• Stolas on the Hazbin Hotel Wiki

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