#☽ [ ᴛʜᴀᴛ's ᴀ ᴍᴏᴏᴅ ɢᴀʙʀɪᴇʟʟᴀ!

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mutuals!! if we haven't interacted yet (even if it's just with another muse) and you don't know how to approach or are just bored just give this post a like, and I shall slide the creepy birb all up in your inbox :>

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PSA: if your muse dates stolas

he will take you to see the stars, court you with lavish gifts and shameless seduction, stalk you, and leave his feathers all over the place to mark his nest-- your muse will find them in unexpected places. like sand or glitter.

--also he always sleeps naked.

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;psa: it's always ok to start multiple things with me, regardless of how many threads we already have going on. never feel obligated to reply in a certain order, or reply at all to ongoing stuff if you are not feeling it at any moment!

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this:

... or this:

there is no in between.

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stolas has the sluttiest waist

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is your portrayal based on the pilot or current canon version of Stolas? Any differences between your portrayal and canon?

YES HELLO welcome to my ted talk-- okay okay I've already gotten into some of the canon divergence here, but I can give you a brief rundown of the main stuff, and while I'm at it, shamelessly plug my hc page ;>

it is certainly more pilot based than current canon, though we do follow most canon events with our own spin. (however I am willing, eager and able to write canon compliant stolas upon request! just follow your ask or starter or message me with 'give me the sad prince!')

ON STOLAS, THE DARK PRINCE, AS SUMMONED BY GRIMM

apex predator: my default portrayal of stolas emphasises the shrewd, callous, manipulative and obsessive side of the demon prince, similar to the pilot, as well as the darker side of his infernal duties and insight into his powers and knowledge as an ars goetia.

old soul: stolas is pretty ancient, though he's younger than the sins and the og fallen angels, being in the hellborn generation. he's around 5000 years old. in my view hell years work differently from earth years, so it is entirely possible to go with the canon narrative that he is around 37 hell years old.

motivation: yes - he does become terribly infatuated, as he does with blitzø. but he is an ancient demon and this is hell, so it won't be pretty; stolas can manifest his courtship in very skewed, toxic, manipulative and obsessive ways. all of that whilst acting like he is mostly the perfect gentleman.

he is driven and haunted by the typical hunger that comes with the existential dissatisfaction of infernal creatures (banished from the fulfilling light of the creator), and the ennui that usually follows with old age and immortality.

whilst perfectly embedded in the goetia aristocracy way of life, he does wrestle with the desire to break rules and be scandalous. what more can he get away with?

soul collection: more detail here, but the short of it is that stolas does have souls under contract, and he is extremely possessive of them.

a lil' rehash of the juicy stuff below ;)

gender and sexuality: in canon it is confirmed that stolas is gay ; my stolas identifies as a pansexual cis-male.

he does have a cloaca but can also conjure a phallus for breeding or just preference (i mean just try to impregnate someone efficiently via cloacal kiss--)

he is a power bottom-leaning switch.

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*peeks in*

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a lil ns.fw hc for today, because I do what I want actually I do not control the stolas muse

if you want to make that birb squawk needily, generally manhandling him from behind, forcefully grabbing the base of his tail feathers and lifting them / sweeping them aside before proceeding to tease his cloaca will do it. be ruthless with him.

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psa. activity will be spotty this week until next tuesday 9th because I’m hosting a guest!! :3

in the meantime if we haven’t interacted yet (and you haven’t liked / missed my ‘break the ice’ post) feel free to like this for a smol starter from this creepy owl on my return!!

I am still working on sending out those break the ice asks and my drafts, so bear with me and my slow ass🦉

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Noot that I'm considering it, but what exactly would the benefits of offering your soul to Stolas be?~

IX. ON SOUL BINDING CONTRACTS WITH STOLAS

generally speaking, demonic contracts usually involve the exchange of (1) promisor's soul for a variety of temporary benefits from the demon, who is the promisee; promisors can alternately offer other people's souls, as long as they have genetic connections and dominion over them (ie. scion, spouse or servant bound by contract), or through a ritual of sacrifice.

that being said the benefits and favours offered in the exchange vary depending on the demon's skills and powers, and the circumstances involved; stolas has a set of generic demonic boons, and also a circumstantial and more specific one.

(the demon must always be able to perform and deliver on those favours, otherwise the contract will be null and void.)

depending on their rank, status and power, demons can grant a general array boons to the requestors, such as wealth, resources, a specific talent (eg. artistic, scientific etc) strength, health, beauty, youth, fame, social power and even targeted assassination. the mightier the demon, the more benefits will be offered that will be effective and significant. it is up to the demon to stipulate how many, and for what time period to grant these, ie. if a one-time thing or recurring until the time to pay up. a requestor may enter a contract in order to benefit another.

needless to say, a contract with a prince of the ars goetia will be more impressive than a regular demon's.

stolas' domain is that of knowledge, and specifically that of prophecy and foresight, astronomy, botany and the magical properties of herbs and gemstones and other minerals. these have a very wide range of active and passive application and can be used wisely to the advancement and advantage of the promisor's status on earth and beyond.

for example - if wealth and riches are requested, stolas can use his foresight to accurately predict lottery numbers, or can map out a course of action achieve a desired outcome, based on future events; scientist can claim fame through scientific discoveries provided by stolas; plants and herbs can be used to brew potions that will alter one's state; certain gemstones can be used as conduits for magical properties to achieve certain benefits, ie. health, wealth, success etc. the possibilities abound!

as for benefits strictly perceived in hell, stolas will become the promisor's patron, and grant them protection, wealth, resources and even a certain status among the hellborn; in some very rare and exceptional cases he may grant those he favours above all a limited use of his magical powers and attributes by imbibing his blood.

(that is, of course, in exchange for anything stolas might ask of the promisor, whatever it may be down to his discretion, mood and caprice ... )

more hcs on demons granting boons such as immortality and resurrection to come!

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idk if this has been asked before but how tall is stolas? maybe i skipped over something

hello my curious anon - no, you have not missed anything as I hadn't revealed my stolas' height yet ~

but he is a VERY tall bird, standing at over 10 ft!

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3. a trait they express in the wrong way!

☽ why is my muse hot garbage?? - accepting!!

ooh boy, this one is easy because there are many lmao

VI. ON OBSESSION

the most glaring trait is how he expresses any kind of affection or infatuation. take the latter, for example: when he falls for someone he does so in the most intense, immoderate and unhealthy way; he will not be above using the goetia arsenal at his disposal to manipulate and keep them bound to him: his power(s), social status & influence, wealth, knowledge and cunning. he may even lord something over them, like his grimoire with blitzø if he believes the other to be a particularly tough nut to crack. it is all kinds of wrong wrong wrong!

he does not relent easily and will shamelessly display obsessive behaviours such as keeping tabs on them by means of magic and connections, showing up unannounced, blowing up their phone, courting and seducing them enthusiastically, offering a contract etc. and just generally being rather pushy. he is not always subtle with it either - with blitzø, for example, he is openly scandalous, and in a way it's also because he wants to see how much he can get away with.

it's hunger, yearning, obsession, boredom and desperation all wrapped up in a terrible beast created by aeons of repression / unhealthy ways of managing his emotions, ingrained infernal behaviours, as well as no real examples of healthy relationships. that and ... he is a demon, an apex predator, and therefore indulges in skewed morals by definition. he basically behaves as if he is hunting them, and is not satisfied until they are snatched up and held fast in his claws, until he can devour them metaphorically and irrefutably own every part of them, tear their pretty mind wide open and gaze lovingly at every little detail.

it's a demonic belief that everyone has a price, that he can buy most people's loyalty and company like his own father did for him; but that isn't to say he doesn't appreciate a less transactional relationship: in fact he much prefers it when the objects of his affections willingly choose to indulge him, and he does not need to bind them through contracts or by any other means.

in time he has learnt to appreciate choice (that which he lacked when his own marriage was arranged) : there is nothing sexier than adoring loyalty but he does thoroughly enjoy the hunt.

tldr; he desperately wants to be loved but ... he only knows to offer a twisted imitation of it, like everything in hell.

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