Description
"I am the Unicorn of Love.~" ~ Amdusias
Name: Amdusias
Nicknames: The Great Composer of Hell, The Unicorn of Love
Gender: Male
Died In: Hasn't died, as he is a Hellborn
Species: Demons of Ars Goetia/Unicorn Demon
Likes: Music, creating music, playing music, writing music, singing, genuine romantic relationships, his popularity, people having a good time, big paychecks
Dislikes: Noise, “bad music”, lustful desires, musical artists who sellout, musical artists who focus solely on sex, most modern musicians, getting laryngitis
Headcanon Voice: Barry White/Kevin Michael Richardson
Personality: The Unicorn of Love himself, Amdusias is a majestic and stoic musician demon whose passion is the art of music and as such, is very skilled in the craft. One of the last original musician demons and still-currently popular, Amdusias is very devoted to his craft and takes it very seriously, making it his life career to make music for other demons. While at first glance Amdusias seems callous to the everydemon, in truth Amdusias cares for his listeners and pours his heart and soul into his music. The reason for this is because he misses the old days of the music industry down in Hell and greatly dislikes the current music industry, preferring the days of old when they sang about love songs with a story, meaning and point; now it’s all just about sex and lust, which Amdusias strongly dislikes. As such, he’s made it his mission to keep the spirit of “old fashioned love music” down in Hell still going.
However, due to this, he is seen by some as being “too old-fashioned”. However also to some, this is part of the appeal (and really, few can resist Amdusias’s charm). Amdusias’s default mood is always being stoic, gentle and cold but it’s not that he’s emotionless but rather he’s very, very reserved. Amdusias is very charming, with his deep and sultry voice practically being hypnotic (and is said to be so loud at times, he can be heard through thunder!). However despite his charms, he also has some flaws of his own. Amdusias is notoriously a perfectionist, often willing to go through many takes and put others through it if the song and notes don’t line up with what he has in his head. He is also very harshly critical of the current music scene, sometimes even ignoring some diamonds in the rough because “it’s new” and is especially scathing towards bands that focus on making songs about sex (especially WitchHammer).
He strongly dislikes Verosika Mayday and Asmodeus as well, seeing them as symbols of everything wrong in music in Hell nowadays. He’s also known to have gone through many new bandmates for his orchestra constantly, mainly because he’s fired many for being “out of tune” or having driven them crazy for making them go through many takes. He is also known to charge heavily for his shows, making them very expensive to get tickets to shows and has a fear of music piracy, so finding any of his songs online is difficult (your best off buying his albums in order to hear them). While Amdusias is not typically a violent demon he strongly dislikes demons who also are just being extremely horny and lustful in front of them, especially if their rapists or pedophiles in which he’ll torture them by having them listen to the absolute worst music he’s heard.
Overall, Amdusias while can be extremely perfectionist and tight in regards to his music, he does still deeply care for the art and cares for his fans. He also believes in redemption even if it means he’ll have less listeners down in Hell, he believes the damned souls can be saved and wishes the best for them up there and while they’ll be angels now, they’ll always be his fans still.
Occupation: Musician/Singer/Composer of Hell
Powers and Weapons: Musical Influence: Through the power of his deep and sultry voice and his enchanted instruments, Amdusias can use music to directly affect or directly influence people. If he makes a song to put them to sleep, they will go to sleep. If he makes a sad song, they’ll all cry streams of tears. If he makes a song about battle, they’ll become all riled up and ready to go to war. In this state, those who are under his musical spell can be directed and controlled by Amdusias. However, if Amdusias stops playing and singing, then they will no longer be under his control, as he needs to keep playing his music in order for it to be effective. Also those who hate his music are not affected.
Dancing Plague: Amdusias can induce a spell onto his targets that makes them dance nonstop. This can last for hours, but can be stopped by either being undone by Amdusias himself or end on it’s own.
Instruments Summon: Amdusias can summon his instruments at will so that he can play them.
Instrument Control: Amdusias can control several instruments all at once and play them with his powers, and also is capable of turning invisible so that they can be heard, but not seen.
Horn: Amdusias has a very strong and durable unicorn horn that he can use akin to a sword in combat, being able to hack and slash at his foes. With it, he can also change it to any color or use magic from it.
Horn Beam: Amdusias can also fire out a powerful, purple colored magical beam from his horn that can create explosions.
Tree Bending: Amdusias can bend trees around him at will.
Grimoire: Amdusias has a grimoire that he can use to occasionally travel to Earth. However, it’s where he mainly stores his music sheets as it’s themed off of music books.
Musical Skills: Amdusias is very skilled in music, knowing how to play many different kinds of instruments and is well versed in many genres, songs and styles.
Explosive Musical Notes: Amdusias can also “conduct” and conjure up some musical notes that he can shoot out from his instruments. He can use them to fire out and explode upon his enemies on impact like cannons.
Claws: Amdusias has very sharp claws that he can use to hack and slash at his opponents.
Weaknesses: Has a limit on his musical influence as he can only control his targets for as long as he’s playing music. Doesn’t like to get into combat much. Laryngitis puts a damper onto him heavily and makes him unable to perform most of his powers. He is sensitive also to loud noises and bad music, which can weaken him. Annoying and lustful people get on his nerves quickly.
Bio: Hailing from the Lust Ring, Amdusias is a unicorn Goetia demon whose in charge of the cacophonous music that’s always playing in Hell and is often regarded as one of Hell’s best composers (if not the best, but he wouldn’t be too sure). In his youth, he used to be part of a duo that consisted of himself and Leonard. The two were a popular music duo together however they split apart one day and went all of their separate ways. While Leonard faded into obscurity and became the Grandmaster of Nocturnal Orgies, Amdusias continued playing and has remained popular for many years. Amdusias has been recognized as an icon of Hell and has been one of the most popular musicians down there for many years (especially in the Lust Ring where his seductive, romantic music was arguably responsible for the creation of many young demons).
However over the changing years, Amdusias has found himself competition with younger and newer demon musicians and is doing his best to adapt and keep up with the times, however one thing Amdusias never had to get rid of his in his music was his passion, storytelling and meaning of romance….something that he sees that most newer music from Hell very often lacks. Amdusias has a strong dislike for the current music scene, seeing demonic musicians nowadays focusing too much on sex and partying and not about love, romance and having a point. Because of this, Amdusias fears that his style of music and the demonic musicians that came before him will be seen as purely “oldies” and be seen as outdated and forgotten. As such, Amdusias continues playing and performing as long as he can, never really going away as he considers himself to be among the last of “the old greats”. He occasionally tours and performs his concerts in other Rings, though he’s often also performed for other high ranking demons such as Paimon and Lucifer.
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Note: Amdusias is an actual demon from the Ars Goetia/Dictionarrie Infernal, but this is largely my take on him; as such he is my OC.