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Missy Burlappe: The Flesh-Thread Seamstress

Missy Burlappe (Ms. Burlappe or just Missy) is the Overlord over the clothing industry, specifically costume design & tailoring, and is part of the Theatre Overlords lead by The Puppeteer.

She grew up around the small town of Glossop, England during the early 1900s. She had a large family: parents, siblings, grandparents, great grandparents, uncles, aunts, and cousins all living under 1 roof.

However, her family was far from innocent: they were a family of murderous cannibals. It’s unclear when this “traditions” started, but it’s been in the family since before the great grandparents. They would kidnapped individuals and use parts of their bodies to eat or use in clothing, furniture, and even toys for the children.

Missy was quite skilled in skinning the victims and using their skin for sewing, helping with making clothes and dolls for her younger siblings and cousins. She also grew an interest in creating detailed designs in the “clothes” she makes (and eventually using normal pieces of fabrics to sew).

Once she turned 18, she moved to Liverpool, England and opened her own boutique. While not the most popular, she became well known throughout the city. However, family traditions are hard to get rid off, and cravings started to grow.

She would first kidnap people whom she judged “sinful”: thieves, abusers, drunks, prostitutes, generally rude people, smokers, etc. She then started going after individuals who lived alone and “flirt” with them. Missy had a secret basement under her boutique where she would keep the kidnapped individuals.

However, she grew careless one night and didn’t realized she was being followed. After finding her next victim, she lead her to her boutique, not realizing that the victim’s lover was following her. Before Missy could do anything, the Lover grabbed the victim and ran to the roof of the boutique. Missy followed them, thinking she had cornered them.

However, the victim grabbed a burlap bag and covered Missy’s head. Unable to see, she tried to find them, but was pushed off the building and fell into the streets below, killing her.

After arriving in Hell, she was greeted by The Puppeteer, who has been watching her and her “creative” clothes designing during her past life. The Puppeteer offered her to “improve” her hands to help better at clothes designing, eat as many individual as she pleases, and give total control over the souls she collect in exchange for her “working” under The Puppeteer, making her follow The Puppeteer’s every demand when needed. She accepted with no hesitation.

Out of the other Theatre Overlords, she’s definitely more unstable, making most feel uneasy and even in danger around her. While “most” of the others felt some remorse for their past actions, she feels none and justifies her past actions, but also she had fun doing these past. However, when she was allowed to leave the Theatre, found solace in Cannibal Town and became good friends with Rosie, and eventually on good terms with Alastor.

Design

Her name is based around the fact that parts of her body is made of burlap, and she died with a burlap bag over her head.

She is around 7ft 8in tall, making her taller than Alastor, who is supposedly 7ft 2in.

Her fingers are supposed to look like pins and needles often used in sewing (took some inspiration from Beldam from Coraline and the Prototype from Poppy Playtime).

Regarding the colors, I wanted her to look somewhat similar to the inhabitants of Cannibal Town, specifically Rosie.

Her body is very floppy, almost like she has no bones. This in a way is supposed to reflect how she died, which was from severe blunt trauma from falling off a building.

She has long arms due to The Puppeteer’s offer, and to represent how she could have “reached” the duo before falling, bringing them with her.

The pins around her wrists and neck act as “shackles” due to being under The Puppeteer’s control.

Here is a basic reference without the dress:

Lineart For the Seamstress Overlord

I had fun drawing this one, but had some trouble drawing the eyes.

I took some inspiration from “Downtown Abbey” when designing the clothes.

Gonna say more about her when I post the finished version.

Zelyezda: The Iron Mistress

Zelyezda is the Overlord over the ballet industry, specifically Russian ballet, and is part of the Theatre Overlords lead by The Puppeteer.

When she was alive, she was a ballet dancer and teacher at the Imperial School of Ballet in St. Petersburg, Russia.

However, she was very egotistical and belittled those around her. She was also strict and cruel in her teachings, bullying and berating her students that didn’t meet her expectations, not even the students who were top of the class were safe from her wrath.

One of her students dropped out of the school and then ended her life. However, Zelyezda didn’t feel any remorse, but the girl’s brother wanted revenge.

During one of her performances, the brother messed with props hanging above, causing them to fall on top of Zelyezda, breaking both her legs.

Due to this incident, Zelyezda couldn’t dance or even walk, causing her to sink into a deep depression, where she eventually met the same end as the student.

After arriving in Hell, she was greeted by The Puppeteer, who has been watching her perform during her past life. The Puppeteer offered to fix her legs, return her fame and glory, and give total control over the souls she collect in exchange for her “working” under The Puppeteer, making her follow The Puppeteer’s every demand when needed. She accepted with no hesitation.

She still looks down (both figuratively and literally) on everyone around her, and acts entitled around her acquaintances. She does act kind, almost motherly, towards one of the Overlords due to his young age, reminding her of the student, and he prefers to be around her. After learning about the Hazbin Hotel and what Charlie is trying to accomplish, Zelyezda urges the young Overlord to go there to try and be redeemed, wanting to give him a better afterlife and to break free from The Puppeteer’s control.

Design

Her name “Zelyezda” is a combination of the Russian words for “Iron” and Train”.

She is around 13ft tall, making her the tallest of the Theatre Overlords, and taller than Val.

Her sharpness represents her “sharp” tongue and how she acted towards everyone.

Regarding the colors, I wanted to do dark colors, similar to the Black Swan.

She’s made of porcelain to represent her fragile ego, with cracks covering her legs to represent that they were beyond repair and around her neck to represent how she died (hanging).

The ribbons around her ankles, wrists, and neck act as “shackles” due to being under The Puppeteer’s control.

The giant eye on the back of her head looks like a bun when closed, this takes the saying “eyes on the back of her head” quite literally.

Here is a basic reference without the dress and makeup:

Lineart for the Ballet Overlord

The poses for the reference sheets of the overlords are gonna look stiff and uninteresting, but that’s because I’m just trying to show off the clothing design and general appearance of the character.

Now onto the character:

I’m still trying to figure out a color scheme for her, and finding designs for 1820–1830 Russian Ballet attire was a lot harder than it needed to be.

She’s gonna be the tallest of the Theatre Overlords, I’m still trying to figure out a height, but she’s gonna be taller than Valentino. She seems to carry a lot of weight when moving, you can hear her approaching like an upcoming train.

I’ll go more into her design when I post the base design with colors.

New Information for Overlord OCs *NEED FEEDBACK*

I’m working on the deaths for my overlord OCs, along with some other information like birthday.

Some of these deaths are linked to real world events while others are no way related. Few of these real events is definitely messed up so search at your own risk.

Finally I really need feedback on these so that I can make the proper adjustments and faithful representation.

Without further ado, please read below:

The Artist Overlord

Died in Am Spiegelgrund in Vienna, Austria.

Placed in care for Schizophrenia.

Died by “Aktion T4” at 15yrs old.

Died in December 1941

Was born on 27 April 1926 in Vienna, Austria.

The Playwright Overlord

Died in Kresna Gorge, Bulgaria.

Was a soldier in the 1st & 2nd Balkan Wars.

Died by being shot in the Battle of Kresna Gorge.

Died on 30 July 1913 at 46yrs old.

Was born on 1 January 1867 in Doxato, Greece.

The Seamstress Overlord

Died in Liverpool, England.

Owned a Boutique in Liverpool & was a Serial Killer.

Died by blunt trauma from falling off a building.

Died in March 1927 at 32yrs old.

Was born on 2 September 1895 in Blackpool, England.

The Orchestra Overlord

Died in Delft, Netherlands.

Became deaf in one ear during a performance.

Died by smallpox at 27yrs old.

Died in February 1871.

Was born on 3 April 1844 in Delft, Netherlands.

The Opera Overlord

Died in Paris, France.

Was candle maker before she began opera.

Died by being burnt alive at 41yrs old.

Died on 27 November 1853.

Was born on 28 November 1812 in Naples, Italy.

The Ballet Overlord

Died in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Was a ballet teacher before her legs got crushed.

Died by hanging at 36yrs old.

Died in January 1830.

Was born on 17 December 1794 in Veliky Novgorod, Russia.

The Puppet Overlord

Died in China.

Not much is known, but was possibly a serial killer or torturer.

Died by Lingchi or “Death by a Thousand Cuts”.

Died in the 1750s.

Was born in the 1700s in China.

Some Quick Facts About the Upcoming Overlord OCs!!!

There will be a total of 7 Overlord OCs, however, 6 of these Overlords work under the 7th Overlord.

The 7th Overlord owns only 6 souls, the 6 other Overlords, but receives a share of souls that the Overlords managed to contract.

Most of these Overlords died some time during the 19th-20th centuries, while the 7th died in the 18th century.

All 7 Overlords have occupations and themes relating to theater/drama entertainment, essentially working together similarly to the Vs.

These are the “industries” that each of the Overlords work/rule in:

Opera

Ballet

Artist

Seamstress

Orchestra

Playwright

Puppetry

Each of these Overlords will have different ethnicities which will be revealed below.

The Artist Overlord

He/Him

Austrian

Died during/around WW2

Youngest of the 7

Mid-Late Teens

The Playwright Overlord

He/Him

Greek

Died during Early-Mid 20th Century

Mid-Late 40s

The Seamstress Overlord

She/Her

English

Died during Early-Mid 20th Century

Flexible Rag Doll

Early-Mid 30s

The Orchestra Overlord

They/He

Dutch

Died during Mid-Late 19th Century

Second in Command

Deaf in Left Ear/Mute

Mid-Late 20s

The Opera Overlord

She/Her

Italian

Died during Mid-Late 19th Century

Hypnotic Voice

Early-Mid 40s

The Ballet Overlord

She/Her

Russian

Died during Early-Mid 19th Century

Tall Porcelain Figure

Mid-Late 30s

The Puppetry Overlord

They/He/She/It

???(Possible Asian Descent)

Died during Mid-Late 18th Century

Owns the other 6 Overlords

Floating Marionette

???(Possibly 30s-50s)

If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to comment down below and I’ll try to answer without giving too much away.

I’m working on a project of basically creating multiple OCs that cover certain species/rules, and might have a connection between each other.

These are what I want to make OCs for:

1. Overlord(this one might have multiple)

2. Sinner (Already made)

3. Hellborn (Possibly one for each Ring)

4. Angel/Heavenborn

5. Winner

6. Human (Alive)

For this poll, I want to pick a business/industry/occupation for the Overlord(s) to rule over. I’m probably gonna do all of them, but I’m not sure.

The chooses below are connected in that multiple overlords could be working together, similar to the Vs. I also know that there was a theater overlord in the pilot, but I don’t know if that character is still canon, please comment down below if that’s the case.

Also if you all have any ideas for the Overlords or the other options for OCs listed, please comment.

I have finally finished the general concept of my OC and her Personalities.

I realized towards the end that their clothing looks too “normal”, so there might be some redesigns in the future.

And yes, I still don’t know what to name them yet, so if anyone has any suggestions please comment below.

I’ll start doing wikis for them soon, along with possible scenarios for character interactions.

I have finally finished the general concept of my OC and her Personalities.

I realized towards the end that their clothing looks too “normal”, so there might be some redesigns in the future.

And yes, I still don’t know what to name them yet, so if anyone has any suggestions please comment below.

I’ll start doing wikis for them soon, along with possible scenarios for character interactions.

Disclaimer!!! This post has some content that may be disturbing!!! (Valentino and his “habits”)

So when creating these characters, I’ve also tried to come up with possible scenarios with certain Hazbin characters.

Now this idea might have some mixed views due to the characters that would be in it.

Basically I want to create a scenario with Sweetie (the Lovestruck Personality) and Valentino. Idk why but the idea of a “lustful” character interacting with an innocent affectionate character just seems interesting.

Like Val would try to flirt and talk dirty, but Sweetie would have no idea or misunderstand what he’s talking about.

For example; he could comment that he’s “thirsty” or “hungry” for her, but Sweetie takes it that he’s actually hungry/thirsty and would cook/bake something for him.

Another example (and this one is definitely disturbing), he would sneak into her room to “touch” her, but she would somehow wake up before he can do anything. She would then assume that he had a nightmare and would cuddle with him, which would result with his face in her chest.

I know that this would definitely be OOC for Valentino, but perhaps he would gradually start to admire Sweetie’s innocence, and maybe perhaps fall in love with her (like actual love).

Please let me know how you all feel about this and if I should go forward with creating scenarios/stories/comics for this idea. I’ll also post other ideas I have regarding the interactions between my characters and Hazbin characters.