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Husk is the overlord of banger songs

Given that Husk is a bartender that can listen to people's problems, it would be neat if he accidentally becomes the hotel's therapist.

Alastor definitely seems like the kind of guy who embodies the idea of “quality over quantity”. Especially when collecting souls.

The idea that Nifty could’ve been an Overlord is actually very funny.

Husk being an Overlord was a twist I never saw coming. I honestly can’t wait to see what the remaining 4 episodes will bring.😈👍

if you think about it alastor is actually a pretty good boss, if we compare al with vox or val we can see the difference easily, al has never harmed husky or niffty at all (in terms of physically at least) he just annoyed husk and gave them work to do. He also gives them a surprisingly huge amount of freedom, they can do anything and go anywhere until al needs them and summons them.

We've always drawn parallels between Husk's and Angel's predicaments, however finally seeing the nitty-gritty of their situations really makes you see how deep in the gutter they've landed themselves into. We've really gotten a good perspective on Husk after such a long time waiting for the show to come out, and looking back at all of the comics and other media that precedes it you begin to realize how the fans have understood and nailed his character to a T. A ton of it was a bit of guessing, but it turned out to be for the most part correct.

I dont think Niffty was a overlord and here’s why: when we meet Sir pen(I can’t spell his name) she calls him a “badboy” and when he comes back to the hotel she runs into his arms and tells him “the badboy is back never leave me again” I think Niffty saw Alastor as a “badboy” and just agreed to sign the detail so she could always be by him or “summoned” when needed, seeing her personally and her obsession with badboys this makes sense

Husk is the ONLY character I seen so far who is not a lunatic in my oppinion. His sin was gambling. He try to drink his sorrow for gamble his life away down but as far as I can see it, thats it.

Husk being an Overlord was such a twist, I hope they throw out more of this kind of stuff. Especially relating to the Alastor and Lilith connection. But I would like to see that they explain more about how you become a powerful overlord, because it was said that Alastor became an overlord overnight and I don't think Lilith has something to do with this, like how many people seem to think.

Something interesting to note, Alastor was seen stepping out of the tailor and then appearing in his tower. It's implied that this took virtually no time. Alastor may be able to teleport anywhere his radio waves can reach meaning his range and the area he can cover are much greater than that of Vox. The breadth of powers we've seen from Alastor simply outclass what little the other Overlords have shown so far. I suspect that Zestial's mutual respect and courteousness toward Alastor contributed to his survival. The reason the sinners reacted to Zestial rather than Alastor may be because they were recent arrivals and were unfamiliar with Alastor who was absent for 7 years.

"You're a looser" had no right to be such a banger

This would explain why Husk seems to be unafraid of Alastor compared to most other characters. The fact alastor allows Husk to touch him and scream at him when he would normally not permit that would seem either Husk still has at least some degree of power that could pose a reasonable threat to Alastor. Or on the flipside Husk may have so little power now that he is not a threat but Husk doesnt really care anyway so he treats Alastor as he pleases as long as he gets done what he is told to do.

I was surprised by the reveal but it really helped explain why Husk had such an involved design and why he settled for cheap booze in the pilot.

I remember the fandom figured out Husk was an Overlord from his concept art, and the casino seen in the pilot. However one of the show creators told everyone he wasn't a Overlord. Either they changed their minds or lied to protect the reveal.

If I were to throw my two cents in, I would guess that Alastor goes for Quiltiy of Souls rather then Quantity and that may be what vivz meant when she said Alastor doesn’t gather power in the “traditional” way

I can see husk as an overlord. He is a gambler and eventually people will even trade their own life to get it but nifty is a tad different. If she was an overlord my guess is that she was a torturer and cleaner, she got souls through either deals to kill others or by people begging for their lives to not be killed by her. Shes nifty because she's small but useful, a killer tool

Its crazy how they teased this back in the pilot and yet I was still shocked to learn the truth about Husk once being an Overlord. Keith David is a golden gem of a musician and voice actor and did an excellent job as the character

That's the big question I kept asking myself. Does Husk still have his power over gambling? Did he lose it? Or is it that he can only access his power if Alister allows him to? Because right now, he doesn't seem particularly strong or weak, just pretty average but for someone who was once an Overlord that traded his soul to "Retain" his power, you'd expect him to be secretly far stronger than what he appears to be. It would be interesting if, at any point, Husk finds a way to either win back his soul or break his contract with Alister to get his full powers back and become an Overlord of gambling.... but I doubt that'd ever happen since his purpose is to represent hitting rock bottom.

I thought it was pretty awesome seeing Husk bring out a shocking level of power when he "rescued" Angel, so the reveal that he was once an Overlord made sense. I guessed that by selling his soul to Alistair to "save his power" he transferred that power to add to the Radio Demon's. He still had access to some of it as long as Alistair agreed, but he couldn't gamble away that remaining power and squander it. In other words, he couldn't trust himself with the power, so he gave it to someone he could trust. Which is not to say that Alistair didn't manipulate him into it, but again, he saw Alistair as a better choice than some random gambler.

I just love the fact that Vivziepop said long ago that husk is the most Hazbin character from all of the crew. I hadn't known why before i watched the 4th episode. It's cool to see how forward-looking the plot of the show is

Husker may have been the Overlord of Casinos or gambling in particular. Most likely he defeated the previous Overlord of that title and that's how he became one. It makes sense that Zestial is the Overlord of information because of his spider theme and his web of information.

I imagine it was a case of "Alastor loaned Husk X souls, and he has to pay back X number of souls, with interest accumulating the longer it takes to repay, to become free of Alastor's employ" kind of deal, and that number has probably gotten so high that he is effectively in Alastor's service forever. He's probably still significantly more powerful than the average Sinner, but he's a far cry from the Overlord he used to be.

David Keith’s singing doesn’t fail on sending accepting self-esteem messages and how to continue going on in life.

I'm more curious what it means to make a deal with Alastor. From what we've seen in the second episode he has other souls of demons under him, so he may have a reason to allow husky and nifty to stay sentient. Also I wonder what alastor got from husk outside of a servant. Every overlord who makes a deal with a lower demon clear gets something outside of power. Alastor seems like someone who plans something big without you ever knowing so every choice he makes feels like theirs an underlying purpose outside of chaos. And does the fact the souls he owns being a former overlords increase it more than it would for regular sinners🤔🤔

I honestly never clocked that the things overlords rule over are industries, but if that's the case I can see Rosie ruling over the luxury industry, things like jewellery, perfume, expensive clothes, based on the way she dresses and the few shots of inside her shop we've seen, and Zestial maybe being an overlord of literature or theatre based on the way he speaks. His outfit is also reminiscent of the beggar king trope that originated in Jacobean theatre, and he has the ability to conjure objects in a similar way to Alastor, which makes me think his industry is definitely a creative one like radio, television, etc.

Poor Husk for being under Alastor’s thumb and I wonder what other stuff he’s been forced to do besides work at the bar at the hotel.🤔🥺 I do think Husk’s slicing card trick in episode 4 was cool.😊 It’d be interesting if Alastor has several Overlord souls under his control and we’ll get to see them later on.🤔

I thought the idea of ​​Husky as a mafioso overload was so cute, his appearance indicated exactly that. An angry but incredibly cute cat 😂

Husk - the overlord of cats

I remember Vaggie saying that Alastor toppled overlords who were dominant for centuries before, so it could be referring to those two (or possibly others)

What if Husk wasn't his original name as an Overlord? This is pretty poetic if you think about it - he's just a pale version of his past self. A literal husk.

I do think Husk is the Overlord of Gambling not because he introduced it or anything but because he is GOOD at it. I can imagine him gambling with a sinner and winning everything causing the sinner to lose everything until making an all for nothing deal for the sinner's soul thus him having a lot of souls enough to make him an Overlord. And I can imagine him doing the same with Alastor out of desperation and betting all of his souls until his very own. And I do can imagine Alastor letting Husk keep some for him to hold some power because he would find it amusing I do hope that we would get to explore the other Overlords and how they became one (especially that blue fire deer skull guy I was so interested with him ever since the pilot.)

What is more intriguing is how Alastor actually spared Husk´s life. He probably has value or respect from him to keep him under his control. If this was during Alastor's rising that means he has "something" unlike other Overlords back then.

The Loser song was incredible! Saved to my playlist. Husk has always been a favorite of mine. I loved the line "this face was made for radio!" Coffee spew!

My theory for how Husk gambled away his soul, is that he used his soul as Collateral for a hand that he desperately lost. We can see this evidenced by the way that Alastor is surrounded by piles of chips and cash around him, whilst Husk has nothing, he’s lost everything and had nothing more to offer, this indicating that Alastor was beating Husk dearly, and Husk, not wanting to stop and give up all of the souls he lost, decided to put up his own soul as collateral for one last hand, a foolish choice that he lost, and forever regrets. The line “I sold my soul to save my power” doesn’t necessarily mean he HAS power, it could infer that he put up his soul to TRY and SAVE his power, ultimately losing and ending up on Alastor string, and losing his Overlord status.

8:07 that transition was fire

Husk was an overlord and that's surprised me

When this was revealed & the card symbolizm was used in the backstory sequence, I immediently understood why Keith David was chosen as his VA; DR. FACILIER IS BACK BB!!

I cant believe all the times I watched the pilot I never saw Husk and Nifty at the bottom! wow

Husk as a hazbin overlord, I can see that from his bitterness and jaded views, but I can't imagine it with Niffty, not with her chipperness. Then again, her mind might've broken from the loss of power and status, or, she's just that mentally resilient that it can't get her down.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Angel die years before Husk? If that was the case, how come he didn't know Husk used to be an overlord? Also, assuming that the pilot is still canon (which, it most likely is), it's strange that Charlie was acting like he was a random sinner she just met. Unless there are so many overlords the princess of hell herself isn't familiar with all of them, it feels like a plot hole.

Looking back, the pilot did have husk up there with Al but I didn't think much of it because Niffty was also there and I assumed it was because they worked for Al. Seems he was one after all, which begs the question if she is one too, we'll see. Though.. I love how casually he just dropped that he was an overlord- 😭 I love learning about husk because he's my favorite character (angel too) always was, so man that caught me off guard

What if thats how Alastor got so powerful? Husk bet his position and Alastor bet the souls he owned. If husk won he'd ultimately save his title. He lost and Alastor became an overlord seemingly over night.

A Thheory: te blue flames overlord mabey is the new overlord of gambeling, who rised up after Husk lost his status. Mabey Husk was one of many overlords that alustor ended.

Nifty being an overlord is a funny yet terrifying thought.

Husk is definitely becoming one of my favorites so far.

When i saw this, i realized how epic husk is.

Something I would love to see in the show is for alastor to find husk at an all time low point and husk just saying “What do you want you creep?” And alastor just says “ you know, no matter how much I screw with you, I do consider you a good friend.” Followed by a bit about alastor not wanting Charlie or anyone else knowing that he just called husk a friend.

2:00 i think the difference is that other overlords get their "power" by manipulating, controlling and getting human souls straight from the demons themselves, however alastor's approach appears to be instead taking souls en masse from other demon lords instead

The husk and angel duet was the cutest thing I've seen in the hazbin hotel series

Husk has always been my favorite character since the pilot his character design is so cool looking, I’ve always been a fan of magician themed characters. His story and personality is so interesting to me, there isn’t very much we know about him compared to other characters I’m so excited to see everything roll out through the series! :)

A theory i have is that the hotel will eventually get the support of the overlords, which could be Alastors end goal. Not because it's what he really wants but because he is secretly working for/with Lillith. i sight their connection in the fact that Charlie states that she hasn't seen her mother in 7 years and Alastor had been gone for 7 years from Pentagram city. It would make sense that they have a connection since he is the Radio Demon and she is Hells guiding voice.

It would actually makes sense on how Alastor "manifested in hell, seemingly overnight, he began to topple overlords that have been dominant for centuries." from the pilot as Vaggie explained. Alastor found the weakest overlords through deal makings. Possibly what remains of those overlords (since they can't be killed without angelic weapons) are the shadows he can control and manifest. Just like how he can summon Husk and Nifty out of nowhere just like the shadows. It may even be a case of them eventually becoming shadows of their former selves as well.

Will you make a video focusing on the sinners' "Hellish side" we keep getting hints of? We notably saw it with Angel in episode 4 when he confronts Husk, all his eyes including his little eyes glow and his voice became layered. I'm curious if we'll ever see the full extent of this side of him.

In episode 4 Charlie was about to use her authority in hell.... I wonder if Charlie being the princess of hell has authority over the overlords and can order them to hand over the souls to her... or can her father order them to hand over the souls? That's pretty clear that Carmine

The idea of Nifty being an overlord is absolutely terrifying... XD

I remember Viv saying once that Husk was pretty strong but for him to actually be an Overlord once I believe that is a twist that non of us saw, and he probably was the overlord of gambling and casinos in Hell.

It makes sense for husk to be the overboard of gambling. I also like the idea that he bet his soul to Alistor to keep some of his power.

personally, i think alastor wanted to make a deal with charlie in the pilot BECAUSE of her power, after all vox wanted to make sure he didn’t make a deal with her. the power he gains is based off of who he makes deals with. that’s probably why he made a deal with husk. alastor stole his soul which also meant he took his power as well. thus why husk’s overlord title depleted. (unless you already said that, i haven’t watched the entire video yet.)

I don’t know if anyone noticed, when Husk and angel’s song is ending and they are running of the shark. It appears in the Background, “love potion by velvette” with Valentino🤬together It’s the same potion the other shark was trying to use in angels’ drink minutes ago It’s just a little detail that add more about the 3 Vs power, that they control a part of the drug market

if you think Zestial as the overlord of information it makes sense think of him has a private detective the spider theme could mean he has a web of connection where he can use to gather information like a private detective he gathers the information himself which makes it easier for him to either tell if someone is lying or hiding something as well as getting them to trust him enough to tell him.

zestial as an ovwrlord of information, moving amongst the shadows, having a web of spies or a met for information, i could certainly see that.

Alastor gaining power by making precise strikes I think would be a great way to explain why he's just so powerful. I'm sure he had a head-start *because* of his radio influence, but it probably grew exponentially because he was taking on overlord, and other powerful, souls to increase his powers. A "quality over quantity" strategy with chess-like plotting

Husk could have been the overlord of gambling, but then became a victim of his own gambling addiction.

"When you're dealing in souls". He obviously challenged sinners to games and won every time until Alastor. Sinners gambled away their souls to Husk.

Makes me wonder how powerful he was as an overlord

I think Rosie, given what an Emproium is, doesn't just deal in the usual fare you'd expect of the colony but Earth items. It would also mean anyone nostalgic and desperate enough to seek them would need to brave the cannibal colony.

So this is only fueled by the connection of Kietth David as the voice actor and undoubtedly negated by existing lore but in my headcanon Husk is what happened to Doctor Facilier (from the Princess and the Frog) after being taken to the other side. Somehow he wheeled and dealed and gambled himself into becoming an overlord until things went wrong leading to his deal with Alastor and a Husk of his former self.

This may be pretty obvious but the cards that we see (the ones with him on it). We noticeably see his mood slowly drop as the numbers do. This most likely is reflecting him losing soul after soul to Alastor. He started off confident with a smile but upon the 1st drop his expression changes as it slowly changes more and more as the numbers drop.

Rosie may be one of the strongest Overlords out of them all Quote from her Casting Call: "Rosie is the overlord in Hell who everyone owes a favor to" (Already very interesting saying EVERYONE owes her a favor) "She is incredibly capable and can seemingly do anything for anyone, in exchange for their loyalty and helpfulness" (another quote showing just how strong she is. Not sure if the "Loyalty and Helpfulness" part is because the casting call further goes to say she acts motherly, or if it's contracts for people's souls) "She is incredibly confident, she gets what she wants." (Again, another quote saying how she's incredibly strong and how she gets what she wants) I got a feeling Rosie is one of, if not the strongest Overlords, but it's too early to say since we haven't seen her in action yet

I kinda wonder if Niffty is some sort of creation of Alistor. And that’s why she bugged out when Vaggie tried to film her in episode one.

It would be interesting if Alastor developed a habit of putting some of the overlords he toppled under his control via deal-making, rather than just outright slaughtering them all, specifically the ones most useful to his interests or goals. Would also add a new dimension to his refusal to join Vox.

And Overlord of Gambling makes sense, I understand why Husk was one. Not sure what Nifty would have been the overloaded of, stalking or generalized obsession doesn’t feel like it would amass enough power to be on the same level as the others especially not by it self. Maybe Al just picked her up because she was cute, tiny and useful. The comments show him helping out a mild mannered sheep demon, and while initially annoyed with the eggs he brought them back and vouched for the usefulness.

I've been wondering if Alastor has some kind of altirior motive with bringing Husk and Nifty specifically to the hotel. There was that theory that he may be allied with Lilith in some way and was sent to the hotel by her specifically. He may have seen it as an opportunity to try and rehabilitate the overlords he toppled, and make sure they don't become a problem again, even if he doesn't necessarily think they'll get into heaven. Husk and Nifty may be his lab rats at the moment.

Honestly Husk is growing to be my favorite character in the show. I like his design and his usual no nonsense attitude hides a grief of losing his power.

Carmilla is not just the overlord of angelic weapons she seems to be an overlord of weapons in general and was likely around even before Alastors rise to power since Zestial the oldest overlord considers her an old friend and Velvet referring to her and Zestial as old timers.

First: this episode is right now my absolute favorite from the whole Angel situation to seeing Charlie get mad to finally uncovering some of Husk's lore. Secondly, I think Husk did sell his soul to Alastor in a way to benefit himself and Alastor because as we have seen Alastor deal with influence rather than quantity and I use the word influence because he tries to gather souls that can effectively utter control on others: Husk in alcohol and gambling is clearly some big values that go on in Hell, Nifty seen as cleanliness but also Nihlism because she cares for nothing and just lives in the misery that surrounds them (I feel Alastor took her on in the way a bad parent raises a child but also a pet due to their loyalty), he tried to make a deal with Charlie as she is clearly the princess of Hell, and he also tried to make one with Val who seems to be the only other one to have an influence on Charlie as her lover. It seems like Alastor has a vision on ruling over the principles that exist in Hell but since he has not been able to leave the Pride Ring he just obtains what he can such as Husk representing Gluttony, Nifty representing Wrath, and Charlie/Val representing Pride. He never tried to make a move onto Anthony/Angel since he sold his soul to Valentino but no one knows that except for Husk as we know so Alastor could possibly try to take it whenever he beats Vox or just leave it for the time being

My head-canon for Husk is that he was playing a Normal stakes game of cards against Alastor, Alastor came in with intent to get a soul, as he played and others were eliminated and it came down to the final rounds of the game and it was clear Husk was loosing his "One more time" urge kicked in and when he had nothing left to wager he wagered His Soul and while I don't think Alastor cheated to win I think he knew that Husk had an insatiable hunger to win.

Husk seemed protective of Angel even when he was annoyed with him. I wonder if he feels guilt over gambling away the souls he had as a overload.

Can we just take a minute to appreciate the complexity of Rosie and how our best guesses of what she does for a living range from selling furniture to cannibalism

I immediately thought that Zestial was the Overlord of theater. That would explain his age as well as why he still uses "thou"

maybe nifty was obsesses with alastor because she likes „bad guys“. thats why she dedicated her soul to alastor

Husks design from the past at 0:07 is awesome! I want to learn more about him so much! He has been my favorite character since the pilot episode

With Zestiel's theory being focused on information, he could represent newspaper, then Alastor came in with Radio, then Vox came in with TV. It would cover every source of information throughout the years.

i like the idea of being a overlord of gambling. its like a double edge sword, you can gain alot but also loose alot

I think it's interesting that Alastor didn't murder Husker and collect his screams for the broadcast, like he did to the other overlords. I wonder what was different about Husk that made him exercise some restraint.

Okay, I just love the irony that Husk was the overlord of 'Gambling,' and eventually went into debt himself. Oof... what a blow.

Nifty is my favorite she's so chaotic gremlin energy xD

Current Zestial headcannon: he owns the helliverse equivalent of Google, named Zoogle (which reminds me of Viv’s old Zoophobia comic to add to that lol)

I personally feel like Alastor probably draws his power from a combination of deals made with very specific souls such as Husk and (maybe) Nifty, and unlike other Overlords he opts for quality over quantity in regards to the souls he owns... but another source of his power could be him dealing with _other_ entities. Given his heavy voodoo theme and the fact that he was a serial killer who specifically did _ritualistic_ killings... whose to say those weren't made to some powerful Lwa? Entities that are extremely powerful yet also exist outside of the purview of either Heaven or Hell. Given that one of Alastor's big things regarding his backstory is the fact that he was _way_ more powerful than he had any right to be as a freshly damned sinner, and that even to this day most denizens of Hell are confused and uncertain as to just where he gets his power from, this very much suggests that Alastor is definitely an oddity even among the other overlords... and that strangeness could prove to be extremely dangerous.

Husk being an overlord gives a reason for his design being as funky as it is. Most sinners have more tame designs that play just into their death and when it was. But husk has a very unique colorful design with a large array of minor things that most dont have. When he first died he might not have been as funky looking as he does now.

I'm guessing Husk tried to take on 'the New Guy' and almost ended up like the others. And for some reason he was offered to be spared in exchange for servitude.

I love that he is voiced by the same guy who voiced Dr Vacillia from Princess and The Frog

I kind of saw Husk being an Overlord coming. What I do like is what they seem to be going with that he's the old sage who's been through this before so he can sympathize with everyone but he's also tired of all this bs

After seeing Husk use his card trick at the pub, I was like "wait.. something isn't normal about Husk" and then a minute later, he drops the twist

Husk being an Overlord is cool and all. It explains a lot of why he had a love/hate relationship with Alastor. Granted, if some of the songs and some inconclusive canon are to be believed, Husk knew Alastor while they were alive and were “Friends”. Then Husk up and took a dirt nap, ended up going to Hell, and became an Overlord. Then Alastor got shot, went to Hell, found Husker, found out what he needed to go higher up in the chain, smacked Husker magically, (maybe physically, mentally and emotionally), made him his General Handyman, and rose the ranks. Husker is trusted by Al, but doesn’t see the value in what he has, because his sun is living in his Past. It’s written all over his demon form.

More and more I'm getting a real Black Butler vibe from Hazbin. I guess we can add "Mysterious demon proprietor fill staff positions with absolute goofballs that are all secret badasses" to the list

I find it very interesting that Alastor sees use in Husk particularly, in episode five as well, when Husk calls Alastor out for being on a leash (maybe in a similar way to how Charlie’s mom disappeared since they did disappear at the same time of 7 years) but Alastor doesn’t broadcast him killing Husk, instead just a threat and letting him off without hurting him. I think Husk might be more powerful then we know

If Zestial is an information overlord, then his form definitely makes more sense now... he's probably got a web of lies, truths and connections.