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Petelgeuse Romanée-Conti, originally Geuse, was a 402-year-old spirit who co-founded the Witch Cult 400 years prior. Initially part of the cult's Moderate Faction, he served as an Archbishop without an Authority. He maintained respectful relationships with the Sage Flugel and the Witch of Greed Echidna, later tutoring the artificial spirit Beatrice at Echidna's request.
Over a century ago, Geuse befriended the elf Fortuna and her half-elf niece Emilia in Elior Forest, periodically providing supplies to their village. He developed a familial bond with them, demonstrating protectiveness and rationality. This ended when Pandora, the Witch of Vainglory, and Regulus Corneas, the Sin Archbishop of Greed, attacked the village. To defend Emilia and Fortuna, Geuse absorbed the incompatible Witch Factor of Sloth, enduring excruciating pain and crying tears of blood. This granted him the Authority of Sloth, manifesting as Unseen Hands—invisible telekinetic appendages. Pandora then used her Authority to manipulate him into fatally striking Fortuna, shattering his mind and plunging him into irreversible insanity.
As the Sin Archbishop of Sloth, Petelgeuse embraced the Witch Cult's Radical Faction. His final vessel appeared gaunt and pale, standing 180 cm tall with deep green hair in a bowl cut, grey or black eyes reflecting madness, and sickly green-tinted skin. He wore dark-purple Witch Cult robes with a clerical cassock, a purple cloak, and a distinctive zucchetto. This contrasted his past self, described as taller and leaner with sane brown eyes, longer hair tied in a ponytail, and no self-inflicted injuries.
Petelgeuse exhibited extreme psychosis: contorting his body during speech, engaging in self-harm like crushing his fingers or smashing his head, and obsessively dedicating himself to reviving the Witch of Envy Satella. He preached diligence, punishing perceived slothfulness in others while viewing himself as Satella's most devoted follower. He harbored intense hatred for other spirits, partly due to their ability to destroy him via spirit magic and partly due to their perceived stagnation.
His Authority of Sloth enabled several abilities: Unseen Hands, up to 100 invisible hands with cannonball-like force usable for combat, propulsion mimicking flight, or combining into larger constructs, visible only to him and Subaru Natsuki; Mind Corruption, a black wave inducing hallucinations, pain, and madness in those unaware of spirit magic; and Possession, transferring his spirit into compatible hosts to extend his lifespan and allow body-hopping after physical destruction. He also practiced earth magic, exemplified by the spell *Ur Dona* for creating stone defenses.
His final campaign targeted Arlam Village and Roswaal Manor to use Emilia as a vessel for Satella. After repeated failures caused by Subaru's time-looping ability, Petelgeuse's forces were dismantled and his Fingers eliminated. Julius Juukulius destroyed his body in a last confrontation, prompting an attempt to possess Subaru. Satella intervened, rejecting his devotion and barring the possession. With his remaining energy, he maneuvered his corpse to attack Subaru but was crushed beneath a dragon carriage.
Notable relationships included his forgotten bond with Emilia and Fortuna, Sirius (the Archbishop of Wrath) considering herself his wife despite his lack of acknowledgment, and his mistaken belief that Subaru was the Archbishop of Pride. His name "Petelgeuse" was an intentional deviation from "Betelgeuse" by the series' author.
Over a century ago, Geuse befriended the elf Fortuna and her half-elf niece Emilia in Elior Forest, periodically providing supplies to their village. He developed a familial bond with them, demonstrating protectiveness and rationality. This ended when Pandora, the Witch of Vainglory, and Regulus Corneas, the Sin Archbishop of Greed, attacked the village. To defend Emilia and Fortuna, Geuse absorbed the incompatible Witch Factor of Sloth, enduring excruciating pain and crying tears of blood. This granted him the Authority of Sloth, manifesting as Unseen Hands—invisible telekinetic appendages. Pandora then used her Authority to manipulate him into fatally striking Fortuna, shattering his mind and plunging him into irreversible insanity.
As the Sin Archbishop of Sloth, Petelgeuse embraced the Witch Cult's Radical Faction. His final vessel appeared gaunt and pale, standing 180 cm tall with deep green hair in a bowl cut, grey or black eyes reflecting madness, and sickly green-tinted skin. He wore dark-purple Witch Cult robes with a clerical cassock, a purple cloak, and a distinctive zucchetto. This contrasted his past self, described as taller and leaner with sane brown eyes, longer hair tied in a ponytail, and no self-inflicted injuries.
Petelgeuse exhibited extreme psychosis: contorting his body during speech, engaging in self-harm like crushing his fingers or smashing his head, and obsessively dedicating himself to reviving the Witch of Envy Satella. He preached diligence, punishing perceived slothfulness in others while viewing himself as Satella's most devoted follower. He harbored intense hatred for other spirits, partly due to their ability to destroy him via spirit magic and partly due to their perceived stagnation.
His Authority of Sloth enabled several abilities: Unseen Hands, up to 100 invisible hands with cannonball-like force usable for combat, propulsion mimicking flight, or combining into larger constructs, visible only to him and Subaru Natsuki; Mind Corruption, a black wave inducing hallucinations, pain, and madness in those unaware of spirit magic; and Possession, transferring his spirit into compatible hosts to extend his lifespan and allow body-hopping after physical destruction. He also practiced earth magic, exemplified by the spell *Ur Dona* for creating stone defenses.
His final campaign targeted Arlam Village and Roswaal Manor to use Emilia as a vessel for Satella. After repeated failures caused by Subaru's time-looping ability, Petelgeuse's forces were dismantled and his Fingers eliminated. Julius Juukulius destroyed his body in a last confrontation, prompting an attempt to possess Subaru. Satella intervened, rejecting his devotion and barring the possession. With his remaining energy, he maneuvered his corpse to attack Subaru but was crushed beneath a dragon carriage.
Notable relationships included his forgotten bond with Emilia and Fortuna, Sirius (the Archbishop of Wrath) considering herself his wife despite his lack of acknowledgment, and his mistaken belief that Subaru was the Archbishop of Pride. His name "Petelgeuse" was an intentional deviation from "Betelgeuse" by the series' author.