🔗 Share this article Hazbin Hotel's Showrunner Reveals Rosie and Alastor's Origin Tale Serves as a Huge Teaser for Season Three Devoted fans of the show at last received a long-awaited origin story in season 2's fourth episode, called “It's a Deal.” This episode is likely to prompt extensive conversation and pose numerous inquiries about the nature of a certain demonic Overlord who appears far more powerful than anyone previously realized. These fresh disclosures include a glimpse into the mortal existence of a beloved character prior to his death and sentence to Hell. A Significant Hint for Upcoming Installments The show's creator shared an inside detail about “It's a Deal” – it acts as a major tease for the third season. Additionally, she offered further details into the process of designing the mortal forms of her infernal animated characters. Warning: Spoilers for episode 4 of Hazbin Hotel, the show's second season. Visual: Prime Video In the episode, a look back discloses that fan-favorite personality Alastor, the Radio Demon was a serial killer in his mortal days. Knowing full well he was destined for Hell, he established communication with the afterlife in advance to obtain a powerful role there. The charismatic leader, who leads Hell’s cannibal community, promised Alastor he would become “the strongest Condemned Soul in Hell” in exchange for his eternal spirit. This raises an important query: In what way is this character sufficiently strong to elevate Alastor above every other Demonic Sinners? “The agreement between Rosie and Alastor is the initial building block in a larger narrative that encompasses a great deal, leading into season 3,” the showrunner explains. “Obviously that is a perfect question: How is she so strong? The solution could be various factors, but the answer is in season 3. I'm very excited for fans to see it.” It is uncertain how long the audience will have to wait for Hazbin Hotel’s next season. The studios have approved the third and fourth seasons, but the creator frequently remarks that animated production is a slow, lengthy process, and subsequent seasons have no release dates yet. Nevertheless, she states withholding on those details is an important part of keeping the second season's attention where it belongs. “The challenge of any agreement with infernal beings, or stories that have enigmas, is giving the audience just enough information to be like, Something's up here, and then revealing that as we go, and letting that be gratifying,” she says. “So I am quite eager.” Image: The Platform Mysteries Resolved in The Next Season The showrunner assures that season 3 will tackle the queries fans have been posing, such as why the cannibal leader commanded Alastor to vanish for seven years, which diminished his power in the infernal realm. “The whole seven years, and the deals these individuals are doing, and everything — it's feeding into a bigger narrative,” she says. Meanwhile, the Rosie/Alastor backstory episode offers another glimpse into how the main characters of Sinner Demons looked like as humans, following after seeing another character's historical mortal appearance in episode 2. The creator explains that significant consideration went into the visual creation of these forms. “The human versions of the characters hold so much weight,” she says. “They range from looking really different from their demon form to looking almost identical. With Pentious, the first one we see, there was some internal discussion within the team between choosing a design that represents the personality, versus selecting an option that's historically correct. We opted for making something that just seemed like it was him.” Image: Prime Video She mentions the biggest debate over the mortal look of Pentious was his lengthy locks: “We were like, ‘Nobody really had long hair of that style in Victorian-era London.’ But simultaneously, we think the silhouette is so important, and we also just felt he looked good. We were like, ‘This seems correct.’ We sort of provided the rationale that he's a hermit, so he just allowed his hair to lengthen. So there's always a way. As we design the human versions of these characters […] it's such a fun thing to explore and determine. I'm excited for fans to view additional of what the human forms look like.” New episodes of Hazbin Hotel season 2 drop on Wednesdays on the streaming service.