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In the humid, jazz-soaked heat of 1920s New Orleans, two predators shared a private frequency. Alastor, the charismatic broadcaster whose voice ruled the airwaves, and Evangeline, the brilliant apothecary whose "remedies" were as famous as they were feared. Bound by a dark intimacy and a shared hunger for entertainment, they turned the Crescent City into their personal stage-until a fatal night in the bayou silenced the broadcast and left the forest floor marked with their blood.
Decades later, the Broadcaster has returned to Pentagram City after a mysterious seven-year absence, and he hasn't come alone. Reunited in the red light of Hell, Alastor and the formidable Doe-Overlord Evangeline have set their sights on a new project: Princess Charlie Morningstar's Hazbin Hotel.
As they move into the executive suite, bringing their polished elegance and cloven deer-prints to the lobby, the residents quickly learn that redemption comes with a sharp, clinical price. While Alastor seeks to stave off "sheer absolute boredom" by watching the hotel residents struggle, Evangeline transforms the hotel into a laboratory for her lethal, hell-born toxins. Together, they are the most dangerous power couple in the Pride Ring, proving that while the world is a stage, the Apothecary and the Broadcaster are the ones holding the script-and the poison.