#saltarian

[aweisz]

been thinking about him

[yesandpeeps]

Copia can be a bitch, as a treat :-)

[nimbusghoulette]

I honestly love the fact that none of us realized this dude's name was Mr. Psaltarian, not Saltarian, until we saw his name in the RHRN credits

[emeritus-fuckers]

Silly headcanon of the day:

Sister Imperator is transfem. She got her body changed completely because she made a deal with Mister Saltarian and he did some dark magic on her so she could truly feel like herself.

She's got a completely functional reproductive system because of Saltarian, which is how she got to have Copia. Who, ironically, is also trans. Runs in the family probably.

- Jez

[seattlesea]

Every Copia Antichrist Theory Detail (That I Know Of)- Part One

So there's a theory going around that Papa Emeritus IV/Copia is going to become the Antichrist and have an 'evil' era after the Re-Imperatour is over, and honestly, I believe at the least that Copia is going to become the Antichrist. Here's every detail I've found and complied so far-

1. 666. In some of the stained glass windows that depict Copia, he has a 666 tattoo on his chest. This number also appears on his blue Papa robe and in the Call Me Little Sunshine music video. Normally, 666 is simply a number to represent evil, but in the Bible it's actually used to represent the upcoming Antichrist. This is probably the most solid piece of proof that Copia is going to become the Antichrist and what got me hooked on this theory in the first place. While 666 is stereotypically an 'evil' number, judging by how precise and knowledgable Tobias is, it's highly unlikely he added this number three times to Copia's character just for the aesthetic but none of the other Papas.

2. The Unholy Trinity. The 'Unholy Trinity' are the opposites of the Holy Trinity- the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The Unholy Trinity consists of Satan, the Beast aka the Antichrist, and the False Prophet. I and many others believe that Jim DeFroque of Jesus He Knows Me is the False Prophet giving his entire character is about giving people false hope and turning his back on what he preaches. So Satan is himself, Jim is the False Prophet, and Copia the Antichrist.

3. A Pale Horse. Copia is often depicted on a pale white horse. Especially in the Rats video, this is very obviously a reference to one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse- Death. Copia isn't just seen on a white horse in the Rats video but also on official Ghost merch as well. To top this off, the first three albums depict the birth, rise, and reign of the Antichrist. Opus Eponymous is about his birth, Infestissumam is about the presence of the Devil and the Antichrist, and Meliora is about the absence of God and the reign of the Antichrist. Then we get to Copia's first album Prequelle and it's about the Black Plague and death, aka the first horseman of the apocalypse. Then his second album Impera which is about the rise and fall of empires which takes place in modern day. So all the previous albums were about the birth and rise of the Antichrist, then we get to Copia's albums and it's about death and the rise and fall of empires, not centering about the Antichrist. Most likely because Copia, being the upcoming Antichrist, isn't writing and singing songs about himself.

4. White eyes. Everyone knows that the Emeritus family have one white eye and one green eye- a genetically inherited trait from Nihil. White eyes are symbolically used to represent power, heaven, supremacy, wealth, and leadership, and what's interesting about this is there are many hints pointing to Copia gaining two white eyes. First, the promotional artwork for the Imperatour and Re-Imperatour. The France, Europe, official Re-Imperatour, and the Kia Forum artwork all show one white and one green eye as normal. But then you get to the South America promotional artwork and his white eye is on the wrong side. It's on his right rather than his left as usual. Is this an artist's mistake- which, if it was, why would Tobias use it as often as he did on Instagram and not fix it- or is it showing two white eyes rather than one, considering you can't see the left side of his face in it? Second, Phantomime. The Phantomime cover shows Copia in a corpse-like pose with two glowing white eyes. This could again just be an artistic take, but it seems like an odd change nonetheless. And third, the Escape the Ministry game seems trivial and just like fun, but it actually holds many clues (more I'll go over later). For this point, the ending has a 'Thank you for celebrating Phantomime with us' note with a drawing of Papa IV in which he has two white eyes yet again. Once is an artist mistake, twice is a coincidence, but three times? Three different times Papa IV is shown with two white eyes instead of one? Very very odd. And why is this so important? Well, in the Infestissumam cover, the baby that represents the Antichrist has two white eyes.

5. Sister Imperator. In Chapter 3: Back On The Road, the three Emeritus brothers are killed- ordered by Sister Imperator- because they were doing unsatisfactory and so Copia could become Papa. She wants Copia to become Papa obviously because he's her son, but then goes on to say that she 'can't' call him Papa because of Nihil (and in 'Tomb It May Concern' calls him C). Is it really because of Nihil, or is it because she doesn't want him to meet the same fate as the other Emeritus brothers? Would she try to make him or at least encourage him to become the Antichrist in order to save him and so the Ministry can't kill him? She is the one, after all, to proudly announce to him that he's performing at the Kia Forum in Chapter 16: Tax Season, the show many people believe Copia is going to die at because it's the last show of the Re-Imperatour, recording is not allowed, and the line 'When the summer dies, severing the ties/I'm with you always, always' from Darkness at the Heart of My Love (and September 11th is days before the Fall Solstice, signaling the end of summer). Why would Sister sound so proud and happy of this if her son was going to die? Wouldn't she be happy and proud if her son were to say gain more power or survive the Ministry's- especially Nihil's- attempts to off him? Also, there's a line in the song Witch Image (from Prequelle) that goes 'But like a mother would save her own child from digging a grave'. Sister Imperator is trying to save Copia, not kill him. Becoming the Antichrist would seal his immortality and save him from the Ministry.

6. Alternatively, Saltarian. In the same chapter Tax Season, Saltarian is grinning at Copia while pushing the glass coffin. Saltarian for the most part has acted kind of aloof and hostile to Copia, except for in Chapter 13: The Beach Life where he invites Copia to his beach house, has some laugh with him, and talks to him about his European Summer Tour. Then in next chapter Road Trip, he tells Copia he 'knows when his time is up' which is very odd considering no one really knows who the Saltarian is. All we know is he's in the Clergy and works close with Sister and Nihil (and his name derives from the Italian word 'jump/leap', Saltare). But what I really want to focus on is the game Copia is playing in Tax Season. He's playing a driving game called Driving Miss Daisy which isn't a real game but a movie. The description of said movie is: "Daisy Werthan, an elderly Jewish widow living in Atlanta, is determined to maintain her independence. However, when she crashes her car, her son, Boolie, arranges for her to have a chauffeur, an African-American driver named Hoke Colburn. Daisy and Hoke's relationship gets off to a rocky start, but they gradually form a close friendship over the years, one that transcends racial prejudices and social conventions." Sounds kinda like Copia and Saltarian. So did Saltarian smile at him sinisterly and knowingly or did he smile at him because he wants to help him (from who I don't know- could be the Clergy or Sister if she wants Copia dead for whatever reason).

More to come but this is getting too long :P

Part Two

[blacklight-ghoulette]

Uh Oh.

[fagdykemuppet]

i think saltarian is a old trans fag that mentors copia and is the father he never had. taught him how to bind and take his injections and shit. sees that hes dating the ghouls and asks when theyre coming over for dinner. None of you understand

[ask-the-clergy-bc]

Mr. Saltarian Headcanons

Getting back in the swing of things, I’m going to do a quick warm up before I do the last of my asks. I’ve been itching to finally make these on here! 

Note: I normally write like the Papas are still alive, but for this one I added a bit of the more canon timeline. 

So have some love for our newest Ghost family member, Mr. Saltarian!

~He’s some type of immortal, but no one knows exactly what kind. He’s been around for ages. Some thing he’s Death itself, other thinks he’s a wraith. Saltarian, for jokes, likes to creep out new initiates by making scary assumptions about himself.

~Mr. Saltarian tends to have a resting bitch face, or looks super serious, but he’s actually a very chill person. You can always come up and have a conversation with him, and he will politely engage with you. If you have good enough jokes you might even make him laugh! 

~He’s part of the Clergy without actually being part of the Clergy. His role is far too crucial to be truly be bogged down by titles. It’s why everyone respectfully uses ‘Mister’, even other Papas! 

~Sister Imperator comes from a long line of Imperators, all who keep the will of Lucifer going AND protect His Bloodline... Saltarian has been alive just as long. No one knows how long he has been alive, but he has always assisted the Imperator line. 

~Mr. Saltarian actually owns a legitimate business. He’s a funeral director. It’s not even clergy run, or Emeritus owned. It’s his. He worked very hard to maintain it. He tends to get annoyed when clergy members weasel their way into it and disrupt. He was very flattered when the Ghost project wanted to use his beautiful building. (The chapters location are not the actual Cathedral they live in, in my world.) But you better believe the clergy crew had to clean up everything until it sparkled. 

~Mr. Saltarian has been responsible for all of the final rites and burials of the Emeritus bloodline. He has warded and protected tombs, mausoleums, and even ashes of every Papa and Mama who has passed. He’s very secretive why, because it involves magic not meant for the common sibling. 

~Despite being good friends and very close, the most recent argument between Saltarian and Imperator is how to handle the bodies of the newly deceased Papas. Saltarian didn’t care about Nihil as much, as he respects Imperator getting her final laughs. But he was VEHEMENTLY against parading the three dead sons for fans to see and actual siblings to grieve. Saltarian fought to warn that this is not only bad energy, but was going to backfire. 

~Loves Chinese food. Absolutely adores it. Some say you can even try and bribe him with it for favors (don’t actually do it, that will be a bad day.) 

~Mr. Saltarian is the kind of powerful where he enjoys absolute boiling dark coffee in the middle of a Californian heat wave. 

~His favorite horror movie is Phantasm (because I said so.)