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Roberto Contiello (JP: ロベルト・コンティエロ Roberuto Kontiero) is the father of Squigly, husband to Selene Contiello and Leviathan's previous host. He has a brief appearance in Squigly's story mode.
Character Basis[]
Design[]
In life, he was a sophisticated man who is most likely in his 40s. He had black hair with a mustache. He also wears a fancy red suit and pants. He also had Leviathan be inside his right shoulder.
As a zombie, Roberto's hair turned grey and had no pupils with his face set in a permanent grimace. https://64.media.tumblr.com/8d430e5d202b7dda253a3fc1d0a77734/f07098b5f95b872c-bf/s400x600/5caf1dd39c263f6753cd8224ef95289272ee1934.jpg
Story[]
He makes a single appearance in Squigly's Story Mode after Black Dahlia slaughters his family and his wife Selene becomes the Skullgirl, telling Leviathan to keep everyone away from Squigly, even him. Since he was Leviathan's previous host, that the host dies when the parasite disconnects, and Leviathan keeps Squigly "alive", Roberto sacrificed himself to bring Squigly back to life.
He most likely died of blood loss from Leviathan leaving him as he does not appear to have any wounds sustained from Black Dahlia's attack.
In Squigly's Skullgirls Mobile origin story, he takes a more active role, acting as a right-hand man to Selene as she goes on her mission to take down the Medicis as part of her undead army.
Trivia[]
- Since Leviathan is passed down through the Contiello family, Roberto is the heir by blood while Selene married in.
- While Roberto has Leviathan living in his shoulder, due to the stigma of having a Parasite, Leviathan would generally be hidden under a short cloak or a coat. While Leviathan is just hanging out in plain sight in Squigly’s origin it could just be that the portrait art is just stylized and doesn't show exactly what he looks like in public, or it was a more private event for close friends and family so he was more comfortable with showing off Leviathan.