thinking about the gods fighting over kitty again i cant get enough of it. literally everybody loves kitty forever they all want a piece of the kitty pie
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MythicalSausage has become The Creaking King.
<The Rogue God> This tricking entity has only malice in its heart, no mischief or fun.
<The Rogue God> It is an affront to us Gods, that it considers itself-
<The Knight God> Begone, [garbled text]. This is no longer one of yours.
<The Rogue God> ...
<The Rogue God> You never let me have any fun.
<The Knight God> Now, this King, is-
<The Mage God> Technically this creature belongs to me.
<The Mage God> Without the breaking of the veil she would not exist, and the veil is under my rule.
<The Knight God> ENOUGH FROM YOU.
<The Gods> We will decide your place in this world soon enough.
This is a summary of everything that happened with the Creaking King during the smp without going into too much detail because I’ve already done that.
Thank you to @hikato-chan , @the-littlecosmos , @televenus , and @ilanarose7 for posting the messages. I don’t have the patience to go through months of streams to find everything.
Let's start at the beginning
The traveling merchants say they can see a light coming from the cliffs. Bek, El, Owen, Frouge, and Kitty are the first party to enter the dungeon
The dungeon is a muti-level trial taken in 5 stages, Farkle, spot the difference, sculptures trial, relic trial, and breaking creaking hearts. If all 5 stages are completed in the time limit, the party continues to the roof where they fight the Creaking King. They only have a maximum of 10 minutes to fight him each day, any extra time on the timer is converted into extra health. The Creaking King started with 100,000 health and never regains it. Parties typically average ~3,000 damage per successful run.
After a while the Creaking King starts talking to players individually. Generally he is praying on insecurities, digging at painful memories, and threatening the people they value the most. He mimics the voices of Owain, El, King Ren, and Darius Springwell, to hurt Bek, Cherri, and Scott specifically. After more time, the Creaking King (or more likely the spirit of the King of Bannerfall) also starts talking during the boss fight at the end of the dungeon.
Several people suspect that they are not damaging the Creaking King, but instead are weakening the bonds keeping it contained. This proves true. The Great Tree atop the dungeon starts to turn into a pale oak tree. As he weakens, dead trees start popping up around the kingdoms and trees around the dungeon also start to die.
The Creaking King attempts to make deals with Scott, Kitty, Frouge, Cam, Sausage, and Nom, the latter four all taking one at some point. Sausage and Nom took the biggest deal, eating a Creaking Clump, and gained 8 extra hearts to their current total (18 for Sausage, 15 for Nom).
Sausage was given two additional Creaking Clumps, one of which was stolen by 4C and then taken by Mae. This Clump disappeared after the rogues got a message saying “I don’t want you.” Sausage ate the second Clump, but gained no additional benefits.
Nom started creaking about a day after he ate the clump, and in the three days leading up to the finale both he and Sausage started to change. Whiting hair, amber eyes, skin turning to bark, and vines growing out of their bodies. This only happened to Nom, but somehow he knew when people were listening in (note from Pocket: I need to emphasize again, this wasn’t a game mechanic, cc!Nom just knew it somehow and even he was confused.)
Apo and Cherri are the very last people to do a normal dungeon run, ending with the Creaking King kicking them out of the dungeon early.
The Finale
During the finale, the dungeon has no timer and all citizens of Bannerfall participate. After the Creaking King is killed the spirit of the King of Bannerfall is freed.
The Creaking Heart calls Sausage and Nom to the dungeon one final time, and Sausage becomes the Creaking King. The Knight, Mage, and Rouge Gods charge the members of their respective classes to take him down.
Frouge finds the Creaking Heart under the Fark-hall. The Creaking Heart offers to make Frouge human again, but he refuses. Sausage is teleported to the Creaking Heart ahead of the rest, the last words he says before the Heart takes him over completely is “Help me.”
Once all resin nodes on the Creaking Heart are broken both Nom and Sausage are significantly weakened. Graecie kills Sausage thus freeing him of the Creaking Heart’s control.
Without the support of the Creaking Heart, Nom dies. Cam now carries the malice of the Creaking Heart to continue the cycle once again.
Apo - “Was that your pathetic attempt at feeling something? You’re just a toy, something exciting and different from the relentless barrage of suitors. The second she finds someone worthy to sit beside her, you’ll be tossed aside. You aren’t royalty. Just a peasant pretending to be something to her in the hopes of finding purpose. Come kill me Soluna imposter. Or at least try for once.”
Cherri - “You spent all this time in Red Kingdom and what do you have to show for it? Disgracing your father’s name by training as a knight? Fostering a forbidden love with the enemy? A magic trinket doth make a mage not. You’ll bring ruin to Soluna - and now you’ve introduce a spy that’ll collapse it from the inside. No matter how many affirmations he gives you, deep down you know you’ll always be his little disappointment. When I drag him down into the grave, how will it feel knowing you’ve disgraced two parents?”
Bek - “You were always a tough nut to crack. But then again, no use bargaining with someone that’s not all there behind the eyes eh? Maybe that’s what she sees in you. Pleased in the knowledge you’re too thick to realize she’s having you on. You die today knight. I’ve seen it. And you won’t believe who’s holding the other end of the spear when you do.”
Katie - “Katie The Coward! Can I call you Katie? I’m gonna call you Katie. I have your brother under my thumb you know. I’ll let him go if you join me. A simple swap. I’m serious. Or do you not have the spine?” (Katie is given the options ‘Yes’ and ‘No’. Katie chooses ‘No’.) “No. Of course not. Katie runs from it all again. What a surprise. Get out of my sight.”
Cam - “Funny. The second you get rid of one voice in your head, another enters. I’ll make sure my residency in your mind is permeant. And this time hugs and friendship won’t save you.”
Sausage - “Not long now vessel. Come, free me from my chains. And I will anoint you King.”
4C - “And then there was you. The spared slime creature that should have died in that swamp. But we both know why he spared you of course. Power. He’s sick with power. He can’t get enough of it. Power over you. Power over Katie. And soon, power over the world. And to think, it all started when he spared you. Good luck out there Rouge. Mind that mace.”
Frouge - “I will give you one last choice. One last chance. Find the heart. And we will have our final conversation.” (Martyn improves the rest) “I need not elaborate. Find the heart. Your lands are not yours. Do you not understand why the kingdom is called Bannerfall? When things wilt, when they perish, when they fall, winter comes creeping in. Find. The. Heart.”
Blue kingdom
Owain - “Oh that was cute. That little speech of yours. I especially liked the part where you left out the detail of marring your own skin and bone every day in a pathetic excuse to pay penance. You do know no one actually cares for your blood? I mean you were pretty clear with the Oath Breaker exactly what it is you do. And yet here he is. Under my control. When you make it out of here. Will you exsanguinate yourself to pay penance for that decision of his? Or to pay for your failure in saving another?”
Nom - “It’s cute that you took my deal under the guise of sacrifice for the others. When we both know you just can’t turn up an offer of power. Well I have another for you. And it’s a doozy. When you’re done bashing each others skulls in. I will call you to my alter once more. And make you an offer you cannot refuse once more.”
Graecie - “Your little circle of druids saw this coming from a long way away Elf. From when a band of birds took down a foolish girl. From when a wall sank into the sea. And time when on and the world forgot. And all the while I sunny my roots deep int this lush soil. Even if you do win, you know I’ll take the with me. And then I’ll be back. Perhaps I’ll pay a visit North. See how lush the forests of the grotto are. Let’s end this now, you and I.”
Scott - “Oh that’s sweet. No that really is touching. That you think he makes it out of here alive. That you think there’s anything you can do to stop him slipping through your fingers. All good things come in threes eh?”
Eloise - (There was no message for Eloise.)
Shan - (I could not find any VODs for Shan and I don’t believe she has a VODs channel on YouTube. Please update me if you find anything!)
Kitty - “Look what the cat dragged in. Pardon the expression… People are going to get hurt, I hope your silly game of play pretend was worth breaking the heart of your friend. And I hope your allegiance to blue is worth the knowledge that you let poor Diarmait down something awful. Mangy creature. Be gone.”
Mae - “Would you like to know a secret Mae. You’re right. For once in your life you’re actually right. You are doing, exactly what I want you to. In a moment I’m going to put you back with your ‘friends’. And you’ll beg and plead for them to stop this, to not free me of my chains. And you know what they’ll do? Ignore you. Like every other person has ever done. Run along, you’ve got a crowd to be talked over by.”
Final Bannerfall Creaking King past and deals update, April 6th
The Creaking King was not always a creaking. They were once the king of Bannerfall, and It turned them into the Creaking King.
The Creaking King has made deals with Cam, Sausage, Frogue, and Nom
!!!MASSIVE SPOILERS AHEAD!!!
(and massive text blocks with the biggest update yet)
The Creaking King:
Creaking King- (March 16th) the Creaking King said "Our claims grew smaller, It turned us all into this." Perhaps this "It" is connected to the Entity that caused the illness that has infected the residents of Bannerfall.
The great tree on top of the dungeon also appears to be dying, possibly because the Creaking King has dropped below 50,000hp
-the Creaking King has said "They were to come back with aid"
-(March 20th) "Kingdoms? This is my land" Martyn believes that the Creaking King is the former king of Bannerfall, and this statement would support that. He may be the last king of Bannerfall before the split into red and blue. If this is correct, whatever turned the Creaking King into what he is today, may be what split the kingdom in the first place.
-(March 21st) The Creaking King directly told Nom that the infection is "not a corruption of [their] making" They can also cure individuals, similar to the Entity that Cam made a deal with.
-(March 23rd) "It drained me of who I was" back to the same question of what It is. Mae and Graecie believe that the Creaking King was not always a creaking, and that the present residents of Bannerfall may be following thr same path.
-(March 24th) "It turned me into this, death is mercy. If kept alive you will spend eternity suffering." Scott, Cam, Katie, and Mae (with Nom in the background) talk about if a previous king was turned into the Creaking King. Scott brings up the possibility that the dungeon is holding something in, and that the Creaking King is the final protector. And by killing him, they are releasing something. Both Scott and Mae wonders if there always will be a Creaking King, and after this one is dead something (or someone) will take it's place.
-(March 29th) "Find the heart...A fool I was to have trusted them..."
-(March 31st) "A fool I was to have trusted her" There aren’t many "hers" that we know of that the Creaking King could have trusted. Lady Death, the Mage God*, the Red Lady? The Entity said that the Creaking King had changed since they last spoke, perhaps the last Creaking King used different pronouns, or maybe she's some random person we haven't heard about before.
-(April 1st) The great tree has withered further, today the Creaking King said "Everything... it was closing in on us..."
-(April 2nd) "It was to sprout and return my glorious kingdom to me" sounds to me like It was a plant (or "plant") that turned the Creaking King and his citizens into the creaking
-(April 3rd) "You find my appearance disturbing, do you not?" Not the most revealing message, I assume they're referring to how they look and not their arrival in Bannerfall. But it does support that the Creaking King wasn't always a creaking.
-(April 4th) "They were all leaving us... leaving me" dead trees have grown around Bannerfall, the land around them is decaying. When standing beneath them the air appears hazy. Scott mentions that nature itself is unhappy with what is going on.
-(April 5th) "NO, the time is not yet right... AWAY WITH YOU PESTS." The Creaking King now kicks players out of the dungeon if they attempt to fight him
April 6th
Final Dungeon- This dialog from the Creaking King fight, this is not necessarily in the order they appear in chat but in the order I believe they might go in:
"For what purpose have you come here? Glory? All I was to do was win a simple dice game. Our claims grew smaller… There was nothing left to lose. I was not going to lose, and I did not. They were leaving us... leaving me... Everything... It was closing in on us… Blue and Red Kingdom you say? I've heard nothing of these imposters. 'Kingdoms?' This is MY land. My knights... they would not have... They were to come back with aid. They were my knights. In my time of need... it seems they have claimed the remains of my kingdom for themselves. A fool I was to have trusted them... A fool I was to have trusted her... She came with a solution. A sapling... It was to sprout and return my glorious kingdom to me. When I went to plant it...The sapling called to me... It fed on my regrets, my failures. It drained me of who I was. You find my appearance disturbing, do you not? It turned me into this... It turned us all into this... My subjects... my people... they must forgive me. They are still there... trapped...their souls begging to be unchained. I've failed my kingdom once, I won't fail them again. Death is a mercy. If kept alive, you will spend eternity suffering. There won't be a way out- only relentless torture. I will kill you. I will end you. Why can't this nightmare end... Find the heart... Rest at last...Thank you" the Creaking King is dead and the spirit of the king of Bannerfall had been set free.
Deal with the Devil- Both Nom and Sausage are called to the dungeon, the Creaking King says, "Greeting Acolytes. I extend my gratitude for freeing me from that weak vessel. He was old, frail, desperate, spent. But there is so much more available now. The world is so much more new now, so much more... Ripe. Right then, the time has come. Will you accept my power?" They are offered two choices, Accept or Refuse "I offer you a choice, a challenge if you will. For I may have only one willing vessel. Whichever of you two accept me. I will wipe out the kingdom of the other. Don't worry. I'll even let you pick a few spares to leave out of the culling. I'll let you defer on who deserves it more. When you are ready to make your choice, both approach my alter."
Sausage becomes the Creaking King's vessel,
"As I expected. you wish to be rid of me Knight. But what has been swallowed cannot be undone. You could have had it all, instead you hesitate at the last moment. You never could make the right choices could you. As for you, Acolyte of death. KING of Red. You will be King of so much more. Together, we will raze them all to the ground. Let us begin." Sausage gains a max of 50 hearts.
The Knight God (jingle jangling with the sound of chains) "This King. Is honourless. Cleave him. From the Earth."
The Mage God "This corruption is old magic. This is not its final form, and it will not be its last. All the same, you must vanquish it from this world. Go."
The Rouge God "This tricking entity has only malice in its heart, no mischief or fun. It is an affront to us Gods, that it considers itself one of us. Snuff it out"
The Creaking Heart says to Sausage "They seek to undo us...You must stop them. Protect the heart with your LIFE. Together they are strong... You must remind them of their hatred for one another, their fear. Do not fail."
Final Fight- the Creaking King's heart was found beneath the Fark-hall
"Welcome citizens of Bannerfall. Or the rejects that remain. Blue? Red? If you couldn't kill me for the past 500 years - what makes you think you'll win now? With death as my accomplice, I will puppet your bodies like a marionette."
To Nom "Nominal. You are throwing your life away. You know that we are bonded. If I die. You die. You don't have any other choice - this is it. Kill them. Or die."
To Sausage "DO NOT LET THEM BREAK THE VEINS. PROTECT THE HEART ACOLYTE. WE WILL PERISH. CALL ON YOUR PATRON, CALL ON HER. You were supposed to be stronger. We are ruined... You failure."
During this fight Nom and Sausage can feel the heart weaken, when all of the resin nodes are broken they return to their starting hearts (10 for Sausage, 9 for Nom).
Graecie kills "Sausage" and the heart says "If you think this is the end, you're mistaken. I am one of many. I may wither, but others will take my place. Pain, Sadness, Fear, Disgust - it'll never end. We'll chip away at you till there's nothing left."
To Nom "Enjoy what little time you have left on this earth Oath Breaker. I will see you soon."
The Creaking Heart falls silent
Creaking Cronies:
Cam- (Bannerfall SMP Chud King POV)
This is the illness and its "cure" got him exiled from his hometown (why he's in Bannerfall in the first place). Cam, like many of us, believes it has something to do with the dungeon. He believes that the more the Creaking King is damaged the sicker everyone will become "When it reaches zero, it will be like a dooms day clock." Scott points out "Not even realizing that you are tunneling to your doom" may reference this.
-(March 15) Bannerfall SMP| The Chud King POV. In exchange for 1 minute of his time in the dungeon, the Creaking King gave Cam a heart, bringing his total to 11
-(April 6th) "Funny. The second you get rid of one voice in your head, another enters. I'll make sure my residency in your mind is permanent. And this time hugs and friendship won't save you." The Creaking King forces it's way into Cam's psyche and Cam implies that he is the carrier of the Creaking Heart.
Sausage- (March 12th) Bannerfall SMP - FARKLE, FISHING, & FRIENDSHP!!! He says that Lady Death has promised an apocalypse and he believes that the Creaking King's plague will be the death of anyone not supporting the Creaking King, when asked who should be saved, Sausage says "[Cam], me, and Frouge"
- Sausage has been tasked with bringing 16 creaking hearts to the dungeon, in exchange he got an extra spell slot
- Sausage has been tasked with bringing 64 creaking hearts to the dungeon, in exchange his spell cooldown was reduced
- Sausage was tasked with stalling the sculptor's trial for as long as possible
-At some point creaking had started popping up in the red kingdom, most of them are around the mage guild building
-(March 26th) Sausage has eaten a Creaking Clump given to him by the Creaking King and gained 8 hearts
-(March 31st) Sausage says he will die in 6 days. The Creaking King gave him two more Creaking Clumps. 4C stole one of these and learned that Nom also ate one, this Creaking Clump is was in Mae's possession before it disappeared. Sausage ate the other one but this did not effect his hp. Sausage tells 4c that he had to trade is soul for the clumps and that Nom has as well.
-(April 5th) Sausage's eyes have turned amber and bark has started to grow around his face
-(April 6th) Sausage's skin is fully bark, and his hair is completely white (hidden by a hood, but can be seen in his beard). His normally vertical eyes are turned horizonal and are at different heights. Graecie freed Sausage's soul from the Creaking Heart's control. Sausage went home to Lady Death, but instead of resting with her, he is reborn once again.
Frogue- the Creaking King tasked Frogue with not breaking any creaking hearts, in exchange he gained a rouge point
-(April 6th) before the section labeled Deal with the Devil, Frogue finds The Creaking Heart under the Fark-hall, he is given one last deal "You've guarded my heart well Rogue. It's impressive, really, you knew just how to satisfy my appetite. The sweet emotions. That sorrow they'd let off as they gambled their lives away... It proved the most bountiful harvest of despondency. Delicious. But it seems I still hunger. Nonetheless, it'll all be over soon. Now! It's time for your reward. I can give you your body back. You can be human again. All that's needed from your is your allegiance. I understand you don't trust me. It's not every fay when you come face to face with something older than time - fear itself. You fear me. I can taste it. But I'm not here for you, I have greater ambitions. Consume this piece of resin, and join me and become one. Only then will your humanity return to you. What are you waiting for?"
He gets the choice of accepting the resin or refusing it, he rejects it "You.. you will regret this, Kerowyn. NEVER AGEIN WILL I BESTOW MY GIFTS UPON YOU VERMIN." [you get the feeling you should run...] "YOU HUMANS, ALL OF YOU. YOU WILL DIE. COME BACK HERE! YOUR FRIENDS WILL DIE! YOU'LL ALL DIE SCARED! And I will feast."
Nom -(March 21st) The Creaking King gave Nom the option to take back eight fold what Katie stole, and also stop his "sputtering cough". To this this he had to eat a Creaking Clump, it tastes awful and is difficult to eat. As it "coats his insides with a thick resin" he takes his "first deep breath without coughing in weeks" Nom gained 8 more hearts, and is no longer infected
-(March 23rd) Nom has started creaking
-(March 25th) After everyone had been cured, Nom heard a voice in his head "What a weak and pathetic corruption. How lucky you are your patron cannot be pruned by 'friendship'."
-(April 4th) Nom's eyes have turned amber, his hair and skin is going grey. He also says that he feels different when he breaks creaking hearts in the dungeon. Shortly after eating the Creaking Clump he asks Katie if the air in the dungeon feels sticky. He mentions how everything feels "like static," and that he can feel something in "[his] heart, [his] lungs, arms, legs, chest. [He] won't let it get to [his] head tho."
When talking to Graecie, Nom knows that someone is listening outside the Rue Bar, and he gets pretty close to where Scott and Mae are listening when breaks through the wall. (Note from Pocket: I have NO idea how he did this one, it's like a magic trick how accurate he was.) He says he thought he heard a footstep and felt like someone was listening in, possibly like someone was watching him. When they test this with Scott being invisible, he says he can feel someone watching, but it's not the members of the Blue Kingdom.
-(April 5th) Nom's greying hair now has a shock of white and he's very pale. The grey bark growing on his skin (easiest to see on his jaw and ears) has also spread.
-(April 6th) Nom starts the day with 17 hearts. Over the course of the day Nom's hair turns white, his skin is fully transformed into bark, and vines start to grow out of his body. His usually vertical eyes have turned horizontal and are at different heights. The red sections of his mother's armor are bleached white.
After Graecie kills Sausage, Nom starts to lose hearts. "You feel your chest tighten, the resin that coats your lungs feels sharp inside you" 8 hearts "A sharp pain runs across the surface of your skin, as your hairs begin to curl over into bark" 7 hearts "Your vision blurrs, your pulse begins to slow, it cannot be long left now..." 6 hearts "You try and hold on, but you feel you could slip away at any moment [click here when you are ready to say goodbye]" 5-3 hearts. Nom passes on the cliff next to Pippa's. Goodnight Nominal, hope you sleep well.
My interpretation of the Creaking King's story:
The King of Bannerfall had a problem, Bannerfall was starting to fracture. Maybe other kingdom started taking bites out of outer territories, maybe lords broke off their land to try and start a kingdom of their own, or maybe even revolutions with citizens defecting from the kingdom. Whatever the case may be, Bannerfall's claim on the land was shrinking.
So to restore his kingdom to its former glory, he asked his allies for assistance, including Birgrandia. During this time of desperation, he bet something (the rest of his land, possibly his soul) on a game of Farkel and won. Also during this time She came to him, and she brought a pale oak sapling.
As the sapling grew, it changed the king. People started to leave out of fear, disgust, maybe even died, whatever it was people were going weren't coming back, shrinking the kingdom further. Those who did stay also started to change, and the kingdom around them started to die.
At some point someone or something decided enough was enough. That the Creaking King was too dangerous to be left to his own devices, but also recognized that he was impossible to kill without breaking his hidden heart. So, they bound him to the kingdom's dungeon with all the corrupted citizens of Bannerfall. Shortly after, instead of finding a way to free their king, his knights split the kingdom into Red and Blue.
That sapling that She brought is now the Great Tree that grows through the dungeon, who's roots spread under both of the Kingdoms.
Living this way is agony. The king of Bannerfall now asks the residents of the red and blue kingdoms to find his heart and destroy it. The Creaking King on the other hand is looking for a new vessel or two.
Is this interpretation perfect? No, of course not. I only have a month of single sentences, anti therapy sessions, and random easter eggs that might mean NOTHING to work with. But I do think that it is possible.
More information:
Graecie- (March 23rd) During her break, Graecie is returning to the Yawning Grotto to hopefully learn more about what is happening with the Creaking King
-(March 31st) after her visit to the Grotto, Graecie fears that by fighting the Creaking King, they are only weakening the bonds keeping him in the dungeon
(March 31st)- Mae and 4C both received a message saying "I don't want you" before the Creaking Clump 4C stole disappeared
Katie-(April 1st) a spirit called Mirror (Mimi) followed Katie out of the dungeon. Mimi's text starts out white, but slowly shifts into darker shades of red. Mimi was a jester who was killed for being "too funny," and sentenced to the dungeon for doing worse things then killing an allay. They encourage Katie to kill anyone who doesn't find her funny. Mimi appears to Katie as a monochrome version of herself with clown makeup. (This is probably just an April Fools thing to screw with Katie)
-(April 6th) Katie is offered the chance to take Nom's place as an acolyte of the Creaking Heart, she refues
Mae-(April 1st) when Mae was trapped in the dungeon after Nom killed her, the Crea-king said "The knight has evil in him" and "You should go before, evil roots" the Crea-king also can't wait to go on and they say it will be soon
Scott- Scott has brewed potions by the barrel full, but very deliberately only brewing debuffed splash potions that can't be easily used against the blue kingdom. In the event that Nom starts losing control, he gave Graecie a drinkable potion of strength and Nom a bottle of poison and potion of weakness. He also brewed splash potions of slow falling to negate Nom's mace as much as possible.
*when the Mage God speaks to 4c (Vod Parkour training with Spidey and Schpood) the light green voice says in Galatic "Can you understand her?" This her refers to the dark green text who is confirmed to be the Mage god. It should be noted that the Mage god is a triple deity, and both these voices may be the different aspects of them as opposed to separate beings.
Before I go back into my cave and almost never post, I plan on making a summary of all this information that is a little easier to consume, and possibly one on the the Bannerfall gods because I am so enamored with them.
Please let me know if I missed anything!
Thank you Pow for another amazing smp, can't wait for the next one.
Bannerfall Creaking King past and deals update, April 5th
Eve of the final day
The Creaking King was not always a creaking. They were once the king of Bannerfall, and It turned them into the Creaking King.
The Creaking King has made deals with Cam, Sausage, Frogue, and Nom
The Creaking King is now below 4,000 hp
The Creaking King:
Creaking King- (March 16th) the Creaking King said "Our claims grew smaller, It turned us all into this." Perhaps this "It" is connected to the Entity that caused the illness that has infected the residents of Bannerfall.
The great tree on top of the dungeon also appears to be dying, possibly because the Creaking King has dropped below 50,000hp
-the Creaking King has said "They were to come back with aid"
-(March 20th) "Kingdoms? This is my land" Martyn believes that the Creaking King is the former king of Bannerfall, and this statement would support that. He may be the last king of Bannerfall before the split into red and blue. If this is correct, whatever turned the Creaking King into what he is today, may be what split the kingdom in the first place.
-(March 21st) The Creaking King directly told Nom that the infection is "not a corruption of [their] making" They can also cure individuals, similar to the Entity that Cam made a deal with.
-(March 23rd) "It drained me of who I was" back to the same question of what It is. Mae and Graecie believe that the Creaking King was not always a creaking, and that the present residents of Bannerfall may be following thr same path.
-(March 24th) "It turned me into this, death is mercy. If kept alive you will spend eternity suffering." Scott, Cam, Katie, and Mae (with Nom in the background) talk about if a previous king was turned into the Creaking King. Scott brings up the possibility that the dungeon is holding something in, and that the Creaking King is the final protector. And by killing him, they are releasing something. Both Scott and Mae wonders if there always will be a Creaking King, and after this one is dead something (or someone) will take it's place.
-(March 29th) "Find the heart...A fool I was to have trusted them..."
-(March 31st) "A fool I was to have trusted her" There aren’t many "hers" that we know of that the Creaking King could have trusted. Lady Death, the Mage God*, the Red Lady? The Entity said that the Creaking King had changed since they last spoke, perhaps the last Creaking King used different pronouns, or maybe she's some random person we haven't heard about before.
-(April 1st) The great tree has withered further, today the Creaking King said "Everything... it was closing in on us..."
-(April 2nd) "It was to sprout and return my glorious kingdom to me" sounds to me like It was a plant (or "plant") that turned the Creaking King and his citizens into the creaking
-(April 3rd) "You find my appearance disturbing, do you not?" Not the most revealing message, I assume they're referring to how they look and not their arrival in Bannerfall. But it does support that the Creaking King wasn't always a creaking.
-(April 4th) "They were all leaving us... leaving me" dead trees have grown around Bannerfall, the land around them is decaying. When standing beneath them the air appears hazy. Scott mentions that nature itself is unhappy with what is going on.
-(April 5th) "NO, the time is not yet right... AWAY WITH YOU PESTS." The Creaking King now kicks players out of the dungeon if they attempt to fight him
My interpretation of the Creaking King's story so far:
The King of Bannerfall had a problem, Bannerfall was starting to fracture. Maybe other kingdom started taking bites out of outer territories, maybe lords broke off their land to try and start a kingdom of their own, or maybe even revolutions with citizens defecting from the kingdom. Whatever the case may be, Bannerfall's claim on the land was shrinking.
So to restore his kingdom to its former glory, he asked his allies for assistance, including Birgrandia and possibly Her. I'm not sure if the king went to her or she came to him, but I'm pretty sure she brought It. I think "It" as I've been calling it, might be an eye blossom, a Creaking Clump, or the "orginal" creaking heart.
Whatever it was it first had to grow, and as it did it changed the king. People started to leave out of fear, disgust, maybe even died, whatever it was people were going weren't coming back, shrinking the kingdom further. Those who did stay also started to change, and the kingdom around them started to die.
At some point someone or something decided enough was enough. That the Creaking King was too dangerous to be left to his own devices, but also recognized that he was impossible to kill without breaking his hidden heart. So, they bound him to the kingdom's dungeon with all the corrupted citizens of Bannerfall.
Living this way is agony. He now asks the residents of the red and blue kingdoms to find his heart, and barring that, making some new soldiers to take back what is his.
Is this interpretation perfect? No, of course not. I only have a month of single sentiences, anti therapy sessions, and random easter eggs that might mean NOTHING to work with. But I do think that it is possible.
Creaking Cronies:
Cam- (Bannerfall SMP Chud King POV)
This is the illness and its "cure" got him exiled from his hometown (why he's in Bannerfall in the first place). Cam, like many of us, believes it has something to do with the dungeon. He believes that the more the Creaking King is damaged the sicker everyone will become "When it reaches zero, it will be like a dooms day clock." Scott points out "Not even realizing that you are tunneling to your doom" may reference this.
-(March 15) Bannerfall SMP| The Chud King POV. In exchange for 1 minute of his time in the dungeon, the Creaking King gave Cam a heart, bringing his total to 11
Sausage- (March 12th) Bannerfall SMP - FARKLE, FISHING, & FRIENDSHP!!! He says that Lady Death has promised an apocalypse and he believes that the Creaking King's plague will be the death of anyone not supporting the Creaking King, when asked who should be saved, Sausage says "[Cam], me, and Frouge"
- Sausage has been tasked with bringing 16 creaking hearts to the dungeon, in exchange he got an extra spell slot
- Sausage has been tasked with bringing 64 creaking hearts to the dungeon, in exchange his spell cooldown was reduced
- Sausage was tasked with stalling the sculptor's trial for as long as possible
-At some point creaking had started popping up in the red kingdom, most of them are around the mage guild building
-(March 26th) Sausage has eaten a Creaking Clump given to him by the Creaking King and gained 8 hearts
-(March 31st) Sausage says he will die in 6 days. The Creaking King gave him two more Creaking Clumps. 4C stole one of these and learned that Nom also ate one, this Creaking Clump is was in Mae's possession before it disappeared. Sausage ate the other one but this did not effect his hp. Sausage tells 4c that he had to trade is soul for the clumps and that Nom has as well.
Frogue- the Creaking King tasked Frogue with not breaking any creaking hearts, in exchange he gained a rouge point
Nom -(March 21st) The Creaking King gave Nom the option to take back eight fold what Katie stole, and also stop his "sputtering cough". To this this he had to eat a Creaking Clump, it tastes awful and is difficult to eat. As it "coats his insides with a thick resin" he takes his "first deep breath without coughing in weeks" Nom gained 8 more hearts, and is no longer infected
-(March 23rd) Nom has started creaking
-(March 25th) After everyone had been cured, Nom heard a voice in his head "What a weak and pathetic corruption. How lucky you are your patron cannot be pruned by 'friendship'."
-(April 4th) Nom's eyes have turned amber, his hair and skin is going grey. He also says that he feels different when he breaks creaking hearts in the dungeon. Shortly after eating the Creaking Clump he asks Katie if the air in the dungeon feels sticky. He mentions how everything feels "like static," and that he can feel something in "[his] heart, [his] lungs, arms, legs, chest. [He] won't let it get to [his] head tho."
When talking to Graecie, Nom knows that someone is listening outside the Rue Bar, and he gets pretty close to where Scott and Mae are listening when breaks through the wall. (Note from Pocket: I have NO idea how he did this one, it's like a magic trick how accurate he was.) He says he thought he heard a footstep and felt like someone was listening in, possibly like someone was watching him. When they test this with Scott being invisible, he says he can feel someone watching, but it's not the members of the Blue Kingdom.
-(April 5th) Nom's greying hair now has a shock of white and he's very pale. The grey bark growing on his skin (easiest to see on his jaw and ears) has also spread.
More information:
Graecie- (March 23rd) During her break, Graecie is returning to the Yawning Grotto to hopefully learn more about what is happening with the Creaking King
-(March 31st) after her visit to the Grotto, Graecie fears that by fighting the Creaking King, they are only weakening the bonds keeping him in the dungeon
(March 31st)- Mae and 4C both received a message saying "I don't want you" before the Creaking Clump 4C stole disappeared
Katie-(April 1st) a spirit called Mirror (Mimi) followed Katie out of the dungeon. Mimi's text starts out white, but slowly shifts into darker shades of red. Mimi was a jester who was killed for being "too funny," and sentenced to the dungeon for doing worse things then killing an allay. They encourage Katie to kill anyone who doesn't find her funny. Mimi appears to Katie as a monochrome version of herself with clown makeup. (This is probably just an April Fools thing to screw with Katie)
Mae-(April 1st) when Mae was trapped in the dungeon after Nom killed her, the Crea-king said "The knight has evil in him" and "You should go before, evil roots" the Crea-king also can't wait to go on and they say it will be soon
Scott- Scott has brewed potions by the barrel full, but very deliberately only brewing debuffed splash potions that can't be easily used against the blue kingdom. In the event that Nom starts losing control, he gave Graecie a drinkable potion of strength and Nom a bottle of poison and potion of weakness. He also brewed splash potions of slow falling to negate Nom's mace as much as possible.
*when the Mage God speaks to 4c (Vod Parkour training with Spidey and Schpood) the light green voice says in Galatic "Can you understand her?" This her refers to the dark green text who is confirmed to be the Mage god. It should be noted that the Mage god is a triple deity, and both these voices may be the different aspects of them as opposed to separate beings.
Bannerfall Creaking King past and deals update, April 4th
The Creaking King was not always a creaking. They were once the king of Bannerfall, and It turned them into the Creaking King.
The Creaking King has made deals with Cam, Sausage, Frogue, and Nom
The Creaking King is now below 4,000 hp
My interpretation of the Creaking King's story so far:
The King of Bannerfall had a problem, Bannerfall was starting to fracture. Maybe other kingdom started taking bites out of outer territories, maybe lords broke off their land to try and start a kingdom of their own, or maybe even revolutions with citizens defecting from the kingdom. Whatever the case may be, Bannerfall's claim on the land was shrinking.
So to restore his kingdom to its former glory, he asked his allies for assistance, including Birgrandia and possibly Her. I'm not sure if the king went to her or she came to him, but I'm pretty sure she brought It. I think "It" as I've been calling it, might be an eye blossom, a Creaking Clump, or the "orginal" creaking heart.
Whatever it was it first had to grow, and as it did it changed the king. People started to leave out of fear, disgust, maybe even died, whatever it was people were going weren't coming back, shrinking the kingdom further. Those who did stay also started to change, and the kingdom around them started to die.
At some point someone or something decided enough was enough. That the Creaking King was too dangerous to be left to his own devices, but also recognized that he was impossible to kill without breaking his hidden heart. So, they bound him to the kingdom's dungeon with all the corrupted citizens of Bannerfall.
Living this way is agony. He now asks the residents of the red and blue kingdoms to find his heart, and barring that, making some new soldiers to take back what is his.
Is this interpretation perfect? No, of course not. I only have a month of single sentiences, anti therapy sessions, and random easter eggs that might mean NOTHING to work with. But I do think that it is possible.
The Creaking King:
Creaking King- (March 16th) the Creaking King said "Our claims grew smaller, It turned us all into this." Perhaps this "It" is connected to the Entity that caused the illness that has infected the residents of Bannerfall.
The great tree on top of the dungeon also appears to be dying, possibly because the Creaking King has dropped below 50,000hp
-the Creaking King has said "They were to come back with aid"
-(March 20th) "Kingdoms? This is my land" Martyn believes that the Creaking King is the former king of Bannerfall, and this statement would support that. He may be the last king of Bannerfall before the split into red and blue. If this is correct, whatever turned the Creaking King into what he is today, may be what split the kingdom in the first place.
-(March 21st) The Creaking King directly told Nom that the infection is "not a corruption of [their] making" They can also cure individuals, similar to the Entity that Cam made a deal with.
-(March 23rd) "It drained me of who I was" back to the same question of what It is. Mae and Graecie believe that the Creaking King was not always a creaking, and that the present residents of Bannerfall may be following thr same path.
-(March 24th) "It turned me into this, death is mercy. If kept alive you will spend eternity suffering." Scott, Cam, Katie, and Mae (with Nom in the background) talk about if a previous king was turned into the Creaking King. Scott brings up the possibility that the dungeon is holding something in, and that the Creaking King is the final protector. And by killing him, they are releasing something. Both Scott and Mae wonders if there always will be a Creaking King, and after this one is dead something (or someone) will take it's place.
-(March 29th) "Find the heart...A fool I was to have trusted them..."
-(March 31st) "A fool I was to have trusted her" There aren’t many "hers" that we know of that the Creaking King could have trusted. Lady Death, the Mage God*, the Red Lady? The Entity said that the Creaking King had changed since they last spoke, perhaps the last Creaking King used different pronouns, or maybe she's some random person we haven't heard about before.
-(April 1st) The great tree has withered further, today the Creaking King said "Everything... it was closing in on us..."
-(April 2nd) "It was to sprout and return my glorious kingdom to me" sounds to me like It was a plant (or "plant") that turned the Creaking King and his citizens into the creaking
-(April 3rd) "You find my appearance disturbing, do you not?" Not the most revealing message, I assume they're referring to how they look and not their arrival in Bannerfall. But it does support that the Creaking King wasn't always a creaking.
-(April 4th) "They were all leaving us... leaving me" dead trees have grown around Bannerfall, the land around them is decaying. When standing beneath them the air appears hazy. Scott mentions that nature itself is unhappy with what is going on.
Creaking Cronies:
Cam- (Bannerfall SMP Chud King POV)
This is the illness and its "cure" got him exiled from his hometown (why he's in Bannerfall in the first place). Cam, like many of us, believes it has something to do with the dungeon. He believes that the more the Creaking King is damaged the sicker everyone will become "When it reaches zero, it will be like a dooms day clock." Scott points out "Not even realizing that you are tunneling to your doom" may reference this.
-(March 15) Bannerfall SMP| The Chud King POV. In exchange for 1 minute of his time in the dungeon, the Creaking King gave Cam a heart, bringing his total to 11
Sausage- (March 12th) Bannerfall SMP - FARKLE, FISHING, & FRIENDSHP!!! He says that Lady Death has promised an apocalypse and he believes that the Creaking King's plague will be the death of anyone not supporting the Creaking King, when asked who should be saved, Sausage says "[Cam], me, and Frouge"
- Sausage has been tasked with bringing 16 creaking hearts to the dungeon, in exchange he got an extra spell slot
- Sausage has been tasked with bringing 64 creaking hearts to the dungeon, in exchange his spell cooldown was reduced
- Sausage was tasked with stalling the sculptor's trial for as long as possible
-At some point creaking had started popping up in the red kingdom, most of them are around the mage guild building
-(March 26th) Sausage has eaten a Creaking Clump given to him by the Creaking King and gained 8 hearts
-(March 31st) Sausage says he will die in 6 days. The Creaking King gave him two more Creaking Clumps. 4C stole one of these and learned that Nom also ate one, this Creaking Clump is was in Mae's possession before it disappeared. Sausage ate the other one but this did not effect his hp. Sausage tells 4c that he had to trade is soul for the clumps and that Nom has as well.
Frogue- the Creaking King tasked Frogue with not breaking any creaking hearts, in exchange he gained a rouge point
Nom -(March 21st) The Creaking King gave Nom the option to take back eight fold what Katie stole, and also stop his "sputtering cough". To this this he had to eat a Creaking Clump, it tastes awful and is difficult to eat. As it "coats his insides with a thick resin" he takes his "first deep breath without coughing in weeks" Nom gained 8 more hearts, and is no longer infected
-(March 23rd) Nom has started creaking
-(March 25th) After everyone had been cured, Nom heard a voice in his head "What a weak and pathetic corruption. How lucky you are your patron cannot be pruned by 'friendship'."
-(April 4th) Nom's eyes have turned amber, his hair and skin is going grey. He also says that he feels different when he breaks creaking hearts in the dungeon. Shortly after eating the Creaking Clump he asks Katie if the air in the dungeon feels sticky. He mentions how everything feels "like static," and that he can feel something in "[his] heart, [his] lungs, arms, legs, chest. [He] won't let it get to [his] head tho."
When talking to Graecie, Nom knows that someone is listening outside the Rue Bar, and he gets pretty close to where Scott and Mae are listening when breaks through the wall. (Note from Pocket: I have NO idea how he did this one, it's like a magic trick how accurate he was.) He says he thought he heard a footstep and felt like someone was listening in, possibly like someone was watching him. When they test this with Scott being invisible, he says he can feel someone watching, but it's not the members of the Blue Kingdom.
More information:
Graecie- (March 23rd) During her break, Graecie is returning to the Yawning Grotto to hopefully learn more about what is happening with the Creaking King
-(March 31st) after her visit to the Grotto, Graecie fears that by fighting the Creaking King, they are only weakening the bonds keeping him in the dungeon
(March 31st)- Mae and 4C both received a message saying "I don't want you" before the Creaking Clump 4C stole disappeared
Katie-(April 1st) a spirit called Mirror (Mimi) followed Katie out of the dungeon. Mimi's text starts out white, but slowly shifts into darker shades of red. Mimi was a jester who was killed for being "too funny," and sentenced to the dungeon for doing worse things then killing an allay. They encourage Katie to kill anyone who doesn't find her funny. Mimi appears to Katie as a monochrome version of herself with clown makeup. (This is probably just an April Fools thing to screw with Katie)
Mae-(April 1st) when Mae was trapped in the dungeon after Nom killed her, the Crea-king said "The knight has evil in him" and "You should go before, evil roots" the Crea-king also can't wait to go on and they say it will be soon
Scott- Scott has brewed potions by the barrel full, but very deliberately only brewing debuffed splash potions that can't be easily used against the blue kingdom. In the event that Nom starts losing control, he gave Graecie a drinkable potion of strength and Nom a bottle of poison and potion of weakness. He also brewed splash potions of slow falling to negate Nom's mace as much as possible.
*when the Mage God speaks to 4c (Vod Parkour training with Spidey and Schpood) the light green voice says in Galatic "Can you understand her?" This her refers to the dark green text who is confirmed to be the Mage god. It should be noted that the Mage god is a triple deity, and both these voices may be the different aspects of them as opposed to separate beings.
Bannerfall Creaking King past and deals update, April 3rd
The Creaking King was not always a creaking. They were once the king of Bannerfall, and It turned them into the Creaking King.
The Creaking King has made deals with Cam, Sausage, Frogue, and Nom
The Creaking King is now below 10,000 hp
It and associates:
Creaking King- (March 16th) the Creaking King said "Our claims grew smaller, It turned us all into this." Perhaps this "It" is connected to the Entity that caused the illness that has infected the residents of Bannerfall.
The great tree on top of the dungeon also appears to be dying, possibly because the Creaking King has dropped below 50,000hp
-the Creaking King has said "They were to come back with aid"
-(March 20th) "Kingdoms? This is my land" Martyn believes that the Creaking King is the former king of Bannerfall, and this statement would support that. He may be the last king of Bannerfall before the split into red and blue. If this is correct, whatever turned the Creaking King into what he is today, may be what split the kingdom in the first place.
-(March 21st) The Creaking King directly told Nom that the infection is "not a corruption of [their] making" They can also cure individuals, similar to the Entity that Cam made a deal with.
-(March 23rd) "It drained me of who I was" back to the same question of what It is. Mae and Graecie believe that the Creaking King was not always a creaking, and that the present residents of Bannerfall may be following thr same path.
-(March 24th) "It turned me into this, death is mercy. If kept alive you will spend eternity suffering." Scott, Cam, Katie, and Mae (with Nom in the background) talk about if a previous king was turned into the Creaking King. Scott brings up the possibility that the dungeon is holding something in, and that the Creaking King is the final protector. And by killing him, they are releasing something. Both Scott and Mae wonders if there always will be a Creaking King, and after this one is dead something (or someone) will take it's place.
-(March 29th) "Find the heart...A fool I was to have trusted them..."
-(March 31st) "A fool I was to have trusted her" There aren’t many "hers" that we know of that the Creaking King could have trusted. Lady Death, the Mage God*, the Red Lady? The Entity said that the Creaking King had changed since they last spoke, perhaps the last Creaking King used different pronouns, or maybe she's some random person we haven't heard about before.
-(April 1st) The great tree has withered further, today the Creaking King said "Everything... it was closing in on us..."
-(April 2nd) "It was to sprout and return my glorious kingdom to me" sounds to me like It was a plant (or "plant") that turned the Creaking King and his citizens into the creaking
-(April 3rd) "You find my appearance disturbing, do you not?" Not the most revealing message, I assume they're referring to how they look and not their arrival in Bannerfall. But it does support that the Creaking King wasn't always a creaking.
Creaking Cronies:
Cam- (Bannerfall SMP Chud King POV)
This is the illness and its "cure" got him exiled from his hometown (why he's in Bannerfall in the first place). Cam, like many of us, believes it has something to do with the dungeon. He believes that the more the Creaking King is damaged the sicker everyone will become "When it reaches zero, it will be like a dooms day clock." Scott points out "Not even realizing that you are tunneling to your doom" may reference this.
-(March 15) Bannerfall SMP| The Chud King POV. In exchange for 1 minute of his time in the dungeon, the Creaking King gave Cam a heart, bringing his total to 11
Sausage- (March 12th) Bannerfall SMP - FARKLE, FISHING, & FRIENDSHP!!! He says that Lady Death has promised an apocalypse and he believes that the Creaking King's plague will be the death of anyone not supporting the Creaking King, when asked who should be saved, Sausage says "[Cam], me, and Frouge"
- Sausage has been tasked with bringing 16 creaking hearts to the dungeon, in exchange he got an extra spell slot
- Sausage has been tasked with bringing 64 creaking hearts to the dungeon, in exchange his spell cooldown was reduced
- Sausage was tasked with stalling the sculptor's trial for as long as possible
-At some point creaking had started popping up in the red kingdom, most of them are around the mage guild building
-(March 26th) Sausage has eaten a Creaking Clump given to him by the Creaking King and gained 8 hearts
-(March 31st) Sausage says he will die in 6 days. The Creaking King gave him two more Creaking Clumps. 4C stole one of these and learned that Nom also ate one, this Creaking Clump is was in Mae's possession before it disappeared. Sausage ate the other one but this did not effect his hp. Sausage tells 4c that he had to trade is soul for the clumps and that Nom has as well.
Frogue- the Creaking King tasked Frogue with not breaking any creaking hearts, in exchange he gained a rouge point
Nom -(March 21st) The Creaking King gave Nom the option to take back eight fold what Katie stole, and also stop his "sputtering cough". To this this he had to eat a Creaking Clump, it tastes awful and is difficult to eat. As it "coats his insides with a thick resin" he takes his "first deep breath without coughing in weeks" Nom gained 8 more hearts, and is no longer infected
-(March 23rd) Nom has started creaking
-(March 25th) After everyone had been cured, Nom heard a voice in his head "What a weak and pathetic corruption. How lucky you are your patron cannot be pruned by 'friendship'."
More information:
Graecie- (March 23rd) During her break, Graecie is returning to the Yawning Grotto to hopefully learn more about what is happening with the Creaking King
-(March 31st) after her visit to the Grotto, Graecie fears that by fighting the Creaking King, they are only weakening the bonds keeping him in the dungeon
(March 31st)- Mae and 4C both received a message saying "I don't want you" before the Creaking Clump 4C stole disappeared
Katie-(April 1st) a spirit called Mirror (Mimi) followed Katie out of the dungeon. Mimi's text starts out white, but slowly shifts into darker shades of red. Mimi was a jester who was killed for being "too funny," and sentenced to the dungeon for doing worse things then killing an allay. They encourage Katie to kill anyone who doesn't find her funny. Mimi appears to Katie as a monochrome version of herself with clown makeup. (This is probably just an April Fools thing to screw with Katie)
Mae-(April 1st) when Mae was trapped in the dungeon after Nom killed her, the Crea-king said "The knight has evil in him" and "You should go before, evil roots" the Crea-king also can't wait to go on and they say it will be soon
Scott- Scott has brewed potions by the barrel full, but very deliberately only brewing health, buff, and debuffed splash potions that can't be easily used against the blue kingdom. In the event that Nom starts losing control, he gave Graecie a drinkable potion of strength and Nom a bottle of poison and potion of weakness. He also brewed splash potions of slow falling to negate Nom's mace as much as possible.
*when the Mage God speaks to 4c (Vod Parkour training with Spidey and Schpood) the light green voice says in Galatic "Can you understand her?" This her refers to the dark green text who is confirmed to be the Mage god. It should be noted that the Mage god is a triple deity, and both these voices may be the different aspects of them as opposed to separate beings.
Bannerfall Creaking King past and deals update, April 2nd
The Creaking King was not always a creaking. They were once the king of Bannerfall, and It turned them into the Creaking King.
The Creaking King has made deals with Cam, Sausage, Frogue, and Nom
It and associates:
Creaking King- (March 16th) the Creaking King said "Our claims grew smaller, It turned us all into this." Perhaps this "It" is connected to the Entity that caused the illness that has infected the residents of Bannerfall.
The great tree on top of the dungeon also appears to be dying, possibly because the Creaking King has dropped below 50,000hp
-the Creaking King has said "They were to come back with aid"
-(March 20th) "Kingdoms? This is my land" Martyn believes that the Creaking King is the former king of Bannerfall, and this statement would support that. He may be the last king of Bannerfall before the split into red and blue. If this is correct, whatever turned the Creaking King into what he is today, may be what split the kingdom in the first place.
-(March 21st) The Creaking King directly told Nom that the infection is "not a corruption of [their] making" They can also cure individuals, similar to the Entity that Cam made a deal with.
-(March 23rd) "It drained me of who I was" back to the same question of what It is. Mae and Graecie believe that the Creaking King was not always a creaking, and that the present residents of Bannerfall may be following thr same path.
-(March 24th) "It turned me into this, death is mercy. If kept alive you will spend eternity suffering." Scott, Cam, Katie, and Mae (with Nom in the background) talk about if a previous king was turned into the Creaking King. Scott brings up the possibility that the dungeon is holding something in, and that the Creaking King is the final protector. And by killing him, they are releasing something. Both Scott and Mae wonders if there always will be a Creaking King, and after this one is dead something (or someone) will take it's place.
-(March 29th) "Find the heart...A fool I was to have trusted them..."
-(March 31st) "A fool I was to have trusted her" There aren’t many "hers" that we know of that the Creaking King could have trusted. Lady Death, the Mage God*, the Red Lady? The Entity said that the Creaking King had changed since they last spoke, perhaps the last Creaking King used different pronouns, or maybe she's some random person we haven't heard about before.
-(April 1st) The great tree has withered further, today the Creaking King said "Everything... it was closing in on us..."
-(April 2nd) "It was to sprout and return my glorious kingdom to me" sounds to me like It was a plant (or "plant") that turned the Creaking King and his citizens into the creaking
Creaking Cronies:
Cam- (Bannerfall SMP Chud King POV)
This is the illness and its "cure" got him exiled from his hometown (why he's in Bannerfall in the first place). Cam, like many of us, believes it has something to do with the dungeon. He believes that the more the Creaking King is damaged the sicker everyone will become "When it reaches zero, it will be like a dooms day clock." Scott points out "Not even realizing that you are tunneling to your doom" may reference this.
-(March 15) Bannerfall SMP| The Chud King POV. In exchange for 1 minute of his time in the dungeon, the Creaking King gave Cam a heart, bringing his total to 11
Sausage- (March 12th) Bannerfall SMP - FARKLE, FISHING, & FRIENDSHP!!! He says that Lady Death has promised an apocalypse and he believes that the Creaking King's plague will be the death of anyone not supporting the Creaking King, when asked who should be saved, Sausage says "[Cam], me, and Frouge"
- Sausage has been tasked with bringing 16 creaking hearts to the dungeon, in exchange he got an extra spell slot
- Sausage has been tasked with bringing 64 creaking hearts to the dungeon, in exchange his spell cooldown was reduced
- Sausage was tasked with stalling the sculptor's trial for as long as possible
-At some point creaking had started popping up in the red kingdom, most of them are around the mage guild building
-(March 26th) Sausage has eaten a Creaking Clump given to him by the Creaking King and gained 8 hearts
-(March 31st) Sausage says he will die in 6 days. The Creaking King gave him two more Creaking Clumps. 4C stole one of these and learned that Nom also ate one, this Creaking Clump is was in Mae's possession before it disappeared. Sausage ate the other one but this did not effect his hp. Sausage tells 4c that he had to trade is soul for the clumps and that Nom has as well.
Frogue- the Creaking King tasked Frogue with not breaking any creaking hearts, in exchange he gained a rouge point
Nom -(March 21st) The Creaking King gave Nom the option to take back eight fold what Katie stole, and also stop his "sputtering cough". To this this he had to eat a Creaking Clump, it tastes awful and is difficult to eat. As it "coats his insides with a thick resin" he takes his "first deep breath without coughing in weeks" Nom gained 8 more hearts, and is no longer infected
-(March 23rd) Nom has started creaking
-(March 25th) After everyone had been cured, Nom heard a voice in his head "What a weak and pathetic corruption. How lucky you are your patron cannot be pruned by 'friendship'."
More information:
Graecie- (March 23rd) During her break, Graecie is returning to the Yawning Grotto to hopefully learn more about what is happening with the Creaking King
-(March 31st) after her visit to the Grotto, Graecie fears that by fighting the Creaking King, they are only weakening the bonds keeping him in the dungeon
(March 31st)- Mae and 4C both received a message saying "I don't want you" before the Creaking Clump 4C stole disappeared
Katie-(April 1st) a spirit called Mirror (Mimi) followed Katie out of the dungeon. Mimi's text starts out white, but slowly shifts into darker shades of red. Mimi was a jester who was killed for being "too funny," and sentenced to the dungeon for doing worse things then killing an allay. They encourage Katie to kill anyone who doesn't find her funny. Mimi appears to Katie as a monochrome version of herself with clown makeup. (This is probably just an April Fools thing to screw with Katie)
Mae-(April 1st) when Mae was trapped in the dungeon after Nom killed her, the Crea-king said "The knight has evil in him" and "You should go before, evil roots" the Crea-king also can't wait to go on and they say it will be soon
*when the Mage God speaks to 4c (Vod Parkour training with Spidey and Schpood) the light green voice says in Galatic "Can you understand her?" This her refers to the dark green text who is confirmed to be the Mage god. It should be noted that the Mage god is a triple deity, and both these voices may be the different aspects of them as opposed to separate beings.
Bannerfall illness and player condition update, April 2nd
Infected: NO ONE!!!!
Not Infected: Cam, Scott, Bek, El, Sausage, Katie, Apo, Cherri, Mae, 4C, Graecie, Nom, Kitty, Frogue, Shan, Owain
Now that everyone has been cured this is the final update! Everyone has returned to 10 hearts with the exception of Kitty (9), 4C (9), Cam (11), Nom (15), and Sausage (18)
List of infected players and when their symptoms first appeared, as well as their progression:
Scott- (March 4th)It's Bannerfall Cameo Day! And something fishy is going on...
-(March 12th) reduced to 9 hearts
-(March 14th) Scott now has 8 hearts
-(March 19th) Scott has started coughing blood, taking a heart of damage, but not reducing his max hp
-(March 25th) Scott has returned to 10 hearts and has been cured!
Bek-(March 4th) Bannerfall SMP -NEW FACES!
-(March 12th) reduced to 9 hearts
-(March 19th) reduced to 8 hearts
-(March 29th) Bek has returned to 10 hearts and has been cured!
Eloise-(March 8th) bannenfallin for uuuu
-(March 12th) reduced to 8 hearts
-(March 15th) reduced to 7 hearts
-(March 25th) El has returned to 10 hearts and has been cured!
Sausage- (March 9th) Tower Building & Farkhall Grand Opening!!!
-(March 12th) reduced to 9 hearts
-(March 17th) reduced to 8 hearts
-(March 25th) Sausage returned to 10 hearts and has been cured!
Katie- (March 11th) Bannerfall day 33| friends, fun and FARKLE. In addition to coughing, she has seen flashes of the Creaking King. Katie also received a message saying she was weakening due to infection, the first to lose a heart
-(March 13th) reduced to 8 hearts
-(March 19th) Katie has started coughing blood
-(March 25th) Katie has returned to 10 hearts and has been cured!
Apo- (March 12th) ALL HAIL THE EMPURROR-Bannerfall SMP
-(March 13th) reduced to 9 hearts
-(March 19th) reduced to 8 hearts
-(March 25th) Apo has returned to 10 hearts and has been cured!
Cherri- (March 12th) I'm sick. Cherri was reduced to 9 hearts
-(March 19th) reduced to 8 hearts
-(March 25th) Cherri has returned to 10 hearts and has been cured!
Mae- (March 13th) Getting up to no good. In addition to coughing, she has seen flashes of the Creaking King. Mae was reduced to 9 hearts.
-(March 14th) reduced to 8 hearts
-(March 19th) Mae has started coughing blood
-(March 25th) Mae has returned to 10 hearts and has been cured!
4C- (March 13th) BANNERFALL!! FARKLE FRIDAY TIME!! In addition to coughing, he has seen flashes of the Creeking King. 4C was reduced to 9 hearts
-(March 14th) 4C was reduced to 7 hearts, the Creaking King directly took one of these, saying that every time 4C enters he will take one, until he learns to stop challenging the dungeon
-(March 28th) 4C has 9 hearts and has been cured!
Graecie-(March 14th) BANNERFALL SMP - being nice and rolling dice <3. Graecie was reduced to 9 hearts
-(March 19th) reduced to 8 hearts
-(March 31st) Graecie has returned to 10 hearts and has been cured!
Kitty-(March 17th) REBUILDING MY HIDEOUT TOWER. Kitty was reduced to 9 hearts
-(March 19th) reduced to 8 hearts
-(March 20th) Kitty was reduced to 7 hearts, this one was taken by the Creaking King to punish Katie's indecision, Kitty has started coughing blood
-(April 2nd) Kitty now has 9 hearts and has been cured!
Nom-(March 17th) BannerfallSMP- preparations!!! Nom has seen a flashes of the Creaking King, but was not infected yet.
-(March 19th)Plan B... Nom is infected and reduced to 9 hearts
-(March 20th) reduced to 7 hearts, one of which was taken by the Creaking King to punish Katie's indecision
-(March 21st) The Creaking King gave Nom the option to gain 8 hearts and also stop his "sputtering cough," to this this he had to eat a Creaking Clump. Nom now has 15 hearts and is no longer infected
Frogue-(March 19th) Cameo (LEGUNDO) AND New Monarch on Bannerfall SMP. Frougue was reduced to 9 hearts
-(March 25th) Frogue has returned to 10 hearts and has been cured!
Shan-(March 19th) Shan says she has also lost hearts, but was not live so her heart count is unknown.
-(March 30th) Shan has returned to 10 hearts and has been cured!
Owain-(March 19th) A diplomatic inspection. Owain was reduced to 9 hearts.
-(April 2nd) Owain has returned to 10 hearts and has been cured!
Not Infected but something's wrong:
Cam -(March 15) Bannerfall SMP| The Chud King POV. In exchange for 1 minute of his time in the dungeon, the Creaking King gave Cam a heart, bringing his total to 11. Cam doesn't remember this, nor does he remember even attempting to complete the dungeon. If in the future Cam becomes infected, this hp change will be noted there as well.
-(March 17th) Cam is being controlled by "The Entity" as his chat calls it, this is confirmed by The Entity. Cam remembers almost nothing when They are in control and wakes up scared and confused with a headache
-(March 25th) the Entity has been defeated through the power of friendship and can now cure the sickness!
Nom -(March 21st) The Creaking King gave Nom the option to take back eight fold what Katie stole, and also stop his "sputtering cough". To this this he had to eat a Creaking Clump, it tastes awful and is difficult to eat. As it "coats his insides with a thick resin" he takes his "first deep breath without coughing in weeks" Nom gained 8 more hearts, and is no longer infected
-(March 23rd) Nom has started creaking
Sausage-(March 26th) Sausage ate a Creaking Clump given to him by the Creaking King, Sausage now has 18 hearts
More information:
4C- Before he started coughing, 4C had received messages from the gods(?) saying when he would begin coughing
-(March 17th) Contrary to what the Creaking King said on March 14th, 4C did not lose a heart the next time he entered the dungeon
Headcanon that the masquerade masks Graecie gave out had a small amount of fae magic which changed people's appearances and voices, so that it was truly impossible to recognize each other
Bannerfall Creaking King past and deals update, April 1st
The Creaking King was not always a creaking. They were once the king of Bannerfall, and It turned them into the Creaking King.
The Creaking King has made deals with Cam, Sausage, Frogue, and Nom
It and associates:
Creaking King- (March 16th) the Creaking King said "Our claims grew smaller, It turned us all into this." Perhaps this "It" is connected to the Entity that caused the illness that has infected the residents of Bannerfall.
The great tree on top of the dungeon also appears to be dying, possibly because the Creaking King has dropped below 50,000hp
-the Creaking King has said "They were to come back with aid"
-(March 20th) "Kingdoms? This is my land" Martyn believes that the Creaking King is the former king of Bannerfall, and this statement would support that. He may be the last king of Bannerfall before the split into red and blue. If this is correct, whatever turned the Creaking King into what he is today, may be what split the kingdom in the first place.
-(March 21st) The Creaking King directly told Nom that the infection is "not a corruption of [their] making" They can also cure individuals, similar to the Entity that Cam made a deal with.
-(March 23rd) "It drained me of who I was" back to the same question of what It is. Mae and Graecie believe that the Creaking King was not always a creaking, and that the present residents of Bannerfall may be following thr same path.
-(March 24th) "It turned me into this, death is mercy. If kept alive you will spend eternity suffering." Scott, Cam, Katie, and Mae (with Nom in the background) talk about if a previous king was turned into the Creaking King. Scott brings up the possibility that the dungeon is holding something in, and that the Creaking King is the final protector. And by killing him, they are releasing something. Both Scott and Mae wonders if there always will be a Creaking King, and after this one is dead something (or someone) will take it's place.
-(March 29th) "Find the heart...A fool I was to have trusted them..."
-(March 31st) "A fool I was to have trusted her" There aren’t many "hers" that we know of that the Creaking King could have trusted. Lady Death, the Mage God*, the Red Lady? The Entity said that the Creaking King had changed since they last spoke, perhaps the last Creaking King used different pronouns, or maybe she's some random person we haven't heard about before.
-(April 1st) The great tree has withered further, all of its leaves are now pale oak. Today the Creaking King said "Everything... it was closing in on us..."
Creaking Cronies:
Cam- (Bannerfall SMP Chud King POV)
This is the illness and its "cure" got him exiled from his hometown (why he's in Bannerfall in the first place). Cam, like many of us, believes it has something to do with the dungeon. He believes that the more the Creaking King is damaged the sicker everyone will become "When it reaches zero, it will be like a dooms day clock." Scott points out "Not even realizing that you are tunneling to your doom" may reference this.
-(March 15) Bannerfall SMP| The Chud King POV. In exchange for 1 minute of his time in the dungeon, the Creaking King gave Cam a heart, bringing his total to 11
Sausage- (March 12th) Bannerfall SMP - FARKLE, FISHING, & FRIENDSHP!!! He says that Lady Death has promised an apocalypse and he believes that the Creaking King's plague will be the death of anyone not supporting the Creaking King, when asked who should be saved, Sausage says "[Cam], me, and Frouge"
- Sausage has been tasked with bringing 16 creaking hearts to the dungeon, in exchange he got an extra spell slot
- Sausage has been tasked with bringing 64 creaking hearts to the dungeon, in exchange his spell cooldown was reduced
- Sausage was tasked with stalling the sculptor's trial for as long as possible
-At some point creaking had started popping up in the red kingdom, most of them are around the mage guild building
-(March 26th) Sausage has eaten a Creaking Clump given to him by the Creaking King and gained 8 hearts
-(March 31st) Sausage says he will die in 6 days. The Creaking King gave him two more Creaking Clumps. 4C stole one of these and learned that Nom also ate one, this Creaking Clump is was in Mae's possession before it disappeared. Sausage ate the other one but this did not effect his hp. Sausage tells 4c that he had to trade is soul for the clumps and that Nom has as well.
Frogue- the Creaking King tasked Frogue with not breaking any creaking hearts, in exchange he gained a rouge point
Nom -(March 21st) The Creaking King gave Nom the option to take back eight fold what Katie stole, and also stop his "sputtering cough". To this this he had to eat a Creaking Clump, it tastes awful and is difficult to eat. As it "coats his insides with a thick resin" he takes his "first deep breath without coughing in weeks" Nom gained 8 more hearts, and is no longer infected
-(March 23rd) Nom has started creaking
-(March 25th) After everyone had been cured, Nom heard a voice in his head "What a weak and pathetic corruption. How lucky you are your patron cannot be pruned by 'friendship'."
More information:
Graecie- (March 23rd) During her break, Graecie is returning to the Yawning Grotto to hopefully learn more about what is happening with the Creaking King
-(March 31st) after her visit to the Grotto, Graecie fears that by fighting the Creaking King, they are only weakening the bonds keeping him in the dungeon
(March 31st)- Mae and 4C both received a message saying "I don't want you" before the Creaking Clump 4C stole disappeared
Katie-(April 1st) a spirit called Mirror (Mimi) followed Katie out of the dungeon. Mimi's text starts out white, but slowly shifts into darker shades of red. Mimi was a jester who was killed for being "too funny," and sentenced to the dungeon for doing worse things then killing an allay. They encourage Katie to kill anyone who doesn't find her funny. Mimi appears to Katie as a monochrome version of herself with clown makeup. (This is probably just an April Fools thing to screw with Katie)
*when the Mage God speaks to 4c (Vod Parkour training with Spidey and Schpood) the light green voice says in Galatic "Can you understand her?" This her refers to the dark green text who is confirmed to be the Mage god. It should be noted that the Mage god is a triple deity, and both these voices may be the different aspects of them as opposed to separate beings.
Bannerfall illness and player condition update, April 1st
Happy April Fools day! No one's status changed today!
Infected: Kitty, Owain
Not Infected: Cam, Scott, Bek, El, Sausage, Katie, Apo, Cherri, Mae, 4C, Graecie, Nom, Frogue, Shan
It's not the Creaking King's fault, but he certainly isn't helping the situation. More blame should be put on It
List of infected players and when their symptoms first appeared, as well as their progression:
Scott- (March 4th)It's Bannerfall Cameo Day! And something fishy is going on...
-(March 12th) reduced to 9 hearts
-(March 14th) Scott now has 8 hearts
-(March 19th) Scott has started coughing blood, taking a heart of damage, but not reducing his max hp
-(March 25th) Scott has returned to 10 hearts and has been cured!
Bek-(March 4th) Bannerfall SMP -NEW FACES!
-(March 12th) reduced to 9 hearts
-(March 19th) reduced to 8 hearts
-(March 29th) Bek has returned to 10 hearts and has been cured!
Eloise-(March 8th) bannenfallin for uuuu
-(March 12th) reduced to 8 hearts
-(March 15th) reduced to 7 hearts
-(March 25th) El has returned to 10 hearts and has been cured!
Sausage- (March 9th) Tower Building & Farkhall Grand Opening!!!
-(March 12th) reduced to 9 hearts
-(March 17th) reduced to 8 hearts
-(March 25th) Sausage returned to 10 hearts and has been cured!
Katie- (March 11th) Bannerfall day 33| friends, fun and FARKLE. In addition to coughing, she has seen flashes of the Creaking King. Katie also received a message saying she was weakening due to infection, the first to lose a heart
-(March 13th) reduced to 8 hearts
-(March 19th) Katie has started coughing blood
-(March 25th) Katie has returned to 10 hearts and has been cured!
Apo- (March 12th) ALL HAIL THE EMPURROR-Bannerfall SMP
-(March 13th) reduced to 9 hearts
-(March 19th) reduced to 8 hearts
-(March 25th) Apo has returned to 10 hearts and has been cured!
Cherri- (March 12th) I'm sick. Cherri was reduced to 9 hearts
-(March 19th) reduced to 8 hearts
-(March 25th) Cherri has returned to 10 hearts and has been cured!
Mae- (March 13th) Getting up to no good. In addition to coughing, she has seen flashes of the Creaking King. Mae was reduced to 9 hearts.
-(March 14th) reduced to 8 hearts
-(March 19th) Mae has started coughing blood
-(March 25th) Mae has returned to 10 hearts and has been cured!
4C- (March 13th) BANNERFALL!! FARKLE FRIDAY TIME!! In addition to coughing, he has seen flashes of the Creeking King. 4C was reduced to 9 hearts
-(March 14th) 4C was reduced to 7 hearts, the Creaking King directly took one of these, saying that every time 4C enters he will take one, until he learns to stop challenging the dungeon
-(March 28th) 4C has 9 hearts and has been cured!
Graecie-(March 14th) BANNERFALL SMP - being nice and rolling dice <3. Graecie was reduced to 9 hearts
-(March 19th) reduced to 8 hearts
-(March 31st) Graecie has returned to 10 hearts and has been cured!
Kitty-(March 17th) REBUILDING MY HIDEOUT TOWER. Kitty was reduced to 9 hearts
-(March 19th) Kitty now has 8 hearts
-(March 20th) Kitty now has 7 hearts, this one was taken by the Creaking King to punish Katie's indecision, Kitty has started coughing blood
Nom-(March 17th) BannerfallSMP- preparations!!! Nom has seen a flashes of the Creaking King, but was not infected yet.
-(March 19th)Plan B... Nom is infected and reduced to 9 hearts
-(March 20th) reduced to 7 hearts, one of which was taken by the Creaking King to punish Katie's indecision
-(March 21st) The Creaking King gave Nom the option to gain 8 hearts and also stop his "sputtering cough," to this this he had to eat a Creaking Clump. Nom now has 15 hearts and is no longer infected
Frogue-(March 19th) Cameo (LEGUNDO) AND New Monarch on Bannerfall SMP. Frougue was reduced to 9 hearts
-(March 25th) Frogue has returned to 10 hearts and has been cured!
Shan-(March 19th) Shan says she has also lost hearts, but was not live so her heart count is unknown.
-(March 30th) Shan has returned to 10 hearts and has been cured!
Owain-(March 19th) A diplomatic inspection. Owain now has 9 hearts.
Not Infected but something's wrong:
Cam -(March 15) Bannerfall SMP| The Chud King POV. In exchange for 1 minute of his time in the dungeon, the Creaking King gave Cam a heart, bringing his total to 11. Cam doesn't remember this, nor does he remember even attempting to complete the dungeon. If in the future Cam becomes infected, this hp change will be noted there as well.
-(March 17th) Cam is being controlled by "The Entity" as his chat calls it, this is confirmed by The Entity. Cam remembers almost nothing when They are in control and wakes up scared and confused with a headache
-(March 25th) the Entity has been defeated through the power of friendship and can now cure the sickness!
Nom -(March 21st) The Creaking King gave Nom the option to take back eight fold what Katie stole, and also stop his "sputtering cough". To this this he had to eat a Creaking Clump, it tastes awful and is difficult to eat. As it "coats his insides with a thick resin" he takes his "first deep breath without coughing in weeks" Nom gained 8 more hearts, and is no longer infected
-(March 23rd) Nom has started creaking
Sausage-(March 26th) Sausage ate a Creaking Clump given to him by the Creaking King, Sausage now has 18 hearts
More information:
4C- Before he started coughing, 4C had received messages from the gods(?) saying when he would begin coughing
-(March 17th) Contrary to what the Creaking King said on March 14th, 4C did not lose a heart the next time he entered the dungeon
We don't know if the absent players were cured, until this is confirmed they will still be labled as infected
We're almost done! Let me know if I'm missing anything!
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