And. Oooh, boy, I'm gonna have to touch on LORE. Something I haven't done in like, the two years I'd been on this platform bruh ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ In my defense this lore is constantly shifting!!! Was? I think I've gotten to something that's been pretty stable lately thanks to roleplay.
Either way! Mk DOES have parents โ actually, he even has a brother! ๐ฎSHOCK!! His family is:
KING UTHER LODESTAR, King Sovereign of the Holy Kingdom, Chosen of the Stars, and Protector of the Fabled Lands (Late Father)
QUEEN YGRAINE LODESTAR, Queen Consort of the Holy Kingdom, and First Lady of the Fabled Lands (Mother)
KING ARTHUR LODESTAR II, King Sovereign of the Holy Kingdom, Chosen of the Stars, Founder and Head of the Startable Knights, and Protector of the Fabled Lands (Lost Twin Brother)
Eyup, Mety is a prince! Making him PRINCE METRATON LODESTAR, Heir to the Holy Throne, Chosen of the Stars, and Member of the Startable Knights.
Veeeeeeery loose Arthurian theming (Honestly just the names for the most part), and yeah! Arthur aka the guy we see twice in the anime. Like many people, I saw these knights and gave them lore, now they're my lil dollies. Aka some more info below for those still interested!
Meta Knight, King Arthur, Ser Lancelot, Ser Percival and Ser Galahad all come from a planet called Fable Star. Situated far, FAR away from Gamble Galaxy. It's the home of Astrals/Starpuffs (the orbs) slash the Astraels (Gijinka name for their species, but name still pending?) and the only place in the universe they're born in. Through falling stars for regular puffs, and through shooting stars for the royals!
The planet itself is a sort of high-fantasy high-magic D&D/Fairytalesque setting still in its Fantasy Medieval Era! So, kings, knights, castles, villages, dragons, et cetera. You know the drill.
The Holy Kingdom (UK-ish all these bozos are BRITS sorry. ๐) is basically the biggest kingdom on the planet and deeply, deeeeply religious! So are most kingdoms, but they specifically have their faith in the skies above โ specifically, the Stars which they are born from! The church instition calls itself "The Order of St. Stars"*. Below is the church/kingdom's emblem! You see it on the back of MK's cape.
(*Stars is not real person, moreso a global name for the entity that is their faith, the church, and the devotees)
In simple terms, they believe being born from the stars makes them superior to everyone else and above mortalking and it is therefore their duty to protect all of Fable Star! Fun, right? I do love conquest and religious crusades. The Holy Kingdom was smaller before it swallowed rallied the kingdoms closest to it by force in its embrace.
So, Meta/Metatron and Arthur were raised as princes, but only Arthur was raised as future king! For quick notes:
Percival and Lancelot were both commoner boys raised by Percy's mother since infanthood. They consider each other brothers. They grew up in their mother's forge where they learned her craft and sparked their love of wielding weapons.
Galahad was a noble, and child of one of King Uther's closest confidants. He was always destined to become a knight before he ever spoke his first words.
Guinevere (Garlude) was a noble lady from a kingdom swallowed by the Holy Kingdom (long before her birth) and became the first "Dame", first woman to ever be knighted in their continent.
Jorah (Jecra/Knuckle Joe's Father) was a commoner like Percy and Lance. He was taken in by the Starelan Knights at the Holy Capital very young (9 yo) and grew up as a stable boy in Highcastle (Upper Starelot where the castle and nobles grounds are) before taking on knight training.
Some OTHER notes!
Meta renounced his claim to the throne very young, which had been advised to him since infanthood.
Arthur was named after the first ever King Sovereign, because he was born from a shooting star as luminous and bright as the first ruler.
Meta, in contrast, was born from a dark star.
The Church and King rule in tandem. The King has the most authority, but the Church's voice cannot be silenced.
Can you glean how many problems there are with these people already? Hint: lots.
