#· CRUEL KING (BT)

How do you think I feel? Withholding that knowledge from my people? That their happiness... their home... will be gone in only a few years.

Cruel King is a character and boss that can be encountered and is the final boss of Chapter 1. He resides in the throne room at Blackrock Castle.

Cruel King appears as a blocky Robloxian with a white-colored head, black-colored arms, dark red-colored torso and gray-colored legs.

Cruel King also appears in-game wearing the Royal Crown, a mouth with its tongue sticking out, and a pair of cyan-colored eyes. [

He took the Ice Dagger (which was previously held within Blackrock Castle)[2] without authorization and held it before being defeated by the player. After Chapter 1, he can be re-matched in Cold Nirvana, with the player being able to obtain an ally card of him after defeating him five times.

Cruel King is the monarch of the Blackrock Kingdom. Throughout his dialogue, he appears to be only acting to save his kingdom and is dedicated and loyal to protecting the inhabitants of his kingdom. He fights solely to protect the home of his people and even holds the information of Blackrock's failure to maintain peace at the cost of his "restless nights."

The perspective that the player intends to "tear down" his kingdom is influenced by the manipulative voices of the dagger. While it is not clear his kingdom will not be turned down, there is no mention of the player directly causing his fall by taking the dagger beside Cruel King, who has become an unreliable character due to "the voices" manipulating him. Cruel King seems to be a reasonable and just ruler, even before the Ice Dagger's influence. On his fifth refight, a more sane Cruel King apologizes for being immature and not trying to talk things out despite the grasp of the voices he had on his mind and the worries about his kingdom's well-being.

He is merciless in protecting his kingdom and determined that with the power of the Ice Dagger, he will save his people from their impending do

After defeating him several times in Cold Nirvana, he becomes benevolent to the player, lending them to train should they visit him again, either realizing that the voices had lied or accepting the believed fate of his kingdom and realizing that the player had not intentionally caused it and only took the dagger to pursue a noble cause.

If the player kills Cruel King without taking damage with a Loyal Knight or Crossbow Crony left standing in the battle, the player can still obtain The Achievement: Stylish even though the battle has not ended. From Cruel King's dialogue before his fight against the player, he constantly hears a voice tormenting him inside his head. Due to Griefer also having voices from wielding the Venomshank, it is possible that said voices come from the Ice Dagger. These voices seem to linger, even after being killed by the player. He mentions how he can still hear the voices when the player refights him in Cold Nirvana. the player were to stall Cruel King to the point of calling enough backup to fill four enemy spots, then he would not use Call for Help until a spot was open. Cruel King is based on the Crystal King from the first Paper Mario game. After the release of Demo 2, Freezing Stab and Icy Stab were renamed Freeze, but they still behave the same. They are also only named Freeze in battle, for the Enemy Index will still refer to them as Freezing Stab and Icy Stab.