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[[File:Spm dark prognosticus.PNG|thumb|The Dark Prognosticus]]
{{quote|Though the [[Mario|man in red]] shall wield formidable powers, one shall stand against him. The [[Luigi|man in green]] shall use the [[Chaos Heart]]'s power to bring darkness to all.|Count Bleck|Super Paper Mario}}
[[File:SPM Dark Prognosticus Man in Green.png|thumb|left|One of the foretold events about [[Mr. L]]]]
{{quote|Though the [[Mario|man in red]] shall wield formidable powers, one shall stand against him. The [[Mr. L|man in green]] shall use the [[Chaos Heart]]'s power to bring darkness to all.|Count Bleck|Super Paper Mario}}
The '''Dark Prognosticus''' is a book of prophecies that appeared in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''. The author of the book (or if there was such an author) and the source of their knowledge is never revealed in the game. At the beginning of this powerful object is a warning: anyone who has possessed the book has never found happiness. Although the book appears to portend a bleak and unpleasant future, it has many devotees.<ref>{{cite|url=archive.org/details/superpapermarionintendoplayersguide_202001/page/n3/mode/2up|date=April 2, 2007|title=''Super Paper Mario'' Nintendo Player's Guide|page=4|isbn=978-159812013-4|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref>


Over the course of history, many have fought over the Dark Prognosticus. [[Garson]] states during his story on the book that entire countries fell in war over possession of the book, though the fall of these countries was already predicted in the book itself.
[[Image:Spm dark prognosticus.PNG|thumb|The '''Dark Prognosticus'''.]]
The '''Dark Prognosticus''' is a book of prophecies in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''. At the beginning of this powerful object is a warning text: anyone who has possessed the book has never found happiness. [[Count Bleck]], the final owner, wants to use this book in hopes of "destroying all worlds".  


Another one of Garson's stories states that the very first [[Pixl]], who came to be known as the [[List of implied characters#Pixl Queen|Pixl Queen]], was created by a magician using knowledge obtained from the Dark Prognosticus. The Pixl Queen somehow came to possess the book by the time of the Pixl Uprising approximately 1000 years after her creation, although what she used it for and when she claimed it are unknown. After defeating the Pixl Queen, the last surviving inheritor of the 12 original Pixls took the Dark Prognosticus from her and hid it to prevent the book from causing further harm. However, the Tribe of Darkness were attributed to having stolen the book after fleeing, purportedly to a castle in an unknown forest. Their motivations for doing so were disputed by the Tribe of Ancients, and an unknown amount of time later, the [[Tribe of Ancients]] created the [[Light Prognosticus]] to combat it around 1500 years prior to the game's events.
Over the years, many have fought over it. Entire countries have fallen. Ironically, the fall of these countries were already predicted in the book itself. The reason it is forbidden to speak about the Tribe of Darkness is because they stole this book from the [[Ancients]].


The Tribe of Darkness guarded the book for centuries afterward, until Blumiere, consumed by grief at the loss of his love [[Tippi|Timpani]], unsealed it and became corrupted by its power, upon which he assumed the identity of [[Count Bleck]], the "chosen executor of the Dark Prognosticus". Bleck desired to use this book in order to "destroy all worlds" by fulfilling its prediction that the marriage of two beings fitting Bowser and Peach's description would summon the [[Chaos Heart]] and open [[The Void]], the expansion of which would go on destroy the worlds. According to the book, [[Luigi]] (simply called the "man in green") is the ideal host for the [[Chaos Heart]] as stated by [[Super Dimentio|Dimentio before the final battle]]. The book also describes a figure similar to [[Dimentio]], which led Count Bleck to taking him on as his minion after initially turning him away. However, the book also speaks of a hero that would rise up and attempt to stop the destruction of existence. The [[Light Prognosticus]] was written to counter this book, telling the prophecy from a more optimistic view.
Somewhere in the Dark Prognosticus, it states that, "the [[Mario|man in red]] shall wield formidable powers, one shall stand against him. The [[Luigi|man in green]] shall use the [[Chaos Heart]]'s power to bring darkness to all."


After the events of ''Super Paper Mario'', the Dark Prognosticus "faded back into history."
Count Bleck did not originally want [[Dimentio]] as his minion. However, the book states that someone close to Dimentio was mentioned in the book, so Bleck took him into minionship. The Dark Prognosticus also states Luigi (simply called "man in green") is the perfect host for the Chaos Heart.
==Gallery==
<gallery>
The Dark Story Begins.gif|The Dark Prognosticus being opened and read.
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==Names in other languages==
After the events of ''Super Paper Mario'', the Dark Prognosticus "faded back into history".
{{foreign names
|Jap={{hover|黒|くろ}}のヨゲン{{hover|書|しょ}}
|JapR=Kuro no Yogen-sho
|JapM=Black Prophecy Book
|Fre=Opus Ténébrus
|FreM= Darkness Opus (''Ténèbres'' meaning "Darkness")
|Ger=Dunkles Prognosticon
|GerM=Dark Prognosticus
|Spa=Pronósticus Nigérum
|SpaM=Latin for "Black Prognosticus"
|Ita=Profeticus Tenebrae
|ItaM=Latin for "Prophetic of Darkness"
|Rus=Тёмный прогностик
|RusR=Tyomnyy prognostik
|RusM=Dark prognostic
|Kor=검정예언서
|KorR=Geomjeongyeeonseo
|KorM=Black Prophecy Book
}}


==References==
The [[Light Prognosticus]] was created to counter this book.
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