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[[Image:Nolrem.jpg|thumb|[[Nolrem]], a descendant of the '''Tribe of Darkness''']]
[[File:CountBleck2 SPM.png|100px|thumb|Count Bleck, the last surviving member of the Tribe of Darkness]]
The '''Tribe of Darkness''' is a tribe of beings, who lived long ago, mentioned in the game ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''. Very little is known about the Tribe of Darkness. What is known is that [[Count Bleck]], and [[Blumiere's Father|his father]] (who is mentioned in the game but never actually viewed), were members of this tribe. [[Nolrem]], the [[Flopside]] version of [[Merlon]], is a descendant of this tribe. It is also speculated that most of the Flopside wizards are also descendants from this discrete tribe. Descendants of the Tribe of Darkness tend to have dark, shady colors incorporated with their attire, and/or skin color.  
[[File:SPM Nolrem Greeting.png|thumb|left|Nolrem, a descendant of the Tribe of Darkness]]
The '''Tribe of Darkness''' is a group of powerful beings who broke off from the rest of the [[Tribe of Ancients]] around 1,500 years before the events of ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''. The tribe is known for being a secretive bunch that kept to themselves and forbade marriage outside the clan for fear of diluting their powers. They were also accused of stealing the prophetic [[Dark Prognosticus]] from the Ancients, with some suspecting they intended to use the book to enhance their dark magic; however other stories explain that they did it to prevent the book's power from being misused<ref>Garson and Carson's stories often involved the Ancients and can be found on [http://www.gamefaqs.com/wii/933012-super-paper-mario/faqs/55449 GameFAQs] (Retrieved September 24, 2012)</ref>. [[Nolrem]] is a descendant of the tribe, and [[Count Bleck]] is the last surviving member of the tribe itself, having destroyed the rest of the tribe after [[List of implied characters#Blumiere's father|his father]] seemingly killed [[Tippi|the girl]] he had fallen in love with. In addition, it is hinted that [[Nastasia]] was originally a bat that was transformed into a member of the same species as Bleck, whom she had fallen for, which would make her a member of the Tribe of Darkness as well<ref>Carson's "Of Bats and Men" story tells the tale of how a man searching for his lost love pauses to save a bat from a trap. The bat falls in love with him and transforms into a member of his species, pledging eternal loyalty to him. It is strongly implied that Bleck is the man, Timpani is his lost love, and the bat is Nastasia.</ref>.
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==History==
Three thousand years before the events of ''Super Paper Mario'', an Ancient magician used knowledge gleaned from the Dark Prognosticus to create "thinking tools" known as [[Pixl]]s to work around his people's physical limitations<ref>Garson's "Pixls" story explains that the "''Ancients were smart, but not too strong [and] made the Pixls for anything physical they couldn't do on their own.</ref><ref>Carson's "Creation of the Pixls" story reads: "''A powerful magician among the Ancients created them about 3,000 years ago [by] by transferring a spirit into a vessel''" and his "Pixl Uprising's End" story elaborates that "''The master magician had made [the first Pixl] after studying the Dark Prognosticus.''"</ref>. This allowed the Ancients to build a vast civilization, however a thousand years after the Pixls were created, a huge Pixl appeared and used her powers of mind control to turn the rest of the Pixls against the Ancients, devastating them and sparking the decline of their civilization<ref>Carson's "The Pixl Uprising" story explains that 2,000 years before the events of ''Super Paper Mario'', a huge Pixl calling herself the Pixl Queen appeared and commanded the other Pixls to rebel against the Ancients that had become dependent on them and causing great devastation</ref><ref>Carson's "Pixl Uprising's End" explains that "''the power and influence of the Ancients began an irreversible decline''" after the events of the Pixl Uprising, due to them limiting the powers of Pixls for fear of another rebellion.</ref>. A group of warriors, assisted by the other 12 original Pixls, defeated the so-called "[[List of implied characters#Pixl Queen|Pixl Queen]]"<ref>Carson's "More Pixl Uprising" story details the downfall of the Pixl Queen</ref>, and the single surviving Ancient warrior discovered that she had actually been the first Pixl created. In order to prevent the knowledge contained within the Dark Prognosticus from being misused like that again, and potentially causing more tragedies, the Ancient warrior took the book and went into hiding<ref>Carson's "Pixl Uprising's End" reads "''The vanquisher of the Pixl Queen was confronted with an awful truth. It turned out that the Pixl Queen was actually the very first Pixl ever created. The master magician had made her after studying the Dark Prognosticus. So when the last surviving apprentice took the Dark Prognosticus from the queen... He decided to disappear with the book so that this sort of catastrophe wouldn't repeat.''"</ref>, eventually founding the Tribe of Darkness.  


It is said (by [[Carson]], who tells three stories about the dark tribe) that the earlier members of the Tribe of Darkness stole the [[Dark Prognosticus]] from the [[Tribe of Ancients]], and also that they were once members of the Ancients before leaving them (to live in an unknown place, possibly a castle hidden within a forest) in order to protect them from the Dark Prognosticus. In order to keep this great power, they also forbade marriage outside of their tribe, which caused great woe for Blumiere (Count Bleck's initial form), who was madly in love with the human [[Timpani]] (Tippi's initial form). Also, despite their name and the fact that Carson claims they put "dark magic" to use, Nolrem's speaking implies that not all of the Tribe of Darkness was always bad. The Tribe was destroyed by Bleck, as revealed later in the game.
Despite their altruistic origins, the secretive nature of the Tribe of Darkness soon earned them mistrust, with some accusing them of stealing the Dark Prognosticus to use it, rather than hide it<ref>In his "Final Tribe of Darkness" story, Carson explains that "''they stole the Dark Prognosticus from the Ancients and hid it [...] Some say they did it to use the book's power to enhance their dark magic... Some say they hid it from others who would use it for evil...</ref>. Despite this accusations, the Ancients recognized that the power wielded by the Tribe of Darkness was an important resource<ref>Carson's "More Tribe of Darkness" story states that "''Their power was considered an important resource by all of the Ancients.''"</ref>, and called upon the tribe when they built [[Flipside]]. Alone, Flipside was unstable, for light cannot exist without darkness, and so the Tribe of Darkness created [[Flopside]], a dark, mirror image of Flipside, thus stabilizing the realm. Nolrem, a descendant of the Tribe of Darkness, could still be found residing in Flopside centuries after its creation, during the events of ''Super Paper Mario''.


==Trivia==
Some time after this point, the Tribe disappeared from the Ancient's watch entirely, instead going to live in a [[Castle Bleck|castle]] in a forest, far from any outside contact<ref>Carson's "Tribe of Darkness" states that "''no one even knows where they went to live, they were so secretive. There are rumors of a secret castle deep in a forest...''"</ref>. Their xenophobia is said to be based on pride at one point by [[Carson]], although they were also concerned that their magic would become diluted if they married outside of the tribe.<ref>Carson's "Tribe of Darkness" reads: "''Long, long ago, they broke off from the Tribe of Ancients to live alone. They avoided mixing with other people out of pride...</ref><ref>Carson's "More Tribe of Darkness" story explains that they "''started as a group within the Ancients who had more magic power. Fearing their power would be diluted, they forbade marriage outside the group.''"</ref> However, this line of thought eventually led to their downfall, as shortly before the events of ''Super Paper Mario'', one of their own, Count Bleck (then known as Lord Blumiere) fell in love with a human descendant of the Ancients. Then, when his disapproving father banished the girl from their world, Bleck opened the Dark Prognosticus and used its power to destroy the rest of the Tribe of Darkness and spark the events of ''Super Paper Mario''.
*It is unknown how the Tribe of Darkness has living descendants since Blumiere supposedly killed off the tribe. The only explanation is that only a few members survived by not being present at the scene of Blumiere's transformation into Count Bleck, probably because they were hunting for food, taking a journey outside of the tribe or just simply being banished from the castle for some time.  
 
*There are over 150 members(Counting both the tribe of ancients and darkness) in the family tree(Counting [[Bestovius]], [[Old Man Watchitt]], Watchitt's wife, Watchitt's child and his/her spouse, Watchitt's grandson [[Bozzo]], [[Merlon]], [[Nolrem]],[[Merluvee]], [[Merlee]], the original four [[Tribe of Ancients]],[[Count Bleck]], [[Blumiere's Father|his father]] and his Mother, [[Timpani]]((since Bleck married  Timpani)), Merlumina's sister and her husband,  the following one-hundred children, and many of their parents).
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ヤミの一族
|JapR=Yami no Ichizoku
|JapM=Tribe of Darkness
|Spa=Tribu Lóbrega
|SpaM=Murky Tribe
|Ita=Tribù dell'Oscurità
|ItaM=Tribe of Darkness
|Kor=어둠의 일족
|KorR=Eodum-ui Iljok
|KorM=Tribe of Darkness
|Ger=Dunklen Klan
|GerM=Darkness Clan
|Fre=Tribu des Ténèbres
|FreM=Tribe of Darkness
}}
 
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Latest revision as of 13:40, November 6, 2023

Concept artwork of Count Bleck with his cape remaining closed, from Super Paper Mario
Count Bleck, the last surviving member of the Tribe of Darkness
Nolrem, a descendant of the Tribe of Darkness

The Tribe of Darkness is a group of powerful beings who broke off from the rest of the Tribe of Ancients around 1,500 years before the events of Super Paper Mario. The tribe is known for being a secretive bunch that kept to themselves and forbade marriage outside the clan for fear of diluting their powers. They were also accused of stealing the prophetic Dark Prognosticus from the Ancients, with some suspecting they intended to use the book to enhance their dark magic; however other stories explain that they did it to prevent the book's power from being misused[1]. Nolrem is a descendant of the tribe, and Count Bleck is the last surviving member of the tribe itself, having destroyed the rest of the tribe after his father seemingly killed the girl he had fallen in love with. In addition, it is hinted that Nastasia was originally a bat that was transformed into a member of the same species as Bleck, whom she had fallen for, which would make her a member of the Tribe of Darkness as well[2].

History[edit]

Three thousand years before the events of Super Paper Mario, an Ancient magician used knowledge gleaned from the Dark Prognosticus to create "thinking tools" known as Pixls to work around his people's physical limitations[3][4]. This allowed the Ancients to build a vast civilization, however a thousand years after the Pixls were created, a huge Pixl appeared and used her powers of mind control to turn the rest of the Pixls against the Ancients, devastating them and sparking the decline of their civilization[5][6]. A group of warriors, assisted by the other 12 original Pixls, defeated the so-called "Pixl Queen"[7], and the single surviving Ancient warrior discovered that she had actually been the first Pixl created. In order to prevent the knowledge contained within the Dark Prognosticus from being misused like that again, and potentially causing more tragedies, the Ancient warrior took the book and went into hiding[8], eventually founding the Tribe of Darkness.

Despite their altruistic origins, the secretive nature of the Tribe of Darkness soon earned them mistrust, with some accusing them of stealing the Dark Prognosticus to use it, rather than hide it[9]. Despite this accusations, the Ancients recognized that the power wielded by the Tribe of Darkness was an important resource[10], and called upon the tribe when they built Flipside. Alone, Flipside was unstable, for light cannot exist without darkness, and so the Tribe of Darkness created Flopside, a dark, mirror image of Flipside, thus stabilizing the realm. Nolrem, a descendant of the Tribe of Darkness, could still be found residing in Flopside centuries after its creation, during the events of Super Paper Mario.

Some time after this point, the Tribe disappeared from the Ancient's watch entirely, instead going to live in a castle in a forest, far from any outside contact[11]. Their xenophobia is said to be based on pride at one point by Carson, although they were also concerned that their magic would become diluted if they married outside of the tribe.[12][13] However, this line of thought eventually led to their downfall, as shortly before the events of Super Paper Mario, one of their own, Count Bleck (then known as Lord Blumiere) fell in love with a human descendant of the Ancients. Then, when his disapproving father banished the girl from their world, Bleck opened the Dark Prognosticus and used its power to destroy the rest of the Tribe of Darkness and spark the events of Super Paper Mario.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ヤミの一族[?]
Yami no Ichizoku 		Tribe of Darkness
French Tribu des Ténèbres[?] Tribe of Darkness
German Dunklen Klan[?] Darkness Clan
Italian Tribù dell'Oscurità[?] Tribe of Darkness
Korean 어둠의 일족[?]
Eodum-ui Iljok 		Tribe of Darkness
Spanish Tribu Lóbrega[?] Murky Tribe

References[edit]

  1. ^ Garson and Carson's stories often involved the Ancients and can be found on GameFAQs (Retrieved September 24, 2012)
  2. ^ Carson's "Of Bats and Men" story tells the tale of how a man searching for his lost love pauses to save a bat from a trap. The bat falls in love with him and transforms into a member of his species, pledging eternal loyalty to him. It is strongly implied that Bleck is the man, Timpani is his lost love, and the bat is Nastasia.
  3. ^ Garson's "Pixls" story explains that the "Ancients were smart, but not too strong [and] made the Pixls for anything physical they couldn't do on their own.
  4. ^ Carson's "Creation of the Pixls" story reads: "A powerful magician among the Ancients created them about 3,000 years ago [by] by transferring a spirit into a vessel" and his "Pixl Uprising's End" story elaborates that "The master magician had made [the first Pixl] after studying the Dark Prognosticus."
  5. ^ Carson's "The Pixl Uprising" story explains that 2,000 years before the events of Super Paper Mario, a huge Pixl calling herself the Pixl Queen appeared and commanded the other Pixls to rebel against the Ancients that had become dependent on them and causing great devastation
  6. ^ Carson's "Pixl Uprising's End" explains that "the power and influence of the Ancients began an irreversible decline" after the events of the Pixl Uprising, due to them limiting the powers of Pixls for fear of another rebellion.
  7. ^ Carson's "More Pixl Uprising" story details the downfall of the Pixl Queen
  8. ^ Carson's "Pixl Uprising's End" reads "The vanquisher of the Pixl Queen was confronted with an awful truth. It turned out that the Pixl Queen was actually the very first Pixl ever created. The master magician had made her after studying the Dark Prognosticus. So when the last surviving apprentice took the Dark Prognosticus from the queen... He decided to disappear with the book so that this sort of catastrophe wouldn't repeat."
  9. ^ In his "Final Tribe of Darkness" story, Carson explains that "they stole the Dark Prognosticus from the Ancients and hid it [...] Some say they did it to use the book's power to enhance their dark magic... Some say they hid it from others who would use it for evil...
  10. ^ Carson's "More Tribe of Darkness" story states that "Their power was considered an important resource by all of the Ancients."
  11. ^ Carson's "Tribe of Darkness" states that "no one even knows where they went to live, they were so secretive. There are rumors of a secret castle deep in a forest..."
  12. ^ Carson's "Tribe of Darkness" reads: "Long, long ago, they broke off from the Tribe of Ancients to live alone. They avoided mixing with other people out of pride...
  13. ^ Carson's "More Tribe of Darkness" story explains that they "started as a group within the Ancients who had more magic power. Fearing their power would be diluted, they forbade marriage outside the group."
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