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rouxls wants to be second-in-command. he's eager to suck up to whoever he can, and never positions himself as the one "in charge". he's always "the duke of puzzles", the "butler supremeth", and so on. and this makes sense – even if he isn't as perceptive of his darkners' fate as other characters, he is still someone who lives in a world where his kind are expected to defer to those above them. it's just that as of yet, he's been mistakenly deferring to the people "on his level" instead of the ones with the real power.

but as we see a bit in ch1 and a lot in ch3, rouxls does still want to be second-in-command. he wants to be the one calling the shots for other darkners – using his "control crowne" on c. round, coming up with elaborate lists of instructions for elnina and lanino as his "loverse", and so on.

and he even has the ability to change the rules of battle – something that can pose a proper (albeit temporary) challenge to even the lightners, and something that is clearly some kind of chekov's gun.

and what has the knight been up to? the knight's been looking for their own seconds-in-command – the bosses of each dark world. the bosses are enlisted by the knight to carry out its will, but as such are in command of the darkners beneath them. spades king orders his troops to capture and dispose of the heroes. queen controls her subjects with wires in order to try and make the lightners happy. tenna does something similar with his contracts. and of course, they're all rulers generally speaking – they're in charge of those they rule over. and even in the dark world where there isn't a proper ruler, that's no trouble for the knight – they'll wake up a titan to defend the fountain instead. the knight, while we as audience members know is likely somewhat on the right track with their goal of covering the world in darkness (after all, we'll likely see something similar happen to reshape the worldstate entirely), is still positioned as "evil" by the prophecy – and might not be trying to do so with the darkners' interests at heart. they'd certainly fit the bill in rouxls' eyes.

but this puts them at a fascinating crossroads with this aforementioned little subplot of rouxls' – especially given that they are the sort of person who would promise a darkner everything they've been told to want in exchange for their service.