I KNOW HOW THE ROARING KNIGHT WILL BE DEFEATED
I think I'm right about this though
Sean explains to us that shadow crystals are failed dreams, broken attachments, something that has the power of will, but without any hope behind it. They're practically useless on their own, but as we saw with Spamton, Jevil, and perhaps Maddie, they can give immense power.
Now, remind me again, what is Rory's sword made of? Oh yeah, Shadow Crystals. Hell, given how similar Rory's sword looks to Rory themself, they might be straight up made of pure Shadow Crystals. Or at least the weird orb thing that floats around whenever Rory's ass gets kicked.
Anyway, consider that December had a lot of attachments. A LOT of attachments
When December disappeared, all those attachments were probably converted into shadow crystals of some kind....
In fact, they spent years afterwards sulking over Dess, dreaming that she'd come back, that they'd figure out where she went, what happened to her
I propose the Roaring Knight's sheer strength is literally drawn from the fact that these characters are unable to move on from Dess's disappearance. In other words, the Knight is not December, but the shadow that December left behind.
This also gives a pattern to the kidnappings the Roaring Knight has done: They targeted Toriel when she was about to move on from Tenna. They targeted Asgore when he was about to move on from his investigations into the dark worlds.
And given that Chapter 6 is taking place in the Holiday mansion, the Roaring Knight might either target Noelle or Carol after they finally move on. Or...the Roaring Knight might get even stronger from their grief over Rudy, the second Holiday lost, as well.
I know this is said 90 times a second, but Dark Worlds are a representation of escapism. The Roaring Knight is literally darkness incarnate. Sealing a dark world means moving on from that Dark World, that adventure you had. Sealing the Roaring Knight would mean...moving on from December.
tl;dr The MOMENT Carol accepts that Dess might never come back, she's getting turned into splatter by the Knight.
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