The Dump(tm)

I’m inflicting my period cramps onto John as a treat :)))))

Ok so I had this theory about who the roaring knight is. I know it’s kinda tied between Carol and Dess. I think it’s Carol for a couple reasons

1: antler shape: Carol’s antlers are sharp and angular. While we don’t necessarily know what Dess’s look like(we do in the picture of her as a child, but maybe they changed shape when she got older), Carol is the most likely candidate, given that we know the antlers match.

2: Kris’s phone calls: while Susie and Kris are at Noelle’s house, Kris removes their soul. While their soul is removed Kris makes a couple phone calls(later deleted from the call log) to an unknown person, until the person says, “I’ll be right there.” Moments later Carol arrives home and removes both Susie and Kris from the home stating that they(Kris) are always welcome.

Ok so Kris and Carol are in kahoots. What does that have to do with the roaring knight? If you spy on Kris in the kitchen, Carol says, “dark fountain… next” then later “church tonight.”

3: actions: when Kris is leaving Noelle’s house in chapter 4, Carol walks behind then, placing her hand on their shoulder. This act is mirrored when you fight the roaring knight at the end of chapter 3. If you “win” the knight attacks Susie and Ralsei, knocking them to the ground before approaching Kris, placing their(the knight’s) sword on their(Kris’s) shoulder, and lowering them to the ground.

4:weapon: the roaring knight uses a sword, and Carol owns a katana(as seen in her kitchen). It’s possible that these aren’t necessarily the same weapon as things tend to be much larger in the dark world than real life(ie: Susie’s hairbrush-axe, Kris’s pencil-sword/sheld), but I don’t think it’s necessarily far off to say the possession of a sword was at least inspired by this katana.

Now here’s the part that tripped me up originally: why would Carol, the supposedly perfect mayor, want to end the world?

What if her motivation has nothing to do with the fate of the world? What if she’s opening dark worlds in different locations to find her missing daughter?

There were a couple points that tripped me up. Why would Kris work with Carol on this, especially if they know the risks?

One possible reason is guilt. Maybe Kris had something to do with Dess’s disappearance (accidentally) and now feels personally responsible for getting her back.

Another possible reason is some sort of enjoyment/ happiness from being in the dark world.

Whatever the reasoning is, I don’t think the the dark world opened at the end of chapter 2 was spontaneous. It was almost definitely a planned moment by Kris(at the very least).