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Tatiana Arefeva

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"In the sky, the absolute ice cream of despair.

And in the distance, Lhoxia walks towards me.

Towards us, sorry. Mirtha is with me.

I turn to her and say:

— Lhoxia knew all of this.

— Probably, Mirtha replies.

Lhoxia knows a lot about the skulls that danced in the new world.

Yes, danced — not will dance.

If you can foresee the future, it's because it already happened.

— Lhoxia has a certain charm, Mirtha pulls me out of my reverie.

I thought she was just... strange.

Now I understand — she's the daughter of these dark times.

And I think — though Mirtha may not agree —

that the Dark Age is not the end.

And that... worries me."

— *Fragment from “Sons of the Dark Age” (Lost Edition, 1978)*

Well, let’s start with something simple. Darkage is the leader of Thieves’ Den. Not only is the map Darkage Cliffs specifically said to take place in Thieves’ Den, but all the Roblox Darkage gears were made for a made-up group called the Darkage Ninjas, and Thieves’ Den seems pretty strongly tied to Japanese culture.

Next off, another relatively simple pairing for who rules which faction: Korblox rules Blackrock. The Korblox Roblox gears were made for the Korblox, a group of people, (barbarians? Zombies? Or both, I forgor), who live in an icy wasteland, and I’m pretty sure Blackrock has a cold, icy climate and is located in the mountains.

But then that leaves the question of which factions Overseer and Redcliff rule, which seems complicated at first, but can be figured out via the official lore for these made-up Roblox kingdoms and clans that their gears are made for, and based on the Phighting lore.

Redcliff rules Playground. Playground and Blackrock are said to be enemies, and who else are said to be enemies? Korblox and Redcliff. If Korblox rules Blackrock, then Redcliff would have to rule Playground, Blackrock’s main enemy.

And then that leaves Overseer as the ruler of Lost Temple by default, although, with all the teal/green associated with Lost Temple and the weird potential cult activity that lines up pretty well with the Overseers’ weird cryptic nature, Overseer does seem to be a pretty solid fit as the leader of Lost Temple. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if Overseer ends up being directly involved with the cult activity, perhaps even being the leader of whatever cult is going on. But Overseer is probably going to be one of the richest demons alive, that too.