#doomites

Sadly, there’s not a whole lot else to know that I haven’t already stated in previous posts. But I’ll try. Some of this leans into speculation territory, though.

For one, the concept of “might makes right” appears to be central to Doomite culture. There’s one episode where Lotor invokes “Right of Might” on Zarkon, which is the right of the royal heir to challenge the current ruler to a duel to the death for the throne.  There’s also an episode where Romelle tells Lotor he has no right to destroy Arus, only for him say that his power gives him the right to do so.

Zarkon mentions dark gods, implying Doomite religion is polytheistic. Haggar draws at least some of her magical power from entities she refers to as the Dark Spirits (which, according to her, rule the netherworld). However, these Dark Spirits might not be part of the Doomite pantheon, given how neither Lotor or Zarkon take her talk of them particularly seriously.

As for the Doomite royal family…uh..

Well, Lotor does mention have nephews. Since Zarkon states Lotor is his only son, maybe Lotor has a sister somewhere? 

Yep. That was one of the theories floating around the fandom to explain why Doomites varied so much in appearance and, for the most part, looked so unlike homeworld Drules. 

Some people, though, question whether Doomites are actually Drules/self identify as Drule. While speaking to Throk in “The Fleet of Doom” Zarkon tells him “I hope you Drules can keep up your end of the bargain.” That’s an odd thing to say if Zarkon considers himself a Drule. It’s possible that the races composing the empire’s vassel kingdoms don’t consider themselves one people despite any shared Drule ancestry, but outsiders don’t realize this so they just refer to them all as Drules.