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Rouxls Kaard

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Rouxls Kaard (pronounced "rules card") is a Darkner from the Card Kingdom. He proclaims himself the "Duke of Puzzles" and serves under the King in the Card Kingdom, although his usefulness is minimal. Appearance:

Rouxls Kaard is a tall humanoid Darkner with and elongated limbs. His head is diamond-shaped, with long white hair parted to his left, and his face has a slightly melted appearance, consisting of two eyes and a large mouth, which appears to be overlapped by a vertical strip of skin. He wears a royal blue suit with epaulets.

Personality: Rouxls Kaard is pompous, self-satisfied, and endlessly incompetent, striving to appear intelligent, noble, and educated. Despite his title as "Duke of Puzzles," his puzzles are nonsensical, and his traps are remarkably ineffective. He lacks any true loyalty, switching sides if it benefits his fragile ego, though his cowardice ensures he flees at the first sign of real danger.

Behavior: He often overestimates his inventions, creating absurdly simple or broken puzzles. He dramatically appears and disappears from the scene. Obsessed with his image, he always wants to seem important and genius. He sells goods of questionable quality and effectiveness, presenting them as legendary artifacts. He experiences both irritation and care for Lancer. He displays duplicity in loyalty: serving the King but quickly switching to the "side of the winners."

He speaks in an ornate and falsely archaic manner, using words like “thou,” “mine,” “hath,” often with errors. His lines are interspersed with capital letters and drama.

History: After the King and the Knight came to power by locking away the other three kings, all puzzle makers were fired. The King then appointed Rouxls Kaard as the new and only Duke of Puzzles to replace the old puzzle makers. Some time before Kris and Susie enter the Card Kingdom, Rouxls vandalizes already existing puzzles in Field and Forest to make them more difficult. In doing so, he purposefully breaks "the rules" of the puzzles, only to comment that "[he] makes [his] own Rules." He appeared to be one of the few Darkners who enjoyed the King's rule, as he was placed into a position of power.

Relationships:

  • The King: The King is a large, ominous Darkner with a massive figure resembling an inverted spade card. He has short legs, a broad body, a large mouth resembling a beak, and a white beard in the shape of a spade. He wears a crown and appears threatening. He is a tyrant, aiming to seal the portal to the Lightners and impose his rule over all inhabitants of the Dark World.

    Rouxls serves the King of the Card Kingdom, calls him a great ruler, and emphasizes that he acts on his orders. However, their "relationship" is rather one-sided: the King seems to ignore Rouxls and does not take him seriously. Moreover, Rouxls never appears directly alongside him—they do not interact on-screen.

  • Lancer: Lancer is the King's son. A dark blue child Darkner with a round body and a teardrop-shaped head resembling a spade card. His face is hidden by a spade-shaped shadow, and his tongue is bright blue and often sticks out. He is childish, playful, and naive. He loves pranks, goofing around, and teasing. He strives to be like his father, the King, and earn his approval.

    Lancer considers Rouxls Kaard his "lesser dad." Rouxls often looks after him and feeds him, acting as his guardian due to the father's indifference. Lancer frequently asks Rouxls to listen to his MP3 player, which Rouxls dislikes, as all of Lancer's songs are cartoonish slap sounds. Nevertheless, Rouxls cares about Lancer's well-being, though he pretends otherwise.

World and Setting:

Card Kingdom is one of the areas in the Dark World, inhabited by beings based on card symbols and tabletop aesthetics. Here live the King, Lancer, Rouxls, and others. The kingdom consists of alternating floors, towers, and throne rooms, each containing simple "traps" or puzzles.

  • Lightners: Players (such as Kris), representatives of the "real world," capable of "awakening" the Darkner world.

  • Darkners: Sentient objects from the Dark World, existing in a parallel space. Each Dark World forms from a specific physical object (e.g., a card box or computer).

Tension exists between the Lightners and Darkners: some Darkners, including the King, believe that the Lightners will destroy their world. Therefore, the King seeks to close the portal back, and Rouxls supports him in this.

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