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== [[Kingdom of Loathing]] ==
== Ascension is a scam perpetuated by the Council of Loathing and the Naughty Sorceress working together. ==
Once you beat the Naughty Sorceress and free King Ralph; the Council will no longer be in power (something they comment on.) You are then pushed to "ascend" which results in the [[Reset Button]] being pushed. Sure, you may have some extra power if you did the previous Ascension run at a high enough difficulty, but for a while the Council and the Naughty Sorceress are back in power.
== There are four different political powers trying to control the players, with each having its own agenda in regards to the Naughty Sorceress and Ascension. ==
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** Mafia: Aftercore (you lose access to your meat at the start of an ascension, so you can't spend it.)
== The Guild wants the Telescope Coupon on level 500 of the [[Bonus Dungeon|Basement of Fernswarthy's Tower]]. ==
As opposed to that training manual you find. But hey, it literally costs millions of currency to get that, so finders keepers.
== Every adventurer is some sort of experimental lizardman. ==
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* After all, lizardmen are easily bored, and can even turn apathetic. So what does that make the lizardmen in Daily Dungeon? Former adventurers? Or the base species the adventurers were created from?
** One problem with this is that all creatures apparently can regenerate: The head of the Elf Revolutionaries mentioned that it would take a week to regrow his arm, a prospect that only mildly annoyed him at best.
** There's also the fact that, if left unplayed long enough, accounts (characters) will be erased. Does this mean that the characters die of boredom?
*** Sometime ago, this was removed from the maintenance policy. Accounts no longer get deleted from inactivity.
* Half-Eaten Brain also wears off completely after a few adventures. More to the point, nothing in the entire game, including huge explosions, bone-pulverizing monster attacks, etc. is capable of doing any permanent damage to you; just use a few potions or rest for a while and you're back in the game. Something [[Good Thing You Can Heal|highly potent]] seems to be at work here.
** The [[Touhou
== All adventurers in the Kingdom are half-siblings. ==
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== The Hermit is Frank Vivala, in cahoots with the NS ==
Think about it. Frank Vivala disappeared through a temporal rift (alluded to as a possibility on the
== The game takes place in the Dark Tower multiverse ==
From what I know, the series ends with {{spoiler|Roland ending up exactly where he started, but slightly better equipped for the events afterwards}}. Sound familiar?
== Hodgman and his Lieutenants are all aspects of [[
Hodgman is clearly the epitome of insanity and all t/he/y requires to [[Back
* Note how Hodgman somehow wrested an aspect of ''[[Satan]]'' away in the form of his Hot Elemental Lieutenant; Ol' Scratch.
** On the other hand, [[Rex Libris|Narlyhotep's a wuss.]]
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== The True Holy [[MacGuffin]] is still out there, hidden in Seaside Town. ==
Just because you accidentally burn down the wooden model of Seaside Town doesn't mean that is what was supposed to happen. Ed's [[MacGuffin]] that he was personally guarding and the one that his staff and map pointed to are two different things. You are [[Raiders of the Lost Ark
* Let's assume for a moment that the beam of light landed on the Council building. This would support the "Ascension is a scam" theory due to the Council having the [[MacGuffin]] all along. Although this would bring up the question of why the Council would send you on the quest anyway.
** Keep in mind that the Holy [[MacGuffin]] quest is the single longest quest in the entire game (possibly even longer than Wossname Award for the next one). The Council would want to keep you busy for as long as possible and test your abilities to their fullest extent to support their dual intentions of remaining in power for as long as possible in any given time warp (because they get reset when you do, clearing them of any extra mansions or yachts they may have used tax payer money to acquire) and trying to develop the ultimate super-adventurer weapon.
== The ultimate prize for the new Nemesis Quest are a pair of Legendary Epic Pants. ==
Your guild member says that the Legendary Epic Hat (what was the old reward for the old quest) isn't the artifact they were looking for. The basic outfit formula is generally Hat, Weapon, and Pants. You forge the Legendary Epic Weapon and get the Legendary Epic Hat as a reward, so the last reward will be Legendary Epic Pants, creating Legendary Epic Class outfits.
** Jossed. The Epic Pants are the third-to-last reward, obtained after defeating your Nemesis a second time. The ultimate reward is the Ultimate Legendary Epic Weapon, obtained at the start of the battle with your Nemesis's [[One-Winged Angel]] form, and the Epic Accessory, completing the outfit. But yes, an Epic Outfit is the final goal. (Not included in the outfit--a class-specific ''familiar'', dropped by the fourth assassin.
== The next NS version (I.E. [[NS 11]] and [[NS 13]]) will raise maximum level to... ==
23. If you highlight the text just after a notification about gaining twenty three items, (Or do the same for Warehouse 23 items) you will discover the hidden text [[Illuminatus Now|FNORD]]. This makes the number important, though not as much as 11 and 13. The one after that will be [[NS 37]] (In a Row?), as it is the only other number with a notification bonus. After that, there will be no more NS version updates.
** [[Word of God|Skully]] said over the radio that the goal is to have NS 15, which also goes along with the fact that level 15 is the last skill you can get from your guild.
*** Skully has also said over the same radio station that there was such a backlash from updating to [[NS 13]], that any massive increase in mandatory content is less positively regarded by the staff. His most recent comment on the topic was stating that he's not sure if there will ever be an [[NS 15]] or not.
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== The Kingdom is caught in a loose [[Groundhog Day Loop]]. ==
There's some level of continuity, since it's acknowledged shortly before you reincarnate that the Naughty Sorceress has kidnapped King Ralph XI ''again'' rather than just plain kidnapped him, and that "it's a lot like the Naughty Sorceress had never been defeated", not to mention actual one-time events like, for example, the Grey Plague, but nobody ever mentions any of the stuff that happened in your past life - or one of your past lives, or all of your past lives - like, say, a war between the hippies and the frat boys of the Mysterious Island of Mystery. (Most quest events could plausibly happen more than once, particularly if you apply a bit of [[Fan Wank]], but that's the one where it would be really [[Egregious]] for nobody to bring it up.) Obviously not everything's reset, though; the Adventurer's class and therefore backstory usually changes, they arrive in the Kingdom already possessing at least one [[New Game
* The different time missions via the Empty Agua De Vida Bottles (Bacteria Age, Barbarian Age, and the Future) explain that "Time is a Donut." After the Big Crunch, a Big Bang occurs and time starts over much like it did the previous....time. Thus, Ascension results in ''[[Reincarnation]]'', into yourself in the ''next'' turn of the <s>wheel</s> donut.
== Renatus C. Bigg, Archaeologist Extraordinaire is trying to uncover [[Dug Too Deep|Hidden Fun Stuff.]] ==
He doesn't care who gets the artifacts, he just wants you to dig it all out. There's undead corpses of wyrms, bats, serpents, (who come to life if you put them back together, and even if you fight, they still escape plot-wise) and demonic relics that are being uncovered. It's just going to get worse.
* So far, so good. The third layer has an ancient stone table with a Demon Name on it and a Demon Medallion that burns a tattoo that lets you contain the power of said Demon Name without damaging yourself. Summoning the Demon Name results in a comment that "the army isn't ready yet."
* [http://forums.kingdomofloathing.com/vb/showthread.php?t=183660 This guy] thinks you're on to something. Unless you are that guy.
** Also: The large number of bones found in such a small area make this a [[Clown Car Grave]]. The latest version of [[Dwarf Fortress]] (for those of you who still don't know what we're talking about) has the HFS in, essentially, an underground [[Clown Car Base]]. See the next WMG.
* '''Confirmed.''' It is this year's Halloween content. Biggs was actually a Necromancer in disguise, and the resurrected skeletons you helped him with invaded Seaside Town; and regardless of how well you fought, trashed the Museum and went back to the Underworld.
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== The Game Grid Arcade games are all parts of the timeline. ==
Much like the Empty Agua de Vida Bottle, "playing" a game simply boots you into someone in the past/present/future's mind.
* Dungeon Fist! is clearly is the time of Kakrox.
* Fighters of Fighting is modern day, since all of the wrestlers/fighters already exist and have their own trading cards and are in the KWE.
* Meteoid, Demonstar, and Space Trip all exist in the same future. Meteoid is remote enough not to have much effect on the galaxy; but the Demonstar and its agents are all Murderbots, who serve/are affected by the Evil Source.
** The Evil Source becomes infected by Cyrus the Virus and becomes Mai'Lii. (Its death is ''both'' the Sixth Element ''and'' the Omega Bomb hitting it at the same time.) Note that both the empty Agua Glass Future Space Fleet and the Space Trip TPS have the Hipsterians.
*** Beating these gives the Game Grid Arcade access to equipment similar to Ascension; related to whichever memory you entered. Some of this gear is sold back to you through tickets.
== The Council lied; the Kingdom was always like this. ==
When you beat the Naughty Sorceress, it is revealed that the monsters won't stop fighting until you leave in a permanent manner. However, you are told this by the Council, who may or may not be trusted.
* Considering how Krakox and Your Future Descendant also have to constantly fight people; this seems to be right.
It has been shown that meat has been used as currency for some time before you arrived. Meat is generally obtained by beating up others. Most likely, the Kingdom is made of [[Blood Knight|Blood Knights,]] or waring factions (frat boys and hippies, knob goblins and knolls) who just love to fight each other. the fact that everyone seems to have a [[Healing Factor]] helps things a bit.
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== Mr. Mination is not the Crimbomination. ==
[http://kol.coldfront.net/thekolwiki/images/d/d6/Crimbom1.gif This] is what the Crimbomination looked like in 2009. There is no picture of him in Crimbo 2010 yet, but he is described as "...he's got two heads and his skin is green, but other than that, he's your basic executive-looking guy." He doesn't look like a former elf, and it seems that he has regrown the second head he had before The Spirit of Crimbo removed it from him. He also doesn't seem to act like the Leader of Crimbo (who is forced to give everything and receive nothing, as noted in '09). Mr. Mination is an impostor, and the real Crimbomination will appear by the 25th.
* [[Wild Mass Guessing|The Crimbomination was his father]]. [[They Call Me
** When he's reverted by Uncle Crimbo at the end of the event, he reduces to just six elves, whereas he was made up of hundreds in '09. Perhaps he's been "losing parts" constantly ever since his first appearance, started by the Spirit of Crimbo readings in '09. If so, losing all but six component elves would easily explain the looks differences.
== Vampire Hunter G is a [[Vampire: The Masquerade
Who somehow figured a way of consuming vampire hearts for his fix without the negative side effects. The fact that you can drink the leftover vampire blood with little issue is your crazy half-lizard genetics.
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== The Lunar Elves' physical bodies died; and we're seeing holographic/program copies. ==
Hence the ''[[Tron]]'' refs. You're not really on the moon; you're in a computer simulation in that booth. As they were dying after the comet hit the moons; they downloaded their minds into a cloaked ship and sent it to Loathing. The radiation and monsters are program degradation. The 'transporter transponder' changes your body to be able to temporarily enter the simulation.
* Being able to take items back isn't strange; considering your ability to take items from dreams, hallucinations, reincarnations, etc.
== The Kingdom of Loathing is a touristic resort. ==
[[An Adventurer Is You]] is their advertising slogan. You can go there and enjoy an [[RPG Verse|RPG themed adventure]]. You create your character, and do the adventure proposed by the kigndom. The Kingdom is sustained through the sales of Mr. Accessory. The council, the Naughty Sorceress, King Ralph XI, and all character, and human or human-like enemies are actors, the monsters are tamed animals, and you can enjoy an extensive [[Lampshade Hanging]], absurdist, parodic parade. And [[Shout
== Loathing is filled with [[Place of Power|Places Of Power]]. ==
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A quick look at why [[Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors|elements are weak to one another]].
* Hot > Cold: melting. Hot > Spooky: scary monsters [[Kill It
* Cold > Stench: freezing things keeps them fresh and nice-smelling. Cold > Sleaze: sleazy people hate getting the [[
* Stench > Hot: heat worsens bad smells. Stench > Spooky...no idea.
** Most "spooky" creatures seem to be old fashioned and well groomed(Spookyraven's Manor especially), so they're probably easily disgusted despite being decayed themselves.
* Spooky > Cold: fear makes you [[
* Sleaze > Hot: being [[
** Certains smells, even ones usually regarded as foul, are said to be aphrodisiacs. Take that as you will.
== Avatar of Jarlsburg will have us fighting The Avatar of Boris. Avatar of Sneaky Pete will have us fighting The Avatar of Jalrsburg. ==
We know that Sneaky Pete hated Boris because his [[Fridge Brilliance|boorish]] nature was off putting to women, making it hard for SP to woo them. That is why he is the End Boss to Avatar of Boris. The, the other two avatar paths will have you fighting the other two avatars. Possible reasons could be that Boris saw Jarlsburg as a huge nerd, and wants to give him a terminal swirly, and Jarlsburg hated SP for all of the chicks he got.
== Further Avatar Classes ==
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Ed the Undying is immortal, and is still alive when you beat him. Once he pulls himself back together, he'll be right as rain. And we're not sure what sort of Ancient Forbidden Unspeakable Evil kept Lord Spookyraven alive, but it may allow him to come back once you're not looking? One or both of them recover, and since you are no longer around (having already jumped through the Astral Gash), they get to work bringing the Sorceress back to life. Then they bring back all of the other bosses. Then they start causing trouble again, and it's like you were never there. Now you have to come back to set thing right.
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