Tribe of Darkness

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Nolrem, a descendant of the Tribe of Darkness

The Tribe of Darkness is a tribe of beings, who lived long ago, mentioned in the game Super Paper Mario. Very little is known about the Tribe of Darkness. What is known is that Count Bleck, and his father (who is mentioned in the game but never actually viewed), were members of this tribe. Nolrem, the Flopside version of Merlon, is a descendant of this tribe. It is also speculated that most of the Flopside wizards are also descendants from this discrete tribe. Descendants of the Tribe of Darkness tend to have dark, shady colors incorporated with their attire, and/or skin color.

It is said (by Carson, who tells three stories about the dark tribe) that the earlier members of the Tribe of Darkness stole the Dark Prognosticus from the Tribe of Ancients, and also that they were once members of the Ancients before leaving them (to live in an unknown place, possibly a castle hidden within a forest) in order to protect them from the Dark Prognosticus. In order to keep this great power, they also forbade marriage outside of their tribe, which caused great woe for Blumiere (Count Bleck's initial form), who was madly in love with the human Timpani (Tippi's initial form). Also, despite their name and the fact that Carson claims they put "dark magic" to use, Nolrem's speaking implies that not all of the Tribe of Darkness was always bad. The Tribe was destroyed by Bleck, as revealed later in the game.

Trivia

• It is unknown how the Tribe of Darkness has living descendants since Blumiere supposedly killed off the tribe. The only explanation is that only a few members survived by not being present at the scene of Blumiere's transformation into Count Bleck, probably because they were hunting for food, taking a journey outside of the tribe or just simply being banished from the castle for some time.
• Nolrem is the only good member of the Tribe of Darkness (excluding the wizards).