King Earle's Links
Earle was one of the first to find Dudley when he first changed into a human. The king was well aware that he wasn't human in the slightest, but offered him shelter in his castle, letting him work as a butler. Dudley can be rather idiotic, but Earle is strangely incredibly tolerant of the crab.
Dudley owes a lot of everything to Earle! The king was the first to find him when he gained his powers, and even let him stay with him at the castle! Dudley didn't have a clue about how humans worked until he started working as a butler. He's very grateful towards Earle and follows him to the end, even after he got banished and sold his soul!
It's strange, though. Earle only seems to take interest in him when he needs his shapeshifting abilities...
Nikolai was the demon Earle summoned and gave his soul to. He hasn't interacted with the man at all ever since, and is very pleased with his powers, yet can't shake off this feeling that he's been caught in a web...
Nikolai was summoned by Earle and was amused by his desperate plea for power. He freely granted him the abilities he desired, but in return he took the rule over true love and twisted it. If Earle wanted powers to win back the person he loved, fine. But it'd certainly be interesting to watch him reunite with someone he'd soon find he doesn't love.
[Related] Earle is Bal's grandfather. Earle never planned for his son to come back to the kingdom, let alone have a child, so he did everything he could to keep them away from the throne. He waited for Bal to be old enough before turning him into a frog and sending him out into the world, and as he was gone, Earle got rid of Bal's parents. Things were fine for many years until Balthazar returned and exposed his crimes.
What he doesn't know is that Earle is much stronger now, and he's eager to come back and take the throne. By force.
[Related] Bal is Earle's grandson, though he hardly considers him family. He doesn't trust him, never has, and once he found proof of the wizard killing his parents, he did everything in his power to remove him not only from the throne but the entire kingdom. He knows Earle will return someday, and can only hope he'll be ready for it.
Earle is the very reason Trolly can walk on two legs. In need of more servants after having been exiled, he took a fish from the stream and turned him into a human in exchange for his services. He has plenty of spies in his grandson's castle, so he sent the young man to work under an allied kingdom, Litari. Perhaps there Trolly will be able to gain information... or perhaps even spread propaganda over King Balthazar.
Trolly owes his current life to Earle; his humanity is something that he cannot be grateful enough for. His loyalties stand strictly with Earle because of this. He will do anything that he asks of him to repay his debt, regardless of what that may be.
After talking to a fortune teller, Earle learned of his True Love being none other than a loathsome frog. It was almost laughable. Earle had the idea of turning the creature into a human and having his supposed True Love serve him as a butler, and for a time it worked flawlessly. However, the longer time passed the more Earle actually began to fall in love. He never pursued it, wanting to keep his powers. But now that he's no longer affected by his curse, he will do everything he can to win the butler over.
After nearly walking in on a... personal situation, Heinrich learned of the king's feelings towards him. He never made it known, always keeping his distance. It was because of Earle's constricting feelings that anyone Heinrich had taken an interest in over the decades had been met with a mysterious disappearance. It was when Earle's schemes were put out in the open that Heinrich finally took action, kissing the king in order to erase his powers and save Balthazar. He's grateful to be human again thanks to Balthazar, but can only fear that Earle is waiting in the shadows to take him.
It's nothing personal, Earle simply wants to rule the world, and in order to do that he must start with the weakest kingdom: Litari. What's even better is that the kingdom has grown massively with its alliance to Cathal through marriage, and is STILL constantly at the brink of civil war! It was almost too easy. All he needed to do was crack a few eggs.
En only caught a brief glance of the assassin that killed his brother, only remembering the horns and the green eyes coated in black. It was a terrifying sight, but he will swallow his fears and find the man that's responsible for his home's path to destruction.
[Related] Trapped for centuries, Earle had just begun to lose his mind until the sword finally slid out of him, breaking its hold on him. He was free to rule the world again, but to his surprise, there was a new, stronger opponent to face now. He will reluctantly follow the royal mutt around until he can find a way to defeat "him" AND the so-called emperor.
[Related] She'll never trust a statue again. This guy started MOVING the minute she touched his sword! How many other statues are like that??
After hundreds of years Earle was finally freed from his petrification, only to find that someone had beaten him to his own dream. And from the Brat Prince's lineage, too. Unable to fight him in his current state, Earle reluctantly joins Roy's, knowing he's the key to knocking this fiend off his throne. And leaving it for the taking.
So the statue was real the entire time. How fascinating. August definitely likes the idea of waiting for this exiled king to find him, although he knows for a fact the battle will be short with his new arsenal of weapons.
From the beginning of his exile many years ago, he had always been drawn to Adrienne. Her wit and powers made her a valuable ally. Throughout centuries the two are always plotting for ways to make their desires real.
[Assassin] What convenient timing that Earle found the crown prince when he was busy. Killing him was almost too easy. Now all Litari needed was a push here and there and civil war would erupt. They'd need a leader to unite them. Who better than himself?
[Victim] Earle had magic incredible enough to mask his heartbeat... or was it that he never had one to begin with? One of Allegro's thoughts was the bittersweet feeling of realizing how reliant he'd been on that skill. The other was the overwhelming guilt he felt for En having to see him like this.