#270: King Tuplet

     Happy March, everyone! I don't know if I've blabbed about it sufficiently yet, but Wondercon 2017 is coming up at the end of the month! I'm going as my own version of the Joker, so that's bound to be ridiculously fun. Fingers crossed that I'll be able to stand out in the sea of Ledgers and Letos that awaits me. (In a world of Ledgers and Letos, be your own Joker. That's the best advice I can give you.) Now, let's get on with the character. Ladies and gents, King Tuplet! In 1999, while everyone else was busy being disappointed by The Phantom Menace and partying likesaid they would, a team of archeologist found a tomb in the Bygonean Forests. Inside, they found a bona fide treasure trove of scrolls and carvings detailing the lives of four different kings. However, they only found one casket. Awe quickly turned to confusion, but since then, the full story has been unearthed. Those fine folks just so happened to have discovered the final resting place of King Tuplet, the JC-Verse's first and only(?) shapeshifting king! Fearing the reprocussions of going full-conqueror but yearning for his own empire, King Tuplet found a way to put his gods-given gift to good use. Crafting the alternative physical forms of "Sornin the Slender," "Haggert of Erk," and "Bundee the 1st," the morphing monarch slowly seized control of four massive kingdoms, as four different kings. Before long, he'd built one of the greatest empires in all of pre-history--without a single chump being the wiser. That is, until ol' Haggert suffered a fatal blow in battle with Gristbite the Ghastly from the north. When all the other kings went missing simultaneously, that's when people started to get the picture. (You'd think that 3 out of 4 kings always being on "royal retreats" whenever the one left over was doing something important would've been enough of a helpful hint.)

(CLOCKWISE FROM THE BOTTOM: King Tuplet in his natural form, Sornin the Slender, Haggert of Erk, and Bundee the 1st. Feel free to click in order to get a closer look at all the kingliness.)