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The Mighty and Merciless Magical Monkey King Staff
The Mighty and Merciless Magical Monkey King Staff is a much debated phrase in ELotH:TES lore: Book 2 mentions it in connection with the Dark Doomblade of Magical Overarching Darkness. However, due to the ambiguity of the phrase, its meaning is the point of great debate among fans. The reference on-page goes as follows:
The blade gleamed with the gleam of something vile, the skulls, roses, dragons, cute mice, and other regalia of horror glinting. Its power was palpable, pallatable -- a weapon wihout peer. Only the Mighty and Merciless Magical Monkey King Staff could have inspired more dread in Horatio.
It is unknown whether the object in question is, in fact, The Staff of the Mighty and Merciless Magical Monkey King (a nebulous entity alluded to in Book 4, when Sotar Olderndirt speaks with the elder of the Ssskssenek), or if it refers to The Mighty and Merciless King Staff of the Magical Monkey (Magical Monkeys being finicky trickster beings imbued with the element of Stream).
Alternatively, some claim it to be a typo for The Mighty and Merciless Magic Almon Keykingstaff, a particularly nasty Dark Spirit, on par in terms of power with the Tyrant of Otherhood. He is introduced in an offhand comment by Ronard the Medium in Book 12:
Ronard snorted, flicking an unruly lock of hair from his fair face. "That," he said with disdain dripping from his voice, "is something that mothers should not use to scare their children to bed. He takes such usage of his name quite personally."
| I'm sure I missed one or two other claims to the meaning of this phrase. I keep hearing about a "Furny interpretation", but I'm not sure if I even want to know... kmr |
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