How did Balrog get involved with everything?

Jul 8, 2011 at 11:08 PM
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In all of the the Cave Story history I've heard, I don't recall hearing Balrog in any of them. When and how do you think he got involved with the Demon Crown and such?
 
Jul 9, 2011 at 3:00 AM
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Ballos needed a way to clean his giant balls, so he magically conjured up a giant bar of soap. But this bar of soap, being magical, was alive. This is balrog.
 
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HAHHAHHAHa...oh that made me laugh. Was he originally Misery's servant? It seems like he is almost a weapon
 
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Doesn't Jenka mention him being her nephew/Misery's cousin when you first meet her? Maybe Balrog was involved in the creation of the Demon Crown somehow, so the curse afflicted him, as well. Or maybe Misery just cursed him herself so she'd have some kind of servant. She seems to use him to get out of doing things herself throughout the game. =P
 
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NightmareBros wrote a friggin' novel about this, just for shits.
 
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Agreed, he's probabley a robot sent from the surface, though I imagined things slightly differently.
 
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I always though that misery was lonely as a child, so she created balrog.
but when she grew up, she became bitter, and started to hate him,
and then pulled him into all of this.
 
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The way I always pictured it, Balrog was Misery's best (only?) friend since before the Crown was even forged. After Misery became the Crown's servant, Balrog simply did what any good friend would do: he stayed by her side. The Crown doesn't control him, but it's able to judge what his angle is and includes him in its actions and plans since it knows he's gonna be helping out anyway.
 
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Does the Crown have that much of a conscience?
 
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Dante Edward said:
The way I always pictured it, Balrog was Misery's best (only?) friend since before the Crown was even forged. After Misery became the Crown's servant, Balrog simply did what any good friend would do: he stayed by her side. The Crown doesn't control him, but it's able to judge what his angle is and includes him in its actions and plans since it knows he's gonna be helping out anyway.

But after you beat Ballos didn't Balrog said the curse was lifted from them both?
 
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But after you beat Ballos didn't Balrog said the curse was lifted from them both?

Yup.
So Balrog is imprisoned by the crown.
 
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A simplified way of saying that the Crown's dead and neither of them is serving it anymore. Why launch into a wordy and unnecessary explanation when you can just say the curse is gone and celebrate your new liberty while it's still fresh?
 
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I'd expect, unlike Misery, that Balrog wasn't there from day one. My theory is that he came with the humans prior to the red flower war, just as Malco likely would have.
 
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I'd expect, unlike Misery, that Balrog wasn't there from day one. My theory is that he came with the humans prior to the red flower war, just as Malco likely would have.

Yep I would have said something like that. Balrog seems to be a robot so maybe he was separated from the humans and got lost. He stumbled into Misery...
 
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Him being a robot from the surface makes sense to me, after having thought about it. It explains why taking care of surface soldiers is HIS responsibility.
 
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Dante Edward said:
Him being a robot from the surface makes sense to me, after having thought about it. It explains why taking care of surface soldiers is HIS responsibility.

Heh. I assume you realize that it meant destroying them. (Obviously you meant that, right?)

But it did make me think of something, what if that was actually what he was told to do, and Misery somehow convinced him to think of it the other way.
 
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He was walking down the street dancing and singing the 'looking for trouble' song and than stuff happened:
 
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i thought Ballos gave birth to him or built him...
 
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Neo said:
i thought Ballos gave birth to him or built him...

Ballos = Jenka's Brother.
Misery = Jenka's Daughter(?)
Balrog = Jenka's... son?
Balrog is probably a robot. Nothing would even be able to give birth to him :p
 
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<Misery>I'll go to get Ballos's powers.
<Balrog>Can I come?
<Misery>No
<Balrog>Yes
<Misery>No
<Balrog>Yes
<Misery>No
<Balrog>No
<Misery>Yes
<Balrog>Thanks
<Misery>Arrgh!
 
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