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FORSAKEN LORE YAP AND THEORIZING ABOUT SORCUS, SERANOK, AND MERELY.
I KNOW SORCUS, SERANOK, AND MERELY AREN'T OFFICIALLY STATED TO BE CANON TO FORSAKEN, ONLY HEAVILY IMPLIED BUT I'VE GROWN SO ATTACHED TO THEM...
PLEASE I NEED LORE FOR THEM.
WHAT THE FUCK DID SERANOK AND MERELY DO THAT MADE SORCUS SO ANGRY WITH THEM???
WHAT DID THEY EVEN DO TO YOU????
AND ON SORCUS'S MESSAGES TO S & M (Seranok and Merely) IT'S IMPLIED THAT THEY DID SOMETHING TO HIM TO APPARENTLY "SEAL/LOCK HIM AWAY," BASICALLY SAYING THAT THEY TRAPPED HIM IN SOME WAY.
SO IF THAT'S THE CASE.
WHAT DID SORCUS DO????
Okay so.
When I found out about the three, I did some digging on their roblox wiki pages and on the roblox forum pages and here's some information I got from them.
Sorcus is a known troller who got away with his trolling due to him being an admin. Sorcus is also portrayed as a grim reaper. Both shown on his BLOXikin and scythe gear.
Something to note is that on Sorcus's BLOXikin, the description reads: "There is no fair. There is no justice. There is just me."
On the Roblox Forums, Sorcus said (or lied, since he was trolling) that Seranok and Merely were the same person, when in fact S & M are brothers.
So the trolling and grim reaper stuff is likely apart of his lore in some way. But what about Seranok and Merely?
Merely is one of the richest roblox users and a famous limited item collector, and is the creator of Catalog Heaven and Trade Hangout. Catalogue Heaven is hosted on Seranok's account. S & M are brothers and are both admins.
There isn't really much information I got of them so far.
Something to note is that there is an upcoming Catalog Heaven map, so maybe there will be hidden lore on the map about the three; Sorcus, Seranok, and Merely. Most likely related to what their past was like and possibly what the brothers had done to Sorcus or vice versa, or both.
Seriously I am fucking STARVING for admin gang lore. I AM MALNOURISHED FOR ADMIN GANG LORE.
My guess is that Sorcus did something, either to other robloxians or Seranok or Merely, or perhaps all three, that resulted in S & M retaliating against him and "sealing him away."
And on Sorcus's messages, there are two quotes that are implied to come from either Seranok or Merely. The quotes being:
"Common sense is not so common."
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities."
So it is likely that Sorcus did indeed do something pretty bad, most likely related to his trolling, or due to the lore of forsaken, in other words, his mischief and wrongdoings that he got away with due to him being an admin.
Also I think Sorcus's grim reaper motif will be pretty heavy regarding his lore, as well when he eventually gets added as a killer, possibly having the grim reaper cloak his BLOXikin has as well as his scythe gear.
It's unknown as to what roles Seranok and Merely will be, but I presume they'd be survivors as to accompany Sorcus, and because of it they'd definitely both have a Last Man Standing theme with Sorcus.
So, what did they do?
Any thoughts?
Small nightly doodle.
In monochrome this time!
Designs for Sorcus, Seranok, and Merely!
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So for Sorcus, I wanted to make him serpentine and give him a more mysterious dark look. Also he does have the classic "feed me, I don't bite" shirt, it's just underneath his trench coat. He has a very long snake-like tail that splits into two, and at both ends of the tail it has scorpion-like barbs. He also has very interesting anatomy but that's for a different reference.
For Seranok, I wanted to give him a more fancy pirate look and make him more feminine presenting cause I like feminine characters. I gave him a corset with a bustle skirt attached cause I thought it was cute, and his boots are just almost completely covered in feathers. His glasses I have turned into goggles and are propped on his hat, which I gave more feathers to.
For Merely, I wanted to give him a very flamboyant rich boy type of look. His coat is open and I gave him this sort of crop-top vest sort of thing over his shirt, I have no idea what it's called. The things on his legs are like this flowy fabric thing and are supported by ribbons. I genuinely don't know what it's called but I swear I've seen it before in other character designs.
Also, Seranok and Merely are both demons! So they both have horns and fluffy ears. I made them demons cause I realized 'damn these bitches do not look related at all and they're just some guys' and I wanted to give them tails. Seranok does not have a tail though, not anymore.
That fluffy tuft that looks like a tail that Seranok has? Yeah that's not his tail, his actual tail was ripped out of him completely. The tuft is just a gift for him that Merely made.
Collection of all the messages regarding Sorcus to Merely and Seranok.
This one is hard to understand, but it says:
"To: M. & S.
You sealed me away this was your first mistake.
You thought you were rid of me this was your second mistake.
You glanced away for a moment this was your third mistake.
Someone took advantage of your negligence this was your final mistake.
I have returned.
See you soon."
Something to note is that the textpad file name is "OldFriend" in the image.
Second one:
It's hard to tell, but it says:
"To: M. & S.
From: :^)
Dear friends,
... "Common sense is not so common."
... "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities."
... Do these humor you?
They shouldn't.
See you soon.
Best wishes, :^)"
Also due to me needing to brighten this like crazy, the file name is obviously changed, so here's the og image.
Third one:
This doesn't need brightening.
The covered text under the last word "My name. It's always been-" is likely Sorcus. "My name. It's always been Sorcus." I don't know what it means in terms of wording, but it likely means something deep and more personal.
Fourth one:
This is where thing get interesting.
The text in the notification boxes are directly from a roblox gear. Sorcus's Scythe of Death.
This means that the messenger is Sorcus.
But what about the recipients?
In the images given to us, the recipients are alluded to be siblings, and there are only 2 members of the roblox staff that are siblings and have an M and an S, being Merely and Seranok, who are brothers.
If anyone wants to look at the files directly to see if there's anything hidden in them, feel free to do so and maybe reblog with extra details if you can find any.
Random headcanons for the forsaken admin gang.
Shedletsky has a wing mutation, specifically with 2 pairs on his back and a failed wing formation on his forearms, making them feathered. He's open about his wing mutation and likes to show them off.
Builderman is largely done with all his employee's bullshit, but he still cares a lot about them, even Doombringer.
Dusekkar praises himself for his talent as a mage, and holds himself to incredibly high standards as an admin, viewing basic robloxian feelings and desires as something weak and pathetic. He is a closeted gay man and is hopelessly in love with Taph, but he is in extreme denial refuses to acknowledge it. He is 50 ft in the closet and refuses to come out.
Doombringer would often neglect himself over his job, which resulted in him getting absolutely covered in healing wounds over time. He didn't think it was that bad, prioritizing his duty as a super-moderator rather than his health. The others were not fond of it.
Stickmasterluke has anger issues. He does try to keep himself from overreacting, but if you manage to tick him off he will likely resort to violence. And you know how he has antlers, and how deer and other antlered animals will use their antlers to fight? Yeah he's gonna impale you.
Clockwork is has a collection of many things, mostly antiques and metal trinkets, but the majority of his collection is of teapots. Over 400 teapots to be exact. Nobody knows how he got most of the teapots, nobody knows what he even DOES with the teapots. He is very obsessive over his teapots too, and will get very iffy if you try messing with them in ways he doesn't approve of, which is all of them.
Another headcanon for Clockwork! Clockwork wears giant leg stilts most of the time, even in his home as he can't actually walk properly without them. If he tries to walk without them, he's very wobbly and will probably fall over, which is ironic because he never fallen by natural causes in his stilts. The only times he has fallen is due to his co-workers making him fall.
Sorcus is half serpent, nobody knows what half animal he even is, but he has really, really fucked up anatomy. One of his features is a secondary snake-like mouth on his chest that instead of using normal jaws, uses an extra pair of arms to open and close. The mouth can function like a normal mouth when it comes to eating, and has a pair of actual jaws deeper within the mouth. Sorcus does use it to eat most of the time, and he also uses it to store things like an entire fucking scythe.
Seranok is mostly feminine presenting, so many people mistake him for a woman or think he's gay. He is actually cis and straight. He also used to have a tail like his brother, but he had his tail completely ripped out of him by Sorcus. Sorcus also ate his tail. Due to this, Seranok can't sit properly without having his ass hurt like hell, so he will usually either kneel, lie on his stomach, lean on something, or refuse to sit down at all.
Merely is a collector and is very keen on details, he also likes to flaunt his wealth a bit, but not that much. Usually he is very pathetic and meek. He is also gay and has terrible taste in men. When Seranok had fully healed after the whole incident with his tail, Merely had made a little makeshift tail tuft for him that Seranok could wear under his belt as a gift. Merely was also the one who found Seranok injured in the first place.