The Black Mage definitely knew about Grandis, considering Magnus was one of his generals and at the end of the Zero storyline they said something about the Maple World and Grandis merging into one world, with Arkarium offering Zero to be the third transcendent of the new world alongside the Black Mage and Darmoor. But apparently that plotline was dropped for the new Black Mage stealing all the Erda plotline.
Also, I realized something else while talking to someone about how MapleStory's next villains are space Nazis:
We're Star WarsStory now.
Darmoor = Palpatine, the man who mastermined a power grab and formed a space Nazi empire upon using his opposition as scapegoats. He was even wearing a cloak in the Flora backstory comics.
Magnus = Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader, the former knight of the good guys who betrayed them for the evil mastermind.
Old Kaiser = Obi Wan Kenobi, the knight of the good guys who was betrayed, and later killed by a former friend.
Kyle/Kaiser = Luke Skywalker, the young idealistic new knight who led the charge against the traitor. (If it turns out Magnus is his father, I'm going to lose my pomegranate.)
Cadena = Leia, this one's a bit of a stretch. But they're both princesses that had their home destroyed by the traitor, they're both fond of rogues (although to a different degree), and they both killed a mob boss with chains.
Ark = Finn, a former space empire soldier who had moral hangups about what he was fighting for, and ended up deserting the evil empire and finding himself stranded on a desert planet with unusual characters.
I haven't done Ilium's quests. (And don't plan to. I haven't logged on in over two weeks now and I'd like to keep that streak going.) So I'm not sure if he matches anyone.
AB doesn't really match any Star Wars character. She's just a parody of magical girl anime.
Honestly, I'm not sure how much of this is intentional. But given how Star Wars has been influencing other franchises for decades.....
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