Romeo, King of Puppets

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Romeo, King of Puppets
Location
Estella Opera House Stage
Items
Burnt-White King's Ergo Puppet Prince's Formal Dress Someone's Necklace

"I'm Romeo. We grew up together in the Monad Charity House. Remember? We're best friends!"
— Romeo

The King of Puppets is a mandatory boss in Lies of P. He is located in the Estella Opera House Stage. In the second phase of the fight he becomes Romeo, King of Puppets.

Background

"When the boy opened his eyes, he found himself sitting on a throne that he had not asked for. When he sought his friend of the past, he clung to his memories even though he knew there was no going back."
— Description

Romeo grew up as an orphan in the Monad Charity House boarding school. Here, Romeo met and became best friends with Carlo, son of Giuseppe Geppetto. Carlo was sent to the House because of the work-obsessed Geppetto's neglect. Both boys had dreams of becoming Stalkers when they grew up and frequently trained with one another. A few years later, Carlo was devastated when Geppetto missed his graduation. He told Romeo that he wouldn't be upset if Geppetto died but was reminded of how lucky he was to have any family at all. In a form of protest and resentment to his father, Carlo gave his necklace to Romeo as a gift to show his friend that he admired him. Sometime later, Carlo met a legendary Stalker and pleaded with her to teach him how to use a sword. However, she found this request annoying and ordered Gemini to "get rid of him" before leaving. Tragically, during an unexpected outbreak, Romeo and Carlo both contracted the Petrification Disease. Carlo died from the disease first, while Romeo's body continued to harden.

Geppetto, wanting to bring Carlo back to life, first experimented on Romeo, using the young man's Ergo to revive him, designating Romeo as "the king of puppets". (as implied by Notes From An Experiment). Geppetto finished his experiments and implemented to find a way to bring Carlo back, but he secretly intended for Romeo to take control of all of Krat's puppets in order to kill Krat's populace and collect their Ergo, as Carlo's resurrection via the P-Organ required massive amount of Ergo to succeed. However, Romeo managed to retain his memories and rebelled against Geppetto, taking a stand against death itself to protect humanity from the Petrification Disease, the Alchemists, and Geppetto. Unfortunately, Geppetto had created a secret law of the Grand Covenant known as Law Zero, which gave him ultimate control over all puppets. By using Law Zero, Geppetto started the Puppet Frenzy, which resulted in the deaths of the majority of Krat's population. Blame for the frenzy was laid at Romeo's feet by those unaware of Geppetto's plans. Despite this, Romeo started gathering Puppets to stop Geppetto and the Alchemists, using his influence to protect the remaining humans.

After learning that Carlo's Ergo had been transferred to P, Romeo tried to send messengers to P to inform him of the situation and tell him that they didn't need to fight. However, due to manipulation by Geppetto, in ignorance P killed them all. When P found him at the Estella Opera House Stage, Romeo tried to warn him of Geppetto's true intentions of transferring P's heart to the Nameless Puppet with a short play. Romeo then appeared in his King of Puppets suit and held out his hand in friendship to P. However, P still did not understand him nor recognize his former friend, knocking the puppet king's hand away. Realizing he had no choice but to fight, Romeo battled P. During the course of the fight, Romeo tried to get through to P and tell him who the real enemy was, and that lives were on the line, but he was unsuccessful. Romeo's body was badly burned from his suit's destruction but he emerged, still determined to get P to see reason. Unable to get through to his former friend, Romeo reluctantly tried to kill P but failed. As he died, Romeo thanked P for finally giving him true freedom.

Later, Romeo's warning about Geppetto can be heard and understood by P, allowing him to see the truth of what Romeo was trying to do.

Gameplay

A full walkthrough of the boss fight, including cutscenes, can be found here

Trivia

• As a child, Romeo told Carlo to call him "Lampwick".
  • This is a reference to Pinocchio's troublemaking friend Candlewick (also known as Lucignolo, Lampwick and Romeo), who was turned into a Donkey and sold into labor, resulting in him to being worked to death.
• Before battling the King of Puppets, two puppets perform a play in which Geppetto extracts Pinocchio's heart and placing it in another puppet figure, foreshadowing Geppetto's ambitions.
• Romeo's attempts to send a message are seen when battling the Parade Master and King's Flame, Fuoco. While players are unable to understand them during New Game, their dialogue can be heard clearly during New Game Plus.
• He is voiced by Chase Brown.

Gallery

Achievement/Trophy

Image	Name	Criteria	Gamerscore	Trophy
	King of Puppets	Kill Romeo, King of Puppets	15G	Bronze