Count Bleck

Count Bleck (ノワール伯爵, Nowāru Hakushaku, translated as Count Noir), formerly known as Lord Blumiere (ルミエール, Rumiēru, translated as Lumiere), is the former secondary antagonist of Super Paper Mario. He is a magisterial aristocrat with magical powers who wanted to end all worlds with the power of the Chaos Heart by summoning the Void. Originally, he found value in the other worlds, but his sense of their meaning was destroyed when his father scolded him for falling in love with Tippi because she was a human. He employed a group of minions that includes Nastasia, Mimi, O'Chunks and Dimentio, with the latter eventually betraying him and taking the Chaos Heart for himself. He is also the main protagonist in the post-Chapter flashback storyline, which tells the tragic story of how he became Count Bleck.
==History==
===Background===
It is slowly revealed in vague flashbacks that Count Bleck (when he was only known as Blumiere) was originally a member of the Tribe of Darkness, a group that broke from the Tribe of Ancients after stealing the Dark Prognosticus to prevent its powers from being abused. One day, Blumiere was found injured at the base of a cliff by a human girl named Timpani and nursed back to health. Blumiere ignored his father's warnings of humanity and continued to visit Timpani; eventually, the pair fell in love. Before their plans for marriage came to fruition, Timpani vanished, leaving Blumiere gravely heartbroken. Soon afterward, his father revealed that he had teleported Timpani out of their dimension, explaining that their kind could never mix with humans. Inconsolable, Blumiere turned to the pages of the Dark Prognosticus. He sought to destroy everything that took Timpani away from him and create new and perfect order. Renaming himself Count Bleck, he gathered a troupe to help to put his plans into motion after destroying his home dimension.
===Revelation===
When Count Bleck learned about Tippi and her similar descriptions to Lady Timpani, he suddenly felt regretful for opening the Void, for he realized that he had found her. But still, Count Bleck could not close the Void, for he was still in control of the Chaos Heart, which he believed would be destroyed only if its owner perished. He then decided that upon the destruction of the universe, he would never rebuild a perfect one, he would only have it erased from existence forever (thus allowing his own castle to be obliterated as well).
===Fight===
When Mario and Tippi confronted Count Bleck at his namesake Castle, the count attempted to destroy them using his magic. However, the power of the Chaos Heart was negated using the power of the Pure Hearts, allowing him to be defeated and left weak, frail and hopeless. Revealing he actually wanted to be defeated and even die for his evil deeds, particularly opening the Void and putting his love in serious danger, he asked Mario and Tippi to finish him off. But Tippi forgave him, for she still loved him, and couldn't do it.
===The End===
It was here that Dimentio tried to shoot Count Bleck, but Nastasia sacrificed herself to save Count Bleck. Dimentio mocked Nastasia's sacrifice, then took control of the Chaos Heart, brainwashed Luigi, imprisoned Tippi, Count Bleck, and Nastasia in Dimension D and tried to destroy the multiverse himself so he could create a new one under his complete control. Tippi and Count Bleck re-established their love, and with the help of O'Chunks and Mimi, the Pure Hearts were restored, and Dimentio, who mixed himself with Luigi and the Chaos Heart to create Super Dimentio, was defeated thanks to the combined efforts of Mario, Peach and Bowser after Tippi brought the Pure Hearts to them, which left him vulnerable to their attacks. However, in a final act of spite, Dimentio left behind a shadow of his power to keep controlling the Chaos Heart and keep the Void open long enough so that everything would be destroyed anyway. In order to banish the Chaos Heart and close the Void, Count Bleck tells the others that they need to use the Pure Hearts one more time to seal away the former. To do this, he tells Tippi they need to demonstrate their love for one another, though he also admits that whoever utilizes the Pure Hearts for the task will disappear along with them. However, Tippi doesn't hesitate to agree to it.
While the others look on, the two then proceed to the alter in his castle where they express their love for one another and get married. The process caused the Pure Hearts to activate and seal away the Chaos Heart, which closes the Void and prevents it from destroying every other world, as well as undoes the destruction it already caused. However, just as he warned her about in advance, the process also causes Count Bleck and Timpani to vanish, never to be seen again. Some have speculated that they are dead, but Nastasia and Merlon were both convinced that they are alive and living together in happiness. After the credits, the silhouettes of Blumiere and Timpani in their original forms are seen in a paradise dimension, looking up at a sunny sky from a hill. It is unknown whether this is The Overthere or not.‎
==Powers and abilities==
* Dark magic: Blumiere is a very powerful magician and an expert in black magic.
**Levitating: Like many characters in the game, Blumiere is able to float and move through the air regardless of gravity.
**Teleporting: Blumiere can teleport itself or with objects like Opus Tenebrus at will by switching between dimensions.
**Tenebrokinesis: Blumiere can generate black energy projectiles and create a black suction wormhole.
**Time control: Blumiere can slow down time to handicap his enemies or on the contrary accelerate it for himself, allowing him to move faster.
* High intelligence: Blumiere is very intelligent, having been able to put together a plan to destroy all the most successful worlds.
* Charisma: Blumiere was able to obtain the eternal loyalty of all the members of his team (except Dimentio who had his own plans) and is highly respected, at the limit of veneration, by them.
==Gallery==
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==Trivia==
*Count Bleck had a tendency to speak in third-person, sometimes as though he is reading what he's saying in a book. For instance: "WHAT?! ... Spat Count Bleck in utter disbelief.". This happened directly after reading from the Dark Prognusticus. However, after reconciling with Tippi, he speaks in a normal first-person, implying that he was released from the insanity caused by reading the Dark Prognosticus.
**Count Bleak’s tendency to speak in third-person and his Japanese name, Count Noir, could be a reference to a trope in the Noir genre where the protagonist of the tale will narrate their own story and actions.
*It is heavily implied that the people of Flopside are the descendants of the Tribe of Darkness that Blumiere was from.
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