Stan

Stan in both of his forms, shadow and final.

**Lord Stanley Hihat Trinidad XIV**, called **Stan** for short, is the reincarnation of the Great Evil King Gohma, who possesses Ari's shadow at the beginning of Okage: Shadow King.

Stan follows Ari around for the entire game, treating him as a slave, and commanding him to defeat all of the Fake Evil Kings.

At the end of the game, Stan returns to his true form (known as his "human form" by the fanbase) after regaining his power from Beiloune. He is shown to be able to change forms whenever he wishes to.

For Stan's special moves, see the Specials page.

## Recruitment

Stan is not exactly a "party member". He is never shown on the party setup screen, and during battle, he cannot be commanded. He does perform attacks, but they are random (though they do have a higher chance of occurring if the party has low health).

Instead, Stan becomes a part of Ari during Chapter 1, after he is freed from the bottle. He stays behind Ari for the entirety of the game, excluding a few ending scenes.

## Personality

Stan, despite being the Great Evil King, does not truly commit any evil acts. He seems to have evil intentions at first, though he accidentally ends up helping out instead of causing chaos, and being loved instead of feared.

At the end of the game, he seems to have done a heel-turn. Although he states that he still has evil intentions, Ari using the Voice Recorder at the World Library proves that he has a fondness for Rosalyn, who is supposed to be his arch-nemesis, as she is a hero. It's likely that Stan's desire to spread evil faded away as classification was broken. However, he still seems to enjoy causing trouble, despite no longer having evil desires.

## Relationships

### Ari

At first, Stan is completely indifferent about the boy, viewing him as a slave and nothing more. He feigns compassion whenever Marlene threatens to take him as *her* personal slave, but does end up developing sincere admiration of Ari towards the end of the story.

### Rosalyn

At first, Stan and Rosalyn have a genuine hatred of each other. However, as the story progresses, their insults and threats towards each other start having less and less impact, as they begin to become friends. In the end, their relationship seems to have formed into a deep friendship, masked by their petty, joke insults that they throw at each other.

### Kisling

Stan seems to be intrigued by Kisling at first, but quickly becomes rather annoyed by him. They have little interaction throughout the game, but Stan does shout at him quite a bit whenever he rambles.

### Marlene (Doll)

Stan and Princess Marlene had a brief rivalry over who Ari's master was. Stan began to treat Ari with respect and insult the princess. He was also wary of her, however, as he discovered she had no soul (later revealed to be due to her being a doll).

## Gallery

Stan and the party meeting the Phantom Evil King.Concept art of Stan and his bottle.Stan asking Ari a question before a battle. If answered correctly, Stan will start the battle by attacking.Stan returning to Ari in Triste.Stan insulting the Bubble Evil King.Ari casting Friendly Thunder, which makes Stan use a lightning attack.
## Trivia

* Stan may be inspired by the devil himself, as the Japanese title of Okage: Shadow King can be translated to "Me and Satan King".
	+ If this is true, it's worth noting that adding an "A" to "Stan" will give you "Satan"

* The bottle Stan is trapped in is called "Pollack's Bottle", as stated by Ari's Father.
	+ Pollack is mentioned by an NPC in the World Library. He is a man whose fate is currently unknown. He is known to have challenged the system of "classification".
		- Despite his fate technically being unknown, it is highly theorized, and very likely, that Pollack is buried outside Ari's House, in the unique grave where the tombstone reads "Man who touched the knowledge of the Library".

* There is a completely optional sidequest in which Stan decides to stop the gears in Madril from moving. He is confronted by Maggie and her gang, who are assisted by Robert and his gang as well. Despite defeating the children, Stan still does not stop the gears.
* Stan is a candidate for the compatibility sidequest. In his bonus scene, James appears and offers to train Ari. The compatibility gift comes in the form of a stat increase, rather than an item.
* Stan is one of two party members in the game who reveal their full name, along with Kisling.