General

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“*I believe that you trust these centaurs, but I know my enemies better than I know my allies. I'm sorry.*”
―The General, from The Ballad of Becky Apples
**The General** was a supporting character in *Centaurworld* and the leader of the human world's main army against the invading Minotaurs.

**Spoiler warning:** This page contains many spoilers for the series finale. If you want to avoid spoilers, be wary of this.

In Season 1, The General was mostly referred to by name only. In Season 2, he was more prevalently featured as a major character, and then in the finale The Last Lullaby he was revealed to be one of the main antagonists and a driver of the series' plot. A human man, he embodied the human side of the Elktaur following a transformation which split the human and elk parts of his body into two separate beings.

A determined and skilled person in the art of combat, the General was the respected leader of the human army and lead them in the war against the Minotaurs. He was married to the Princess of the human world before she was stranded in Centaurworld due to an incident in the Rift. Because he and his beast half were mortally linked, he was ultimately killed by the Woman to save both realms from a never ending war between himself and the Nowhere King.

## History

Desperate to make himself human so that the human world's princess would love him, the Elktaur used the Key on himself to remove his animal characteristics in order to become human. It worked, but not the way he expected: his mind was copied into both his animal (Elk) and human counterparts. The human counterpart became the General, who went on to marry the princess.

After the wedding, Elk told the General to meet up with him at a lake, saying that they need to become one again. The General refused, saying he did not want to lose everything he worked so hard for. When Elk mentioned what could happen if the woman knows the truth, the General attempted to drown him in a fit of rage. He eventually couldn't, as drowning the Elk would cause him to die as well. So the General instead had Elk locked up in a dungeon for ten years. After Elk escaped from the dungeon with the princess' help, the General battled him and his Minotaurs in a war that took place in both worlds.

During the war, the General fought Elk, who had became the Nowhere King, in the Nowhere Place. The two were stopped by the princess, who discovered the truth. She tried to use the Key on the General and the Nowhere King in order to stop the war but it exploded, causing the General and a fragment of the Key to be banished in the human world.

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### The Ballad of Becky Apples

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### The Last Lullaby

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## Physical Description

The General as Elk 's human counterpart took the form of a human man of average height with a slender yet muscular body. He sported light brown skin and dark blue eyes and grew a full head of long, silky brown hair, that he often tied back in a ponytail with a full thick beard connected to a moustache. Despite his unique traits, he said that most people do not recognise him without his helmet. For most of the time, as the human army's general and lead fighter, he dressed in battle attire, typical of his kingdom which consisted of a dark grey and lighter grey striped top with a grey thermal underneath, silver metal shoulder pads with a matching chest plate and neck mail and metal silver arm braces with black trousers, metal silver knee protectors with grey boots.

## Personality

The General was an optimistic, very hardworking, smart, energetic, humourous man, trusted and followed by his fellow human soldiers. Compared to Elk he seemed more comfortable and without many worries. After he was formed in the dimension between CentaurWorld and the Human World, he entered the human world, developing into a skillful and powerful soldier, able to join the humans war against the Minotaurs as their general. He was helpful and encouraging to his comrades, just one example being when he lent Rider, a young subordinate soldier his horse, Becky Apples, showing his trust and belief in his fellow warriors. However was later shown to have some very dark traits, such as selfishness and cunning, as he tried to kill Elk and locked him in the lowest dungeon of the palace for 10 years to prevent him from taking away all of his hard work and success. He also prioritized his life before all others: when Rider was about to attack The Nowhere King, he stabbed her in the stomach to prevent his death, as he and The Nowhere King are bound by each others' life force.

Compared to Elk/The Nowhere King who was portrayed as dark, emotional, sensitive, and a villain, the General was portrayed as bright, cheerful, sanguine, tough and heroic, showing many opposite traits despite them originating from the same creature.

## Relationships

### Nowhere King

In *The Last Lullaby*, the General and the Nowhere King are revealed to be two halves of the same whole; essentially split into the human and beast sides of the Elktaur. Their life force is linked, which means if one of them were to die, the other would soon follow and die as well.

The General imprisoned the Elk in the Princess' family royal castle for ten years, adding to the darkness and bitter rivalry between both of them until the Elk (now known as the Nowhere King) was released to face his other half in battle once more.

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### The Princess

She is his main love interest. The two met some time after his split from the Elk and they eventually married. He lived with her in a castle (presumably given the title of prince consort and appeared to have command of its army) until the rise of the Nowhere King. After the Rift's connection between the human world and Centaurworld was broken, he and the princess became estranged from each other, stranded in the human world and Centaurworld respectively.

When they meet again during the final battle against the Nowhere King, he expresses that he is glad to see her alive. However she lacks joy in their reunion due to his lies and is more focused on killing the Nowhere King and finally ending the war.

### Rider

A female soldier in the human army, Rider's first interaction with The General is when the two converse in a stable. Rider mistakes him for a stable hand and is irritated by him until the General reveals his true identity. He adds that most people don't recognize him due to him usually wearing a helmet. The General grants her the use of Gary's horse, Becky Apples and she expresses excitement in getting to work with him. The General is supportive and encouraging towards Rider, as shown when he cheered her on during their battle against the Minotaurs. However this support has its limits as he eventually stabbed her in the back to prevent her from harming the Nowhere King.

According to series creator Megan Nicole Dong, Rider and the General have some similarities in their character designs to reflect how much Rider idolizes him and considers him as a father figure.

### Humans

The General leads an army of soldiers in the human world. He is widely regarded as a hero and a great leader.

## Trivia

* Series creator Megan Nicole Dong revealed in an interview that the General and the Nowhere King share a consciousness, memories, and soul as they are two halves of the same person. A scene that was cut for time due to production constraints would have shown the General having dreams about what his Elk half was experiencing.
* According to the series creator in an interview, the General has a different voice actor from his animal half to symbolize how much he had changed from being the Elktaur, his original self, after he became separated in the Rift.
* In their final scene, both the General and the Elk's voices can be heard coming from the Elktaur up until he dies. This strongly suggests that even after becoming united, the Elktaur was still fractured into two halves and would never be able to accept himself.

## Gallery

### Production art

General in arm sling turnarounds by Evan Palmer, lead designerGeneral expressions by Evan Palmer, lead designerGeneral choking reference by Evan Palmer, lead designerThe General drowning, color design by Kimberly Knoll, art director
### Screenshots

Watch your back, kidHello, black mirrorTo be fair, he did say to watch your back

1. ↑ https://youtu.be/7fiesC\_ey2Y