Dark Prognosticus

"The Dark Prognosticus is a book of prophecies that appeared in Super Paper Mario. The author of the book and the source of their knowledge is never revealed in the game. At the beginning of this powerful object is a warning: anyone who has possessed the book has never found happiness." —Dark Prognosticus, from the Super Mario Wiki [Can be edited later, but the warning would appear to be in the narration, not from the book itself.]

## Excerpts/Known Contents

* Contains “frightful secrets not meant for people’s eyes”. This is stated in the opening narration, but what this means about the book itself is unclear.

* Prophesies that Count Bleck will “come to this dimension”, in reference to Mario’s home dimension. Whether Mario's dimension is explicitly named in the prophecy or if it just happened to contain the components to summon the Chaos Heart is technically unknown. However, Merlon knowing of the Mushroom Kingdom seemingly before Mario mentions it and the fact that all four heroes mentioned in both the Light and Dark Prognosticus come from there make the former likely.

* Tells that the Void will “consume everything and destroy all worlds”. Many differently worded variations of this prophecy seem to exist, so some may be rephrasing it, or the book merely repeats itself.

* Mentions the same hero seen in the Light Prognosticus. (Nastasia references a “hero of prophecy”, but as Bleck does not treat the Light Prognosticus as prophetic, it is unlikely Nastasia would either, so this must refer to the Dark one.)

* Tells where the hero will be going next (Count Bleck asks Nastasia to consult the Prognosticus in order to locate and trap the hero).

* Holds “the answer to eliminating heroes that rise to stop us”. This is said in the context of declaring the Light Prognosticus false, which means that either Count Bleck knows of the Light Prognosticus from elsewhere to be able to say it is false, or the Dark Prognosticus mentions the Light one.

* "Though the man in red shall wield formidable powers, one shall stand against him. The man in green shall use the Chaos Heart's power to bring darkness to all." Although it is heavily implied, this line does not explicitly state the “man in green” to be Luigi. Bizarrely, Bleck seems unperturbed by the line describing a wielder of the Chaos Heart that (short of him bearing hidden green clothing beneath the cape) is not himself.

* Count Bleck comments that “the prophecy will not be fulfilled without sacrifice” (in the context of minions enacting sneak attack outside of Bleck’s purview, what this means of the Prognosticus’s contents is as yet unclear, but it is worth noting)

* “Speak, Dark Prognosticus! Teach your dark history!”. While all available evidence suggests the Dark Prognosticus is a book that was written and can be read the same as any other, this and other quotes from Merlon and Bleck heavily imply that the book has some form of agency, despite containing a prophecy that no agency but the power of love seems capable of averting.

* Says that Luigi is the ideal host of the Chaos Heart. Count Bleck never mentions this, which has a number of implications about what Dimentio knows regarding the prophecy and how that could be.

* Mentions the role of someone similar to Dimentio. Dimentio being so directly referenced in the Dark Prognosticus is treated as strange by Carson, but what this insinuates is not wholly clear.

* Holds information used to create the Pixl Queen. Whether it was used to make the other Pixls as well is unclear, but the Pixl Queen was the very first one created.

* Contained information on the fall of the very countries that warred over it. When these wars occurred exactly is completely unknown.