King of Sorrow

The King of Sorrow is a new form Zone will take whenever Kill is in extreme danger or near death. Fuelled entirely by all the evil and hatred Zone harbours, the newly crowned King grows stronger and stronger whenever Kill is in peril. Arguably, the King of Sorrow is stronger than 5 Maledicts and is perhaps the most threatening creature in all of Antarctica. The more Kill is injured or threatened, the more powerful the King of Sorrow becomes; his powers increasing dramatically in some cases. Theoretically, if Kill were to die then the King of Sorrow could launch armageddon on Antarctica and perhaps even the whole world. Thankfully, Zone's transformation into the King of Sorrow is extremely rare and cannot be triggered until Kill is in danger. Despite Kill being a wanted crimminal, the PSA, EPF, AIA, and other law enforcements have been strictly instructed not to harm or threaten her due to the exact reason of Zone transforming into the King of Sorrow.

Due to swearing on his own life to protect Kill from danger, plus the extreme bond of trust between Zone and Kill, Zone will begin to lapse into an extremely dark and brooding sorrow whenever Kill is harmed. thus commencing the King of Sorrow transformation. Only Kill can stop the King of Sorrow by trying to calm him down, but it has proven to take a lot of work to stabilize the dark King and revert him back to Zone. All nearby residents and agents witnessing the King of Sorrow are immediately advised to run and leave it up to Kill to deal with her new vile and wicked master.

The King of Sorrow's appearance is similar to Zone's but there are some differences. Whereas Zone appears as a pale Sanity Human, the King of Sorrow appears as an extremely dark blue human, and opposed to Zone's bat-like wings, the King of Sorrow possesses wispy, tentacle-like appendages that allow him to float in the air. The King of Sorrow's eyes glow blood red, with sharp fangs teething across his mouth and has his neck covered with a balaclava in the shape of Zone's wings. He also wears different garments compared to Zone, whereas Zone wears a simple tuxedo the King of Sorrow wears dark blue robes that crawl with unknown markings over the tapestry. It is assumed that the robes are too big a size for the King of Sorrow due to his hands and legs not showing, concealed underneath the garments.

Instead of abusing this transformation, Zone himself has stated how much he hates becoming the King of Sorrow. In the Penguin times, he explained a few things;

A few villains thought they could use Zone's power for their own maniacal purposes; some even attempting to murder Kill just to get the satisfaction of using the King of Sorrow for their own needs. However, after witnessing the very few King of Sorrow attacks on Antartica, these certain villains knew their place and vowed never to anger Zone ever again. Of course, there are numerous other villains that have this exact purpose; Nightmare secretly being one of them but most villains and evil-doers both respect Zone's zealous attempts to protect Kill, and also fear Zone's King of Sorrow persona.

Background
The markings on the King of Sorrow's robes indicate that he is possibly thousands of years old, since high ranking followers of Opacus wore these robes in ceremonies.

Ancient High Penguin texts describe of a devout and zealous follower of Opacus matching the King of Sorrow's identity. This said follower was Opacus's right-hand man and his most trusted servant, whom helped him create the Shadow Amulet. This follower also had a wife, whom he looked after and made sure that she wasn't involved in the ongoing war between his master Opacus and the High Penguin armies. Unbeknowest to the zealot, his wife found out about his pledge to Opacus and decided to help him attain his desires to his master. She fought in a battle between the armies of Opacus and the High Penguin legion, into which she was sadly killed in battle. The follower, who witnessed his wife's demise, spiralled into a dark and gloomy depression; vowing to wreak vengeance towards the High Penguins.

Eventually, he simply left Antarctica in an insane, deranged state of depression and sorrow. He returned to Antarctica a few months later; with few traces of penguin left within him. The follower became a corrupt shadow of his former self; trusted neither by Opacus nor the High Penguins. From his silver feathery complexion, his feathers morphed into a dark blue mass, with appendages impaling out of his back for wings. Acting entirely out of rage and sorrow for the death of his wife, the former follower blamed all of Antarctica for his wife's demise and left a path of destruction in his wake, leaving Arda in ruin and tearing Opacus's lair apart in his fury.

For his transgressions, a brief truce was called between the High Penguins and Opacus; both determined to seal away the evil follower. Before he was sealed away, he was crowned the King of Sorrow then cast away into the abyss; sealed for all eternity. Numerous theories have been brought into question as to why Zone currently houses the King of Sorrow's powers. Perhaps Zone and Kill are descendants of the original King of Sorrow and his wife, or perhaps the King of Sorrow could relate to Zone's predicament and bound himself within Zone.

Involvement
The King of Sorrow has only appeared 2 times in Antarctica so far. The first time he appeared was when Kill was getting harassed by corrupt PSA agents because she committed a small Gift Shop robbery on behalf of Zone. Although the PSA agents were doing the right thing upholding the crimminal, their conduct was highly unorthodox. Zone rushed over due to sensing Kill was in danger, and demanded that the agents leave her alone. However, the corrupt police laughed at Zone, and even went so far as to hit Kill to antagonize him. This was when Zone snapped and transformed into the dark King of Sorrow, severely injuring the agents and leaving a wake of destruction in the town and plaza. The King of Sorrow's attack went on for twenty minutes; frightening Kill and even pushing her so far as to beg the dark king to stop. Thankfully nobody was hurt; spare the agents, during this attack.

The second appearance of the King of Sorrow was a few months later after the Town and Plaza were rebuilt. The Printer's Sweepstake Agency and other forms of media swarmed over the King of Sorrow attack, drawing the attention of many villains; Darktan being one of them. He attempted to use the King of Sorrow for his goals of conquest in Antarctica, and kidnapped Kill to trigger the transformation of Zone. Kill was yelling at Darktan and telling him that he has no idea what he's about to unleash, but Darktan simply ignored her and awaited Zone's arrival. As Zone rushed to save his apprentice, Darktan threatened to murder Kill in the hopes of triggering Zone's transformation. Darktan got exactly what he wanted, but the results were catastrophic.

In the King of Sorrow's anguish, he swept the Darktonian Realm in a fiery blaze, leaving all buildings in ruin and changing the terrain into a dark, festering mass. He then launched one of his appendages around Darktan's throat and attempted to choke him. Darktan's black feathers began turning into a pale white and would of died if Kill hadn't calmed down the King of Sorrow. Amazingly, nobody was killed in the King of Sorrow's attack on the Darktonian Realm; only some major bruises and injuries.

Depending on how injured or how much of danger Kill is in, the King of Sorrow's powers vary. Only when Kill is near death does his apocalyptic powers activate;

Attacks
 * Appendage Choke: The King of Sorrow's appendage-like wings stretch out to his enemies and choke them, sucking their life out in the process.
 * Infernal Blaze: The King of Sorrow launches out a fiery nova, destroying anything in its path. If a penguin or creature ducks and gets on the ground, this attack can be avoided.
 * Reverse Evolution: The King of Sorrow entangles an enemy in his appendages, forcing it to "degenerate" back into a chick or baby stage of its life.
 * Total Annihilation: In the event that Kill dies, the King of Sorrow's power will be at full strength. Performing a suicide pact and detonating his own body, the King of Sorrow's anguish will flood the entire world, destroying the planet and wiping out every living creature.

Trivia

 * Nightmare possibly crowned Zone as one of his most trusted servants so that he could exploit the King of Sorrow
 * Despite claims by conspiracy theorists, Zone cannot transform into the King of Sorrow manually. He automatically does whenever Kill is in serious harm or danger.